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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1966
Page
13
Iowa officials outline an agreement to run two Amish public schools under state law with curriculum adjustments and teacher assignments. The plan allows two hours weekly of German language instruction as an extracurricular, forbids religious teaching in class, and funds state aid to replace private foundations in coming years.
The case involves 15 Amish families and 37 children of school age, with about 56 children attending two private schools though not all meet the age 7 requirement in Iowa. An additional 236 Amish children in Buchanan County attend rural public schools with certified teachers.
Progress reported in contract talks between Quaker Oats and Local 110 as the union seeks wage and benefit improvements. Separately, Amish parents in Hazleton and Oelwein court cases over school attendance pause due to state law forcing district mergers, with fines totaling over 10 000 halted pending resolution.
In Des Moines the Oelwein community school board and Amish representative react to a governor backed plan. Board president N J Kjar says they should try it but avoid creating a precedent while attorney William Sindlinger hopes for a permanent solution to Amish schooling amid statewide 12 grade district readiness.
A fire at the Uptown hotel in St Joseph Missouri Tuesday killed one person and left seven injured or missing. Fire officials say the blaze started in a trash barrel and damaged the hotel extensively as two men remained unaccounted for and several others were hospitalized with burns.
In a snippet from a Wichita Falls area report, a marker claims a birthplace site while a replica nearby and a statement by local sources dispute the birthplace location. The text mentions Washington and a family, with a note about a seven child family and a Virginia birthplace.
Hospitalized Clyde Bausch at St Luke's. Ernest Fikers surgical patient at Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Bowen General Assembly Fourth degree KC meeting tonight 6 45 p.m. Adv In Hospital notes. Rentals advertise apartments houses and rooms for rent in Classified Ads. United Good Neighbors executives meet Thursday 8 30 a.m. Evans Treatment ad promotes relief for high blood pressure and muscle aches. Elks notice Jenny Lee and Sparks trio at Club Dining Room every Wed and Sat. Theft report: Mike Dixon reports $151 40 stolen from Mike's Superior station. Granddaughter Penny Eichorn dies. funeral held in Harrisburg PA. she was Darrell Eichorn’s daughter. Hiawatha Optimist committee meetings Wednesday 6 30 p.m. at Jesse James restaurant. Windows smashed at Amb Welding Supply Co. 714 First Ave NW. Story Hour for preschoolers Wednesday 10 30 in library auditorium. Narce Chapter meets Thursday 1 30 p.m. YMCA Gra Y room. Lou Locatell speaker. Paris Academy of Beauty Culture announces Marge Hahn back on staff as advanced styling director.
Senator Dirksen denounced delaying tactics over the $4.8 billion Vietnam defense authorization and urged Senate leaders to vote promptly. He said policy critics have chewed up enough time and pledged to push for action after Washington’s farewell address observance.
Amish in Buchanan county faced state education law challenges over private schools with uncertified teachers. Separately President Johnson signed a bank merger bill setting stricter standards, balancing community need against anti competitive effects and aligning with antitrust law.
Igor Sikorsky, 76, famed helicopter pioneer, named Man of the Year by the New York chapter of the Coin Club. An Iron Gate Squadron Air quarterly auction will be held at the Cedar Force Association venue.
A federal detainer is placed on two inmates at Hardin County Jail Eldora for federal indictments involving passing a counterfeit twenty dollar bill. Charles Griffith 21 Louila Iowa and Ellen Stewart 26 formerly Rock Island Illinois are held on 1000 dollar bond for breaking into a Union grocery store. They were arrested in Des Moines January 11 on burglary tools charges and returned to Eldora to face the break in charge. Both pled not guilty and a Hardin County jury is expected after March 1.
West Bengal Finance Minister Said Mukherjee faced a disrupted budget scene as an opposition member snatched his speech in the Calcutta assembly. Ministers chased the rival, and the session adjourned after further protests and lawmakers tearing up speeches.
Names of nine of the ten persons indicted by the grand jury in the Dubuque counterfeit money case were released, with details of the October investigation and charges against the suspects.
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