Washington elementary adds classroom wing at cost of 175000
The Washington elementary school addition includes eight classrooms and offices for the principal psychologist and speech therapist with music rooms and storage. The library lacks full furnishings but is used for instruction. The Marion Independent district also advances a high school addition, with about 700 students expected next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Elementary
Richard M. Sorensen
Marion Independent
Sorensen
Holiday period for Marion schools set
Marion Independent Linn-Mar and St Josephs schools will close Wednesday for Thanksgiving weekend. Public schools close at regular times. St Josephs dismiss at 2 15 p.m. All schools reopen Monday Dec 2. City hall offices close Wednesday 5 p.m. reopen Friday morning. City dump closed on Thanksgiving. Public library closes Wednesday 5 p.m. reopens Friday 2 p.m. Water department office closed Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Independent
Linn-Mar
St. Joseph’s
Water Department
Rites Wednesday for Sylvia Ferguson 83 Urbana
Sylvia B. Ferguson 83 lifelong Urbana resident died Saturday in a Vinton hospital. Born May 11 1885 in Urbana she married Clarence E. Ferguson Sept 17 1913 in Urbana. Surviving are husband two daughters Ruby Cress and Mrs Lorenz Fett two sons Gerald and B C Ferguson three sisters ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services 2 pm Wednesday at First Christian Church Urbana. Burial Urbana cemetery. Friends may call at Murdoch chapel Center Point.
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Urbana
Sylvia B. Ferguson
Vinton Hospital
Calvin and
Thayes Waitman Ferguson
Clarence E. Ferguson
Ruby Cress
Lorenz Fett
Center Point
Gerald Ferguson
Vinton
B. C. Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Zeland
Demo Coalition Plans Meeting To Talk Unity
The steering committee of a new Democratic coalition seeks a meeting with regular party leadership to discuss reform. They sent a telegram to Vice President Humphrey and chairman Lawrence O'Brien to discuss committee appointments and a regional conference plan with a possible national gathering in late spring.
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Peterson
Wisconsin
Chicago
Richard Nixon
Central City Rites For Harry A. Waters
Harry Alvin Waters 75 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. He was born October 19 1893 in Walker and lived in Central City all his life. Survivors include wife Madge Moore three sons Edgar L Rolan J and Willard four grandchildren four great grandchildren a sister and four brothers. Services in United Church of Christ Tuesday at 2 pm with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call Monday at Baxter Memorial Chapel and at the church after 9:30 am Tuesday.
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Cleora
S. Kellams
Marion
Methwick Manor
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
First United Methodist Church of
Order of Eastern Star
Lester Kellams
Maquoketa
Stanley Kellams
Central City
Harry Alvin Waters
Mr. Waters
Walker
Madge Moore
Manchester
Waters
Coggon
Edgar L
Rolan J
Willard
Melissa Beebe
Walter
College Park
Chester
Merle
Thomas
Coggan
United Church of Christ
Gene Barry
Oak Hill Cemetery
Baxter Memorial Chapel
Paul Harvey Comments on KCRG News at 5:30 and 10 PM
Monday to Friday the program features Paul Harvey in color on KCRG TV 9 News at 5 30 and 10 p.m. Viewers hear his distinctive commentary during the weekday schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Think-alive
Paul Harvey
Kcrg-Tv
Four County Educational TV Plan to Be Discussed
An advisory council in Iowa City will meet Tuesday to discuss a feasibility study for a four county educational television system serving Cedar Johnson Linn and Washington counties. The merged school system has applied for funds from the U S Office of Education to study ITFS potential for classroom use and staff training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Joint County School System
Cedar
Johnson
Linn
Washington
U.S. Office of Education
ITFS
Lawrence T. Frymire
Illinois Telecommunications Commission
Federal Communications System
John Montgomery
Kdps-Tv
Des Moines
David McPherson
Micro-Link Varian Co
Eastern Iowa
New Reform Party Aims Explained in Iowa Rally
Iowa backers of the New Reform party heard Robert Lamb in town square speech. Lamb substituted for Marcus Raskin and urged a political vehicle to appeal to disillusioned voters. He said each state would run its own organization with national coordination and financing.
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Iowa
New Reform Party
Robert Lamb
Washington, D.C
Town House
Lamb
Marcus Raskin
Raskin
Democratic Party
Starting Big Drive To Curb Population Growth
Dr. Philip Corfman of the Center for Population Research announced a major push in contraceptive and population social science research financed with 3.7 million dollars. He called for diverse methods, including male options and monthly pills, to align individual choices with national population goals while warning of a future clash between growth and food supplies.
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Washington
UPI
Philip Corfman
Center For Population Research
Corfman
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
Long Island Rail Road shuts down as trainmen strike
The LIRR halted service after a schedule dispute with the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Local 517. About 90,000 daily commuters faced mile long traffic jams and crowded city subways as trains moved no more after the midnight schedule change. The union claimed the action violated a restraining order and rules requiring notice.
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New York
Long Island Rail Road
Long Island
Grand Central Parkway
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Walter Bruchhausen
Harold Pryor
Union
William Mallory
LIRR
309 Tables of Players in C R Bridge Tourney
Over the weekend the Iowa unit championships of the American Contract Bridge League drew 309 tables at the Roosevelt hotel. Open pairs winners were Dr. E. B. Hoenk of Davenport and Dennis Botch of Rock Island with Mrs. J. A. Leach and Keith Hansen in second place. Team of four winners were Cedar Rapids duo Joe Verbick Roger Welty Don Stairs and Dennis Botch of Rock Island. Second place pairs went to Verity Whitley and E. B. Sigler. other results include Mrs. P Walls and Douglas Stark as Sunday evening 15-table winners, with Leroy Weisner and Richard Moore placing second.
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Roosevelt Hotel
E. B. Hoenk
Davenport
Dennis Botch
Rock Island
Ill
J. A. Leach
Keith Hansen
Cedar Rapids
H. Kerzner
M. Dadent
Hamilton
J. Halsted
Waterloo
D. Townsend
Cedar Falls
Joe Verbick
Roger Welty
Don Stairs
Howard Wilfong
Verity Whitley
Moline
E. B. Sigler
Youths Accused of Glue Sniffing in Linn County
Tracy Dirks 18 of 1507 Fourteenth Avenue SE Frederick A. Johnson 18 of 1734 Mt Vernon Road SE and a 17 year old boy were arrested Sunday night for glue sniffing in a car at Cole Street and Otis Road SE. Johnson was sentenced 30 days in Linn County jail by Municipal Judge Loren M. Hullinger Jr. Dirks pled innocent and trial set for Dec 27 with $110 bond. The 17 year old was released to parents and referred to probation.
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Tracy Dirks
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Frederick A. Johnson
Mt. Vernon Road
Johnson
Linn County
Loren M. Hullinger, Jr
Dirks
Cole Street
Otis Road
Robert E. Mote 69 Rites Scheduled at Spring Grove
Robert E. Mote of Troy Mills died Saturday in an Iowa City hospital. Born December 18 1898 in Coggan he served in both World Wars and belonged to Troy Mills American Legion Post 712. Surviving are two sisters and a brother. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Spring Grove Church. burial in Spring Grove Cemetery with Legion graveside honors. Murdoch chapel in Coggan.
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Robert E. Mote
Troy Mills
Iowa City
Coggan
U.S. Army
American Legion
Clarence Price
Max Lerch
Central City
William Mote
Spring Grove
Charles Moore
Troy Mills American Legion
Murdoch
Coggon
Black student held after Bluefield bombing at college
Edgar James, 25, a student at Bluefield State College, is held on $25,000 bond on conspiracy to damage property and placing explosives charges after an $80,000 bombing. He led a black power group amid 35 student demands including removing the white president Dr Wendell Hardway as the school, 1400 enrollment near Virginia, faced possible permanent closure by the state education board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
UPI
Bluefield State College
Edgar James
James
State Board of Education
Charleston
Wendell Hardway
Virginia
Hardway
Fire Destroys Barn North of Garnavillo. Hay Lost, Cattle Saved
A Saturday fire destroyed a 40 by 90 foot barn and adjoining structure on Clarence Leitgen’s farm one mile north of Garnavillo. Seven thousand bales of hay burned. 24 cattle inside were saved. Faulty wiring blamed. Elkader and Garnaville firemen responded.
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Garnavillo
Clarence Leitgen
Don Walsh
Walsh
Elkader
Garnaville
Campaign for More Consumer Goods in Czechoslovakia
Prague reports a campaign by the press and officials to raise production of radios televisions refrigerators and other consumer goods despite Soviet pressure for heavy industry. Leaders cite rising consumer demand and aim to ease shortages while debates over light versus heavy industry continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Poliicians
Communist Party
Praca
Alexander Dubcek
Slovakia
Sihanouk Urges U N Probe Over Mekong Incident
Prince Norodom Sihanouk told the United Nations he may abandon neutrality if the United States continues massacres of civilians in Cambodia. He protested the Nov. 16 killings of nine women and three children near Prek Proeus in Kampot province by vessels flying the American flag and urged joint action to end the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
United Nations
America
U. S
Sihanouk
Gen. Thant
Mekong
Prek Proeus
Kampot
Thant
General Assembly
U. N
Paul Harvey Leads Channel 9 News Weeknights
Paul Harvey appears on KCRG TV offering leadership by example on the 5:30 and 10 p.m. weekday newscasts color broadcast.
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Cleora Kellams
Beautician
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Charles Storm
Friend Street
Mass
First National Bank of Boston
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Storm
Leonard E. Storm
Susan Ray
Paul S. Ray
8Th Ave
25Th St
Arthur L. Kemper
Twenty-sixth Street
Iowa State University
Ames
Judy Kemper Gale
Margaret Frontress
Adel Street
Ray
Lions
Marion Lions Evening Club
Boston
Sylvia Ferguson
Demo
Harry A. Waters
Educational TV
Gazette
William B. Mead
U.S
Long Island RR
C.R. Bridge
Marion Area
Gazette Marion
10Th St
7Th Ave
Sandy
Continental Cleaners
Third St. SE
Dial
First Ave
Eagles’ Foods” Bial
Unit of
Serv-Quik, Inc
Sandy’s
Scout
Bohemia
Moravia
Silesia
U.N
Channel 9
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