Anamosa School Board Rejects All Bids for Addition
The Anamosa school board rejected all seven bids on a school addition project after finding bids far above the $90,000 to $92,000 estimate. The low bid was $122,498 from B A Westbrook of Marion, with $87,664 available plus anticipated interest to fund the project. Architects and engineers cited site costs and per square foot bids as reasons, and the board plans to rebid the project in about 90 days.
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Bertha Finn
Anamosa
B. A. Westbrook
Marion
Stensen and Warm
Waterloo
Moore
Bouse Engineering
Cedar Rapids
Keith Carlson
Stensen
Cedar Falls
Carlson
Supt
James Poulter
Independence Teachers Accept 7000 Base Pay
Independence teachers accept a 7000 base salary for 1971-72 after earlier demands for 7500. Supt. Henderson announced the decision at a board meeting as the district cites extenuating financial circumstances. Contracts must be mailed by March 22 and returned by April 15 amid enrollment projections of 2260.
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Independence
Independence Community Education Assn
Donald Henderson
Independence Community
A. Lynes
Henderson
Sheriff Criticizes Luster Heights Prison Camp Security
WAUKON The Allamakee County Sheriff Theodore Rumph urged action after two inmates escaped the Luster Heights work camp near McGregor. He criticized minimal staffing with about 30 prisoners per guard shift and questioned prisoner screening procedures. He plans to meet with camp directors again and continues to voice concerns despite limited authority.
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Waukon
Luster Heights
McGregor
Allamaskee
Theodore Rumph
Rumph
Gazette Subscription Rates and AP Rights
Subscription rates are listed by carrier and mail options with weekly, monthly, and yearly prices. Night edition and Sunday six issues cost 2 dollars monthly or 19 dollars yearly. afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues cost 2.15 dollars monthly or 20 dollars yearly. out-of-state rates are 30 dollars yearly. No mail subscriptions in Gazette carrier areas. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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U.S. Territories
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Do You Have a Special Service Advertise Regularly
Readers are invited to place regular want ads for special services available in the paper. Promote your offerings with recurring listings to reach a steady audience and maximize visibility in daily inserts.
Three Films Slated at Effigy Mounds Center
Effigy Mounds National Monument will screen three films in the visitor center March 13 through 15. Good Riddance covers water pollution and cleanup actions, My Own Yard To Play In follows a New York City fantasy world and Venice prize win, and Walkabout portrays an aboriginal tribe in the bush. Showtimes are Saturday 1:30 2:30 3:30 Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday 1:30 p.m. Effigy Mounds is on Highway 76, three miles north of Marquette.
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Sugar Ray Robinson Rocky Graziano guest on MOD SQUAD TV
Sugar Ray Robinson and Rocky Graziano appear as guests on THE MOD SQUAD at 6 30 PM Tuesday in color on KCRG TV Channel 9. The episode centers on an ex fighter seeking a comeback in a drama-filled story.
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Throw Away Can Ban Hearing Set For March 24
Des Moines lawmakers weighing a public ban on disposable beverage containers. A 3 p.m. March 24 hearing in the House would study a bill to bar sale of beer and soft drinks in disposable containers with a five cent refundable deposit on returnables. Exemptions apply if consumption occurs in the retailer and disposal happens there. Violations carry 100 to 500 dollar fines. Representative John Mendenhall has a similar bill proposing a ten cent deposit.
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Harrison Webertown Daily Press Assn
Des Moines
House
House Committee On Environmental Preservation
John Mendenhall
New Albin
Crash Kills Iown Couple Near Red Oak
A Red Oak collision on Route 34 at a county road intersection killed Hugh Pennington 85 and Ethel Pennington 81. Their car crossed into the eastbound camper driven by Roland Peaslee 37 of Fairfield. Peaslee, his wife Bonnie 35 and their four children were treated and released. Annabelle Broyles 30 of Ralston Neb fainted at the scene. her car left the road and struck a patrol car.
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Spending Out Bill Clears House Appropriations Panel
The Iowa House Appropriations Committee approved the spending out bill 17 to 4 to revert $5.6 million in unused capital appropriations and cut operational costs and travel. Fiscal director Gerry Rankin estimates about $2.5 million saved by restricting spending, part of offsetting an $11.1 million deficit. The measure, once opposed, now moves to the House floor amid ongoing deficit projections up to $26 million.
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Ray
Michael Kennedy
Drew Hampton
Tieden
Perry Christensen
Kent
Conservation Commission
House
G.O.P
Keith Dunston
Thornburg
Richard Nor
Tuition Up But Not Board or Room at Loras
Dubuque Loras college will not raise room and board charges for the 1971-72 year but will increase tuition by 75 per semester starting fall. The annual tuition will total 1600, and the college remains well below regional averages according to Acting President Burton R. McQuillan.
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Dubuque
Loras College
Midwest
Burton R. McQuillan
Churches State Movie Showing At Independence
Independence churches sponsor the film For Pete's Sake at the Malek Theater March 21 to 24 produced by World Wide Films a Billy Graham subsidiary. The film premiers in Independence and other Iowa cities during the fourth week in March portraying a family's search for God in difficult times two showings nightly at 6 30 and 8 45 p m with a Sunday matinee on March 21.
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Independence
Malek
World Wide Films
Billy Graham
Iowa
Revolution in Denture Wear with Fixodent Adhesive Cream
An advertisement touts Fixodent as a daily home use denture adhesive that secures both uppers and lowers, forms an elastic membrane to absorb bite shock, and lasts for hours. It claims improved eating, speaking, and comfort with a pencil-point dispenser for precise application and urges regular dental visits.
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U.S. Pat
Delaware School May Lose $60,000 In Aid
Manchester Iowa story notes the Delaware county school district faces a loss of between $50,000 and $60,000 in state equalization aid after a one vote defeat in the Iowa senate. The amendment would base aid on 1970-71 enrollment for 1971-72. Enrollment grew due to St Marys removing middle grades and West Delaware opening a new high school. House file 121 would freeze aid at the current year's level.
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Delaware County
Iowa
West Delaware High School
Iowa Senate Panel OKs Midwest Nuclear Compact
Des Moines Iowa United Press International reports the Iowa senate development committee approved a bill to join a 13 state Midwest nuclear compact. The pact aims to pool nuclear and related science resources and grant Iowa one vote on the Midwest nuclear board to promote cooperation and mutual aid during incidents.
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