County Building Code Bill Filed in House
A bill in the Iowa House would let the 18 most populous counties adopt building codes after a public hearing. Sponsor Rep. Messerly said it targets suburban growth, with rules covering construction, repairs, and installations and enabling supervision and inspection. Counties named include Polk Linn Black Hawk Scott Woodbury Pottawattamie Dubuque Clinton Johnson Cerro Gordo Jasper Lee Marshall Muscatine Story Wapello Webster.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Messerly
Scott Swisher
Iowa City
Harry R. Gittins
Council Bluffs
Linn County
Miles Sutera
Polk
Linn
Black Hawk
Scott
Woodbury
Pottawattamie
Dubuque
Clinton
Johnson
Cerro Gordo
Jasper
Lee
Implied Consent Bill Faces Setback In Iowa House
In Des Moines the Iowa house safety and law enforcement committee deferred the implied consent drivers license bill for one week amid debate. The measure would require license holders to submit to chemical tests on demand by a peace officer. The committee also advanced a conservation personnel bill and endorsed highway safety measures raising truck speed limits and regulating commercial driving schools.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House Safety and Law Enforcement Committee
House
Senate
Sam Robinson
Ruthrie Center
Elmer Lange
Sac City
Tuition Awards To East Iowans
Twenty nine University of Iowa students receive $145 tuition scholarships for the second semester. Recipients include Edith Greenberg and Linda Walker of Cedar Rapids, Barbara Ann Grevre of Decorah, Inez Bartlett of Dyersville, Dennis H. Matthias of Garwin, Lillian Keller of Iowa City, Beverly Ann Schoon of Monticello, Ivan Hasselbusch of Stanwood, and Gary Nanke.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Edith Greenberg
Linda Walker
Decorah
Barbara Ann Grevre
Dyersville
Inez Bartlett
Garwin
Dennis H. Matthias
Lillian Keller
Monticello
Beverly Ann Schoon
Stanwood
Ivan Hasselbusch
Gary Nanke
Strawberry Point Home Bids Taken in April
The Strawberry Point Lutheran home subcontracts final plans with Toenjes and Stenson of Waterloo for a second phase. In April bids will be let for a two story brick structure to replace the frame building. The new facility will house offices nurses station doctor admittance room staff quarters kitchen and resident rooms to provide 30 beds for nursing and custodial care.
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Strawberry
Study Ban on Flashing Signs Along Highways
Senate highways committee drafts a bill to ban flashing lights and signs mistaken for traffic signals. Committee chair Sen. Martin Wiley says current signs are a definite hazard to motorists. Bill discussed Monday and is being prepared as a committee bill.
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Des Moines
UPI
Senate Highways Committee
Martin Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Wiley
Car Skids Into Train At Gladbrook Crossing
A North Western train collided with a car at a Gladbrook crossing about 7:20 p.m. Monday. The car, driven by 49 year old Manford Horrell of Marshalltown, skidded on ice after he applied brakes. His wife Mrs. Horrell suffered bruises and was treated by a Gladbrook doctor. The locomotive engineer was Leonard Anderson of Eagle Grove.
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The
Gazette
Gladbrook
Glad‘brook
Manford Horrell
Marshalltown
Police Fire Radio Upgrade Planned for Iowa City
Bids will be opened at the February 19 council meeting for a new radio system for the police and fire departments. The package includes a base station a separate fire department system and a receiver transmitter to link police with the state radio network.
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Iowa City
Demo Suggests Revenue Boosts From Taxes And Sales
A Des Moines report notes Rep. Alvin Meyer pushes a $61 million plan to raise state funds by raising sales tax to 3 percent, adding cigarette tax, beer tax, hotel service tax, liquor by the drink, and a soft drink tax. He cites opposition to Gov. Hughes proposals and favors taxing trading stamps at 5 percent to surpass $1 million.
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Des Moines
Meyer
Harold Hughes
Rother
Alvin Meyer
Winterset
Gov. Hughes
Iowa lawmakers burdened by high postage outlay
Iowa legislators face rising postage costs with Rep William Denman Des Moines reporting 150 to 200 letters weekly on liquor and school bus issues. He notes paying about $5 weekly for postage and urges consideration of metered mail. Speaker Naden doubts a formal allowance will pass due to abuse concerns. senators vary from hundreds of letters monthly to very few.
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ES Moines
Iowa
William Denman
Des Moines
Robert W. Naden
Webster City
U.S
Agri gram capsule on desk of lawmakers provokes debate
Morning legislative session sees Agri-gram from the state agriculture department distributed to every house and senate member. Some lawmakers praise it while others question the department’s spending and seek answers in appropriations hearings.
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House
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Northwestern Bell officer named 1963 Old Gold Fund chairman
Cecil T. Young of Omaha named national chairman of the Old Gold Development Fund to support University of Iowa projects. He helped lead the Omaha telefund campaign and has long worked on management development at Northwestern Bell. In Iowa City the Haven Methodist church received donations of food clothing and seeds for Mississippi delta sharecroppers from five Iowa State University students and supporters.
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Iowa City
Cecil T. Young
Northwestern Bell, Telephone Co
Omaha
Old Gold Development Fund
OGDF
University of Iowa
Northwestern Bell
Young
Consolidated High School
Olin
Ogdf Council
Nebraska
Omaha “Telefund
Iowa Citians
Mississippi Delta
SUI
Haven Methodist Church
Clarksdale
Miss
Student Assn
Dale Hurlman
Walter Keller
Ross Danielson
Tim Shaw
Martin Johnson
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces subscription rates for various delivery options including carrier and mail plans. Night edition six issues per month costs 1.25, annual mail 13 dollars, afternoon and Sunday seven issues 14 dollars. other states and territories 23.40 a year. No mail subscriptions in towns with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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U.S
Associated Press
Decorah Seeks Federal Aid to Pave Runway
Decorah moves to apply to the Federal Aviation Agency for half the runway paving cost with up to 25,000 from the Iowa aeronautics commission. City share estimated 30,000 to 40,000 funded via current funds and a 20 year airport bond issued against tax revenues. The airport has been under commission since 1961. What Cheer School Closes for Water Shortage As Wells Fail Crews work to restore pumps after extended outage.
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Decorah
Decorahity Council
Airport Commission
the Gazette
What Cheer
Dry Iowa law chair receives giant bottle opener
An avowed dry Iowa House committee leader was given a 24 foot long bottle opener by an anonymous admirer. The gift arrived on his desk as he left a safety and law enforcement committee meeting. He said he would use it to pry new ideas from the committee.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
Sam Robinson
Ruthrie Center
Robinson
Safety and Law Enforcement Committee
Representative Ely Pays $1 Parking Fine in Court
Des Moines Republican John M. Ely Jr. waited for a traffic court judge, then paid a $1 parking fine on his own insistence after a brief delay. The judge, learning Ely’s identity, said no fine for the registration citation but Ely offered to pay the parking ticket anyway.
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Des Moines
John M. Ely, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Harry Grund
Ely
Iowa House
William Denman
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Cedar Falls
County Boards of Supervisors
House Conservation Committee
Max Kreager
Newton
State Conservation Commission
East
Coov
Aileen Cole
Oscar Cole
Garber
Spot
Gladbrook Crossing
Filsworth CO
Seventh Avenue
United States
East Side
3Rd Ave. SE
West Side
1St St. SW
Sun
Frank Nye
Iowa Solons
the Gazette Co
R Rapids
Owa
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
Savings and Loan Association
Second Ave
Grund
Rep. Ely
Statehouse
Ages Stumer
Stomnes
Ponti
Armstrong Foundations
Dorothy Arnold
Armstrong's
Armstrong
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