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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1962
Page
15
Seventeen proposals to improve county government administration and cut expenditures were recommended by Iowa College Community Re-organization officials. The package suggests reorganizing departments, consolidating services, and adopting cost-saving measures to streamline operations.
The Center at Iowa City, an Iowa business and education group, releases a three-area report on county government costs. Roads show wide per mile costs from 627 to 2844, welfare costs vary 12 cents to 32 dollars, and administration faces consolidation and cross-county sharing. Proposals urge multi county districts, centralized social welfare, and a new Local Government Department to improve efficiency and standardize programs.
Harriet Hell Keller, born Tekamah Nebraska and raised in Pella, died in Pomona California after years residing there with her husband D C Thomas. A cancer victim she endured intense pain the last six months. Survived by husband a step child sister Lenora Gates of Des Moines and niece Sherman Markman with relatives in Des Moines. Burial was in Pomona California.
A carrot found in Dr Dennis garden in Madrid reportedly tried to assume the form of a hand with each finger roughly carrot sized. The odd tale notes the vegetable’s apparent desire to belong to the animal kingdom.
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