Marion approves rezoning and city projects in council meeting
Marion council gave initial approval to an ordinance re zoning the Byers and Happel addition from A-1 to A-2, located south of Twenty ninth avenue and east of Alburnett road. It also authorized 14 486.71 to Hanson Construction Co for Eighth Avenue bridge work and 992 bid for a city hall sound system from WMT Music and Sound.
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Marion
Byers
WMT Music and Sound
Boards of Education
Byers and Happel
Iowa Employment Upswing Reported
DES MOINES Iowa employment rose in June 1976 to 1 307 500 from 1 268 200 a year earlier a gain of 39 300. Unemployment fell to 71 800 from 75 500, with a 5 percent rate versus 5 5 percent last June and the national rate at 7 5 percent. Industry gains were broad with wholesale and retail trade services and machinery leading increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Job Service of
JSI
Jerry Shroyer
Shroyer
New Co-Ed Dorm Policy Okayed for Fall
Iowa City University of Iowa officials approve an experimental co-educational housing option at Hillcrest residence hall beginning this fall. Two floors will house about 80 students with separate lounges and restrooms, proposed by the student-run Association of Residence Halls and to be evaluated after one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Mitchel D. Livingston
Hillcrest
Assn
Board of Regents
Gas station attendant repels bandit with gasoline hose
Milan Italy AP report Gioacchino de Astis a 56 year old gasoline station attendant at a Milan area station used a squirting pump to spray gasoline on a bandit who brandished a pistol and demanded cash. The attacker fled in a car after the confrontation.
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Milan
Italy
Gioacchino de Astis
Back pay totaling 1.2 million owed to Iowa workers
UPI reports the U.S. Labor Department found 1.2 million dollars in back pay owed to 8,680 Iowa workers under employment standards laws for the year ending June 30. Of that, 883,153 dollars was recovered for 5,834 workers, mainly through voluntary employer payments. The largest share involved overtime, with 535,865 dollars paid to 5,191 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
U.S. Labor Department
Iowa
John C. Read
Hospitalized and Selling Notices at Local Addresses
Multiple local items report residents in hospitals or moving. Mrs Har old LeClerc and Mrs Blanche Lehr are hospitalized at St Luke's and Mercy respectively with visitors allowed. Mr and Mrs Clyde Kramer sold 2855 First Avenue to Mr and Mrs John Payne and moved to Decorah. possession July 16. Kensinger Realtors handled the sale. Redmond Eckhart returned home from St Luke's after surgery. Julie Nodurft joins Beauty Box on Marion street. Contact 377 4508.
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Harold LeClerc
Marion Boulevard
St. Luke's Hospital
Clyde Kramer
First Avenue
John Payne
Kramers
Decorah
Kensinger, Realtors
Blanche Lehr
Twentysixth Street
Mercy Hospital
Randall Charged With Drunk Driving in Springville
Raymond Eugene Randall, 36, of route 1 Springville, was arrested Thursday night by Marion police on a drunk driving charge on Thirty-fifth street south of Seventh avenue. He was taken to Linn county jail for processing.
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Raymond Eugene Randall
Route 1
Springville
Marion
Randall
Seventh Avenue
Linn County
ICC Claims Victory in Dredging Dispute
DES MOINES Iowa conservation commission says it won a round in the clash with the U S Army Corps of Engineers over Mississippi River dredging in northeast Iowa The corps suspended planned dredging in Lansing after the commission argued sand and gravel would harm fishing and wildlife areas Mississippi River coordinator Mark Ackerson cited studies suggesting past dredging was excessive and unnecessary
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Conservation Commission
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Iowa
Corps of Engineers
Commission
Lansing
Mark Ackerson
Franklin To Leave DPI Grant Sought
Linn-Mar high school band instructor James L. Franklin won board approval to seek release for the 1976 77 year and provide further information on his request while the panel also approved a DPI grant for a vocational home economics program explained by Assistant Superintendent Harold Hulleman. He noted 80 percent salary and travel reimbursement could total 16 000 to 17 000 for the first year with future funding levels to follow. The board also reviewed annual treasurer and secretary reports and discussed anticipatory warrants to cover overdrafts. The board favors noon to 8 pm election polls. final hours to be decided by the county auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Franklin
Linn-Mar
Franklin
Harold Hulleman
Hulleman
DPI
Charles Farris
Alton Lock Could Harm Rail Service
Two Iowa grain elevator operators testified that a larger Alton Illinois lock could aid barges at the expense of railroads. Bruce Anderson of Albert City urged tying federal funding to facility usage fees. Wayne Seaman of Ralston warned railroads would raise rates to cover lost traffic if a new lock is built.
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Washington
Alton
Ill
Bruce Anderson
Albert City
Senate
Anderson
Wayne Seaman
The
Farmers’ Co
Waukon Family Hurt in Crash
Mrs Emmett Howe 41 of route 2 Waukon and her three daughters Kimberly 16 Karla 15 and Mary Beth 7 were injured Thursday morning when she lost control of her car on highway 76 three miles north of Waukon. They were treated at Waukon hospital. The accident was likely caused by tire failure sending the car into the ditch and turning over with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Emmett Howe
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Livingston
Redmond Eckhart
Tenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Julie Nodurft
ICC
Grant
Mary Burke
Alton Lock
Cae
Danecraft
Lindale
Killian
Lindale Plaza
Cedar Rapids
Killians
Killian’s
Indale
Mall Shopping Center
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