City Hall Remodel Bid Leads Marion Council Action
Marion council accepted B. A. Westbrook’s 2247 bid for rear city hall remodeling with second floor over the police garage. Warren E. Read’s 2242 bid was reviewed. plans were prepared by contractors, not city. The panel directed bids for phase three and other municipal projects, including off street parking, sewer work, and street-light service in Marion.
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Larry Tanner
B. A. Westbrook
Marion
Warren E. Read
Jan Marg
Westbrook
Marg
Peter F. Crivaro
Council Chamber
Ralph W. Potter
Miles Adams
Crivaro
Marion Chamber of Commerce Parking Lot Committee
Daryl D. Marken
Howard R. Green Co
Marken
Green Company
Potter
South Eleventh Street
Meadowview Drive
Grand Avenue
Hennessey Bros., Inc
Cooper Construction Co
Rebekah Lodge Installs Officers in Grove City
Mrs. Melvin Goldsworth installed as noble grand of Grove City Rebekah lodge 35 Monday night at IOOF hall. District deputy Mrs. Ray Hamilton led the ceremony with Star of Maine Cedar Rapids staff. New officers include Mrs. Phil Webber vice grand Mabel Blair recording secretary and others. Seventy five people attended with guests from Ely Springville and Cedar Rapids. Also notes from Mari-Linn 4-H club meeting and local ads and notices.
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Melvin Goldsworth
Noble Grand
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Ray Hamilton
Star of Maine
Cedar Rapids
Phil Webber
Mabel Blair
Don DeVault
Elizabeth Brown
Sharon Blumenshine
Goldsworth
William Taylor
Donald Jerome
DeWayne Dirks
Leland Weaver
Maude Robinson
Joe Burrows
Vice Grand
Wayman Harbaugh
Gladys Ballard
Gerald Warrick
Inside Guardian
Ivan Mann
Outside Guardian
Mabel Harlan
Kenneth Lorenz
Everett Lurth
Harold Grimes
Ballard
Wilbert Hughes
W. A. Bell
Ely
Springville
Marion YMCA classes and thanks in hospital note
Vandals strike Marion YMCA with classtimes listed for rosemalling and various youth and club activities. J B Fosdick thanks friends for flowers and visits while hospitalised. PTA pre school study group tonight hosted by Mrs Rathje with Sokol speaker on preschool physical fitness. Osceola Benevolent Assn holds annual meeting Thursday at 7 pm in I O C F hall. Willard McCune returns home from Mercy hospital.
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Adv
Marion Pta
David Rathje
Twenty-seventh Street
Don Smith
Sokol School
Cedar Rapids
Osceola Benevolent Assn
C.F. Hall
High School Graduate Earns BA From University of Iowa
A student completed high school studies and received a bachelor of arts degree at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, marking an educational milestone for the alum.
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University of Iowa In
Iowa City
Rites Thursday for Mrs. Floyd Emmons
Marion area obituary notes the death of Margaret F. Emmons aged 60, wife of Floyd Emmons, longtime Linn County figure. Born Feb 8, 1905 in Marion, she lived on a Marion north farm 40 years, and was active in Marion Christian church and sororities. Services Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Burial Oak Shade. memorials suggested to church fund. The piece also covers Linn-Mar teacher salary discussions, a resignation, and a bond vote schedule.
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Floyd Emmons
Linn County
Marion
Emmons
Iowa State
Ames
Earl Barber
James Carter
Cedar Rapids
Harold Williams
Sun City
Ariz
Marion Christian Church
Peter M. Morgan
Oak Shade
Murdoch Chapel
Marion Christian Church Memorial Fund
Ski Lodge Blast Kills One. Eleven Hurt at Breckenridge
Breckenridge Colorado police report a blast at the new Breckenridge ski area operations building killed Richard Lanning of Casper Wyoming and injured 11, three critically. Lift manager John Bos, 25, said the explosion appeared from a propane gas leak in a crawl space beneath the two-story timber building. About 200 tickets were sold, far fewer than the 1,500 on Sunday.
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Breckenridge
Colo
John Bos
Chicago
Breckenridge Ski Area
Richard Lanning
Casper
Wye
Bos
Batman joins KCRG-TV lineup this week
The Batman will air on KCRG-TV Channel 9 this week in color. It is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 6 30.
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Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Lindsay Vows New York Won't Be Intimidated
New York Mayor Lindsay rejects intimidation amid a 11 day bus and subway strike. mediators explore settlement options while traffic eases from record levels. Lindsay urges mediators to propose concrete settlement steps and hints at return-to-work while a fact finding or arbitration could guide final terms.
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Lindsay
New York
Manhattan
Henry A. Barnes
New York City
That Breakfast Really Expensive
In Springville Utah AP reports Mrs Jean Wightmans breakfast cost almost $100. Her daughter Linda Bartholomew began a search for contact lenses left in a bowl in the cupboard. Mrs Wightman recalls biting through the extra crunchy meal with little notice.
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Springville, Utah
Jean Wightman
Linda Bartholomew
Move to Combine 3 Illinois Cities
A plan to merge Rock Island Moline and East Moline into one municipality aims to save about 300000 yearly. Committee chair Richard Evans says the borough form would create a 20 member council elected from 10 wards with 113000 population, third largest in Illinois.
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Moline
UPI
Rock Island
East Moline
Chicago
Richard Evans
Evans
Ilinois
Rockford
Peoria
U.S. proposal calls UN program on underwater resources
The United States proposed at the United Nations Development Programme that new programs be launched to develop underwater resources and help address the world water shortage.
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United Nations
U.S
U.N
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