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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1958
Page
5
Iowa moves to admit 260 awaiting Woodward state school patients amid overcapacity 1450 inmates. Gov Loveless and the Iowa Board of Control say screening will begin soon with priority on urgency time on file and family impact.
Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College will test optional class attendance in the spring semester. The experiment covers most courses numbered 100 and above except student teaching and courses under 100. It aims to measure attendance impact on instruction and student responsibility.
District Judge James Gaffney ruled that he has jurisdiction over the injunction suit involving the Teamsters union Boyd and Vinton consolidated schools and Karl Keffer Associates. Des Moines was hired by the board of education to handle preliminary plans for a new elementary school, with no ruling yet on Frantz Construction Company’s action against the Teamsters.
Iowa motor fuel tax receipts dropped to $64.9 million for 1957 from $67.1 million in 1956, but officials attribute the decline to a law change allowing truckers to pay taxes on the 31st, not the 20th. Director George Marchi said the timing lag of $3.2 million explains the apparent loss and will appear in January’s figures.
Voters in the North Fayette county community school district approved a 570000 bond by a 784 percent majority. The funds cover construction of an elementary school and additions to Hawkeye elementary including a multi purpose room band room and wrestling room. Construction starts early summer with 582 to 180 final tally. Local results split 477 to 37 at West Union and 105 to 43 at Hawkeye.
Iowa City County Attorney William Tucker announced on Thursday he will not run again. He said two terms and 314 years as assistant county attorney are enough and plans to focus more on his private practice.
University of Iowa physicists J. Frank McDonald and Louis Hinton outline 130 pound gondola instruments for a Skyhook balloon and four Nike Cajun rocket flights. The projects target auroral particles, upper atmosphere research, and magnetic storm relations from Fort Churchill and Fleming Field with flights planned for February and next summer.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Liquor Commission begins an economy and efficiency plan to save 250 000 annually by firing 130 liquor store employees statewide. About 50 more will shift to part time with all actions complete by February 1.
Iowa officers from Rock Rapids and Ames questioned Jack Hendricks Hoskins 40 on charges tied to the slaying of his estranged wife Carol 22 at a Congregational church in Rock Rapids January 5. Hoskins who fled in a stolen car was captured last Saturday night and may be taken for statements on Saturday.
A regional notice outlines candidates and incumbents for Iowa state senate and local offices. Highlights include Brown of What Cheer seeking the Twelfth district seat, with prior Keokuk county service, and a slate of incumbents and challengers across Tama and Benton counties.
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