Iowa Amtrak talks slated for July 12
Public hearing in Des Moines July 12 as ICC holds 38 hearings coast to coast on a DOT plan to trim Amtrak routes. Proposal would cut national mileage from 27 000 to 18 900 and drop a southern Iowa line with final decisions due to Congress by year end.
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Tipton Board Debates Lunchroom Supervision and Aide Hiring
Tipton Community School Board clashed over who should supervise the lunchroom. A motion to hire three noon aides at 1% hours daily at 2.50 an hour failed for lack of a second. Administrators argued teachers are contractually due a lunch period, while others urged aides to cover supervision. The decision may be reconsidered when an absent member returns.
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Tipton Community School
Doug Phelps
Mount Vernon grade system scrut inized by Elaine Bailey
Mount Vernon Middle School faced review of its one year trial grading system. Principal Tom Lass reported teacher and student evaluations. Some favor retaining the S and U marks with comments, others want to revert or modify, possibly adding an E.
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Mount Vernon
Tom Lass
School board to consider revised grading change for next year
Seventh and eighth graders were polled about a new S and U grading system replacing the A to F scale. Most negative views came from eighth graders used to the old system. Sixty favored the new method, 38 the old, 25 had no opinion. Critics warned the system could let average students slide to a U and discourage high achievers. Superintendent Addis cautioned no perfect system exists and aims to delay labeling until maturity. The board plans early September discussions with faculty and may hear parental input before finalizing. Also approved a $17,345 insurance bid for a three-year liability program and hired three new teachers for 1978-79.
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Carpenter
Mary Witty
Marilyn Gaffey
Lass
Judd Strickland
Ron Frantz
Winston Addis
Dave Voigt
Mutual Casualty Insurance Company
John Krumbholz
Teresa Melendez
Judy Houghton
Des Moines Man Shot After Alleged Gun Pointing
A 51 year old Des Moines man, Albert Smith, was shot in the leg by Officer Tom Trimble after Smith allegedly pointed a loaded shotgun at the officer during a domestic disturbance on the south side. Smith had undergone open heart surgery two weeks earlier and was said to be despondent since the operation.
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Tom Trimble
Albert Smith
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Californian sought in Des Moines motel murder probe
Des Moines police are seeking a California driver of a 1967 light blue Oldsmobile in connection with the killing of Billy Grimm a 54 year old ex convict whose body was found in a burning Holiday Inn room. Autopsy says Grimm was shot four times before the blaze.
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Billy Wallace
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Cedar Rapids man drowns while fishing near Davenport dam
The body of Richard Glass, 30, was recovered Monday night after surfacing near a Mississippi River dam. Officials believe a seizure caused him to slip under the Davenport levee while tying a hook, and a companion who tried to pull him back could not hold on. Glass reportedly had epilepsy.
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Cedar Rapids
Richard Glass
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