Atkins-Benton Group Defends District Attachment
The Citizens Group for Benton Community challenges the Atkins school board action to attach Atkins to Benton. They cite poll records, state board steps, and claim lack of official action. They argue the county board acted with objectivity while addressing district division considerations.
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Cedar Rapids
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Independence Petitions for School Bonds
Independence council and school board debate bond plans for a new middle school to serve Cedar Rapids area students, with a July vote and later construction slated for 1968. Distance concerns between Atkins and Cedar Rapids or Benton Community are analyzed amid district reorganization proposals and staffing changes.
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Atkins
Cedar Rapi
Benton
van Horne
Taft
Cedar Rapids
Newhall
Aiking
Jef
Roger Olson
Ferson
Cedar Rap
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Rapids
Bentons
Budd of Iowa Honored as Outstanding Young Man
Richard W. Budd, associate professor of journalism at the University of Iowa, has been named one of the Outstanding Young Men of America by the United States Jaycees. Criteria include service to others, professional excellence, civic and charitable work, with ten chosen annually. Budd was appointed associate director of the school of journalism and directs the mass communication research bureau.
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Iowa City
Richard W. Budd
University of Iowa
America
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Jaycees
Budd
School of Journalism
Five Generations in an East Iowa Family
Five generations span from four week old Scott Neighbor and Samuel Schwieger to great great grandmother Mrs J G Lyon aged 93. Front row shows Mrs Kent Neighbor Winthrop with two children, Mrs Lyon Central City and Mrs Daniel Schwieger Marion with two children. Second row includes Mrs Joe Houts with Steven Neighbor and Mrs Lee Sloan with Rodney Schwieger. Mrs Houts and Mrs Sloan are from Alburnett. The two young women are sisters and daughters of Mrs Sloan who is daughter of Mrs Houts who is daughter of Mrs Lyon.
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Samuel Schwieger
J. G. Lyon
Kent Neighbor
Winthrop
Lyon
Central City
Daniel Schwieger
Eighth Street
Marion
Joe Houts
Steven
Lee Sloan
Rodney Sch
Petitions Seek $1 1690 Bond for School Construction
All AU Chile petitions calling for a bond issue to finance school construction will be circulated this week. The board will receive the petitions Monday. It is hoped the proposal will gain approval to fund the project.
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ALL AU Chile
Dorian Music Camp Concert Featuring St Paul Students
Decorah prepares for a concert as nearly 150 high school musicians from five districts join Dorian Music Camp in St Paul Minnesota. Joe Noble leads the ensemble with Luther College and University of Iowa ties, directing through Saturday. The chorus highlights star performer Bene Tar.
Alcoholism Unit Ruling Hit by College Head
Dr. Franklin Littell of Iowa Wesleyan College told the South Iowa Methodist Conference that Attorney General Turner blocked Gov. Hughes alcoholics treatment pilot program by federal funds by arguing lack of legislative authority. He linked Turner's stance to states rights rhetoric and the Birch Society.
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DES Moines
Richard Turner
Harold Hughes
Franklin Littell
Iowa Wesleyan College
South Iowa
Turner
Hughes
All State Music Camp Opens at University of Iowa
Iowa City hears the 18th annual All State Music camp begin Sunday with about 400 junior high and high school students arriving to receive instrumental and vocal training beyond their home schools. Prof. Frederick Ebbs directs bands and leads the camp.
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University of Iowa
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Davenport Man 41 Killed in Davenport Car Crash
Oliver Cogswell 41 of Davenport died after an auto collision early Wednesday. Meredith Irvin 31 of Davenport, off duty sheriff’s investigator, escaped injury after his car struck Cogswell’s. Irvin posted $500 bond in district court on a separate drunken driving charge. The crash occurred on a Davenport street while Cogswell was alone in his vehicle. Irvin was involved in the other vehicle and uninjured.
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Oliver Cogswell
Cogswell
Meredith Irvin
Daven
Port. Irvin
Scott County Sheriff's Office
TAMA
Hans Peter Jent
Luther|sen
Mapleton
Future of America
Uni-T
Butler Eitel
Mac-moon
Mercy Jnlster College Music Departtrict Court
U. of I
Iowa Valley Considers Diploma Program for Adults
Marengo area schools discuss an adult education diploma equivalent under Area 10 with two weekly classes in the local high school. Census data show 57 percent of Iowa County residents over 25 lack high school diplomas, a figure cited by adult coordinator Orlo Buswell.
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Marengo
Iowa Valley School Board
Orlo Buswell
Area 10
Buswell
Iowa County
Jane Lane
Phyllis Patterson
Clayton Morlan
Leo Norton
Nordstrom Oil
Standard
Marengo Farmers Creamery
Colonial
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