Iowa City council race focuses on urban renewal
Six candidates for three council seats debated urban renewal Sunday in a meet the candidates session sponsored by Citizens for a Better Iowa City. Incumbents do not seek re election as court review stalls efforts. Brooks Booker and Lee Butherus urged private enterprise with federal aid if a comprehensive program is pursued. Connell led a rival team stressing their platform after the October vote showed broad interest.
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Iowa City
Federal Urban Renewal
Citizens For A Better
Brooks Booker
Lee Butherus
Booker
Robert Connell
E. Dale Erickson
Clifford Krista
Lowa City
Vinton Woman Sent to Panama by Peace Corps
Bonnie E. Birker of Vinton has been assigned by the Peace Corps to a rural development project in Panama under the Panamanian ministry of agriculture. A 1967 Iowa State graduate, she joins three new volunteers serving as links between the government and rural communities, with prior training in Puerto Rico and Panama.
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Panama
Peace Corps
Bonnie E. Birker
Charles J. Birker
Miss Birker
Iowa State
Ministry of Agriculture
Puerto Rico
Housing Law Bond Hit by Legislator
Des Moines legislator A June Franklin says the $500 bond required to file complaints under Iowa fair housing law should be eliminated as bonding companies refuse to issue such bonds. She calls the bond a stumbling block to eradicating racial discrimination in housing.
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DES Moines
Towa
A. June Franklin
Gift for Trying New Rupture Device Offered
Kansas City readers are urged to request a 30 day trial of a new rupture support device described as inconspicuous and easy to wear. Recipients receive a $4.95 gift if they try the invention and return a descriptive circular from Physicians Appliance Company at 3467 Koch Building Kansas City Missouri 515 With St. Note urges action before losing the address.
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Physicians Appliance Company
Koch Bidg
Kansas City
Iowa City candidates defend urban renewal and local planning
A political platform in Iowa City calls for downtown revitalization with private redevelopment, a Melrose avenue district, parking ramps and lots, and privately owned bus subsidies. It critiques federal urban renewal and urges long range planning, a city manager ward system, and clear parking funding questions.
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Jnat
Melrose Avenue
City leader warns against misuse of federal renewal funds
Aritia Tam voices concern about city government and urges returning governance to Iowa City residents. He warns that some use urban renewal funds as a taxless windfall and urges caution against misleading claims, directing readers to a local number for details.
Exhibit Planned at Last Class of Adult School
Marengo reports the adult evening school will hold a final session Monday with an exhibit of crafts painting and other articles plus a coffee hour for enrollees guests and adult high school pupils. Ed Bruns will teach art and Orlo Buswell coordinates both programs. council members and local residents are elected for the Area Ten driven advisory group.
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Marengo
Area Ten
Orlo Buswell
Ed Bruns
Cedar Rapids
Buswell
Mesdames Robert Simmons
Gerald Harrison
Gene Frederickson
Richard Brown
James Turnbull
J. A. Valentine
Richard Lindenmayer
Robert Gunzephauser
Mildred Hoyt
Two Sewage Projects Set at Blairstown
Blairstown city council awarded two sewage contracts. Wayne Geelings of Pella lands the lagoon project for 124 050 and Public Development Co. of Montour wins sewer extensions work for 17 761 50. Martin Milner stars in The Felony Squad hit and run episode Monday at 8 p.m. on Channel 9 in color.
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Blairstown
Wayne Geelings
Pella
Public Developement Co. of
Montour
Martin Milner
Ch. 9
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