School Arson Attempt Fails at Longfellow
Marion police investigated two weekend vandalism cases. At Longfellow elementary a suspected arson attempt broke two restroom windows and tossed lit matches into a classroom, with matches found in four locks and an easel targeted. A separate break in at Cashway Lumber on Seventh avenue caused about 117 dollars in damage after a truck and lumber were damaged. entry was gained by climbing a fence.
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Marion
Longfellow
Marion Cashway Lumber Co
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-first Street
Cashway
Marion Voters Informed Of General Election Polls
City Clerk Merwen L. Taylor lists polling places for the Tuesday general election. Polls run 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. locations include Ward One Gordon hatchery Ward Two Emerson school Longfellow school Ward Three Lincoln school Ward Four public library Ward Four Irving school. Voters must be registered.
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Merwen L. Taylor
Gordon Hatchery
Emerson School
Longfellow School
Lincoln School
Public Library
Irving School
Marion
Taylor
Marion Gazette Classifieds Office Guidance
Local notice informing readers that for convenience they may place or pay for want ads at The Gazette Marion office located at 743 10th St. Experienced ad writers assist with classified ads and answer questions about classifications and costs.
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Marion Area
Gazette Marion
10Th St
Crivaro avoids comment on Marion move to Des Moines post
Marion City Manager Peter F Crivaro declined to confirm plans to leave for a Des Moines post with the Des Moines low rent housing authority saying any announcement would come from the Des Moines group He noted the matter would be discussed at tonight's Marion council meeting Crivaro has led Marion for four years after a 25 year Des Moines career
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Marion
Peter F. Crivaro
City of
Des Moines
Linn-Mar Budget Review Slated With State Panel
Linn-Mar school officials will meet in Des Moines with the budget review committee of the state department of public instruction to assess next year’s budget. The meeting is required for districts with budgets exceeding the state growth factor and aims to review budget plans and compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn-Mar
Des Moines
State Department of Public Instruction
Rural Areas to Host Five Cultural Programs in Iowa
Iowa State Arts council and Iowa State University will sponsor five of 23 cultural programs in rural Iowa communities this year. Recital series feature cellist Frantisek Smetana violinist Ilza Niemack and the Amatio Trio. An educational film program will accompany the arts outreach. Architect Robert A. Lorr will be artist in residence for a month with classes and open studio. The Octagon Art Center in Ames will present puppet plays.
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Ames
Iowa State Arts Council
Iowa State Willl
Iowa
Raymond D. Reed
Iowa State
Reed
Towa
Frantisek Smetana
Ilza Niemack
Symphony
Amatio
Robert A. Lorr
ISU
Octagon
Arts council puppetry program gains campus partners
Lectures demonstrations and conduct workshops in the art of puppetry. Other institutions cooperating with the Iowa State Arts council are the University of Iowa University of Northern Iowa Drake university Des Moines Civic Ballet Area Ten Community college Simpson college Morningside college and Luther college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Arts Council
University of Iowa
The
University of Northern Iowa
Drake University
Des Moines Civic Ballet
Area Ten Community College
Simpson College
Morningside College
Luther College
50 Students Expected At UIC Teacher Day
More than 50 high school students from Northeast Iowa will attend Prospective Teachers day at Upper Iowa College Wednesday. After a welcome by Dr. Eugene E. Garbee the group will hear C. W. Antes speak on Your Future in Education and will meet faculty, tour the campus, and dine in Garbee hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Iowa
Upper Iowa College
Eugene E. Garbee
C. W. Antes
West Union
UIC
Garbee
Cedar Rapids approves multiple ordinances and traffic changes
Cedar Rapids City Council passes Ordinance 102-68 rezoning Lots 1 2 3 Block 13 Mays Addition at 6th Ave and Hamilton St SW to B-1 district seeks dust free drives. Ordinance 103-68 rezones land near 50th St NE to M1 Industrial and adds frontage road. Ordinance 104-68 creates City Traffic Engineer and duties. notices include dissolution of Iowa Iron & Metal Co Inc and public hearing to vacate a county road segment in Linn County.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
City OF
IGWA
Iawa
Mays
Cesar Rapids
6Th Avenue
Hamilton Street
Ank A. Bosh
Haroie
Schiqutetewitty
Gav
Dover
Wayn Wort
Margaret Irene Short
St. P.M
50Th Street
Collins Radio
N. A. Bosh
Superintendent of Public Safety
Frank A. Bosh
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Marie Fritz Estate
The District Court in Linn County Iowa will on November 15 1968 at 1 00 PM offer at the front door of the Linn County Court House Cedar Rapids Iowa the sale of described premises in Weenowa within the NW quadrant of Section 9 Township 86 North Range West of the 5th Principal Meridian. Sale is conducted by administrator John H Lessenhop represented by attorney DeWitt H Smith. See text for exact boundaries and lot description.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
W. G. Harrington
P.E
Linn
Aease
District Court of
Marie Fritz
State Department of Social Services
State of Iowa
Court House
Weenowa
P.M
Ely
Burlington
C.R
Northern Railway Co
New Said
John H. Lessenhop
DeWitt H. Smith
First National Bank
Marion
Box
Notice of Administrator for Leslie Swenson Estate
Probate notice in Linn County Iowa announces Evelyn Swenson appointed administrator for Leslie Swenson deceased. Creditors must file claims with the district court by six months from the second publication, dated November 11, 1968. Attorneys Lynch Dallas Smith Harman Cedar Rapids Iowa represent the administrator.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Leslie Swenson
Evelyn Swenson
Cedar Rapids
Notice to Bidders for Cedar Rapids School District project
Sealed proposals will be received for wrecking or removal of the house and auxiliary building at 343 Second Avenue S.W. Cedar Rapids Iowa by the Cedar Rapids Community School District. Bids due 2:30 p.m. CST November 7 1968. Bid bonds 10 percent required. Preferences for Iowa grown products coal and domestic labor. The district may reject any bid and waive formalities. OTTO F. Wiedersberg Secretary Published November 4 1968
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Second Avenue S.W
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Community
Board of Education
County of
Linn
State of
Notice of Hearing on Petition for Administration Estate
Petition seeks Letters of Administration for Leonard Witousek an absentee with property in Linn and Johnson counties Iowa. Lillian Barta Luber requests appointment as administrator and hearing set December 3 1968 in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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District Court of
Iowa
Linn County
Leonard Witousek
District Court
Lillian
Barta Luber
Detroit
Michigan
State of
Johnson County
Lillian Barta Luber
Cedar Rapids
Nazette
Congress Will See Many Veterans Depart in Coming Session
The oldest members of both chambers are among at least 38 congressmen not returning for the new session starting Jan 3. Notables include Senator Carl Hayden 91 retiring after 56 years and Rep Barratt O’Hara 86 losing renomination.
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Washington
Senate
House
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Congress
Barratt O’hara
Illinois
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
John Fogarty
D-R.l
J. A. Younger
R-Calif
Joe Pool
Dtexas
Elmer Holland
Dpa
Lister Hill
Ala
Bourke Hickenlooper
Iowa
Frank Carlson
Kan
Thruston Morton
George Smathers
Fla
Hayden
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Edward Long
Thomas Kuchel
Two Charged as Drunk Drivers in Cedar Rapids
Ira P. Harrison aged 51 of 1510 N Street SW and Frances W. Cherry aged 49 of 59 Old Marion Road NE were arrested Sunday on drunk driving charges. Harrison also faces two counts of leaving the scene after colliding with Richard Offringa and Alfred J. Clausen. police pursued him at speeds up to 80 mph before his arrest. Clausen and his wife Doris were treated for a neck injury. Harrison arraigned Monday with Nov 7 deadline. Cherry was arrested at First Avenue and Collins Road NE after a erratic drive, taken to the city jail and released on her own recognizance.
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Ira P. Harrison
Frances W. Cherry
Cedar Rapids
Harrison
N Street
Richard Offringa
Twentysixth
Third Avenue
Second Street
Fourth Avenue
Fourth Street
Alfred J. Clausen
Sunrise Mobile Court
Clausen
Doris
Mercy Hospital
Eighth Avenue
First Street
Frances Cherry
Old
Marion Road
First Avenue
Collins Road
Cherry
Clinton Shaeffer
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Larry Tanner
Squaw Creek
Charles Kremenak
Parks and Recreation
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Adv
Lions
Harold Barber
Marion Lions Evening Club
Alaska
Donald Zeller
Pol
Robins Homemakers Club
Crivaro
Ralph Potter
YMCA
Marion Branch
Richard Allen Derflinger
R. C. Derflinger
Arnolds Park
Joe Derflinger
W. S. Wishniewsky
Bill
Henry Bateman
Jimmy Bateman
Glenn Bateman
Winthrop
Lester Peck
125
Fourteenth Street
George E. Michel
Pol. Adv
Marion Mothers Club
William Salthan
EE Avenue
Coe College
Claudette
Karl
34Th St. NE
Marion Pta Council
Vernon Junior High School
Oxley
Eta Iota
Beta Signa Phi
John Mercil
Twenty-third Avenue
Ron Tvetene
N. F
Fritz
Sorg
Ray
Don G. Hall
Neal Schrader
Twentyfourth Avenue
Xi Gamma Sigma
Beta Sigma Phi
Gene Brodrecht
Eleventh Avenue
Terry Evans
Fallaue
Wwe
Harold G. Seearens
Crete
Bjornsen
al Aare
Harold G. Schaefer
Iowa Corporation
Iowa Iron & Metal Co., Inc
Iowatron & Metal Co., Inc
Maurice Goldberg
Maurice L. Nathan
Otto F. Wiedersberg
Ccsher
Charles Halleck
R-Ind
Halleck
Theodore Kupferman
Armistead Selden
Dala
Edwin Willis
D-La
Edna Kelly
D-N.y
Joseph Resnick
William Henry Harrison
Wyo
O'Hara
Edward Gurney
R-Fla
George Hansen
Idaho
Robert Dole
Thomas Curtis
Richard Schweiker
Charles Mathias
James Gardner
North Carolina
Arch Moore
West Virginia
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Abraham Multer
Paul Fine
R-N.y
7Th Ave
Sandy's
Continental Cleaners
Third St. SE
Mon
Thurs
Dial
First Ave
Eagles’ Foods
Unit of
Serv-Quik, Inc
Ay Aya
Sandy
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