Fate of Area Eight School Argued at House Hearing
A Iowa House subcommittee hearing debated the future of vocational technical training for Dubuque, Delaware, and Jackson counties plus options for Crawford, Audubon and Carroll. County superintendents argued for joining Area Eight, Area Nine, or Area Ten, while opponents urged legislative action to resolve unattached counties.
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Area Eight
Des Moines
Dubuque
Jackson
Delaware
House
Walter Langland
Spring Grove
Iowa
Carroll
Audubon
Crawford
Area 12
Sioux City
Dubuque County
Cletus Koppen
Jackson Counties
Delaware County
Donald Potter
Manchester
Area Ten
Cedar Rapids
Jackson County
James Gran
Maquoketa
Area Nine
Clinton
Potter
Gran
Koppen
Kenneth Parker
Reamont
John Walsh
Lynn Battles
R-Maquoketa
Andrew Frommelt
D-Dubuque
State Department
Flocks Heads Surgical Group IOWA CITY
Dr. Rubin H. Flocks, UI urology head, elected president of the Clinical Society of Genito Urinary Surgeons. Dr. David A. Culp elected to membership. both are prominent urology professors. Flocks also leads the American Urological Association and the American Society of University Urologists. Culp chairs AMA section on urology.
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Iowa City
Rubin H. Flocks
University of Iowa
Clinical Society of
Genito-Urinary Surgeons
David A. Culp
Flocks
American Urological Assn
American Society of University Urologists
Culp
American Medical Assn
Urology
Headstart Director Sought in Buchanan
Independence Buchanan County Neighborhood Center seeks a Headstart director for the summer program. Requires advanced degree in early childhood education social work psychology or related field with relevant experience. Submit resume by March 31 to Dolores Newton center manager Winthrop Iowa 50682.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Dolores Newton
Winthrop
Iowa
Services Friday for Grace M Crager 83
Grace M Crager 83 died Tuesday at home from a heart attack. A Cedar Rapids public school nurse for about 40 years before 1950, she also served as an army nurse in World War I. She is survived by sisters Greta Crager Garrison and Mrs J J Lynch Vinton. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at Campbell funeral home in Vinton.
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Garrison
Grace M. Crager
Cedar Rapids
South Dakota
Greta Crager
J. J. Lynch
Vinton
Campbell Funeral Home
Zachar Resigns Duties as Cedar Rapids Police Chaplain
The Rev A L Zachar resigned Wednesday as police department chaplain for Cedar Rapids. The city council accepted with regrets and thanked him for six years of service. Rev John M Gregory was appointed to succeed him as chaplain. Rev James Gundrum remains the other chaplain. Father Zachar, 59, noted the role is a young man’s job and cited his night call duties. Chief George Matias praised his work organizing the police and fire chaplain system.
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A. L. Zachar
City of
Cedar Rapids
Zachar
Father Zachar
John M. Gregory
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
James Gundrum
St. Ludmilas Catholic Church
George Matias
Matias
Tama Man Fined After Truck Hits House in Tama
Leonard Flowers of Tama was fined 100 dollars and 5 dollars costs in Mayor Sorensen's court after a 1953 truck rammed the Eugene Lacina residence at 712 Harding Street around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Flowers admitted driving the vehicle and was held overnight after arrest for intoxication. The truck, owned by Mabel Salvage Co., struck the front of the house, knocked in the front wall, and tore off the truck’s front wheels.
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TAMA
Leonard Flowers
Jim Sorensen
Eugene i Lacina
Harding Street
Lyle Edwards
Legislative Probe At Waterloo Asked
Des Moines AP report says Rep. A June Franklin urged a legislative inquiry into Waterloo racial tensions. She cited inaction by a citizens committee, a grand jury, and the state department of public instruction after Waterloo public schools faced unrest at East High and concerns over funding.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
A. June Franklin
Franklin
Iowa House
Citizens’ Committee
Grand
State Department of Public Instruction
East High School
Domer Denies Embezzling Funds From Durant Bank
Robert A. Domer 28 of Stanwood pled innocent in Cedar Rapids federal court to embezzling and misapplying about 530 dollars from Liberty Trust and Savings Bank in Durant. Judge Edward J. McManus set trial for 9 a.m. April 7. Domer, a former bank employee, allegedly committed three violations between Feb 24 and May 25, 1968.
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Robert A. Domer
Stanwood
Federal District Court
Cedar Rapids
Liberty Trust and Savings Bank
Durant
Edward J. McManus
Domer
Coggon Marine L. Cpl. Shackelford Severely Wounded
A Coggon marine, L. Cpl. Randall Shackelford, age 20, suffered loss of portions of both legs and other injuries after mortar fire in Vietnam. He is listed in very serious condition and hospitalized in Da Nang. He enlisted in 1968 and graduated from Coggon high school.
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Coggon
Vietnam
L. Cpl
Randall Shackelford
Forrest Shackelford
da Nang
Young Shackelford
Coggon High School
Ryan Youth, 20, Injured in Vietnam Service
Mr and Mrs Douglas Falconer received a telegram stating their son Robert Allen was injured in Vietnam on March 8. He left for service July 16 and will turn 21 on March 27. He sustained injuries to both legs his back and left arm after a recent deployment. He is a Coggon High School graduate.
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Ryan
Douglas Falconer
Robert Allen
Vietnam
Coggon School
Novelist Andre Salmon Dies at 87 in Riviera Home
Paris AP reports Andre Salmon a renowned novelist and art critic aged 87 died Wednesday at his Riviera home leaving a void in literary circles with a lasting impact on modern French criticism and fiction.
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Paris
Andre Salmon
the Riviera
Cedar Rapids Gazette Payment Rates and Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 publishes daily and Sunday at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Subscriptions by carrier 65 cents per week. by mail night edition and Sunday six issues $1.70 a month or $16 a year. afternoon editions and Sunday seven issues $1.85 a month or $17 a year. other states and U.S. territories $27 a year. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication and AP dispatches.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Associated Press
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C.R. Police
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