Decorah Firm Wins Big Iowa Intercity Highway Contracts
Iowa highway commission awards 14.7 million in bids for interstate work across Pottawattamie Mills and Decatur counties. Major paving on I 80 from Weston to Underwood awarded to Western Contracting of Sioux City. other bids include I 80 North junction, I 29 grading, and I 35 paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMES
Iowa Highway Commission
Pottawattamie
Mills
Decatur Counties
Weston
Iowa
Fremont County
Decatur County
Clarke County
Western Contracting Corp
Sioux City
Underwood
Quad Cities Construction Co
Rock Island and
Rock Road Construction Co
Chicago
Mills County
Ed Miller and Sons, Inc
Omaha
Burlington
East High Reinstates 90 Of 150 Students
Waterloo East High School reports 90 of 150 suspended students have been reinstated after a Monday sitdown demonstration. Readmittance slips were issued to 90 students. Black parents met with officials, but family leaders could not agree on next steps for the demonstrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
UPI
Waterloo East High
Basil Foley
Payne Ame Church
Rites Saturday for New Vienna Man Hugo Ahlers 82
Hugo Ahlers 82 died Thursday in Dubuque. He directed New Vienna Mutual Insurance Co and served 21 years as an insurance adjustor. Survived by wife Adelheide two daughters Mrs Herbert Mescher St Paul and Mrs Walter Anglin Dubuque a son LaVerne New Vienna. Services Saturday 10 a.m. at St Boniface Catholic Church with rosary Friday 9 a.m. at Kramer's Dyersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Vienna
Hugo Ahlers
Dubuque
New Vienna Mutual Insurance Co
Adelheide
Herbert Mescher
St. Paul
Walter Anglin
LaVerne
St. Boniface Catholic Church
Kramer’s
Dyersville
Pools Not Large Enough No Flood Protection from Dams
Col. Walter C. Gelini of the Rock Island District of the corps of engineers says lowering Mississippi river pools behind navigation dams would not reduce floods and could risk water supplies. He notes pools are too small to store floodwaters and that during the 1965 flood, river flow would have filled any pool in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
SDPR
Corps of Engineers
Walter C. Gelini
Mississippi River
Quad City
Minneapolis
Fish and Wildlife
Congress
Corps of
Mississippi
Col. Gelini
Mrs Paul Kirchner 49 dies after brief illness
Mrs Geraldine Cole Kirchner 49 of Garrison died Thursday at Vinton hospital after a brief illness. Born October 14 1919 near Norway she married Paul Kirchner January 6 1940. Survived by husband two daughters two sons five grandchildren sister and three brothers. Service Monday 1 30 p.m. Methodist church burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call Campbell's Vinton after 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Garrison
Paul Kirchner
Vinton Hospital
Geraldine Cole
Norway
Peggy Hoyt
Cedar Rapids
William Cole
Mt. Auburn
Harold Cole
Linwood
Campbell’s
Vinton
Allamakee Board Sets 6500 Base Teacher Salary
WAUKON The Allamakee Community school board set 6500 as the base teachers salary for next year, up from 6100. They accepted resignations from three staff including East elementary principal Robert Himes who will remain in Waukon, and from Robert Rasmussen and Florence Kinley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Allamakee
Robert Himes
Robert Rasmussen
Florence Kinley
Harpers Ferry
Iowa lawmakers from 1969 Eighteenth district highlighted
Frank Nye profiles three GOP legislators from Iowa and Poweshiek counties in the 1969 Senate and House. Senator Kenneth Benda of Hartwick chairs the schools committee and serves on Commerce conservation recreation and Ways and Means. Rep Clair Strand of Grinnell sits on Agriculture commerce county government and social services. Rep Rayman Logue of Marengo joins five house committees including cities towns commerce and constitutional amendments reapportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Poweshiek
Kenneth Benda
Hartwick
G.O.P. State Finance Committee
Clair Strand
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Rayman D. Logue
Marengo
Iowa County
Benda
Senate
Commerce
Conservation Recreation
Ways Means
Rep. Strand
Rep. Logue
Marshalltown wins Iowa Legion oration contest by Denny Smith
Denny Smith, 17, of Granville captured the Iowa American Legion oration title and will advance to the regional contest in Enid Oklahoma on April 14. He received a $100 cash prize and a gold medal for the victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
UPI
Denny Smith
Granville
Iowa American Legion
Iowa
Enid
Okla
Smith
Iowa Developments in Johnson County State Affairs
Johnson County reports new state government initiatives affecting development projects. Officials announce funding plans, regulatory adjustments, and timelines for infrastructure, housing, and economic growth within the county and neighboring regions. Local leaders welcome investment and job creation opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Johnson County
Rites Held for Mrs John Paul Jones Former Dinsdale Coach
Mrs. John Paul Jones 63 wife of ex Dinsdale school superintendent died Wednesday at University Hospitals Iowa City from eye surgery complications. She coached the Dinsdale Devils basketball team in the 1950s. Survived by husband three daughters eight grandchildren two great grandchildren. Services Saturday at 2 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Waterloo burial Buckingham Traer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Traer
John Paul Jones
Dinsdale
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Waterloo
Jones
Dinsdale Devils
Bert Baker
Des Moines
John Tomlinson
Tracy
Robert Zager
Washington
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Buckingham Cemetery
Traer
Church Idle as Extremists Act Says Littell
Dr. Franklin Littell, president of Iowa Wesleyan College, told a United Methodist convocation that right wing and left wing extremists are exploiting police forces. He warned of communists and black extremists provoking campus and city confrontations to discredit police. He urged churches to revive public dialogue and moderation to support justice and orderly change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Littell
Washington
UPI
John Birch Society
Franklin Littell
Littell
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Institute For American Democracy
United Methodist
Amana Nursing Home Public Meeting Set
A public meeting on constructing a proposed nursing home in Amana is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Lakeside school. Colonial Manor Corp. of Sioux City will present its feasibility study for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMANA
Lakeside
Colonial Manor Corp
Sioux City
State Withdraws One Interstate Alternate Route
The Iowa highway commission decides to drop one of seven proposed corridors for the Iowa City Cedar Rapids Waterloo interstate project and will submit six options to the federal bureau. The decision follows federal approval of additional mileage without a fixed corridor and identifies the route parallel to existing rail lines as the eliminated option.
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Ames
API
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids-Waterloo
U.S. Bureau of Roads
Commission
Carl Schach
Federal Bureau
Heart fund drive collects in Postville
The Postville annual Heart fund drive collected 506.80 dollars. The event was conducted by the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
The
Legion
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Decorah
Fred Carlson Co., Inc
Decatur
Clayton
McGregor West
Carlson
R. B. Burch, Inc
Mulgrew Blacktop, Inc
Judd Brown Construction Co
Mankato
East High
Stairway of Water
Quad Cities
Lowa, Poweshiek Counties
Strand
Frank Nye
Gazette
Legion Winner
H&r Block
America
Third Ave
9Th St
Marion
Sat
Sun
Rites Stourday
Mrs
Amana Nursing Home
Annia
Illinois
Comfort Zone, Inc
12Th Avenue SE
Helmsmen, Inc
29Th Street NE
Maresh Sheet Metal
17Th Street
Modern & Pabh, Inc
33Rd St
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