Grant Wood Agency Special Election Set for Sept 18
Washington voters will hold a director district convention at 8 p.m. September 18 in the Washington Community School administration building to elect one Grant Wood area education agency board member for District 6. Candidates Ralph Kleese and Dale Logan filed by Monday.
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Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Washington Community
Sue Holmes
Ralph Kleese
Dale Logan
Kalona
Grant Wood Board
Clear Creek
Highland
Lone Tree
Mid- Prairie
Iowa City
Boards of Education
Kleese
Joint County School System
Grant Wood Agency
Washington County School Board
Logan
Mid-Prairie School Board
State Department of Public Instruction
Fairfax Family Sues Over Child Eye Damage
A Fairfax family filed a 539,491.68 lawsuit in Linn District Court alleging negligence by the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton. Debra Rosdail, 13, lost sight in her left eye after being struck by a fellow student on a school bus on November 26, 1972. The suit seeks 475,000 from the state for the girl and 64,491.68 for her parents, Erick and Rose Mary Rosdail, claiming delayed medical care and improper eye treatment contributed to the injury.
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Fairfax
Linn
Deborah Rosdail
Erick
Rose Mary Rosdail
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha Audit Totals $904000 Receipts and $848000 Disbursements
An audit of Hiawatha city funds completed and on file at city hall shows receipts from all funds totaling 904,002 for the 18 months ending June 30 with disbursements of 848,723. Beginning fund balance was 212,977 and ending balance 268,256. report also filed with the state auditor.
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Hiawatha
Dee, Gosling, and Co
State Auditor’s Office
Oklahoma City and Newport News Hit New Unemployment Peak
The Labor Department reports Oklahoma City at 6.4 percent and the Newport News Hampton area at 7.6 percent, making them the 132nd and 133rd US cities over 6 percent. This marks a fifth straight monthly record with 132 cities listed and none removed from the July tally. A year ago 50 cities were listed.
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Washington
Oklahoma City
Newport News
Hampton
Labor Department
Virginia Twin-Cities
Third Person Tells Hiawatha Election Plans
Patricia Meeker of 110 Tenth Avenue filed for a four year term on the Hiawatha city council. Three candidates have filed for the three council seats this fall led by councilmen Jack Wyrick and Tom Patterson. Mayor Dale Guthridge seeks reelection while incumbents Jerome Seifried and Gene Vander Linden do not. Filing deadline is Sept 25 and nomination forms are at the clerk's office.
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Patricia Meeker
Tenth Avenue
Hiawatha
Jack Wyrick
Tom Patterson
Dale Guthridge
Jerome Seifried
Gene Vander Linden
Welfare rolls dip in May signaling economic recovery
HEW reports 11,357,442 AFDC recipients in May, down 0.1 percent from April, with cash payments at $735.7 million, down 0.9 percent. Jobless father states show declines in May, while HEW expects continued roll shrinkage as economy improves and overpayments cleared.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
AFDC
HEW
John Svahn
Social Rehabilitation Service
C R Shelter Care Group Home Opens
A shelter care group home for adolescents at 1516 Fifth Avenue SE began operation Monday under Linn County youth facilities department. Director William McCarty says eligible youths ages 12 to 18 include abused dependent neglected and runaways.
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Fifth Avenue SE
Linn County Youth Facilities Department
William McCarty
Juvenile Probation Office
Social Service Agencies
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