Building Needs at Linn-Mar: $365,000
Linn-Mar district plans next year require about $365000 for new facilities. Superintendent Kenneth P. Patton outlined an elementary unit for Bowman Woods Linnwood Knolls and Mitchell addition costing about $267000. He cited needs for classrooms, shop space, portable rooms, administrative expansion, athletic seating, and future long range facilities through 1970.
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Linn-Mar
Kenneth P. Patton
Board of Education
Bowman Woods
Linnwood Knolls
Mitchell
Patton
Marion Man Named September Driver of the Month
Marion trucker Harmon E. Bailey 65 of Bruce-Hawkeye Motor Express Cedar Rapids was chosen Driver of the Month for September by the Iowa Motor Truck Association. The award cites his appearance courtesy and 2 720 000 miles of driving since 1933. The association announced the honor Tuesday.
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Des Moines
UPI
Marion
Iowa Motor Truck Assn
Harmon E. Bailey
Bruce-Hawkeye Motor
Cedar Rapids
Association
Students Run City Government During Youth Appreciation Week
Six Marion and Linn-Mar high school students led a city government day as youths served as mayor and officials. The group joined a student city council meeting as Mayor Ralph W. Potter proclaimed November thirteen to nineteen Youth Appreciation Week in the city. Frances M. Ockenfels died Monday and her requiem high mass is set for Wednesday at St. Joseph's Church with burial at St. Michael's Cemetery Norway.
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Marion
Linn-Mar
Peter F. Crivaro
Leighton W. Ford
Bill Grundy
George Davison
Linda Mithelman
Brenda Bailey
All Marion High School
Randy Ketelsen
David Weller
Gary Sejkora
Glenn Jensen
John Knussman
Marion and Linn-Mar
Ralph W. Potter
Bubonic Plague Strikes Vietnamese Fishing Village
An AP report from Da Nang says a bubonic plague outbreak in a coastal Vietnamese village has killed six civilians and left 25 others hospitalized over the past two weeks. Local health authorities urged calm and launched containment measures.
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DA Nang
Rites set for Ruby J. Miles 65 Waubeek resident dies
Ruby J. Miles 65 lifelong Waubeek resident died Sunday in a Marion nursing home. Born March 17 1902 in Hoosier Bend Iowa. Married Albert Miles June 17 1922 in Marion. Survived by husband daughter Gerald Schenk three grandchildren one great grandson two sisters. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday Waubeek Methodist Church conducted by Rev Mearle Griffith. Burial Jordans Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Murdoch chapel Central City after 1 p.m. Tuesday. Casket will not be opened after 2 p.m. Wednesday.
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Waubeek
Ruby J. Miles
Marion
Hoosier Bend
Iowa
Albert Miles
Miles
Marion council approves 1967 paving project with pocket repairs
The Marion council approved a 1967 second paving project and ordered Bituminous Materials Co. to make immediate temporary repairs on pockets at multiple locations with permanent fixes by June 1, 1968. The vote also cut B. A. Westbrook’s Fifth avenue assessment and reduced Arthur R. Lyons’s Blairs Ferry road assessment while reviewing the city audit and retirement fund handling.
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Marion
Peter F. Crivaro
Bituminous Materials Co., Inc
Tenth Avenue
Twelfth Street
B. A. Westbrook
Fifth Avenue
Bill Grundy
Jan Marg
Westbrook
Crivaro
Westbrock
Arthur R. Lyons
Blairs Ferry Road
Engineering
McGladrey, Hansen, Dunn and Co
Merwen L. Taylor
Taylor
Seventh Avenue
Apco
Ralph W. Potter
Cedar Rapids Regional Transit Authority
Central City Woman Pearl A. Bishop 85 obituary
Pearl A. Bishop 85 lifelong Central City resident died Monday at Springville rest home born November 20 1881 in Pennsylvania. Married Fred H. Bishop September 3 1898 he died August 1 1964. She belonged to the Methodist church WSCS Phileatha class survived by a grandson three granddaughters and 13 great grandchildren. Services Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church burial Cedar Memorial Park friends may call Murdoch chapel after 1 p.m. Wednesday.
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Central City
Gazette
Pearl A. Bishop
Springville
Pennsylvania
Fred H. Bishop
Bishop
Methodist Church
WSCS
Phileatha
Cedar Memorial Park
Murdoch Chapel
Taft seeks recount in Cleveland mayoral race
Republican candidate Seth Taft said he would ask the county board of elections for a recount after losing to Negro Carl Stokes by 1,644 votes. He noted the official count drop from 2,501 to 1,644 and said a recount could finish in four or five days.
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Cleveland (Ap
Seth Taft
County Board of Elections
Taft
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Stokes
Powers Divorce Petition Granted in Linn County Court
In Linn County Iowa Sharon K Powers seeks an absolute divorce from Glenn E Powers citing cruel inhuman treatment and desertion for over two years. The petition requests attorney fees and court costs and requires the defendant to appear by December 29 1967 at Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids courthouse or a default will be entered.
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Glenn E. Powers
Sharon K. Powers
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Remodeling Additions New Construction Expert Craft
Classified ad listing B A Westbrook Construction Inc offering remodeling and new construction services in Marion Iowa with phone contact. Also painting and papering by Fred Sacora in Sioux City area with after hours number. A professional executive sales applicant seeks opportunity with a reputable sales oriented company and requests a box reply.
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B. A. Westbrook Const., Inc
Marion
the Gazette
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Iowa Kernel
U.S.A
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