State Salary Average Surprises Merit Chief
Iowa officials react to a report showing 73 state agencies paid 1968 salaries totaling 47.5 million dollars, up from 35.7 million in 1966, with total employment rising from 6,545 to 7,802 over three years. The average full time salary appears at 6373 dollars annually.
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DES Moines
Lloyd Smith
Gazette
Smith
Board of Regent
Iowa Highway Commission
Old Board of Control
Two Iowa City Faculty Named to Water Pollution Posts
Neil B. Fisher of preventive medicine and environmental health is named president of the Iowa water pollution control association. Wayne Paulson of civil engineering becomes educational director. The meeting in Ames also honors Melvin F. Neuzil as honorary lifetime member for his service at the Iowa City sewage treatment plant.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Water Pollution Control Association
Neil B. Fisher
Department of Preventive Medicine
Environmental Health
Wayne Paulson
Department of
Ames
Melvin F. Neuzil
Neuzil
University of Iowa art director judges Columbus festival entries
Alfert S. Wilke, since July 1 director of the new University of Iowa museum of art, judged entries for the fine arts competition at Columbus seventh summer arts festival. From 650 entries he selected 62 for exhibition, naming three works for major awards and three for honorable mention.
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Iowa City
Alfert S. Wilke
Museum of Art
University of Iowa
Columbus
Ohio
Springville Band Opens Summer Concert Series
The Springville high school band presents the first of a summer series on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The program features marches light classics and show tunes. A four week summer session begins Monday in Springville.
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Springville
Iowa
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
UIC
The
Cheerleaders Institute
Three McCarthy Campaign Aides Named in Iowa
Blair Clark announces three Iowa co campaign managers for Sen. Eugene McCarthy John Garfield Coralville Clifford Larson Ames and Louis Galetich Carroll They are Iowa delegates to the Democratic national convention State Rep Harry Beardsley Des Moines is the Iowa McCarthy chairman The group will direct the Iowa effort and plan rallies and county fair presentations starting with a Des Moines workshop July 29 and an August 15 state celebration.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Eugene McCarthy
Blair Clark
McCarthy
Clark
Des Moines
Regional Airport Survey Launched Des Moines
Air passengers and airport managers are surveyed this week through Aug 11 to assess need for a central Iowa regional airport. The study, by R Dixon Speas Associates for the Central Iowa Regional Planning Commission, aims to gauge future air transportation needs and airport capacity.
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Central
Iowa
Des Moines
Central Iowa
William Pelz Resigns From Highway Commission
J R Coupal Jr announces the resignation of William F Pelz director of personnel for the Ames State Highway Commission. Pelz became personnel director on November 1 1963 after serving as assistant personnel director safety coordinator and chief librarian. He previously worked as a personnel technician in the state comptroller's office. Pelz has not announced future plans.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
J. R. Coupal, Jr
Commission
William F. Pelz
Pelz
Highway Commission
State Comptroller’s Office
Two Anamosa escapees captured as third remains at large
Special to The Gazette Anamosa two of three reformatory inmates who escaped Monday have been apprehended. Daniel Riedel 19 of Davenport remains at large after hospital before fitting for a back brace. Fults 19 of Iowa City and Jerry Schrull 21 of Newton were found by Capt Don Mohr and were in a ditch three miles north of Anamosa on the Stone City road before being returned to custody. Bruce
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Anamosa
Daniel Riedel
Davenport
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Riedel
Reformatory
Scott County
Fults
Jerry Schrull
Newton
Don Mohr
Stone City
Johnson County
Schrull
Delaware County Budget Proposes Tax Increase for 1969
Manchester reports a proposed county budget totaling 1 674 566 with 981 419 to be raised by taxation an increase of 13 336 over 1968. A hearing is set at the county courthouse for August 12 at 10 a m. Expenditures include general court poor state institutions and other line items with varying tax needs. The overall tax levy would be a fraction of a mill with 1967 levies listed as 26 046 mills outside towns and 13 970 inside towns.
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Manchester
County Court House
Mrs Doderer Cited In Demo Contest
Mrs Doderer of Iowa City a state representative and Democratic national committeewoman elect received an honorable mention as a woman doer in a Democratic National Committee contest. She was the sole Iowan cited in the elected officials or party officeholders category.
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Washington
UPI
Minnette Doderer
Iowa City
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Ramsey Clark to appear on Dick Cavett Show
United States Attorney General Ramsey Clark will open Wednesday's Dick Cavett Show in color. The program starts at 9:30 AM and airs on KCRG Channel 9.
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United States
Ramsey Clark
Dick Cavett
Kcrg'ry
Channel 9
Greeley Farmer Hurt When Tractor Tips
Earl Strickler a 39 year old farmer from Greeley was injured when a tractor overturned on his Russell Hook farm. He freed his 11 year old son John who drove a second tractor to summon help. the wrecked machine was lifted off him and he was moved from a local hospital to St Luke's in Cedar Rapids in fair condition.
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Manchester
Earl Strickler
Greeley
St.Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Russell Hook
Strickler
Man, Two Women Held In Bluffs Bank Robbery
A man and two women face preliminary hearings Friday on robbery with aggravation for the $8,200 robbing of Council Bluffs Savings Bank Monday. Richard Lombard 29 from Mobile Alabama Irene Bauch 54 and Jo Anna Moore Bauch 34 of Seattle pleaded innocent. Lombard held on 75000 bond, women on 2500 each. FBI says Lombard also wanted for $7350 Seattle NA bank robbery on June 17.
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Council Bluffs
Richard Lombard
Mobile
Ala
Irene Bauch
Jo Anna Moore
Bauch
Seattle
Council Bluffs Savings Bank
Lombard
FBI
Seattle, Wash., Motor Inn
People’s National Bank
Powers Reunion Honors Stanley Residents at Oelwein Park
The 38th Powers reunion gathered at Oelwein park Sunday with officers elected, including treasurer Mrs. E. D. James and secretary Neva Pond, both residents of Stanley.
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Stanley
Powers
Oelwein Park
E. D. James
Neva Pond
Johnson criticizes Iowa tax law as inequitable to farmers
Republican candidate Donald Johnson in Jefferson denounces the 1967 assessment law as inequitable and burdensome to farmers and small business. He calls for clearer definitions of current use and earning capacity, more balanced emphasis on market value, and accountability for past drafting through the legislature and Senate. He blames Gov. Hughes and the Democrat- controlled Senate for faults and urges reform.
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Jefferson
API
Donald Johnson
Iowa
Johnson
General Assembly
Republican State Central Committee
Bob Ray
Harold Hughes
Senate
Ray proposes parental liability for juvenile vandalism
Oakland Governor Robert D. Ray urged a bill to hold parents financially responsible for their under 18 children’s vandalism. He suggested a liability range from 500 dollars for a single act to 1500 dollars for multiple acts, framed in a speech to Republican women.
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Oakland
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Beck Attacks Ray Over 1967 Tax Bill
Centerville publisher Robert Beck bluntly accuses rival Robert Ray of lacking standing to criticize the 1967 tax bill. Beck questions Ray’s absence during the bill’s final legislative push and frames the dispute as a test of accountability in a heated campaign exchange.
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Centerville
UPI
Robert Beck
Robert Ray
Beck
Ray
Big Fish Kill at Manchester Mill Race
Several hundred fish mostly carp died in the Maquoketa river mill race at the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. hydro plant near Manchester. The fish suffocated when river water level dropped last week to rid the river of rough fish and later rose with floods, carrying the carcasses downstream.
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Manchester
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Quaker Mill
Maquoketa
Wallace Nominating Convention Set in Des Moines for Iowa Ballot
Former Alabama Governor George Wallace planned to qualify on the American Independent party ticket in Iowa with a Des Moines convention. Wallace would arrive at 2 30 p m at the Des Moines airport and speak at the Savery hotel before a 8 p m rally at the state fairgrounds. The event preceded a $25 dinner, with lawyers coordinating the process to meet Iowa election rules.
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Des Moines
George Wallace
Alabama
Iowa
American Independent Party
Wallace
Savery Hotel
Jack Giles
Huntsville
Ala
Giles
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Melvin Synhorst
Harold Hughes
Cincinnati
Bernard Niles Killed in Highway 169 Bridge Crash
Algona reports Bernard J. Niles, 38, of Irvington died when his car struck a bridge on highway 169 about a half mile south of Algona early Tuesday. The crash killed him at the scene and involved no other passengers.
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Algona
Bernard J. Niles
Irvington
Highway 169
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