Marble town cafe and interurban buildings razed in Marion
Last week Marion demolished the Rubek cafe and the adjacent interurban depot on Sixth avenue east of Eleventh street to make way for a new post office. The area once buzzed with trains, rail workers, and residents recalling cheap 25 cent chicken dinners and 24 hour cafe service for railroad men.
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Marion
Rubek Cafe
Sixth Avenue
Eleventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Railroad
Indian Creek
Marion Boulevard
First Avenue
Rubek’s
A. E. Granger
Central Avenue
Rubek
Mr. Rubek
Warren
Rubeks
H. B. Phillips
Marion Indians
Linn County clubs host varied meetings in Marion area
The Linn county convention of the Federated Woman's clubs opens Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Marion Christian church with William Davidson of Stanwood speaking on Africa farm programs. Other events include homemakers clubs, Marion Business Girls, tax payments promos, YMCA classes, reunion plans, Toastmasters, and PTA activities across Marion and nearby communities.
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Linn County
The
Federated Woman’s Clubs
Marion Christian Church
McGowan Boulevard
William Davidson
Stanwood
Africa
Musical Literary Club
James Mollenhauer
Marion Council to Vote on HUD Grant for Sewer Project
The Marion council plans action on a resolution Monday night to authorize a grant agreement with the HUD for the Squaw Creek sanitary sewer project north of the Milwaukee railroad. HUD approves an $88,000 grant. A $6,000 transfer from the Mae Blinks fund to the Legion Memorial pool fund funds women’s restroom facilities. A Monday hearing will consider amendments to the 1968 budget.
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Marion
Squaw Creek
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Milwaukee Railroad
HUD
Mae Blinks
Legion Memorial
Roy Meier Trust Fund Established
Classmates and friends establish the Roy Meier Memorial Education trust to aid Roy Meier’s siblings Terry and Susan in post high school education. If unspent, funds aid a worthy student chosen by the Meier family. First National Bank administers gifts.
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Roy Meier
Terry
Susan
Meier
First National Bank
New South Side Bus Route Starts Monday
Marion plans a second bus route on the south side starting Monday with five daily runs and a night run on Mondays and Thursdays. Free rides for south of Fifth Avenue riders on opening day. Existing north side service continues. Local groups hold meetings and ads note community events and services.
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New South Side
Marion
H. J. Hampton
Regional Transit Corporation, Inc
Fifth Avenue
Choirs Plan for Easter Concert at Linn-Mar High Gym
Marion Ministerial Union church choirs join for Palm Sunday concert on April 7 at 7 30 p m in Linn Mar high school gym directed by Byron L Thompson First Methodist choir director. Music includes Gloria by Vivaldi and For Thy Sake by Williams with sopranos Mrs Melvin Handkins Mrs Gary West Mrs John Ward and contraltos Mrs George Bishop Mrs Gene Marner. Accompanists are Mrs Jerry Cuffel piano and Robert Doyle organ.
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Marion Ministerial Union
Linn-Mar
Byron L. Thompson
First Methodist Church
Gloria
Antonio Vivaldi
David Williams
Melvin Handkins
Gary West
John Ward
George Bishop
Gene Marner
Jerry Cuffel
Robert Doyle
Patients Need Lecture Topic At University of Iowa
Doris Schwartz associate professor of public health nursing at Cornell university New York hospital school of nursing will headline the first distinguished visiting professor program at the University of Iowa college of nursing. She will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday in Shambaugh auditorium on The Systematic Assessment of Patients Nursing Needs and will lead discussions with public health nurses from Cedar Rapids Iowa City and University Hospitals.
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Iowa City
Doris Schwartz
Cornell university-New York Hospital School of Nursing
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Rosemary Ellis
Case Western Reserve University
Schwartz
Shambaugh Auditorium
New York
U. of S. College of Nursing
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Headstart grant of 22705 funds Johnson county program
A federal grant of 22705 from the Office of Economic Opportunity supports the Headstart project in Johnson county. The Hawkeye Area Community Action program will administer it with Cedar Rapids offices. Johnson county coordinates locally. Volunteer time and space contributions total 6260, funding five classrooms for 85 children, with signup starting April 8 to decentralize classrooms countywide.
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Iowa City
Office of Economic Opportunity
Johnson County
Hawkeye Area
Dwaine Schaffner
Cedar Rapids
Graceland Announces Second Chance Program At Graceland Lamoni
Graceland college in Lamoni unveils a summer second chance program for students with poor prospects. Led by education faculty member Robert Johnson the program runs June 11 to August 2 and blends tutoring with regular classes to uncover talents and boost college admission chances.
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Lamoni
Graceland College
Robert Johnson
College Education
Graceland
Johnson
Work Release Plan Expands at Anamosa Reform School
In 1967 Iowa approved a work release program for reformatory inmates. Fourteen men from Anamosa have joined work sites from quarrying to barbering and auto body repair. Some attend the University of Iowa classes while others work as bricklayers welders or in service stations. Wages range from 1.50 to 5 dollars per hour. The program emphasizes selection and rehabilitation with limited housing and transportation challenges. A labor management conference at the University of Iowa on April 17 will feature Gov. Harold Hughes and Stanley Ruttenberg addressing manpower and training.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Linn County
Jim McShane
Iowa City
U.S. Department of Labor
University of Iowa
Harold Hughes
Stanley Ruttenberg
Washington
D.C
U. of S. Center For Labor and Management
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
U. of I
B. L. Barnes
U. of I. College of Business Administration
ICC Declines Block on Freight Rate Hikes
The ICC rejected a bid to block truck freight rate increases set for Monday in 23 states including Iowa. The full commission voted 6 to 3 to study the Middlewest and Middle Atlantic impacts, with hikes of 3 to 5 percent for less than truckload and truckload shipments amid opposition from the transportation department.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
New England
Middlewest
Middle Atlantic States
Department of Transportation
Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau
ICC
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
East Iowans Awarded NSF Fellowships
Two University of Iowa students receive National Science Foundation graduate fellowships for 1968 69. James Longstreth chemical engineering and David Temple physical chemistry will study at the University of S and UC Berkeley respectively. The program funds 12 month stipends and school-wide cost allowances while continuing on progress and funds.
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Iowa City
NSF
James Longstreth
U. of S
David Temple
Physical
University of California At Berkeley
Bellevue Firm Wins Lowden School Construction Bid
Mangler Building of Bellevue submitted the low bid of 14753 for a new 40 by 80 foot industrial arts building at Lowden High School west of the gymnasium. Heating and lighting bids will follow. Work targets completion by July 1 funded by Alfred Conrad estate.
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Bellevue
Lowden
Mangler Building
Alfred Conrad
Independence Plant To Continue Operating Under Agreement
In Buchanan district court Friday a deal allowed Qual ity Ready Mix Co to keep operating the Independence plant. Mr and Mrs James Bates will sell their property to Oliver Greenley owner of Ready Mix for 24750. The state supreme court upheld an injunction blocking plant operation.
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Independence
Quality Ready Mix Co
Buchanan District Court
James Bates
Oliver Greenley
Ready Mix
State Supreme Court
Bates
Iowa towns announcings weeklong community events
In Oxford Junction and surrounding areas a cancer crusade fund drive is planned with chairs Mrs. Melvin Lazare and Mrs. Fred Hronik. Oxford Junction hosts an Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. for preschool through fourth grade with 3 000 eggs and 130 prizes. Community groups and local officials announce meetings and appointments across Delaware, Louisa, Allamakee, and nearby counties.
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Oxford Junction
Oxford Township
Melvin Lazare
Fred Hronik
Chamber of Commerce
Amanda Kruckenberg to Retire After 38 Teaching Years
Lowden educator Amanda Kruckenberg will retire as a teacher at the end of the school year after serving 38 years in the classroom. Her long tenure marks a notable chapter in the district’s instructional staff.
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Lowden
Amanda_ Kruckenberg
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Charles C. Miller
Pete Klein
Milwaukee Road Roundhouse
O. W. McBride
Lance Rubek
North Star
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Prairie Chapel
Clair Stoneking
Ed Paul
Norman Nietert
Roy Hampton
IOOF
Dale Miner
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Delores Blin
Bishop’s, Lindale Plaza
Bay House
Richard G. Kohl
Northview Drive
Feekes Construction Co
Thomas E. McGowan
Lorraine
CBS
Masonic Temple
Marion Branch
Bob Randall
Marion High School
Farmers State Bank
Vernon Junior High
Robert Hess
Evelyn Oxley
Harvey Gipp
Marion Toastmasters Club
Ox Yoke Inn
Amana
Ray Kincheloe
Dick Walters
Roy Seiler
Lee Wilki
Jim Wolfe
Public Library
Dale Syndergaard
Marion Rural Homemakers Club
Linn County Farm Bureau
Duane Haerther
Lumir Dostal, Jr
Emerson Pta
Sorosis Club
Ray Hawkins
Kenneth Wright
Trojan Lodge No
Ameigo Club
Karl Kendall
Twenty Eighth Street Drive
Karl Meier
Adv
Marion Lodge No
Masonic’ Temple
Clyde Cohn
Davis Cleaners
7Th Ave
Marion Library Board
Reading Circle
Bertha Schrimper
Marion Woman’s Club
Eighth Avenue
William Durspek
John’s
Conoco
UIC
Doerges
Argonne
Fayette
Upper Iowa
Ill
John Doerges
Reformatory
East Iowans
Blairstown
Pat Rieder
Russell Rieders
Legion Auxiliary
Girls State
Cedar Falls
Manchester
Delaware County Conference Board
Donald Barclay
Coffins Grove Township
Masonville
Delaware County Board of Review
Waukon
Allamakee County Farmers Union
Vets Club
Paul Franzenburg
Earlville
Linda Gibbs
William C. Gibbs
Earlville Legion Auxiliary
Belle Plaine
Seven Rivers Library System
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Manatt’s of
Brooklyn
Allamakee County Historical Society
Firemen’s Hall
Roy Schultz
Castalia
van Lines
van” van Fossen
North Towne Lane
5Th Avenue
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