Mechanicsville Wins Paving Suit Brecial to The Gazette
The Iowa State Appeal Board lacked authority to block a 300000 street paving project in Mechanicsville. Polk County District Judge Ray C. Fountain ruled that public improvements are a local government matter. The decision boosts cities against state control and may prompt further appeals by objecting property owners.
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Des Moines
State Appeal Board
Mechanicsville
Polk County District Court
Ray C. Fountain
J. E. Heiserman
Anamosa
Iowa Supreme Court
Fountain
John Kuehnle
Charles F. Iles
League of Iowa Municipalities
Judge Fountain
Iles
Fireman Overcome by Heat During Boathouse Burn
Iowa City Fireman Herman Willhauer was overcome by heat while fire crews watched the controlled burning of the Fitzgerald boathouse remains north of Iowa Memorial Union. Firefighters protected nearby buildings with hose lines as materials were burned. Willhauer, in a heavy raincoat, was hospitalized for observation.
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Iowa City
the Gazette
Herman Willhauer
Iowa Memorial Union
University
Willhauer
Sparkler Not Harmless Toy Warned by Fire Chief
DES MOINES UP I A Fire Chief warns sparklers are not harmless toys as July Fourth celebrations approach. State Fire Marshal Ed Herron urges parental supervision due to burns and house fires already linked to sparklers. He notes the wires burn white hot and suggests water buckets to quench spent wires.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Ed Herron
Herron
Brewery Buries $1,000 Worth of Mislabeled Beer
COUNCIL BLuffS AP A Des Moines beer permit official said about 11 580 bottles and cans valued at roughly 1000 were buried in a city dump after a supermarket in Council Bluffs faced confiscation for selling mislabeled beer before Iowa’s post July 4 labeling rule took effect. The brewer claimed it acted early and disposed of the beer following a request from county officials.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Ray Kuehl
Des Moines
State Beer Permit Board
Coleman Resigns As Publications Director at SUI
Iowa City native Carroll Coleman, long associated with the University of Iowa, will resign as director of publications at the UI at month’s end. He will devote full time to Prairie Press book publishing and plans to continue designing for others, possibly relocating closer to a major publishing center.
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University of Iowa
Carroll Coleman
Appanoose County
Musicatine
Prairie Press
coLeman
Theniversity
SUI
Iowa School of Journalism
T. H. Foster
Ottumwa
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Chicago Book Clinic
Moscow
U.S
Iowa colleges add dorms and classrooms for 1962
Iowa campuses plan major building programs with new dormitories and classroom facilities. Iowa State, Cornell, Grinnell, Mount Mercy and others expect fall openings or 1962-63 completion, while some projects face delays from a lawsuit over student housing financing.
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Grinnell
Iowa Wesleyan
Mt. Mercy
University of Iowa
Iowa State
Iowa State Teachers College
Westmar
Central
Clarke
Drake
University of Dubuque
Graceland
Loras
Marycrest
Simpson
Wartburg
William Penn
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Upper Iowa
Pella
Iowa
Clarke College
Dubuque
Reinking 79, Lowden Photographer, Dies
William Reinking 79 longtime Lowden photographer dies at home after a heart attack. Services set Friday in Zion Evangelical and Reformed church with burial in Lowden cemetery. He came from London and worked with gear bought in 1899. survivors include sister Mrs Arthur Riedesel of Monona.
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Lowden
William Reinking
Zion Evangelical and Reformed
Chapman Funneral
Clarence
Reinking
London
Arthur Riedesel
Monona
Dodd Pleads Guilty in Iowa City Drunk Driving Case
Vern Dodd Jr., 22, of Iowa City pled guilty in district court to a 10 month old drunken driving case. He received a $300 fine plus costs. His license was not suspended because the state safety department had already suspended it for 60 days after the Aug. 18 arrest.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Vern Dodd, Jr
State Safety Department
Liquor Prices Go Up July 1
Prices of liquor and wine will rise at Iowa's 189 state stores after the close of business Thursday. The new prices take effect July 1 with Friday inventory closure. Fifths of liquor rise 8 to 11 cents, pints 4 to 6 cents, and wines 2 cents per bottle.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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