Move To Suspend Rules on Speed Limit Change Fails
City council defeated a motion to suspend the rules and adopt an ordinance lowering McGowran boulevard speed from 30 to 25 mph. The first reading passed. voting against were J Edward Begley and James Galigan. Project notes include park bond postponement and new sidewalk plans for Marion with shared cost proposals.
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McGowran Boulevard
Marion
J. Edward Begley
James Galigan
McGowan Boulevard
Demonstration of Hot Air Balloon at Troxel Home
Donald Lamb will demonstrate a hot air balloon at the Steve Troxel home route 3 Marion Friday evening. A potluck supper at First United Methodist Church precedes the demonstration with rain date Saturday morning. The event is sponsored by the Seekers church school class and open to the public.
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Marion
Alcoholics Anonymous Group
Pam
First Presbyterian Church
All Saints Group of
Cedar Rapids
Donald Lamb
Glen Tamb
Steve Troxel
Route 3
First United “Methodist Church
Eighth Avenue
Lamb
Indianola
Seekers Church
Clayton Hazlett Dies at 47 in Marion
Clayton Hazlett 47 of 700 Thirty-fifth Street died Wednesday after a short illness. Formerly of Zanesville Ohio he lived in Marion 12 years. Survived by wife Florence Brockmeier two daughters Diane Hollingsworth and Delores Glaneman a son Paul two stepdaughters Stephanie Carfrae and Kimberly Phillips a stepson Rex G. Phillips a brother Jeff a sister Dorothy Ballard and seven grandchildren. Services Saturday at 1 p m at Cedar Memorial Chapel with Rev Clifton W Ellerbeck officiating burial Cedar Memorial Park. Visitation Cedar Memorial funeral home Friday after noon and chapel Saturday after noon. Memorial fund established.
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Clayton Hazlett
Thirty-fifth Street
Clarence Hazlett
Zanesville
Ohio
Diane Hollandsworth
Cedar Rapids
Delores Glaneman
Paul
Marion
Stephanie Carfrae
Kimberly Phillips
Rex G. Phillips
Jeff
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Ballard
Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories
Clifton W. Ellerbeck
Kenwood Park United
May Have Reformed But Too Late To Reclaim Custody
Des Moines reports a state supreme court ruling upholding the foster placement of Jeremy, a 2-year-old, with no custody order to remove him from his current home despite Doris Scarrett’s youth and past delinquency. The court stressed the child’s best interests and noted Doris’s partial reform but said Jeremy’s needs cannot wait. In Rowley, Robin Winning, 10, drowned in the Wapsipinicon river after attempting to swim with a brother and was recovered by the Quasqueton fire department. The incident, witnessed by Thornton Shaw, led to hospital treatment for two sisters and a brother. Funeral services are planned for Rowley Presbyterian Church.
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Des Moines
Doris Scarrett
Jeremy
Supreme Court
Clay LeGrand
Doris
Polk County District Court
Polk County
Don Tidrick
Rowley
Robin Winning
Wapsipinicon
Quasqueton
Young Winning
Mark Weber
Lawrence Winning
Thorton Shaw
Shaw
Winning Bay
Buchanan County
Cindy Weber
Cindy Winning
Waterloo
People’s Memorial Hospital
Independence
Young Weber
People’s Hospital
Cynthia Weber
Vernon Sanford
Sophia Winning
Theodore Struck
Davenport
Rowley Presbyterian Church
White's
Three men seek Tama County preliminary hearings
In Toledo Magistrate George Stein's court three men requested preliminary hearings for binding to Tama County district court. Larry King of Charles City, Adolph Riha of Garwin, and Lloyd Chyma Jr. of Tama face charges including drunk driving and possession of a controlled substance with Chyma having pled guilty to an additional count.
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Toledo
George Stein
Tama County
Larry King
Charles City
Tana
Adolph Riha
Garwin
Vining
Lloyd Chyma, Jr
Tama
Chyma
Cascade Tower Collapse Fatal to Local Utility Official
The Cascade Municipal Light and Gas Co superintendent is killed when a 40 foot radio tower buckles at the base during installation work. Floyd Elgerton, 40, had climbed about 30 feet, and the collapse occurred Tuesday amid roof work on the utility building. Police confirm the fatal accident. Intoxication and fine details appear in unrelated docket items.
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Cascade
Cascade Municipal Light and Gas Co
Floyd Elgerton
Light and Gas Company
Diploma Ceremony for Alternative Education Students
Seven students at the Alternative Education Center 852 Fifth Avenue SE will receive high school diplomas in a graduation ceremony at 7:30 p m Sunday at the People's Unitarian Church.
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Atovents of
Alternative Education Center
Fifth Avenue SE
People’s Usuitarian Church
Millhone to lead Minnesota energy agency after Iowa post
Des Moines AP John Millhone director of the Iowa energy policy council resigns to head Minnesota energy agency. He will stay through July to finish ongoing work and notes the council’s major achievements including a state energy plan and railroad assistance program. Millhone, 43, earns 22 000. Minnesota head earns 30 000.
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DES Moines
John Millhone
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Minnesota Energy Agency
Robert Ray
Millhone
Iowa Epc
EPC
Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
Sam Tuthill
Iowa Energy Council
Iowa
Minnesota
John McKay
Ndas
Elkader Woman Taken Off Critical List After Burn Injury
Rita Larson 39 was removed from the Burns Center’s critical list to fair condition in Madison Wisconsin after a Monday explosion caused burns over 35 percent of her body. Officials say she and husband Don Larson were trying to light a pilot in a water heater when it exploded.
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Elkader
Rita Larson
Five Miners Die as Rock Fall Hits East Driefontein Mine
In South Africa at the East Driefontein gold mine near Johannesburg a rock fall early Thursday killed five miners. Eleven were injured and twelve remained missing as rescue teams battled difficult conditions.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
East Driefontein
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