Marion park board approves hiring for ice rink season
Marion park board authorizes Charles Kremenak to accept ten applications for two workers to maintain two rinks at Longfellow and Marion High School and to supervise the warming house at the athletic field. Board plans to buy plank boards and considers two extra flood lights. A swing set for Taubel park is approved funded by the Marion Woman's Club. A lost cat notice and popcorn stand and pavilion use reports are noted. The board will meet again next Thursday.
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Marion’s
Charles Kremenak
Parks and Recreation
Longfellow
Marion High School
Kremenak
Taube! Park
Marion Woman's Club
Thomas Park
Veterans Day Parade Slated in Marion Downtown
Veterans Day will be observed Saturday morning with a parade in downtown Marion and a program in City Park at 10 a.m. Marion Post 298 American Legion color guard, the Marion high school band directed by Paul Wright, and the Forty and Eight vehicle from Cedar Rapids will participate. A L Etzel urges residents and businesses to display the flag. Budget Days ads and YMCA schedule for Marion included.
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Marion
Marion Post 298
American, Legion, Color Guard
Marion ‘High School
Paul Wright
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Etzel
Marion Post
Marion Kiwanis elects officers and directors for new term
Marion Kiwanis Club elected officers and directors Thursday. Robert Hess named president, Eugene Frye president elect, Leonard Peters first vice president, Rev. Lloyd Kellams second vice president, Jack Parmenter treasurer. Directors include Phillip DeWees, Herbert Harford, Harry Manley, Rev. Jamies McBride, Ralph Mills, Kenneth Patton and Rev. Lawrence Sprankle. Duties begin January 1, outgoing president is Judge Miles Adams. Grass fire reported on highway 150 east Marion with no damage. Fish fry Friday from 6 to 9 p m take out orders invited priced at $1 25.
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Marion Kiwanis Club
Robert Hess
Eugene Frye
Leonard Peters
Lloyd Kellams
Jack Parmenter
Phillip DeWees
Herbert Harford
Harry Manley
Jamies McBride
Ralph Mills
Kenneth Patton
Lawrence Sprankle
Miles Adams
Humphrey Attendance at Garner Rites in Texas Burial
Former vice president John Nance Garner was buried near his hometown of Uvalde under a mimosa tree as Vice President Hubert Humphrey and hundreds of mourners joined in prayer in cold mud.
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Uvalde, Texas
John Nance Garner
Humphrey
Garner
Campus Ministers Protest Draft Policy at University of Iowa
Fourteen members of the University of Iowa Association of Campus Ministers urged Defense Secretary McNamara to intervene against a federal policy speeding up inductions of student draft objectors and protesters. They argued the policy threatens due process and free speech.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Assn
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
McNamara
Marengo Man Escapes Severe Hand Injury in Farm Combine Accident
Fred Maschmann, 71, of Marengo sustained severe lacerations and loss of the middle finger on his left hand in a Thursday afternoon combine accident while working at the Adolph Zuber farm. He received hospital treatment locally.
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Marengo
Fred Maschmann
Adolph Zuber
Regents Authorize Western Iowa College Study
The state board of regents hired Cresap McCormick and Paget to study establishing a state college in western Iowa for 70 000. Heald Hopson and Associates will assist on the educational program with expenses paid by the New York firm. The eight month study will assess needs location type and enrollment projections. A separate 70 000 for Lakeside laboratory water system at Lake Okoboji was approved pending funds.
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Ames
State Board of Regents
Cresap, McCormick and Paget
New York
Iowa
Toegin
Heald, Hopson and Associates
Lakeside Laboratory
Lake Okoboji
University of
Towa
JFK Plane to Be in Museum Exhibit
The Caroline, the Kennedy family plane used by John F Kennedy in his 1960 campaign, will be housed in a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on the Washington Mall after construction.
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Washington
Caroline
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
National Air and Space Museum
Washington Mall
Smithsonian Institution
Fall is Fatal to Senior Working on Class Play
A 19 year old Orange high school senior, Robert Wermerskirchen, died in University Hospitals Iowa City after falling from a ladder while adjusting lights for the senior class play "Our Town." He toppled from about 15 feet, striking the concrete floor and suffering a skull fracture. He died following surgery.
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Gilbertville
UPI
Orange
University
Iowa City
Robert Wermerskirchen
Vernon Wermorskirchen
Wermorskirchen
Towa City
Anti Poverty Session Concludes in C R
About 50 representatives of Eastern Iowa anti poverty agencies ended a four day workshop at the Holiday Inn. Instructors from the University of Missouri led the session on resident participation in community action programs.
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Iowa
Holiday Inn
University of Missouri
Former Iowa couple endows two $50 000 U of Iowa funds
Iowa City natives and University of Iowa graduates Orville Francis Grahame and Paula Patton Grahame have established two $50,000 funds at the UI Foundation. The Grahames, long residents of Worcester Massachusetts, name law and art fellowships for the university.
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Iowa U. Funds
Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
College of Law
School of Art
U. of 1. Foundation
Orville Francis Grahame
Paula Patton Grahame
Grahame
Worcester
Mass
Paul Revere Life Insurance Co
Civiic
Avco Corp
Avco
Paul Revere
Palo
Paula Patton
Clearfield
Mds Moines
U. of L
Madison Street
Memorial Union
Grahames
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
Bruce E. Mahan
State Historical Society
Towns City
Shambaugh
Hamlin Garland
Hugh Walpole
Stephen Leacock
Deny Gas Fatality Claim On Viet Cong Poison Gas
In Saigon the Fourth Infantry Division denied a report that Viet Cong poison gas killed 30 Americans. The division and a Pentagon spokesman said there have been no verified poison gas reports against U.S. troops. both sides have used tear and nauseous gas.
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Saigon
Fourth Infantry
Tenzer
D-N.y
Fourth Division
U.S
Pentagon
Boy Hurt When Struck by Car in Front of SE Address
David M. Butler a 12 year old resident of 6310 First Avenue NW was in fair condition Friday at S J Luke s hospital with injuries suffered Thursday evening when struck by an auto driven by Marjorie P Jones of 363 Sixteenth Street SE in front of 1815 First Avenue SE The police said the car was eastbound when the boy ran into its path from between parked cars No charges were filed
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David M. Butler
First Avenue NW
S J. Luke’s Hospital
Marjorie P. Jones
Sixteenth Street SE
First Avenue SE
Jones
Young Butler
Nationwide flu wave doubted predicting 1967 66 season
Washington AP reports the Public Health Service sees no nationwide influenza epidemic this winter and no vaccine shortage. The advisory targets only high risk groups, primarily those over 65 with chronic illnesses, while maintaining earlier predictions of substantial flu activity in 1967 66, especially in the East.
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Washington
Public Health Service
East
Iowa Earns 11 631 000 In Interest In Ten Months
Des Moines Iowa state earnings from interest totaled 11 631 000 in the first ten months of the year. State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg said higher rates increased cash flow and refined investment procedures. The general fund credited 8 044 000 a gain of 3 773 000 from 1966. Primary and farm to market funds earned 2 783 000 vs 2 177 000 in 1966.
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Des Moines
UPI
of Iowa
Paul Franzenburg
Franzenburg
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