Marion City adopts first pay plan with employee appraisals
The Marion City Council approved a new salary schedule tying all city jobs to a grade scale and six step levels A through F. The plan includes annual merit evaluations, a birthday holiday, longevity pay, extended vacation after 15 years, tuition reimbursement for related courses, and a group life and health insurance program for all full time employees.
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Robert M. L. Johnson
Johnson
Police
Firemen
Culver decries drift toward conformity and intimidation
Iowa Congressman John Culver condemns a trend toward conformity and fear, citing Senate hearings, harassment of State Rep. Daniel Bray, and broad surveillance. He warns against eroding civil liberties and the Bill of Rights, urging dissenters to speak out and protect democratic foundations.
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Culver
Marshalltown
John Culver
Iowa
Iowa Democratic
Senate
Ervin
Daniel Bray
White House
Des Moines
United States
Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Cemetery cleanup at Oak Shade and civic notices
Parks department asks decorations be removed from Oak Shade cemetery by March 23 and prohibits decorations except on new graves until after April 1. Any materials left after March 29 will be collected by clean-up crews. Various local club meetings and schedules follow, including Marion Nature and Garden Club, YMCA activities, sewing and art programs, AFS, and Toastmasters events with dates and host addresses.
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Oak Shade Cemetery
Parks Department
Marion Woman’s Club
Sidney Schwartz
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Bob Blair
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Marion
PEO
Robert J. Stone
Twenty-third Avenue
Vernon Junior High School
PTA
Romaine Foege
Jana Grady
Rita Robbins
Keith Wright
John Lensch
Grove City
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Rebekahs
Schuyler Colfax
Linn-Mar Main
Norman Henke
Gibson Realtors
Marion Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Sertoma
Ced-Mar
Sertoma Club
Jack Gilbert
KCRG
First National Bank of
Adv
Farmers State Bank
Jacques Bevauis
Lincoln Drive
Rural Book Club
Bishop’s Buffet
Tan
Benjamin Franklin
D.M
Democratic Trust
Washington
Congress
Capitol
Department of Justice
Bar
D.C
House of Delegates
Anderson
Marion Nature and Garden Club
Mae Reynolds
Roy Altenberg
YMCA
Marion Branch
Lumir Dostal, Sr
Theristrial Club
Robert Mary
Sixth Avenue
Bernadine Smith
Europe
AFS
Marion Independent School Chapter
The
American Field Service
Mark Carter
Twenty-sixth Street
Fine Arts
Dion Kensinger
Seventeenth Street
Frederick Hardiman
Milwaukee Railroad Women’s Club
Wayne Henle
Dorothy Slater
Marion Toastmasters Club
Roy Seiler
Glade Drake
John Hartmann
Darrell Hennessey
Jerry Sheeley
Marion Musical Literary Club
Chhorus
Kenneth Abodeely
Twentysthird Avenue
Johnson Johnson Soff
KODAK
KRAFT
Cedar Rapids
Westbend
Cepacol
Norelco
Shaw
Palmolive
White Brett
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