Group Appeals Ban on School Sex Education in Iowa
Des Moines AP report says a free-lance evangelist and Iowa American Independent party women urge the legislature to veto sex education in public schools. They attack clinical terms and drawings, urging a resolution to deny state funds for such classes. The story notes a prior mini-skirt vote in the House.
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Jim Farrell
DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa American Independent Party
Robert Dilley
House of Representatives
Services Wednesday For Ray Crosby Lineman
Ray W. Crosby a lineman for the city light plant died from a heart attack suffered Monday at a doctor's office in Vinton He was 38 and a native of Waukegan Illinois He is survived by his wife Jeanne a stepson Mike Stratton two daughters Christy Rae and Kim Marie his parents Mr and Mrs William Crosby and four sisters all of Waukegan Ill Services set for Wednesday at 1 pm at the Fry and Holland funeral home with burial in Mt Auburn cemetery
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Ray W. Crosby
City Light
Waukegan
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Jeanne
Mike Stratton
Christy Rae
Kim Marie
William Crosby
Cedar Rapids Gazette Subscription Rates Notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1863 lists subscription rates for carrier and mail editions. It notes no mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service and states AP exclusivity for republication of local news and AP dispatches.
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U.S. Territories
Associated Press
Color Photo on Iowa Driver Licenses Proposed
Iowa senator Ernest Kosek introduces a bill to require color photographs on drivers licenses and permits and to add a color code showing age. A red bar would mark holders under 21 to deter license swapping for liquor purchases, with license fees rising 50 cents to fund the changes.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Kosek
Oelwein School Board Extends Year During Weather Delay
The Oelwein school board announced make-up days due to winter weather extending the school year to June 5 and June 6.
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Oelwein
Community Services Session to brief Iowa educators
About 60 educators from 14 colleges universities and schools will attend an Iowa Community Services meeting in Iowa City. Dean Robert F Ray of the University of Iowa will speak. Ray heads ICS the state agency for Title I programs in higher education and community service and continuing education.
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Iowa
Iowa Community Services
ICS
Iowa State
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University of Iowa
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U. of 1. Division of Extension and University Services
Marengo Night Policeman Resigns After Short Service
Lyle Dietrich, 23, a Marengo night policeman since June 1967, submitted a letter of resignation effective immediately. He cited personal reasons for leaving the force.
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Lyle Dietrich
Dietrich
Surplus of Republicans In Senate Noted in Iowa
Legislative notes recount a mix up when Senator Pearle DeHart wandered into a Democratic caucus, mistaken for a party switch. The piece also notes Rev. David Abram leading prayers in the capitol, with his earlier service as a page for two Iowa lieutenant governors in 194? and 1953.
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R-Ames
Andrew Frommelt
D-Dubuque
David Abram
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Des Moines
House
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William H. Nicholas
Clear Lake
Leo Elthon
Fertile
Remap Plan Would Keep 35 County Lines Intact
Iowa reapportionment plan by Rep. Maurice Van Nostrand would keep 35 counties intact while creating 44 equal-population house districts. The commission must trim 24 house seats and reduce the senate from 61 to 50. Van Nostrand’s proposal uses 2,757,537 census base with 27,575 per district, allowing 5 percent deviation. High-population counties like Black Hawk Scott Story would cross counties to fit districts.
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Des Moines
Maurice van Nostrand
R-Avoca
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Senate
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Dubuque
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Polk
Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Boone
Fayette
Sioux
Black Hawk
Scott
Story
Marshall
Jasper
Muscatine
Wapello
Lee
Webster
Cerro Gordo
Iowa
Oelwein Plans To Stay Within 90000 Budget
Oelwein city council orders depot remodeling plans within the 90000 insurance funds. Five thousand already spent on interim repairs. possible 15000 bond for extra financing. vote date to be set on an 180000 bond for a new five stall fire station near the depot. Lynn Arnold named civil defense director. Pay raises approved for police and firemen and for other city employees effective January.
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Civil Defense
Ray Hutchinson
Jaycee Awards to Seven at Monona
Awards presented during the annual Jaycee banquet in Monona honored seven individuals and a local business. L. Dean Henkes was named outstanding young farmer, Harold James outstanding young educator, John Ryan outstanding young religious leader, Willa Hellwig and Roger Halverson distinguished service, Otto Rosseach outstanding Jaycee, and Huenker Chevrolet outstanding boss.
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L. Dean Henkes
Willa Hellwig
Roger Halverson
Harold James
John Ryan
Huenker Chevrolet
Otto Rosseach
Burr Oak Soldier Wounded in Vietnam
Burr Oak Pfc. James Donlan son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Donlan suffered chest wounds from mortar fragments in Vietnam fighting January 23 He has been in Vietnam since October and serves as a medic with the First Infantry He will be transferred from a Vietnamese hospital to San Francisco
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Burr Oak
James Donlan
Lawrence Donlan
Vietnam
Donlan
San Francisco
Set Computer Course For School Leaders
Educational Administration in the Computer Age, a week long workshop for school administrators, runs July 14 18 at Upper Iowa college. Dr William Longley says it introduces administrators to computer system capabilities and limits. It carries two hours of college credit and meets in morning and afternoon sessions.
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Fayette
Upper Iowa College
William Longley
Ed Mallom Heads Oelwein School Committee
The Oelwein school board advisory panel elected Ed Mallom as chairman and Dr. D J Ottalie as vice chairman. The group will study new teaching methods ahead of recommendations on designing a new junior high and an elementary school. One junior high and one elementary building were damaged in last May's tornado.
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Oelwein
Oelwein School Board
Ed Mallom
D. J. Ottalie
Area School State Scholarships Are Proposed
DES MOINES AP Iowa students at area vocational schools and community colleges would become eligible for state scholarships if a bill introduced in the Iowa House by Rep. Donald Voorhees and eight others becomes law. The scholarships would be administered by the Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission and were created by the 1965 legislature for four year colleges only.
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Lowa House
Donald Voorhees
R-Waterloo
Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission
Bill clears way for jobs for teenagers
DES MOINES AP A bill in the Iowa senate would lift the ban on youths 16 or younger working in hotels and restaurants. Four Republican senators proposed allowing part time jobs as waiters car hops or bell boys amid citations of violations by several Eastern Iowa drive ins last summer.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
West Union Awards Insurance Contract to Three Firms
The West Union city council awarded the annual insurance business to three local firms for a combined bid of 4588 dollars. One bidder was not chosen. The winning firms were Woodard and Woodard Linus Putz and Reliable Agency, all of West Union.
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Linus Putz and
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Let Want Ads Help You Buy Sell Or Trade
Help wanted ads invite readers to call 369 1234 to place or inquire about wanted listings for buying selling or trading items.
Girl 12 retaliates against man who followed her home
Des Moines police report a 12 year old girl, unnamed, says a man followed her from Stowe Elementary on multiple days. After seeing the car again after school, she picked up a brick and shattered the windshield, causing the vehicle to crash into a parking area before she fled home.
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Des Moines
Stowe
Stanwood Woman Clawed by Dog at Stanwood
Stanwood resident Evangline Parks, 66, remained in fair condition Tuesday at St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids after injuries from a weekend dog incident. Deputy Sheriff Richard Hancock said the case is under investigation. She was clawed by a German Shepherd owned by Mrs William Matthews of Stanwood and required about 300 stitches.
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Evangline Parks
Amana Welfare Association Names New Officers
Amana Welfare Association announces new officers led by Ronald Schumacher as president and Richard Neuman as vice president. Norman Geiger becomes second vice president with Mrs. Robert Neuman as secretary and Mrs. Marvin Krauss as assistant secretary. Henry G. Schuhmacher serves as treasurer.
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Richard Neuman
Norman Geiger
Robert Neuman
Marvin Krauss
Henry G. Schuhmacher
Quasqueton Crash Injures Two Minorities Treated
Two people suffered minor injuries in a two car crash near the Wapsipinicon river bridge at 4 30 pm Monday. Karen Johnson 27 of Quasqueton collided with Earl Mason 46 of Vinton who was driving a southbound car with three brothers present. Mrs Johnson and Cheryl 3 were treated and released. Johnson was charged with failure to yield half the roadway by the highway patrolman.
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Gazette
Quasqueton
Wapsipinicon River
Karen Johnson
Earl Mason
Vinton
Mason
Burglars Loot Cedar Cove Restaurant for 350 Cash
Tipton county deputy reports a break in at the Cove restaurant and gas station at the I 80 Tipton interchange. Thieves pried a back window to gain entry between midnight Monday and 6 am Tuesday, taking 18 boxes of spark plugs and 350 dollars.
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Richard Hancock
Cedar County
Cove
Rites in Rhode Island For Waukon Native
WAUKON Henrietta Medary 61 a native of Waukon died Sunday in Providence R I where she lived with three sisters. She grew up here and graduated from Cornell College Mt Vernon. Services will be held in Providence Wednesday. The body will be brought to Waukon in the spring for burial.
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Henrietta Medary
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R.I
Cornell College
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