G O P Eyes Cedar Rapids Mayor as 2nd District Hope
Republican leaders press Cedar Rapids Mayor Robert Johnson to enter the 2nd Congressional District race as the party seeks a candidate. State Senator Tom Riley’s possible return to the Senate and former Congressman Bramwell’s exit shape the timing, with Johnson promising a decision by April 1. Filing deadline is July 5.
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G.O.P
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Senate
Riley
Congress
James Bramwell
Johnson
Robert Ray
Des Moines
East Iowan Collects Guns of Many Wars
Art Stark, a contractor and excavator, amasses a diverse gun collection spanning Nazi, Japanese, German, and Civil War pieces. He showcases a World War II era MO 38 SS pistol, a Nambu rifle, Lugers, and a Springfield officer’s model believed linked to Custer’s Last Stand.
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Art Stark
Fairfax
Germany
East Iowan
Airfax
United States
Stark
Tser
Sweden
Italy
Kentucky
Rosebud
South Dakota
Little Big Horn
Montana
Custer
Low Bid For USA Library Renovation Increases Talks
Guetzke Construction Co of Manchester submitted the apparent low bid of 579 160 for renovation and a new Wilder addition to the David B Henderson library at Upper Iowa University. Final acceptance hinges on negotiations before the April 2 trustees meeting with work starting May 1 and a target completion by September 1 1967. Financing includes 215 769 federal Title I grant 271 539 Title III loan and 160 500 university funds.
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Struction Co
Manchester
David B. Henderson
Upper Iowa University
USA Board of Trustees
Eugene E. Garbee
Wilder
Frank Wilder
Mary
Act On Merger By April 1 Looms In Iowa Districts
The end is near for non high school districts in Iowa to decide whether to link with a high school district. By April 1 districts must signal intent or face attachment by the county board effective July 1 with state board approval. Amish schools in Buchanan County may link up, while four districts in Fairbank township and Perry and others await action. Brandon and Independence discuss merger with partial reassignment likely.
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Iowa
County Board of Education
State Board of Public Instruction
Buchanan County
Perry Grier
Monti
North Linn School Board
Fairbank Township
Perry
Brandon
Mitchell and
Vonnegut revisits automation theme as reissues loom
Veteran author Kurt Vonnegut, now teaching at the University of Iowa, sees automation shaping futures while Harper and Row reissues Mother Night and Holt Rinehart plans Player Piano revival. A short story collection is planned for August.
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Holt Rinehart
Harper and Row
Vonnegut
Writers Workshop
University of Iowa
Tipton Woman Sees Through Three Corneal Transplants
Mrs Bernard Kotz of Tipton endured keratoconus and three corneal transplants on her right eye, turning to the Eye Bank Association of America for donor tissue. She describes waiting on a donor, the urgency of surgery within hours, and a new, heightened awareness of daily life.
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Bernard Kotz
Tipton
Woman awaits call for corneal transplant in Iowa City
A Sunday afternoon report recalls the moment a woman waited for a phone ring as two donor eyes were rushed from Iowa City for a corneal transplant planned for 6 p.m. The backup eye was kept in readiness, and the patient tried to reach her husband and son as details unfolded.
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Iowa City
Barney
Norman
Bennett
Donor Eye Surgery Described By Recipient
A woman recounts a 22 hour operation to receive donor eyes after a family emergency. She details hospital sequence from Cedar Rapids visit to surgery, noting the tone of the surgical team and her gratitude toward the donor and medical staff.
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Norman
Cedar Rapids
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Independence
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Writer's Workshop
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Owa
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Lela Garton Gerette
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