Four-County Board Rejects Equalization Plan For Special Ed
The four county school board deadlocked 3-3 on a plan to finance all special education classes, with one mill tax increase cited and relief projected for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Some members opposed, citing levy hikes before ample budget details are reviewed, and the issue will be revisited next Monday at the Coralville center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Armstrong
Marion
Linn County
Linn
Johnson
Cedar
Washington
Washington County
Johnson Counties
Dwight Bode
Bode
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Johnson County
Willis Musser
Merle Stockman
Oxford
Glenn Wallace
Clarence
Cedar County
Marian Savage
Coggan
Carl Hendrickson, Jr
Ralph Kleese
Musser
Wallace
Joint County
Coralville
Mailer Entry Wins Top National Book Award
Norman Mailer's The Armies of the Night won the 1968 National Book Award for arts and letters. The prize honored his Vietnam War era protest chronicle amid a slate of winners including Jerzy Kosinski for fiction and Meindert DeJong for children's literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mailer
New York
Norman Mailer
National Book Committee
New American Library
Pentagon
Jerzy Kosinski
Middletown, Conn
Peppermint Street
Meindert DeJong
Chapel Hill, N.C
Driver Examiner Bill Passed by Iowa House
DES MOINES UPI A bill to permit the Iowa highway patrol to hire clerical staff and non patrol personnel to administer driver license exams passed the House 116 to 3 to free patrolmen for highway service. The measure goes to the Senate after an amendment exempted clerical workers from peace officer authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa House
Senate
House
Edgar Koch
Sioux City
Iowa County Eyes Area Merger With Four-County System
The four-county joint system leader Dwight Bode reported Iowa county officials expressed interest in joining. Iowa County plans study in 1970 and may merge its separate system with the joint four-county arrangement. Bode will meet Iowa County board to discuss details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bode
Wallace
Linn
Johnson County
Ford Foundation
Iowa
Dwight Bode
F. E. Maloy
Iowa County Board of Education
Maloy
Iowa County Board
Iowa County
Poweshiek County
Marshall County
Catholic Schools Seek Director of Adult Education
The Catholic metropolitan board of education voted to request an archdiocesan bureau of education director for Cedar Rapids area to supervise all post high school adult education classes. Currently parishes run existing programs. The board held routine business at St. Jude's parish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Metropolitan Board of Education
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Archdiocesan Bureau of Education
Metropolitan Board
St. Jude’s Parish
East Side School Band Jamboree Set For Thursday
East side grade, junior high, and senior high bands join at Washington high school auditorium Thursday at 8 pm. A combined Erskine and Johnson grade schools band, Franklin junior high, and Washington high perform, with massed bands finale. They play Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen and Totem Pole. Washington high stage band offers jazz interludes. About 200 musicians participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Washington High School
Erskine and Johnson
Franklin
Washington
Washington High
Bands Prepare for Jamboree With University and City Directors
Musical directors include Barbara Stumbaugh a UNI student teacher Don Olson director of the Franklin band and Richard Brickley Washington band director Tickets will be sold at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Stumbaugh
University of Northern Iowa
Don Olson
Franklin Band
Richard Brickley
Washington Band
Man accused of embezzling from Liberty Trust Bank Durant
Robert A. Domer, 28, of Stanwood, was arraigned in federal court on a three count indictment dated Feb 26 alleging embezzlement and misapplication of 530 dollars from Liberty Trust and Savings Bank in Durant. Counts detail 92.67 on Feb 24 1968 237.50 on Mar 18 1968 and 200 on May 25 1968. Arraignment continued to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Domer released on his own recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Domer
Stanwood
Liberty Trust and Savings Bank
Durant
Domer
Cedar Rapids
John von Lackum
Edward McManus
McManus
North Koreans fire on U.S. troops near Panmunjom
North Korean forces opened fire on United States troops near Panmunjom, starting a two hour firefight. Both sides exchanged hundreds of rounds with no reported U.S. casualties. North Korea demanded an end to joint U.S. exercises and troop removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
UPI
U.S
Korean Military Armistice Commission
U.S. Air Force
James Knapp
United Nations Command
Commission
Knapp
UNC
Lee Chun-sun
Earl Smith suffers burns in tractor tuning accident
Earl Smith sustained burns on his hands and legs when gasoline ignited during a tractor tuneup Monday. The tractor and building were undamaged. He received treatment and was released from a doctor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan — Earl Smith
The Kim Sisters Guest on Joey Bishop Show Color TV
The Kim Sisters appear as guests on Joey Bishop at 10 30 PM Tuesday in color on KCRG TV 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kim Sisters
Joey Bishop
Kcrg-Tv
Bjornsen Bid Accepted For Midtowne Mall Site
Cedar Rapids urban renewal board approves Bjornsen Enterprises bid for renewal properties to host the $14 million Midtowne Mall complex. If approved by HUD and council, construction may start in 1970 between First and Second streets NE, with eight stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bjornsen
Midtowne
Cedar Rapids
Bjornsen Enterprises
City Council
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
First
Cedar River
Second Street
Terry Bjornsen
Bjornsen Investment Corp
Jefferson High to stage The Crucible in auditorium
Thomas Jefferson high school presents Arthur Miller's The Crucible in the Jefferson auditorium on Thursday Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Bryan Schlotfelt stars as John Proctor with Pat Dunn as Abigail Anne Ludwick as Proctor's wife and Cathy Quaid as Mary Warren. The cast includes Kristi Carlson Steve Arnold and others under director Robert L Gueder with student director JoAnn Doonan. Tickets at the door or by reservation at 365-4661 extension 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson High School
Arthur Miller
Jefferson Auditorium
Salem
Bryan Schlotfelt
John Proctor
Pat Dunn
Abigail
Anne Ludwick
Proctor
Cathy Quaid
Mary Warren
Kristi Carlson
Steve Arnold
Nancy McCrory
Marc Jayne
Pam Hildebrand
Janet Rawson
Janie Biederman
Julie Witt
Shelby Kloubec
Diane Matus
Karen Kehm
Ramona Tolander
Joan Abney
Tom Reifschneider
Steve Borders
Larry Jones
Mark Roloff
Steve Haerther
Greg Dinderman
Russ Green
Dan Dimond
Robert L. Gueder
JoAnn Doonan
Roger Meeker
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