School Solar Bid is Below Estimate in Marion Board Action
Marion Independent Board of Education accepted Charipar Plumbing Inc. Cedar Rapids bid of 183 895 to build the solar energy unit at the Longfellow Administration Building. ERDA will pay 92 percent. district share 16 256 absent change orders. Other bids were 235 789 and 219 596. Completion set for May 15 1978. Five more notes: six new house permits approved and other local items listed.
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Marion Independent Board of Education
Charipar Plumbing Inc
Cedar Rapids
Longfellow Administration
Charipar
Board
al Watson
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Watson
Tom Bowker and Son Inc
BG Brecke Inc
Marion
Iowa
Marion Independent’s School Board
State Budget Review Board
Kuchera Construction Co
Marion High School
James Bencke
Ronald Wheeler
Two charged in theft in Buchanan County arrests
Elmer Beaulieu 18 Winthrop and Chris L. Gates 19 Independence face larceny charges in Buchanan County. They were arrested for allegedly stealing a tractor from Ryan Cemetery on Aug 30 and were jailed on bond. Gates also faces prior charges for copper wire theft from Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative and tool theft from Armstead-Gearhardt Construction.
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Manchester
Buchanan County
Delaware
Elmer Beaulieu
Winthrop
Chris L. Gates
Independence
Ryan
Beaulieu
Delaware County
Gates
Buchanan County Rural Electric Cooperative
Armstead-Gearhardt Construction Co
Not Another Moose Story in Augusta Maine
A bull moose with seven foot wide antlers roamed downtown Augusta for two hours before travelling back to the north woods. Police pursued the animal through the west side of the river near the state capitol complex. Officers noted a tuft of moose hair in their report as evidence.
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Augusta
Maine
UPI
North Woods
Carroll Clement
State Capitol Complex
Clement
Decorah Council Votes to Appeal Court Ruling on Shopping Center
Decorah in a special session override of Mayor Charles Price to appeal a state appeals court ruling. The decision blocks development by requiring rezoning 23 acres for agriculture and lets owner Ross Peterson pursue a shopping center. Price questioned legality and urged acceptance of the ruling.
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Decorah
Charles Price
Ross Peterson
Minneapolis
Price
Peterson
Court of Appeals
Fugitive Montgomery Arrested After Hideout Fall
Clarence Montgomery an Illinois parole violator and insurance salesman was found hiding in a Seattle home when two officers entered after a door was opened. He reportedly fell through a bedroom ceiling, was assisted out and jailed. Also noted is singer Johnny Mathis aging 42.
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Seattle
UPI
Clarence Montgomery
Illinois
Don MacMillan
Jon Olson
Montgomery
MacMillan
Four Men Charged in Benton County Rape Case
Four men were arrested for raping an 18 year old girl near La Porte City in Benton County. Arthur Hanson 26 Evansdale Alan Hanson 26 Waterloo Steve Reinhard 26 Evansdale and Steve Peterson 25 Evansdale were taken to the Benton County Jail.
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Benton
Vinton
Benton County
Waterloo
Arthur Hanson
Evansdale
Alan Hanson
Steve Reinard
Steve Peterson
la Porte City
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Butch Johnson
Linnview Drive
Fred Holm
Pepperwood Hill
Leon Gompert
26Th St
Lynn Cole
Hanna Abouassali
Second St
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Ben Franklin
Ridge Drive
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T.J. Goodrich
Brockman Ave
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Ninth Ave
Willard L. Crabtree
11Th St
Marion Band
YMCA
The
Marion Ymca
Stickney
Bruce Zimmerman
Sixth St
Kenneth Pitt
Fairfax
Logan
Rusty Pitt
Zimmerman
Pitt
Sidney
Decorah To Appeal
Hazel van Wagenen
Gazette
Jefferson St
Iowa City
Fugitive
Law's
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Boston
BankAmericard
Country Squire Regular
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Virginia
West Germany
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RCA ColorTrak
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