Awards to JA students inspire high school leaders
More than 550 students from Marion Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Vinton heard Olympic champion Bruce Jenner urge personal decision making at the Junior Achievement dinner in Cedar Rapids. JA president Wayne Engle announced Tricks ’N Trades as Company of the Year with 34 companies formed and 29 profitable. Dial-a-Lite won both management and top annual report honors.
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Bruce Jenner
Jen
Wayne Engle
Tricks 'N Trades
Quaker Oats Co
John Warner
Marion
Vinton
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Dial-a-Lite
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Mighty Nice Bankers
Merchants National Bank
ADMOR
Illuminating Enterprises
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Sarah Richardson
Wasp Enterprises
Hawk Bill Co
Jeff Robison
IBM
David Hughes III
JA Board
Capital Fund Campaign
Junior Achievement Economic Education Center
Doug Murdock
Murdock
National Academy of Achievement
Hughes
Robert Fye
Framing Our
E and S Electrical Contractors, Inc
Thomas Heath
LEO
ANE
Kevin Green
Mike Lavely
Deko- Comm
Collins Government Telecommunications
Elisa Verhille
Mighty Nice Bank
Julie Goodspeed
Pay hikes OK'd for Marion school service staff
Marion Independent School Board approved salary and benefit increases averaging 7.8 percent for service personnel. Bus drivers gain 37 cents hourly on regular runs and 25 cents on activity runs plus some meal allowances. food service staff get 7.3 percent raises with district health insurance contributions. custodians and maintenance see 8.19 percent increases with higher health coverage. Overtime will be reduced and office staff are still negotiating. Total increases amount to 6,805 for food service and 18,786 for custodians. bus cost depends on unknown run numbers.
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Marion Independent School Board
al Watson
Drunk driving cases heard by Linn District Court judges
Seven defendants faced drunk driving charges in Linn District Court. William Riha pleaded guilty to a February 26 offense, fined 300 dollars, two days in jail with one day credit, and placed on probation to his attorney. Jack Wolfe pleaded guilty to a March 14 offense, fined 300 dollars, two days in jail with two days credit. Three defendants had sentencing deferred and were placed on probation to an attorney or the Department of Correctional Services. Dismissals included Dale Miner and Joe Trevino. A marijuana possession charge against Kim Bean was dismissed.
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First Avenue
Linn District Court
William C. Riha
16Th Ave
Jack W. Wolfe
Center Point Road
Department of Correctional Services
Brian G. Doonan
Vine Ave
Robert Lee Reinburg
Hanover Road
Raymond G. Geinzer
Oakbrook
Hiawatha
Three arrested on drunk driving charges after Thursday night incidents
David M. Shramek 19 of Swisher was taken into custody at 10 40 p m on the Twelfth Avenue bridge and charged with speeding. Patrick M. Needham 19 of 1555 Park Ave SE was arrested at 10 15 p m near Bertram Road and Wilder Drive SE on failure to control. Dennis J. Platt 21 of 388 Third Ave SE was arrested at 12 30 a m today on Highway 13 north of the Highway 151 junction.
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David M. Shramek
Swisher
Twelfth Avenue Bridge
Shramek
Patrick M. Needham
Park Ave
Bertram Road
Wilder Drive
Needham
Dennis J. Platt
Third Ave
Highway 13
Highway 151
Westchester Trash Plan Links Haiti Shipped Garbage
Westchester environmental consultant Bernard Van Kleeck proposes closing the Croton Point Dump in 1981 and shipping Westchester’s garbage to Haiti for about 10 dollars a ton. He says Haitian officials have shown strong interest, with the waste to be converted into compost to restore eroded terrain.
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Katonah
N.Y
Westchester County
Haiti
Bernard van Kleeck
Croton Point
Westchester
van Kleeck
Tragic plunge claims three Douds teens
Three teen girls from Douds died when their car veered off a bridge near Keosauqua into the Des Moines River Thursday night. The victims were Carol Rickert 17 Gail Ross 15 and Vicki Warner 14. The car driven by Rickert was eastbound on a county road when it ran off the bridge and flipped into the river around 8 p.m. Authorities remained on scene as investigators looked into the crash.
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Keosauqua
Douds
van Buren County
Des Moines
Carol Rickert
Gail Ross
Vicki Warner
Rickert
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Betty Deban
Starry School
Marion Schools
Educational Telecommunications Consortium
Kirkwood
Mount Mercy
Coe Colleges
Mercy
St. Luke’s Hospitals
Linn-Mar and
College Community Schools
William Hennessey
Shirley Pantini
Germany
Arlene Brant
John Parks
Daniel Tesar
Rebecca Braun
Gen Tanner
Y Office
Sellhouse
Dennis A. Kohl
Lindale Drive
Rodney W. Drummond
Rockford, Ill
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Mandel Long
Luce and Sullivan, Realtors
First National
Farmers State
Adv
Cub Scouts
Marion Christian Church
McGowan
10Th Street
Security Savings and Loan Association
Dial
Foguee Optical
1St Ave. S. E
Land Sie
Cedar Rapids Towers
M.D
Capitol Optical
VISA
Bankamericard
1St Ave
S. E
Capite Optical
Dale A. Miner
Anamosa
Joe Trevino
A Ave. NE
Kim D. Bean
J St. SW
11Th St
Fec
State Patrol
Sheriff's Deputies
Lowe Glass Depot
Benjamin
Vg MoonGl
Iowa Glass Depot
6Th Avenue SE
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T.H.D
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