Salary Increases for South Tama School Staff Set
South Tama's school board approved the 1967-68 salary schedules for secretaries custodians cooks and bus drivers with raises around five percent. New pay scales vary by position and experience with specific hourly and monthly rates for secretaries custodians cooks and bus drivers. The board also hired Naomi Bote Martin and approved driver education expansion and a settlement from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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South Tama
Lavonne Jacobsen
Montour
Chelsea
Naomi Bote Martin
le Mars
Philippine Islands
Tama
Coralville protests Burger chairmanship at regional planning meeting
Coralville contests that Richard Burger of Iowa City holds the regional planning chair illegitimately claiming the chair must be appointed not elected. The city threatens to withhold its budget share until Attorney General guidance is obtained. Hall says Coralville will follow the decision. Burger notes his term ends July 1. Tornado siren warning plan outlined for Delaware County residents.
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Sedal
Iowa City
Corralville
Johnson County Regional Planning Commission
Richard Burger
Commission
Coralville
Kenneth Hall
Burger
Hall
Tax Bill Sparks Debate Over Robin Hood Tax Plan
In Des Moines lawmakers clash as the Republican led House passes a $126-$128 million tax increase to fund a Petersen school aid plan. Rep. Petersen argues property tax relief requires new revenue while opponents call it a tax on the poor to aid the rich.
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William Gannon
Mingo
Scott McIntyre, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Maurice van Nostrand
Avoca
House
Senate
Rep. Petersen
Petersen
Iowa
James Papke
Radl
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Gannon
Robin Hood
Sherwood Forest
van Nostrand
Nottingham
Record Membership Reported by ISEA
Iowa State Education Assn. membership reached 35 613 as of May 1, a record, announced Wednesday. The total rose 1 638 from the prior high a year earlier, the largest 12 month gain ever recorded by the ISEA.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa State Education Assn
ISEA
Hughes cites negotiation approach on tax plan
Governor Harold Hughes said at a Des Moines news conference that he has ideas on the tax plan passed by the House but will not reveal them yet. He emphasized a position of negotiation to stay fluid for a possible compromise and indicated modest increases could be acceptable only if inequities are removed.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
House
Washington High to Parade at Eastern Iowa Band Festival
Washington High School hosts a 1 30 p m parade at the Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids with the 37 unit marchers led by the Washington band and escorting Miss Eastern Iowa Chevyl Trachta 19. Miss Trachta and hostess Sandy Heth ride in convertibles ahead of the band.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington J
Washington Band
Chevyl Trachta
Prairie High School
Kingston Stadium
Jefferson
Jaycee Wives Committee
Larry Hunter
Washington County treasurer resigns amid embezzlement charges
Washington Iowa AP reports veteran County Treasurer W. E. Howell 65 has resigned and faces embezzlement charges. A countywide shortage was found in his accounts, officials say the amount is substantial and under audit. Howell appeared before a justice, was bound over to the grand jury, and released on his own recognizance. A new treasurer will be appointed by the county board.
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Washington, Iowa
Washington County
W. E. Howell
Lloyd R. Smith
Ira Morrison
Smith
Howell
Justice of the Peace
G. B. Holden
Grand
State Auditor
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Iowa
Boone County
Des Moines
Burlington
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Deep River
McCartney
Millersburg
Gerald Rieck
PTA
Maynard Zimmerman
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Northwestern Bell
the Gazette
Manchester
Ray Wood
Delaware
By Frank Nye
Leroy Petersen
Grimes
Council Bluffs
McIntyre
Rep. McIntyre
Woolworth's
Baker's Dozen Donuts
Ilzue
Joney
WANG
Hughes
Woolworths
Newslyl
Stretch Capris
Woolworth
Washington High
Miss Heth
Harold Heth
Larry Drive
Howard Ellison
GRA
Noelridge Park Christian Church
Christian Youth Fellowship
Playground and Recreation Commission
Noelridge Pool
Sandy Heth
C.R. Washington
Sar
Poynce Woolworth
Ui Monty
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