Louisa County school board divvies funds before AEA merge
Louisa County votes to allocate nearly half its funds to four local districts as area education agencies prepare to absorb the county. Each district receives 2.75 per pupil for libraries. remaining dollars split 61 to ABA 9 and 39 to ABA 16 amid questions of legality.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Area Education Agencies
AEA
John Minnis
Buford Garner
ABA 16
Richard Turner
Tama County
AFA
ABA
Garner
Turner
State Auditor’s Office
Elmer Thomas
Lorraine Kuntz
AEA 16
Morning Sun
Columbus Community approves pay raises for staff and new policies
The Columbus Community school board approved a base pay increase of 150 dollars for teachers and librarians, 200 dollars for administrators and the board secretary, five dollars per month for bus drivers, and five cents per hour for bus manager, secretaries, custodians and cooks. Martha Moore was named to represent Columbus on the Area Education Agency board, with July 1 as the AEA shift. The first day to file for the school board election is July 6, with July 31 at 5 p.m. as the deadline. A maternity leave policy for teachers was approved along with various budget items and equipment purchases including roofing contracts, a piano, a compressor, and gym floor materials.
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Columbus Jct
Columbus Community
Martha Moore
Columbus
Area Education Agency
AEA
Lewis Vincent
Conesville
Cotter
West Liberty settles with Beling engineers over bath house and sewer
Allan Winder reports on West Liberty council talks with Beling Consulting Engineers Bettendorf who agreed to a $12,000 deduction from bills totaling about $21,000 for the bath house and sewer projects. The sewer work is federally funded, bath house bids exceeded budget, and a Gigi performance was invited for Aug. 2.
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Allan Winder
West Liberty
Quad Cities
Earl Beling
Beling
Bettendorf
Bath House
West Side
John Nagmeier
John Freund
Freund
Gigi
Quad Cities Music Guild
Kenneth DeVillers
Wilton Council weighs curb mail boxes and zoning changes
Wilton city council discussed an ordinance for mounted mail boxes on city property and curb delivery rules for blocks petitioned by residents. Postmaster Ducker said curb service possible beyond 4 miles from the post office with boxes installed and accessible curbs. The council also reviewed a bank office plan at highways U.S. 6 and Iowa 38, reappointments to the Light Board and Board of Adjustment, new cigarette and pool hall licenses, a Class B beer permit for the Lions Club, a planned cleanup day, and a rezoning hearing for two 60 acre parcels. A special meeting is set for June 30 and the next regular session July 14.
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DeVillers
Iowa Electric Power and Light
Duane Arnold
Palo
IVA Linge Journal
Wilton
Virgil Ducker
Ducker
Harold Nicolaus
Wilton Savings Bank
U.S. 6
Iowa 38
Wilbert Petersen
W.E. Hilgenberg
Wilton Light Board
Dick Morrison
Arlene Christensen
Board of Adjustment
Renfro’s
American Legion Post
Wilton Lions Club
Wilborn Regan
City of
Sih P.M. Muscatine
Iowa
Rodney A. Parsons
City of Muscatine
Water storage study authorized for Columbus Jct city
Columbus Junction city officials empowered head of the water committee Russell Newell to hire an engineering firm to study water storage needs. He warned the council the system is at full capacity and may require conservation measures if supplies run low. The council also approved an 8 percent salary increase for all city employees effective July 1 and set a study on group hospital insurance. Routine ordinances under home rule codes were renewed and 11 cigarette permits were renewed.
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Columbus Jct
Russell Newell
City Water Committee
Newell
Obituaries and funerals in Muscatine area
Obituary notices for Theodore Adams and Mabel Potter detailed birth places, spouses, and survivors. Funeral arrangements, services pending, burial at Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. Also notes of Elsie Benson and Donald Oak memorial service, plus local cemetery interment details and grain quotations summaries.
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Mabel Potter
Sherman St
University Hospital
Iowa City
Ralph J. Wittich
Clarence M. Morrison
Greenwood Cemetery
Muscatine
William and
Mary {Holtz) Wei
William Arthur Davis
Riley Funeral Home
Melvin Sorenson
First Church of the Nazarene
Davenport
Vada Timm
Walter Bohnsack
Richard Lee Peck
George W. Love
Carl Schroeder
Jerry Schroeder
Dwight Schneider
Montpelier
Memorial Park Cemetery
Davis
West Liberty
Lester Brand
Mercy Hospital
Snider Funeral Home
Robert Foster
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Edgar
Nellie (Frater) Brand
Kimberly Park
Cool days slow corn
Des Moines AP reports Iowa fieldwork slowed by rain last week. The 1975 corn crop remains mostly good with 67 percent good and 16 percent excellent, while 22 percent of soybeans are fair, 70 percent good and 8 percent excellent. Cultivation halted two days, hindering weed control. officials remain broadly optimistic about weed control and crop condition despite weather.
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Des Moines
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Livestock Receipts and Prices at National Stockyards
Estimated Wednesday receipts totaled 4,500 hogs 809 cattle and 156 sheep. Hogs 4,500 and butchers 1.25 to 1.50 higher sows up 0.00 to 1.25 higher US 1-3 200-250 lb butchers 58.25 to 58.75 US 1-3 sows 300-600 lb 48.00 to 49.00. Cattle 1,800 slaughter steers and heifers steady cows and bulls steady Good and choice 1000-1250 lb steers yield 48.00 to 50.50 Good and choice 850-1050 lb heifers yield 46.00 Utilities 20.00 to 24.00 cutters 16.00 to 21.00 canners 13.00 to 16.00 Bulls 23.00 to 27.00. Sheep 250 head slaughter lambs steady spring slaughter lambs choice and prime 41.00 to 43.00.
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National Stockyards
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New York
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Textron Texaco
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Uniroyal
Techfie US
US Steel
Wickes C
Winnebago
Theodore R. Adams
E. 7Th St
Muscatine General Hospital
George M. Wittich
Mr. Adams
Toddville
Andrew and
Clara Jane Hitchcock Adams
Adams
Geneva M. Knight
Shirley Mae Phillips
Leonard T. Adams
Wayne
Leona) Puls
North
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Nebr
Darlene Osborn
Fresno
Calif
Evelyn Atteberry
Fred (Thelma) Job
Mary Garvey
Bernard
Donna) Moore
Shirley Howard
Theodora Adams
Robert
Edna) Stanton
William
Ruth) Wheeler
John
Ruby) Castillo
Mabel
Potter
Elsie. Benson
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Elsie Benson
Washington Hospital
Washington Care Center
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Etta Cook Barnhart
Newton Benson
Ward
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Paul
Clinton
Daryl
Margery) Longer
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Doris) Chase
Wheaton
Til
Benson
Donald Oak
Columbus Jnr
United Methodist Church
Donald L. Oak
Paul Hasel
B. 0. Roundy
Oak
University of Iowa School of Medicine
William Davis
Ae Pee
Norbert J. Oberhaus
John F
Lina S.oberhaus
Aupertent Electric
Ryan Hardware
Jerry's Auction Service
Donald J. Kronfeldt
Hlawere
Clarence Strang
Monsanto
J. Heing
Keller
Dart
HON Ind
TLAL
Lee Ent
Muscatine Journal
Park Avenue
Weed Park Tennis Court
Muscatine Savings and Loan
Complete Insurance
J.B. Mark
Arlene
Grandview
Carl Poole and Sons
Fuhlman and Sons
Keever Aluminum, Inc
Alsco
F.H.A
East 8Th Street
Bosch Pest Control
Conner Cement
Livingston
Tom
Dan Kelly
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