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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1967
Page
1
Iowa City leaders weighed a two million dollar parking ramp on College Street. Mayor Hubbard urged study of costs and finance, proposing meter funds and special assessments, with residents funding ramp development and business beneficiaries paying via bonds.
Twenty four University of Iowa coeds were nominated as Miss U of I candidates for homecoming Oct 27 28. East Iowa nominees include three Iowa City residents Susan Binney Barbara Lindhorst and Marcia Kron. A panel will select five finalists after skits and interviews with voting by male students on Oct 26. Coronation follows the homecoming parade with the winner and four attendants serving weekend duties.
A car driven by Noel E. Gee 33 of Dallas Texas ran off a curve and down an embankment into a cornfield at 1:15 a.m. five miles southwest of Clutter. Passengers Joyce Potter 25 and Elaine Potter 25 both Tama residents suffered injuries and were taken to Mercy hospital in Marshalltown. The highway patrol cited missing curve signs during road repairs.
Belle Plaine lists Rosemary DeMeyer Chris Janss Carol Musel and Sara Sherwood as homecoming queen candidates. A Friday parade at 2 p m precedes the crowning at the homecoming dance later that evening.
Fourteen new members were named to the University of Iowa chapter of Phi Alpha Mu, honoring scholars from social fraternities. East Iowans include Michael Shea of Iowa City and Michael McShane of Mr. Vernon, with GPAs of at least 3.3. Initiates were inducted at the third annual interfraternity recognition banquet, which also awarded the first housemother recognition to Mrs. Herbert Ballard of Delta Upsilon for 19 years.
Iowa Section of the American Civil Engineers Assn. names Noel Willis of Iowa City as president and Ivan Burmeister as vice president. Richard Myers and D H Comann of Des Moines join as directors with Jerry D Nelson of Cedar Rapids as associate director and Prof Jack Cleasby of Iowa State as District 16 delegate. Retiring president H C Berry of Cedar Rapids.
Independence school board approved a move ahead adult education program to allow adults to complete eighth grade. Sponsored by Hawkeye Institute of Technology in Waterloo, it has some federal support and requires facilities from the district. The board also authorized working drawings for a proposed middle school with Roger Olsen as architect and plans for a 1968 bond election. An Otterville building offer of 1000 dollars was accepted, salary boosts for seven teachers with extra college work approved, bus driver contract adjustments, six Title I teacher associates hired, and insurance for a new West building raised by 40000 dollars.
Marjorie Fink of Malcolm Price lab school University of Northern Iowa will consult at an American literature workshop in Garbee Hall Upper Iowa college on Thursday from 9 30 to 3 30 p m Area One public and private school educators are invited The Area in Service Education program sponsors the workshop to share new approaches and techniques in teaching American literature and discuss common teaching problems Mr Serviceman advertise your service today to our over 200 000 want ad readers.
An experimental adult recreation night at Upper Iowa College Fayette invites UIC faculty family members and Fayette residents to join free activities from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Dorman gym. Programs include cards volleyball table tennis badminton shuffleboard weight lifting square dancing and swimming led by Marge Kramer with more events possible if interest continues.
Coralville incumbent Councilman James Bigelow filed nomination papers for a slate to run as a ticket in the municipal election. The slate includes all but one current council member, John Simpson not seeking re election. Kenneth Hall of the Clayton House motel and Coralville Chamber of Commerce president joins the lineup. Incumbents seeking re election on the ticket are Mayor Clarence Wilson, Michael Kattchee, Virgil Mortensen and Robert Rogers.
A Des Moines AP report notes a Wallaces Farmer poll of Iowa farmers finding 10 percent think Democrats work better for peace than Republicans. About 38 percent favor Republicans on peace, 52 percent see no difference or are undecided. Democrats lead on farm income with 33 percent support vs 25 percent for Republicans, while 42 percent see no difference or are undecided.
Gerald Stevenson 44 owner of the Paper Place announces a bid for the Iowa City council while fellow candidate Clifford J. Stubbs withdraws. Stevenson came to Iowa City as a graduate student and served on the University of Iowa library staff before running his bookstore for about four years. Stubbs said his earlier bid was a civic duty but now believes there are enough qualified candidates.
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