Linn-Mar school bids top $1.566 million with alternates
Bids for the Linn-Mar junior and senior high additions totaled 1 482 460 with 190 000 carpeting and 100 000 architecture fees excluded. Including alternates the price rises to 1 566 361 and could reach about 1 890 000 with further study and additions. The board discussed four extra junior high classrooms and other changes while tabling some items. A special meeting may be called before Nov 8 to review options for funding beyond 1.5 million.
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Linn-Mar
Linn- Mar
Larry Wogahn
North Tenth Street
Marion
Arne Hedenstrom
Cynthia Schultz
Bowman Woods
Former Russian intel officer names ambassador as real boss
A former top Russian intelligence officer testified that the Soviet ambassador to the United States was the real boss of Russia’s spy network in America. The claim spotlights the ambassador’s central role in Moscow’s espionage operations during the Cold War era.
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U.S
Russia
Marion High Choir to Perform at Wamac Festival
Marion High School will field an 80 voice choir at the Wamac conference vocal music festival in Monticello on Saturday with the 24 voice swing choir on the evening program. The concert starts at 7 30 with Marian Hulin directing the vocal music program.
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Marion High School
Monticello
Marian Hulin
Leaf Bags Available To Marion Residents
Marion's public services department offers used plastic bags for leaves donated by a local resident. Residents may pick up bags at the city maintenance shop, 195 Thirty-fifth Street, open daily 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Leaf pickup will continue through this week and next week to improve collection and reduce yard blows.
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Marion
Public Services Department
Thirty-fifth Street
ISPIRG Challenges Budget in Iowa City Budget Dispute
Iowa City council prepared to dispute ISPIRG over the 1974-75 budget amid an appeals board petition seeking to block funding for a 515000 street widening project and 475000 for two downtown parking ramps. City officials counter with testimony and indicate signers may not understand what they signed. The council also plans new rules requiring trash containers to be placed along property lines for pickup with exceptions for plastic bags or handicapped cans.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Ispirg
Iowa Student Public Interest Research Group
Iowa State Appeals Board
Honohan
Council
Burlington Street
Muscatine Avenue
Burlington
Summit
Court Streets
Walkathon for Lung Assn Raises $10680 in Iowa Event
A 20 mile walkathon for the American Lung Association of Iowa netted $10,680. Over 600 students from Cedar Rapids Marion Mt. Vernon Lisbon Norway Iowa City Linn-Mar and College Community started the event and about 90 percent finished. Local sponsors pledged per mile walked with aid from the Citizens Band Radio Club U S Army Reserves Red Cross and Cedar Rapids traffic parks and recreation departments.
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American Lung Assn
Iowa
Frances Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Lisbon
Norway
Iowa City
Linn-Mar
U.S. Army
Red Cross
Lightfoot Accused of Consumer Fraud
Daniel Lightfoot, 47, of Center Point Road NE, was arrested Tuesday on a consumer fraud charge. Police say he obtained an auto from B and B Auto Sales on July 18 through a fraud warrant.
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Daniel Lightfoot
Center Point Road
Thieu Urges Economic Independence by 1975 in TV Address
President Thieu urged Vietnam to become economically independent within 18 months, basing self sufficiency on agricultural growth. He noted nearly 50,000 deaths in the cease fire period and accused North Vietnam of escalating war by bringing in weapons and more than 300,000 troops, warning that renewed fighting would hurt civilians.
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Diem
Thieu
Paris
Iowa City Tavern Robbed of $200 in Nighttime Hold-Up
Iowa City police report two masked men robbed the Lazy Leopard tavern of about $200 Tuesday evening. One suspect was 5'8" in blue jeans and a sweatshirt, the other 6'2" in a blue jean jacket and pants. The theft follows a separate $200 robbery at Iowa Book and Supply Co. Monday as witnesses say 16 people were nearby during the tavern hold-up.
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Iowa City
Iowa Book and Supply Co
Mayer guilty after cow killed over pawpaw tree dispute
In Bridgetown Barbados Byron Harding refused to pay Oswald Mayer $20 in damages for a cow eating a pawpaw tree. Mayer killed the cow and was found guilty by a jury of acting maliciously.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
Byron Harding
Oswald Mayer
Mayer
Harding
Birth of Rare Leopards Cheers Game Farm Head
NASHVILLE Tenn AP Ming one of the few Amur leopards left in the world guards three two week old cubs at Tennessee Game Farm Yarka the cubs father says they were delighted to get three little ones We weren’t expecting more than one or two Cubs born Oct 16 and eyes opened eight days later Warm weather is their main hurdle Breeding in captivity is encouraging with Amur leopard estimates worldwide and in captivity in 1969 Milan Moscow University noted 10-15 wild in USSR range and 20 in captivity globally including five in the Americas
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Lloyd Tytlandsvik
Tennessee Game Farm
Yarka
Tytlandsvik
University of Moscow
Ussr
Americas
Government Threat To Sue Teamsters Over Discrimination
The justice department signaled a civil rights suit against the Teamsters union and trucking companies for alleged racial discrimination. A G Pottinger said a pattern of denying Blacks and Spanish surnamed Americans promotion and hiring persists under seniority rules. 514 trucking firms and Trucking Employers Inc were notified, with 30 days to respond.
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Washington
Justice Department
Teamsters Union
J. Stanley Pottinger
Trucking Employers, Inc
Department
John Wilson
Pottinger
Civil Rights Division
Teamsters
Quires
Lone Gunman Robs Bank at Havelock
A gunman robbed Laurens State Bank in Havelock of an undetermined sum. Police describe a 45 year old short stocky man with red crew cut hair. Bank President Panukuk said two employees were alone in the bank when the bandit entered, forced a sack of money, and ordered them to the basement as Pocahontas County sheriff officers FBI and state agents investigated.
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Havelock
Laurens State Bank
F E. B. Pannhuk
Panukuk
Pocahontas County
Ray Asks Action on Dental Lab Funding
Gov. Robert Ray directed the state comptroller to explore ways to restore funding for a mobile dental unit serving rural Iowa. The unit has been parked due to insufficient funds, with officials estimate aid may not resume until mid-1974. Ray emphasized continuing programs that reach people directly and noted the possibility of state intervention if needed.
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Ray
Dental Lab
Richard Gilbert
Prostitution Case Tangles Memphis Police Officers
Memphis police search for a 19 year old prostitute connected to at least 20 officers. Police Director Jay Hubbard says many cases occurred off duty and involves internal affairs probes into officers with a prostitution history. He notes no extortion or payment occurred and describes the woman as having a strong generosity toward police.
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Memphis
Hubbard
Rattler Threat Nets Jail Term
Samuel Seashole, 23, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for threatening a deputy sheriff with his rattlesnake in Ocala Florida. The case stemmed from an incident in the Ocala National Forest when Sheriff’s deputy Clinton Boatwright says Seashole pulled a rattler from a bag of serpents after being stopped. Seashole said he had just recovered from a hospital bite and had long faced troubles including a girlfriend who allegedly loved his baboon.
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Ocala
Fla
Samuel Seashole
Seashole
D. R. Smith
Seashore
Sheriff's
Clinton Boatwright
Ocala National Forest
Boatwright
Police Capture Counterfeiter of Cigarettes and Money
Milan authorities say they arrested Francesco Locicero, 36, the head of a gang selling fake cigarettes and counterfeit change. Motorists reported buying cartons of 25 packs at low prices and discovering the cigarets were made of weeds and plastics. The fake bills were mostly 5 000 and 10 000 lire notes, equivalent to about $8 to $16. Investigation continues.
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Milan
Italy
Francesco Locicero
Attorney Brings Full Page Ad in Support of Nixon
Los Angeles attorney Bert Lewis and his wife Melba bought 7310 for a Sunday Los Angeles Times ad urging President Nixon to stay the course. The ad titled So hang in there Mr President criticizes the media as jackals and questions who they want for president Daniel Elisberg. Lewis said most callers supported Nixon with only one disagreement. He has no active role in the Republican party and has limited ties to Kalmbach’s Los Angeles office.
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Los Angeles
API
Bert Lewis
Melba
Nixon
Lewis
Los Angeles Times
Daniel Elisberg
Republican Party
Herbert Kalmbach
Kalmbach
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