Iowa to Install TRACIS System for Traffic and Criminal Data
A Des Moines multi million dollar TRACIS project will centralize motor vehicle records in Sioux County and 67 other Iowa counties. The system will store 7.5 million records and deliver driver, vehicle, and criminal history within minutes. Officials say it speeds information flow while adding safeguards against misuse.
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Iowa
Tracis
Hory
Lowa
Sioux County
Des Moines
Marvin Selden, Jr
Traffic Safety Administration
Selden
Tocal
Stanley de Haan
Tragis Wi
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De'Haan
IBM
de Haan
Sherif's
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Credit
Feasibility study fuels Rock Valley municipal power debate
A city study on creating a municipal power system concludes the question hinges on residents’ vote before November 1973. With Jows Public Service franchise ending that month, residents face choices to continue IPS service, hire another firm, or establish a city utility. A Rack Rapids consulting firm previously assessed feasibility, highlighting the core municipal power argument.
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Jows Public Service
Veterains
Gécide
IPS
Elet
Uni
Rack Rapids
Sytem
Caxea
U. S. Burreau of Reclamation
Northwest Town Power Cooperative
Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency
Bain Electric Power Cooperative
U.S
Comultants
Biunterpal Power Systems
Fiunteipal Electric Utility
Lésuéd Tevenur
Municipal Power Agency
Gary DeBruin Wins State 100 Yard Dash
Gary DeBruin, a Rock Valley Community High School senior, won first in the state class A 200 yard dash on Saturday, scoring all six of Rock Valley’s points with a 104 time to beat his closest rival by over one second.
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Gary de Bruin
Rock Valley Community High School
de Bruin
Rock Valley
Housing survey requested in Rock Valley area
A Bee and Rock Valley Advertiser notice urges all residents to complete a housing survey questionnaire and return it to City Clerk Bill Van Maanen at City Hall Rock Valley IA. The survey seeks to gauge the need for low rent housing, possibly apartments near essential facilities, with eligible units for seniors over 62 or families earning 5000 dollars or less, renting 44 to 50 dollars monthly including utilities and furnished with refrigerators and stoves. Information will be kept confidential.
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Bee and
Rock Valley
Bill van Maanen
Memorial Day Parade and Cemetery Service in Rock Valley
About 300 people attended despite poor weather for the Rock Valley Memorial Day parade and cemetery memorial service on Monday. The 9:00 a.m. march featured local legion units, scouts, the Rock Valley teaching band, and the Carvinettes and cadets from Calvin Reformed Church. At the cemetery Rev. Bogbers delivered the main address as veterans' names were read and the 21 gun salute and wreaths were placed on white wooden crosses.
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Rock Valley
Legion
Boy Scouts and
Cub Scout
Rock Valley Tearching Band
The
Calvin: Reformed Church of
Rev
Bogbers
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Commercial Club To Meet In June At VF.W. Hall
The Rock Valley Commercial Club will meet Thursday June ? at the VF.W. Hall for supper. The gathering will discuss funding the Procurement Committee and hear a report from them. The royal committee will report on upcoming events.
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Rock Valley
Parody Errors Highlighted in Local Parade Ad
A local newspaper notes errors in a recent edition. The parade of Hames was misdated as Monday May 27 while it occurred Saturday May 29. A house pictured as Bob Mulder's was Floyd Terpura's, underscoring the slip in the Bee's full page advisory.
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Bee
Bob Mulder
Mulder
Floyd Terpura
Rock Valley Posts Wet April Rain Totals
Rock Valley recorded 1.8 inches of rain in April, with May also very wet. Official observer John Hoogendoorh reports over 7.8 inches for the month, bringing year-to-date rainfall to 12.57 inches. County extension director Maurice Sidridge says the rainfall improves the local crop forecast.
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Rock Valley
John Hoogendoorh
Maurice Sidridge
Farm Bureau opposes land fill financing by taxes
Lawrence Groen of the Sioux County Farm Bureau told the County Supervisors the bureau favors a funding plan for a county sanitary landfill based on usage fees or alternatives to property taxes. He noted environmetal standards require a county disposal plan by October and operation by 1875, with further financing discussions to follow this fall.
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Lawrence Groen
Sioux Center
Sioux County Farm Bureau
Green
Broupa County Board of Directors
Sioux County Board of Supervisors
County Farm Bureau Board
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Commercial Club
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