Iowa City Board Faces Colorado Trip Debate and Lincoln School Addition
The Iowa City community school board moved its meeting to Southeast Junior High due to overcapacity. Voters questioned the Cherry Creek Differentiated Staffing plan tied to a Denver suburb trip for parents and staff. The board approved sending five cars of 30 to Denver, with $1,000 for transport, and accepted a $61,929 bid from L. L. Pelling Co. for Lincoln school expansion. District Music Teacher Dave Shafer criticized proposed $105 base pay rise for next year.
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Iowa City
Southeast Junior High School
Denver
Colo
Cherry Creek
William Bleeker
L. L. Pelling Co
Lincoln School
Dave Shafer
Culver Seeks Trade Adjustment Aid With Bipartisan Support
Rep John Culver re introduces a trade adjustment assistance bill to aid workers, industries, and communities hurt by imports. Forty four House members from both parties back the measure citing mixed approaches to avoid tariff hikes and the threat of trade wars. Culver emphasizes new legislation would create training and job prospects while helping industry shift to need areas and stimulate national competitiveness.
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the Gazette
Washington
John Culver
House
Cedar Rapids Democrat
Culver
The
Iowan
Iowa
U.S
Blue Cross Promoted Symbol Amid Health Care Cost Criticism
Iowa Senator Bart Schweiger criticized Blue Cross Blue Shield for a lavish promotional campaign introducing a new symbol while offering no plan to reduce health care costs. He questioned spending on four color materials for an insurer serving over a million Iowans, urging action to lower consumer costs.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bart Schweiger
Waterloo
Schweiger
Sehweiger
Garnavillo School Closed for Water Main Repairs
Garnavillo school shut Wednesday as crews repair a broken water main causing temporary disruption to classes and operations. Local authorities urged affected families to stay informed for reopening updates.
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Garnavillo
Iowa to pay for abortions for welfare recipients
Des Moines AP reports Iowa will begin funding abortions for women on Medicaid as part of welfare programs, affecting about 24 000 eligible adults under 65. The policy aligns with a January Supreme Court ruling and requires attorney general approval and amended policy books. Memorial Hospital Mason City directors approve abortion use per court guidelines.
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Des Moines
State Department of Social Services
James Gillman
Iowa
U. S. Supreme Court
Gillman
Attorney General’s Office
Mason City
Memorial Hospital
Richard Clock
U.S. Supreme Court
Kuta Elected by Fish and Game Club
Stanley Kuta of 2467 Victoria Street SW elected president of the Linn County Fish and Game Club Inc. Also named are Robert A. Janda as vice president Lillian Serbousek as treasurer Mary Cheadle as secretary Otto Kosek as work chairman and Wilson Jones as club property chairman.
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Stanley Kuta
Victoria Street
Linn County Fish and Game Club, Inc
Robert A. Janda
Lillian Serbousek
Mary Cheadle
Otto Kosek
Wilson Jones
Genereux Brothers Reach State Speech Meet
Washington high school debaters Tom Genereux and Bob Bill qualified in speech events at the district contest Saturday at Central City. They advance to the state contest March 17 in Fairfield to compete in after dinner speaking extemporaneous speaking and interpretive prose reading.
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Washington High School
Tom Genereux
Bob Bill
Central City
Fairfield
Stormont teachers’ pay rises by seven hundred fifty
Strawberry Point reports the Stormont school board approved a base teacher salary increase from 7050 to 7200 and granted a 100 rise for health insurance on Tuesday.
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Strawberry Point
Stormont
Qualified experts sought to judge Eastern Iowa science fair
Wednesday officials in Cedar Rapids invited engineers chemists environmental scientists and other specialists to join the judging corps for the March 31 to April 1 event at Washington High School. Dr Addison Ault of Cornell College chairs the committee. Entry deadline is next Monday. exhibits are judged by non final results criteria.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Ernst
Kirkwood
Ernst
Addison Ault
Department of Chemistry
Cornell College
Ault
Washington High School
Bernard Hayek
Regis
Want ads promise quick results with simple use
Classified notices claim easy to post and quick results. A short phrase directs readers to dial 398 8234 for more information.
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Dial
House Votes Ban On Teasel Plant
The house passed an 81 to 5 bill barring teasel plants and seeds from entering town to protect the sheep industry. Rep. Joseph Clark notes teasel seeds embed in fleece, lowering wool value. Rep. Frank Crabb says the agriculture department requested the measure. The 1967 law had called teasel a secondary noxious weed but did not ban importation.
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Des Moines
Joseph Clark
Dubuque
Frank Crabb
Denison
State Department of Agriculture
Chiang Kai-shek Urges Full Readiness for Mainland Invasion
Twenty years ago Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek urged Nationalist forces in China to mobilize fully for an anticipated invasion of the mainland. The call emphasized decisive action and unified military effort amid ongoing tensions with Communist forces.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Rates and Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1863 by The Gazette Co publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Thir d Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscription options include by carrier 75 cents a week by mail night and Sunday six times a month two dollars a month nineteen dollars a year afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues two dollars and fifteen cents a month twenty dollars a year other states thirty dollars a year. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Thid Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
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