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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
10
In Des Moines, ten Republican hopefuls for major offices urged unity, attacked Democrats, and pressed for action on Vietnam and fiscal restraint. Senators Stanley and Plymat clashed over campaign finance and policy while Bramwell and Ray highlighted leadership and economic growth amid party unity rhetoric.
The Tuition Plan Inc of Chicago filed suit in Tama county district court against Robert C Loveland seeking $1,090.98 plus 5 percent interest and costs on a promissory note for tuition and other school fees for Kenneth I Loveland at Luther College Decorah for the 1966 67 year. Loveland listed as parent or guardian.
Thomas J. Evans, longtime associate dean of students at the University of Dubuque, will become dean of students at Luther College Decorah starting the fall term. He has a varied background in education and coaching, including roles at UD since 1964 and a Mississippi Valley Conference Coach of the Year honor in 1960.
James Dennis Roberts of Cedar Rapids is charged with malicious use of telephones in a bomb threat to the Dance-Mar ballroom in Swisher after an anonymous call prompted a lockdown. About 700 people were inside when doors were closed. He is to appear in Coralville court Monday at 7 p.m.
Decorah’s city council accepted Security Bank and Trust Co. bid at 4.9 percent on a 40000 street improvement bond issue. The council also sent Policeman Charles D. Rude to a Fort Des Moines academy starting June 24 and approved five firemen attending the state fire school in Ames next week. A building code received first reading with two more readings and a public hearing planned before enactment. The city to share 842.50 of Bluffton road asphaltic mat costs with the county. Peter Johnson and Sons of Decorah had the low bid for installing a heating system at the municipal swimming pool.
The Iowa State Bar Assn awarded Tama County Bar Assn the 1968 certificate of achievement for outstanding work in a county under 30 000 population. Joseph B. Casey presented the award at the state convention. The honoree ran a county wide speakers bureau and supplied faculty to teach a twelve week general law course in South Tama adult education.
Decorah student Jan C. Haugen will receive Omicron Kappa Upsilon honors at the University of Iowa dental convocation. Faculty members Jagdish M. Chadha Leo F. Decounter C Frederic Erbe Clemens A. Full plus Dean Donald J. Galagan Leslie H Higa Devore E. Killip Arthur N. Kracht and Ernest I. Light are named Omicron Kappa Upsilon award recipients.
One of three boys who escaped from the Eldora state training school for boys was seized by Mason City police. Charles Johnson, 15, from Clear Lake, was found while walking on a Mason City street. Johnson and Charles Hampton, 16, of Mason City, fled Monday with John Spring, 12, of rural Argyle. Spring turned himself in on Tuesday.
Electrical power to the University of Iowa campus was restored after repairs to a damaged turbine generator caused outages for 16 buildings on the east side of the Iowa River. officials estimate costs exceed 7000 dollars for repairs overtime and inconvenience.
University of Illinois officials describe a six month delay for spare bearings after an emergency oil pump failed to lubricate a huge campus generator. The outage underscores fears of limited reserve generating capacity as campus growth strains power supply. Improvements to generation and distribution will follow additional state funds.
Edgewood Colesburg Community School District will shift attendance in the fall. Grades 1–6 move to Colesburg while grades 7–12 attend Edgewood. kindergartners remain at both centers. Board cites cost savings and smoother class loads amid transportation changes and a new shuttle at each center.
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