Alternate Driver Education Program Sought at Vinton
Vinton school board heard Rev Robert Lorenz request an alternate driver education plan for next year citing scheduling conflicts with the current six week summer program. Board will study options and legal requirements while also approving new learning disability staffing and a Title I funds application.
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Vinton
Robert Lorenz
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lorenz
Helen van Steenhuyse
Ron Baldwin
Area Education Agency
Baldwin
Maurice Bordewick
Bordewick
Continental Baking Co
Katherine Vermedahl
Robert Jacobson
Spencer
Tuition Aid Okayed for Business School Students
The Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission grants eligibility for full and part time students at three private business schools Des Moines AIB Hamilton Mason City Spencer. Grants equal tuition charged minus $660 state university average. Hamilton yearly tuition $1,800 yielding about $800 to $900. An earlier effort to broaden funding failed in 1976.
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American Institute of Business
AIB
Des Moines
Hamilton Business College
Mason City
Spencer School of Business
Spencer
Willis Ann Wolf
State Commission
Iowa
Hamilton
Delwyn Stromer
Garner
Stromer
House Backs One Year Moratorium on Post Office Closings
The House approved a one year moratorium on closing small post offices by a 399 to 14 vote urging the Postal Service to suspend closings unless a clear reason is shown. Rep. Thomas Harkin cites rural Iowa concerns and calls for exploring other cost cutting options. A companion bill awaits Senate action.
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Washington
UPI
House
Thomas Harkin
Iowa
Senate
Postal Service
Harkin
Hudson Man Convicted Of Drunk Driving
Tama county district court jurors found James D. Steimel of rural Hudson guilty of drunk driving after about three and a half hours of deliberation. He was arrested February 12 on Highway 63 at Traer. Sentencing set for July 23 with a pre sentence investigation ordered.
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Toledo
Tama County District
James D. Steimel
Hudson
Steimel
Traer
Harold D. Viete
Mark Appeal Planned In Slayings Case At Cedar Falls
Jerry Mark, 33, faces life in prison for killing his brother’s family near Cedar Falls. Defense attorney John Sandre, Waterloo, says the Woodbury county conviction will be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. Prosecution emphasized circumstantial evidence and a Cain and Abel parallel in the killings of Leslie Mark and family.
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Sioux City
Jerry Mark
John Sandre
Waterloo
Woodbury County
Iowa Supreme Court
Sandre
Mark
Berkeley
Calif
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Leslie Mark
Cain and Abel
David Dutton
Dutton
Cain
Abel
Jorjean
Julie
Jeff
Frazer Still Missing Sentencing Thursday
Convicted murderer Gary Frazer remains at large four weeks after escaping Buchanan county jail on May 30. Frazer, 25, of Oelwein, fled by cutting a hole in his cell ceiling, with Sheriff Joe Holgate noting no new leads and possible outside help. sentencing on the murder charge was set for Thursday at 1 p.m. in Buchanan county district court.
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Frazer
Sheila Foley
Hazleton
Holgate
PER Board Officials Cite Delayed Bargaining Start
PER Board Chairman Edward Kolker says bargaining for 40 000 Iowa state workers must begin soon to be meaningful. A lawsuit by the Iowa Higher Education Assn delays start, while Judge Gibson Holliday is on vacation and unlikely to rule before July 8.
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Kolker
Iowa Higher Education Assn
Workmen's Comp Benefits Hiked in Iowa
Iowa Industrial Commissioner Robert Landers announced boosts to workers compensation. The maximum weekly benefit for injuries after July 1 rises to 174 dollars, up 14. The maximum weekly payout for permanent partial disability increases to 160 dollars, up 13.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert Landers
Bonefas Named to Independence Ward Post
INDEPENDENCE Dan Bonefas 26 was named by the Independence city council to the third ward council post vacated May 25 by Dan Schremser who resigned to become police chief here July 1. The term runs through 1977 and he is to be sworn in at next Tuesday's meeting.
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Independence
Dan Bonefas
Independence City Council
Third Ward
Dan Schremser
Bonefas
Independence Jaycees
City Hall
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