Contracts Let for Iowa City Grade School Project
Bids on the new Robert Lucas school in Iowa City totaled 285,080 with Frantz Construction Co. as general contractor at 218,100 and Cedar Rapids Electric Supply 20,630 plus C. F. Path 45,150 for plumbing and heating. An alternate adds two classrooms for 26,300 and parking areas at Mark Twain and Roosevelt for about 19,000. Addition bids for Twain and Roosevelt were opened Feb 21 with base bids 269,132.
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Iowa City
Robert Lucas
Iowa City Board of Education
Frantz Construction Co
Cedar Rapids Electric Supply
C. F. Path of
Cedar Rapids
Mark Twain and
Roosevelt
Twain and
Twains and
Winthrop Lions Sponsor Main Street Cleaning Project
The Winthrop Lions Club led a Thursday night washing and sweeping effort on Main Street. About 40 Lions members along with firemen and Boy Scouts participated. Dr. J. A. Hunt has become club president.
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Winthrop Project
Winthrop
Lions Club
Lions
J. A. Hunt
Opening Soon Joe's Tender Trap Club Dancing
An upcoming club event featuring the Joe Aboderly Quartet performs nightly from Tuesday through Saturday at a venue in Draport Iowa. Details include a phone contact 848-2022 for reservations and information about the new venue in town.
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Joe's
Joe Aboderly
Draport
Ian oPhone Ely
Bob Eens
Iowa
Strikers Return at Waterloo Chamberlain Plant
About 500 workers at the Chamberlain Corp in Waterloo resumed work after a one day walkout ended when Hap Baugh of local 1318 IA Machinists declared the strike illegal. The walkout followed a disputed pay scale change tied to a plant time study affecting workers on defense contracts earning $1.87 per hour.
Crippen Sentenced in Fraudulent Stock Sales
Dale W. Crippen aged 40 received a five year prison term and five year probation for fraudulent sale of securities and mail fraud. He pled guilty to two counts on May 15 after facing fourteen counts across several states. Crippen is a former claims deputy of the Iowa State Employment Security Commission.
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Des Moines
UPI
Dale W. Crippen
Crippen
Iowa
Man pleads innocent in stabbing of Edith Welsh
Quincy had pleaded innocent in the October stabbing death of Edith Welsh a 78 year old widow. He changed his plea in district court and a hearing was set for next Wednesday to determine the degree of murder and sentence. Welsh was stabbed 23 times and Foulks admitted attacking her with a hunting knife later discarding the weapon in the river. He offered no motive and said he liked Welsh because she was friendly with him.
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Edith Welsh
Utility Rates Trial Recessed Until July 17
The Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co. rate case against Iowa City is paused in Johnson County District Court until July 17 after direct testimony by the utility. Judge Miles denied dismissal and set July 17 for resumed direct testimony by the city. Rates in University Heights Coralville and Iowa City will align with bond-secured increases and prior temporary injunctions continue.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Johnson County
T. W. Miles
William Sueppel
David Elderkin
Cedar Rapids
Sueppe
James Stewart
University Heights
Coralville
Des Moines Budget Officer Relates 1952 1953 Mission
U S District Attorney Roy Meadows warned investors could lose about 385000 in fraudulent Crippen deals.
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Des Moines
U.S
Roy Meadows
Crippen
Dubuque Youth Alters Plea in Murder Case
Milton Foulks, 19, accused of killing an elderly resident at the Dubuque rooming house run by his mother, changed his plea to guilty as the court awaited judgment on the murder charge. Previous statements by Foulks are noted.
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Dubuque
Milton Foulks
Young Foulks
Garroway to Quit Today Show to Focus on Children
New York UPI Dave Garroway announced he will leave NBC's Today program by October to devote time to his three children. The 48 year old host cited family responsibilities and a wish to read and reflect more, noting his 10 year NBC contract runs through 1965.
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New York
UPI
Dave Garroway
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Today
Services Monday for Mrs. J Garfield Powell
Mrs. J Garfield Powell 82 died in Scholtz hospital Waterloo Friday after a heart attack at home in Traer. She and husband farmed east of Traer then moved to Traer twenty years ago. Survivors include husband two sons Lynn Dysert and Corliss Reno Nev a daughter Mrs L A Allison Sacramento Calif and three grandchildren. Services Monday at 2 p.m. Erickson funeral home burial West Union cemetery east of Traer.
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Dysart
Corliss
Reno
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L. A. Allison
Sacramento
Calif
Erickson Funeral Home
West Union Cemetery
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