State Authorizes Budget Increase for Marion Schools
Marion Independent district wins approval for a 189 464 dollar budget rise for the next year. Superintendent Clark Stevens and Business Manager Ken Suwuth, with board members, discuss use of funds for high school renovation and elementary program aid, while a 25 821 dollar request for radio equipment is denied. A separate building permit roundup lists recent issuances.
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Siew Coumuhle
Deg Mathes
Supt
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Stevens
Ken Suwuth
Commie
Marion
Ken Stevens
Longfellow
Empleman Am
Vernon Junior High
Fequyet
Adie
Otis
Midvale Student Graduates at Seattle University Commencement
Graduate Jimet Breet of 1128 Prinie drives was among 340 Midvale students receiving master’s degrees at Seattle University. The article notes commencement ezre ceremonies and lists the event details. Marion Adv Chibe announces a board meeting at city hall tonight at 7 30. Holiday ads note closures Sunday and Monday July 4th and 5th and family wink ads deadline 11 30 am.
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Jimet Breet
Prinie Drives
Seattle University
Road Embargoes Set in Benton County
Benton County supervisors impose a 10 ton limit on three county road sections and close Highway 218 south of Vinton for construction. Readable embargoed segments include seven miles on County Home Road to Oak Grove church, 45 miles of gravel east of Highway 218 toward Vinton, and 11.4 miles of paved road from Van Home northeast to south of Garrison. A survey found abnormally high truck traffic on County Home Road, prompting the embargo to protect roads and reduce dust on unpaved surfaces.
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Benton Board of Supervisors
Vinton
Oak Grove
van Homie
Garrison
Benton County Engineers Office
Paving Work at Marion Begins On Twenty-Ninth Avenue
Paving on Twenty-ninth Avenue began Thursday, with City Engineer Terry Chew stating the avenue will be closed to through traffic from Thirty-touth to Thirty-steals through August 7. The Eighth Avenue bridge project remains on schedule, reopened to traffic on Tuesday.
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Twenty-ninth Avenue
Terry Chew
Ty-Touth
Chew
Eighth Avenue
Dam and Spillway Project Awarded Near Vinton
Benton county conservation board selected Sink Bros. Ne Cedar Falls to build a dam and spillway at Rodgers Park northwest of Vinton for 195 282 29 dollars. Construction due by September 1977 with park facilities including shelters campsites roads and jetties. Limited facilities open next year with final opening planned for 1998.
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Vinton
Benton County
Hard Bay
Sink Bros
Cedar Falls
Rodgers Park
Final Action by State Board on Budget Appeals
The State Board of Budget Appeals finalized action on 282 appeals from counties, agricultural districts, and cities over 750 population challenging budget limits. The board approved roughly all appeals in whole or part after hearings across the state. Members include State Treasurer Maurice Baringer, State Auditor Lloyd Smith, and State Comptroller Marvin Selden.
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Maurice Baringer
Lloyd Smith
Marvin Selden
Appeall Inard
Priest Unhurt in Fayette Crash
The Rev Richard Kahn of Fayette escaped serious injury when his car and a pickup truck collided while he slept near Fayette on Wednesday. His mother Elizabeth Kahn, a passenger, was in good condition at an area hospital. The truck driver and passengers were uninjured. Father Kuhn is to take over duties at Sacred Heart church in Oelwein next week.
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Here
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Oelwein
Rites Held in Cedar Rapids for Sylvia Castek
Sylvia Castek 80 lifelong Swisher resident died after a short illness. Born August 18 1895 near Fairfax she married Aldrich Castek October 24 1915. Surviving husband daughter Mrs Fred Fabinson son Wallace and brother Lamir Cuhel Cedar Rapids. Services Saturday at 10 a.m. with viewing Friday afternoon. Burial Ander Leme Locy near Swisher.
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Aldrich Castek
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Lamir Cuhel
Cedar Rapids
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Chance of Showers For Holiday Weekend
Weathermen expect a weekend shower possibility in Iowa for the bicentennial Fourth of July. Fr iday will be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. Weekend rain possible, clearing Monday with highs in the 80s and lows near 60s. July outlook shows temperatures above normal and rainfall near three and a half inches.
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Iowa
Demos Set Meeting to Choose Candidate in 15th District
Democratic precinct leaders in Linn County plan an 8 p.m. gathering at Linn-Marseltogs to nominate a candidate to succeed State Senator Steve Severn who resigned effective Sept. 1. Severn may resign earlier to keep the filing within legal bounds as Gov. Ray schedules a possible November special election. Eligible attendees include 49 of 52 district leaders from 26 precincts spanning Cedar Rapids Marion Hiawatha and surrounding units. Five candidates have expressed interest including Bob Rush and Doris Peick with others named James Jordan Tom Neenan and Ed Fereeter.
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Soverz
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Ed Fereeter
Centeral City
Grassley Urges Ford to Sign 1977 Public Works Bill
Congressman Charles Grassley pressed President Ford to sign the 1977 public works appropriation bill after Senate passage. The bill funds water control in Iowa with 6.1 million for Waterlo's flood control, 314 million for Marshall, Linn Creek, and nearby areas, and 150 300 for the Cedar and Iowa rivers flood control study.
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Charles Grassley
Ford
Senate
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Waerloa
Marshall Towits Linn Creek
Cedar
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