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Great Plains Project prompts Iowa town anti campaign
In August 1968 the Great Plains School District Organization Plan sparked a statewide dispute. Fonda residents fear loss of local schooling, urging opposition ahead of the 1969 Iowa Legislature. The ANTI Great Plains Committee cites county valuation gaps and calls for public hearings and political action.
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Great Plains
Calhoun County
Court House
Rockwell City
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Des Moines
Board of Public Instruction
Lester D. Menke
Calumet
John D. Warin
Maloy
Richard H. Delaney
Burlington
Jack D. Fickel
Red Oak
Nolden Gentry
Thomas S. Roe
Waukon
Virgil E. Shepard
Allison
Earl G. Sievers
Avoca
J. M. Walter
Ames
Robert D. Roy
California Drive
Fonda
Great Plains Organization
Fonda Community School Board
LeRoy Baskerville
G. H. Echtenkamp
Fonda Business
Iowa School Organization, Inc
Marathon
Norris G. Olney
Fonda Booster Club
Knights of Columbus