Marion forms committee to study emergency care feasibility
Marion council and a citizen group reviewed emergency medical service needs on Thursday. Five residents urged a rapid response system including a paramedic and two technicians, with a potentially fire station location and a $30,000 estimated cost. The council agreed to form a committee led by Mayor Grundy to study feasibility with city manager Asaro and Mercy center staff contributing.
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Marion Council
William 3. Grundy
Mercy Hospital
Lrathfin Center
James Deveancoeur
Sixth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Not
Alaa
Lawrence A. Asaro
Democoeur
Karen Turner
Parkview Drive
Georgiowin Schmitt
Mark Watts
Town’ City
Lisa Mallie
Mt. Mercy College
Marion Council Sets December Hearing Dates on Fees and Streets
Marion council set December 2 for a public hearing on delinquent garbage fees that may be certified as a special tax. A second December 2 hearing covers street vacations to revert unopened streets to tax rolls by land sales. Also planned is action on issuing 415000 in bonds for public works with December 16 for bond sale and related steps. Christmas Bazaar at St Joseph’s School on Saturday November 20 at 2 p.m.
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Lee
C Avenue
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Twelfth Streets
Sixteenth Street
Second
Third Avenues
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Thirtieth
Marion Fire Crews Respond To Multiple Alarms
In 24 hours Marion firemen battled three alarms including a glass fire, a burning cornfield east of town, and an overheated furnace blower motor at 1125 Maplecrest Drive with smoke damage but no reported injuries. A grass fire behind Town House Motel golf course was contained Thursday and no damage reported. YMCA schedule for Saturday lists non aquatic floor hockey, junior high and adult gym, judo, swimming lessons, and open swims.
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Marion Ymica
Atlanta Attorney Asa Warren Candler Jr Dies at 62
Asa Warren Candler Jr an Atlanta attorney and descendant of the Coca Cola Co founders died Thursday after a long illness He was 62 and a member of the notable Candler lineage in Atlanta.
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Asa Warren Candler, Jr
Coca-Cola Co
Candler
Phoenix, Ariz
APY
Richard Lewis
Arizona Broadcasting Co
University of Arizona
Council Control Urged For Water Operation
Marion residents urged the city council to place the water department and its trustees under council control due to concerns over street conditions from water main projects. Speaker Joy Huston of 1404 Fourteenth Street argued direct accountability is needed, while City Ally Hubert J. Stone said the issue could be handled in two ways.
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Water Department
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Fourteenth Street
Save
Slone
Stone
Huston
Hurley W. Wall
City Park
Fitzpatrick Concrete Construction Co
Twenty-ninth Avenue
Ray Bertelli and Sons
Bluegrass Enterprises
Kanna Park
Linn County Nurseries, Inc
Willow Park
Westbrook Construction
Inn
Kutchera Construction Co
Bituminous Materils Co., Inc
East Central Area Crime Commission
Lae Jast
Marion Independent School District
Shire- Hattery and Associates
Winslow House
North Marion
Attorney Sued Over Actions On Estate
A Linn County woman sues John D. Randall seeking 750000 in punitive damages claiming he deprived her as sole heir of her father Lovell Myers estate and wrongfully fired family from farms. The petition alleges Myers was unsound minded when the will was drawn March 1 1973 and that Randall forged deeds and manipulated funds.
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A. Vann County
John D. Randall
Randal
Maria Jensen
Linn
Lovell Myers
Randall Os
Myers
Randall
Myers Farms, Inc
Winess
Ratt Wall
Slim Chance for County Control of State Roads
Ames report on a proposal by Commissioner Allan Thoms to devolve 3,500 miles of arterial roads to counties faces strong opposition. Most commissioners reject the idea as risky, warning of political meddling and loss of statewide coordination. Thoms urges local control with a staff study due in two weeks.
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Ius
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D Thoms
Breslin Wins National Essay Scholarship for Drake Student
John Thomas Breslin of 616 Twenty-ninth Street NW, a Drake University sophomore, won the Meyer M Romick New Ideas scholarship of $500 in a nationwide college student essay contest sponsored by the National Association of Tobacco Distributors. His essay asks why high school education isn t sufficiently preparing students for college or business life.
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John Thomas Breslin
Twenty-ninth Street
National Asan. of Tobacco Distributors
Breslin
Drake University
Meyer M. Romick
New Ideas
Ford and Andreotti to hold talks in Washington
President Ford will meet Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti in Washington December 6 and 7 for discussions on bilateral and multilateral issues of mutual interest. Andreotti will also confer with Secretary of State Kissinger and other officials during the visit.
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Ford
Giulio Andreotti
White House
Andreotti
Henry Kissinger
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