Marion Street Bonds Sold at 5.21 Percent Bid
Marion city council awarded $33,000 in street improvement bonds to Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank at a net interest rate of 5.21 percent and net interest cost of $9,985.80 to finance the final 1970 project. Other bidders included Peoples Trust and Savings Bank in Indianola Farmers State Bank in Marion and Carlton D Beh Company of Des Moines. Residents on South Fourteenth Street and G Avenue pressed the council with a petition seeking relief.
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Marion
Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank
Mechanicsville Bank
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank
Indianola
Farmers State Bank
Carlton D. Beh Company
Des Moines
Dyersville
Wednessesville Trust and Savings Bank
12Th
Dyersyil
National Bank of Marionnance
Marion Scout To Be Awarded Rank of Eagle
Kenneth Christensen son of Mr and Mrs John C Christen sen of Toute 3 Marion will receive the Eagle Scout rank at a ceremony He is a member of Explorer post 60 He began scouting as a Cub in 1983 joined pack 60 then Troop 60 in June 1966 He earned First Class in 1988 Star in 1968 Life in 1969 and passed Eagle requirements last December He is a junior at Linn-Mar High School and a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow He has the mile swim and 50 mile awards and the God and Country award He served on Camp Waubeek staff two summers and is junior assistant scoutmaster for Troop 60 He and his family live in Marion Wisks Parents Mr and Mrs Bill Long visiting at 1399 Hath Street Bill Long recently left the Navy after four years service.
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Kenneth
Christensen
John C.christensen
Toute 3
Marion
Ken
Explorer
Order of the ‘Arrow
Camp Waubeek
Linn-Mar
Barn Near Hills Destroyed by Fire Near Archa Kedros Farm
A barn on the Archa Kedros farm four miles west and three miles north of town burned Monday night, with estimated losses around $5,000. The piece also notes drainage problems, street icy conditions in wet weather, and calls for paving and drainage improvements. Local council actions include contract payments for city hall work and zoning requests for residential, commercial, and street matters, plus fire department response details and a note from a local pastor on abortion.
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Archia Kedros
Here
Linn-Mar Board Approves Internal Budget Shifts
Linn-Mar school board approves internal budget adjustments totaling 14,372.16 across senior high junior high and operations. Dr LeRoy Kruskop notes funds moved between lines will not ruin the current fiscal year. An 8,122.16 change affects the high school level amid broader district reallocations.
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Pat Badtke
Gavette Sint
Linn-Mar
LeRoy Kruskop
Linn-Mari
Services Wednesday For Ralph Graham 41
Ralph Graham 41 of route 2 Cedar Rapids died Sunday after a long illness in a Cedar Rapids hospital. He was born October 3 1929 in Milton Iowa and previously lived in Cedar Rapids. Survivors include a brother Harold of Cedar Rapids and a sister Mrs E R Williams of Cedar Rapids. Graveside services will be held Wednesday afternoon at Baxter Memorial chapel. Friends may call at the chapel. A public meeting Wednesday evening at 917 8 ok Feu ready. In other business the board approved a Linn-Mar high school teacher training program to let seniors work in classes as teacher helpers from kindergarten through eighth grade. Glenn Jensen said it has no relation to the teacher aid program to help students explore teaching as a career before college. The board will decide after a progress report whether to continue the program this semester.
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Ralph
Graham
Cedar Rapids
Milton
Harrold
E.R. Williams
State Auditor’s
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Evans, Jack M., Charged With Assault In Court
Jack M. Evans Jr of 923 Thirty-eighth Street SW was arrested Monday night for assault and battery. He posted a $110 bond and was released. Accusation came from his estranged wife Joyce in an information signed by Justice of the Peace Glenn Powers. She says he beat and threw her around her residence at 1256 Eighteenth Avenue SW. Evans to appear in Powers' court March 1 at 2 p.m.
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Jack M. Evans, Jr
Thirty-eighth Street
Joyce
Juste
Glenn Powers
Eighteenth Avenue
Evans
Powers
Storm Drainage Needs on 1 380 Route Discussed
Cedar Rapids council discussed storm drainage requirements tied to Interstate 380 near Thirteenth Avenue SW. Public Services Director Richard Jensen outlined sewer construction and improvement options with varying costs for the city and the highway commission and was told to submit alternatives to the highway panel. A grand jury did not indict Frank Phillips in the December shooting of Augustine Ryant at a Spillville tavern. Ryant has since recovered and been released from a Wisconsin hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley
Thirteenth Avenue
Richard Jensen
Public Services
State Highway Commission
Jensen
Highway Commission
Winneshiek/tenance
County Grand Jury
Frank Phillips
Donald Canney
Augustine Ryant
Phillips
Ryant
Wisconsin
I School Bus Vandalism At Lone Tree Probed
IOWA CITY The Johnson county sheriff s office probes several Lone Tree school bus vandalism incidents. Sheriff Maynard Schneider says rear wheel lug nuts were unscrewed and some removed, tires slashed. He calls the acts serious misconduct endangering 40 to 50 children and drivers, with potential felony charges.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Lone Tree
Maynard Schneider
Citizens Group Picks Chairman in Iowa City
A 300 member group called Citizens for a Better Iowa City elected Don Crum chairman for 1971 at a Monday meeting in Iowa City. Mayor Loren Hickerson attended and voiced support for the group which aims to improve mass transportation open space housing and urban renewal programs.
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Iowa City
Don Crum
Loren Hickerson
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