Marion to Take Bids On Oil and Gas
City council session approves bidding by wholesalers for gasoline and other fuels after a May bill for 2 400 gallons prompts action. A committee including Mayor George H Brewer and councilmen Dale Wears and Walter Bensch will draft fuel bid specifications.
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Marion
George H. Brewer
Dale Wears
Walter Bensch
South Twelfth Street
B and E Avenues
South Twelfth
F Avenue
Ralph Mills
J. R. Starry
Ronald van Note
Marion Youth To Spend Summer In Costa Rica
Walter Hauter son of the Rev Mr and Mrs Jean P Hauter will leave June 6 for Cartago Costa Rica to spend the summer in the American Field Service program. He will live with Sofia De Zawadski and her 16 year old son Alejandro and return to Marion in August. Walter will be a Marion high school senior next fall and has been active in dramatics school newspaper yearbook and United Presbyterian Youth Fellowship.
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Walter Hauter
Jean P. Hauter
Cartago
Costa Rica
Sofia de Zawadski
Alejandro
Walter
Marion High School
AFL
Marion
United Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Marion Area Notices and Schedules Summary
Bible School enrollment at St Pauls Lutheran Vacation Bible School shows 272 attendees this Monday with classes continuing through the week. The Farmers State Bank Marion Alburnett offers 4 percent interest on one year certificates, FDIC insured. Marion YMCA schedule lists swimming lessons 8:30 a.m. crafts 10 a.m. open facilities 1 p.m. and judo club 7 p.m. Patmos Commandery No 27 ET meets Thursday 8 p.m. at the Masonic temple.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Farmers State Bank
Marion
Alburnett
YMCA
Marion Branch
Patmos Commandery No
E.T
Masonic Temple
Marion Boy Hurt When Hit by Car
A 14 year old Marion boy Stanley Clark son of the Donald Clarks 1555 Eighth street was hurt Tuesday morning when struck by a car at Seventh avenue and Thirteenth street. He was on a bicycle and listed in fair condition at St. Luke's hospital with lacerations of the left ear and a possible concussion. The driver Rol and Moehlmann 56 1307 Elmhurst drive NE Cedar Rapids remained under investigation by Marion police.
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Marion
Stanley Clark
Donald Clarks
Eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
Thirteenth Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Roland Moehlmann
Elmhurst Drive
Cedar Rapids
Alburnett Toddville Alumni Picnic Set for Saturday
The Alburnett-Toddville alumni picnic will be held Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Toddville school. Alumni and their families are invited to attend. Coffee will be furnished.
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Alburnett-Toddville
Toddville School
Moving Safe Marion TV Sports News Item
Bob Brooks reports on Moving Safe at Marion in a weekday late news brief. The segment airs on TV 9 at 10:25 PM and covers a local sports update with emphasis on safety and community events.
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TV 9
Bob Brooks
Marion T.V
Iowa Minnesota crossing for Route 35 set
Iowa and Minnesota highway officials set the Interstate 35 state line crossing linking Des Moines and Minneapolis at a point about one mile west of 69 and Emmons Minnesota. The crossing lies six miles north of Lake Mills Iowa with a corridor from highway 20 north to the border approved as planned since 1956.
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Ames
UPI
Iowa
Minnesota
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Emmons
Minn
Lake Mills
Southeast Iowa Town Faces Water Shortage
MEDIAPOLIS AP This southeastern town of 1,040 has been getting along with only 25 percent of its normal water supply since Monday morning. Officials are investigating why the shallow well is producing only a fourth of its normal flow. Town authorities urge residents to use water only for drinking cooking and sanitation.
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Mediapolis
Towa
State Juvenile Field Service Head Resigns
Maurice Beale resigns as supervisor of juvenile field services for the state board of control effective Sept. 1 to head a new social service department at Ionia State Hospital in Michigan. Announcement made by Benjamin Baer director of corrections in Des Moines Iowa.
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Des Moines
Maurice Beale
State Board of Control
Benjamin Baer
Beale
Ionia State Hospital
Michigan
Charlton Leads Iowa Young Republicans to National Convention
William Stuart Charlton Manchester attorney and Iowa Young Republicans chair will head a 24 member Iowa delegation to the Young Republican national convention in San Francisco June 25 to 28. Alternate delegates include Jeanne Swisher Iowa City William Bernau Cedar Rapids and George Forby Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
William Stuart Charlton
Manchester
Iowa Young Republicans
San Francisco
Jeanne Swisher
Iowa City
William Bernau
George Forby
Cedar Rapids
Local Graduates Earn BA Degrees From Wes leyan and Concordia
Graduates James L. Miller and Wayne Rutz received bachelor of arts degrees. James L. Miller is the son of Mr and Mrs John W Miller of 3900 Cottage Grove Ave NE and earned his degree at Wes leyan University in Middle town Conn. Wayne Rutz is the son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Rutz of 135 Fifteenth Street SW and earned his degree at Concordia College in Fort Wayne Ind.
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James L. Miller
John W. Miller
Cottage Grove Avenue
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Wayne Rutz
Edgar Rutz
Fifteenth Street SW
Concordia College
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Robins Man Fined $300 for Drunk Driving
Special to The Gazette Joseph De Wayne Pettit of Robins is fined 300 dollars plus costs for drunken driving after an arrest on May 30.
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Toledo
Joseph DeWayne Pettit of
Robins
Its the Thought Behind the Gift That Counts
A lighthearted line suggests that the value of a gift lies in the idea and that many girls prefer men who think big when choosing presents.
Oelwein council eases summer curfew for teens
The Oelwein city council relaxed summer curfew to 11 30 p m from 10 30 p m with 11 30 p m on three weekend nights. A June 28 hearing will discuss Fourth Street SW paving cost 70 753 and Sixth Avenue curb and gutter 12 283.
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Oelwein
Youth Guidance Council
Fourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Interstate Power Co
Dundee
Fayette
Ambulance Crash Injures Four Near Creston Iowa
Union County Sheriff George Stroman and Creston Police Chief Melvin Woosley were among four people injured when an ambulance carrying them collided with a car on Highway 34 fifteen miles west of Creston. Driver McKinley Boswell faced charges for failing to have his vehicle under control.
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Creston
Union County
George Stroman
Melvin Woosley
Here
Stroman
Woosley
McKinley Boswell
Clarinda
Bertha Costen
Boswell
Iowa Highway
Kenneth Brown
Bright light sighted in sky over NE Iowa early Tuesday
A bright white light appeared around 2 30 a m over northeast Iowa with reports from Cedar Falls Independence Nashua Waterloo and nearby Minnesota towns. Officials suggested a meteor or satellite burn up while searches found no crash evidence and a diverted plane was accounted for. An airline pilot reported observing a meteor in the same area at the same time.
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the Gazette
Independence
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Nashua
Waterloo
Austin
Albert Lea
Minn
Federal Aviation Agency
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Dubuque
Liberty Township School Bonds Fair Defeated
A proposed 145000 bond to fund a Liberty Township central elementary school failed Monday with 109 voting yes and 97 no, not reaching the 60 percent required. The plan would have replaced existing township schools.
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Liberty Township School Bonds Fair
Liberty Township
Three Hurt When Car Hits Dirt Dump in Iowa City
At the Church and Johnson streets intersection about 5 30 p m a car driven by Ruth Drake 35 of Iowa City failed to stop at a stop sign colliding with a truck from Iowa Excavating and Grading Co The crash dumped dirt across the intersection injuring Drake and her daughter Mary 8 and leaving truck driver Duane Wagner with a minor head injury all treated and released at Mercy hospital Drake to be charged with failure to yield.
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Iowa City
Church
Johnson Streets
Ruth Drake
Mary
Mercy Hospital
Duane Wagner
Iowa Excavating and Grading Co
Winneshiek Board Appoints Amdahl as Relief Director
Winneshiek county board of supervisors named John G. Amdahl relief director replacing George Eillickson who resigned. Board also let contracts for a road grading and surfacing project on a 5.34 mile farm to market route, total $123,987.83. Low bidder for grading was Lorean Leas, Luana at $19,096.81 and Reverud Construction Co. of Spring Grove won the rolled base and black top work at $104,891.02.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Iowa Youth Killed By Lightning While Driving Tractor
Wayne Pankoke a 13 year old Iowa boy was struck by lightning while driving a tractor in a field on the Elgin Pankoke farm. The tractor circled and crashed into a fence after his death.
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Winfield
Wayne Pankoke
Elgin Pankoke
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