New Komensky Group Elects Edward E Lala President
Edward E Lala is elected president of the Komensky Society at its annual meeting in Marion. New officers include Val M Barta and Dr Leo B Sedlacek. society reviews 1966 activities and begins scholarship applications for Czech background seniors. Susan Ramsey and Cecilia Oujiri were recent scholarship recipients.
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Komensky Society
Edward E. Lala
Sixth Street
Marion
Val M. Barta
Leo B. Sedlacek
Anna Fuhrmeister
Ely
Beatrice Lala
Carolyn Shonka
Susan Ramsey
Ellsworth ‘Junior College
Cecilia Oujiri
State College of Iowa
Delay in Planning Space Election Worries Mayor
Mayor Bob Johnson said the city faces a hold on a citywide referendum on municipal court space as bonding firm Chapman and Cutler of Chicago did not deliver a required legal opinion. City Attorney David McGuire will travel to Chicago Friday to seek answers and also review legal questions on the upcoming low rent housing referendum. The proposed court space would be built beneath the Linn county courthouse steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Johnson
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
David McGuire
McGuire
Linn County
Fulton County considers court space referendum and building options
The Fulton city council, meeting informally, chose March 1 to let residents decide on a court space referendum after Linn county officials urged action. They may use the Chamber of Commerce building or a new below courthouse facility, with a feasibility study valuing the latter at 413000. The discussion involves county probation space, the county attorney’s workload, and a potential state post for Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Larry Owen
Chamber
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
City Hall
Howard R. Green Engineering Co
Zoning Requests OKayed by Linn County Board
Linn County supervisors approved three zoning requests and rejected one. B L Anderson Inc received a ten year special permit for a sand and gravel pit near the Chain Lakes bridge. Millers First Addition preliminary plat south of Blairs Ferry road NE was approved with no access to Blairs Ferry road. Cottage Grove Woods addition final plat along East Post Rd was approved. Meadowview Acres addition preliminary plat was disapproved due to access and terrain problems.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
B. L. Anderson, Inc
Chain Lakes Bridge
Millers First Addition
Blairs Ferry Road
Cottage Grove Woods
East Post Rd
Meadowview Acres
Cedar Rapids Schools Get $541,871 State Aid
The Cedar Rapids Community School District received 541,871.69 dollars in general state aid for the second half of the 1965 66 year, matching the first half. Iowa distributed 16 750 000 dollars to 456 high school districts through county superintendents. Most aid will fund short term bank loans. the district had issued warrants over 1 5 million before aid arrived. Other district amounts include Marion Independent 58 653 44 and Linn Mar 39 866 62.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Otto Wiedersberg
Marion Independent School District
Arbur- Hett
Center Point
Central City
College Community
Linn - Mar
Lisbon
Mt. Vernon
North-Linn
Springville
Firemen Strike in K C Delayed by Mediation Board
Kansas City AP reports firemen paused a planned walkout as the Missouri mediation board intervened in wage hour talks with the city council. Waterloo UP I notes Edward Wenner, 86, ex state senator and former Black Hawk county attorney, died in a Waterloo nursing home. Cedar Rapids begins Dutch elm disease spring offensive with spraying in three city quadrants NE SE SW. City Forester Bob Gardner says spraying will cover most areas when weather allows and owners should move cars prior to spraying. Chemicals do not harm car finishes but require scrubbing to remove residues. last year 1,300 diseased trees were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
UPI
Edward Wenner
Cedar Rapids
Bob Gardner
Gardner
Johnson Says Proposed Bill Is Ridiculous
Cedar Rapids Mayor Bob Johnson denounces Senate file 81 as unfair to the innocent and harmful to prisoners awaiting sentence. He criticizes the bill for crediting jail time and appeals only to those who fail bail, noting the house vote 109 to 1 and the lack of protection for the presumed innocent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
Senate
House of Representatives
Legisators
Johnson
Reconsideration of Item Veto Fails DES
In Des Moines a move to reconsider SJR2 to give the governor power to veto specific items in appropriation bills fell two votes short. Rep. Larry Allen led the bid and 61 voted aye, nine voted no, short of the 63 needed. The resolution, first passed in 1965, was approved by the Senate in 1967 and by the House on March 8, with Allen filing the motion the same day. It now goes to a public vote on November 5, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des .Moines
Town House
Larry Allen
Council Bluffs
Senate
House
Allen
Holiday House Suit Settled Out of Court
A federal suit against Holiday House of Mt Vernon was settled after Marie Fatz of Cicero filed a $25,000 claim for injuries from a May 23, 1964 fall on the premises. She cited negligence in stairways and sidewalks, with medical bills of $1,532 and lost earnings of $1,325. The out-of-court settlement amount is not disclosed. A separate Cedar Rapids bankruptcy petition lists Joseph and Donna Walters with $5,238 in debts and $475 in assets, all exempt.
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Mt. Vernon
Marie Fatz
Cicero
Cedar Rapids Federal Court
Joseph
Donna Walters
Eighth Street SE
Feasibility Study Started For Large Generating Plant
Four Iowa utilities hire Commonwealth Associates of Jackson Michigan to evaluate a large central Iowa power plant. The study weighs coal versus nuclear options, site logistics, water use, transport and assembly needs, with a completion target in the near term. The effort aims to meet Iowa's 5 to 20 year future power demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Michigan
Commonwealth Associates, Inc
Jackson, Mich
Duane Arnold
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
Central Iowa Power Cooperative
Marion Iowa Power and Light Co
Des Moines
Southwestern Federated Power Cooperative, Inc
Creston
Arnold
Commonwealth Associates
Des Moines River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Commonwealth
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Supreme Court
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Henry Crane
Crane
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Coé College
University of Iowa
Arthur Kudart
Joan Williams
Fifth Avenue
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Seedar Rapids
K.C
Kansas City
Missouri Mediation Board
Holiday House
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Calvert Dist. CO
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