Schools favor more state aid in Iowa poll
A statewide survey of 469 Iowa school districts shows 94 percent want increased state aid, with about half urging direct state funding covering roughly 25 percent of school costs. Directors favor larger shares for general, supplementary, and transportation aid, while some seek eliminating supplementary aid due to unequal property assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa Association of School Boards
Don A. Foster
Area Television Listings Through Saturday
TV schedule fragment lists programs across multiple stations with entries like Robin Hood Ozzie and Harriet Donna Reed Real McCoys My Three Sons Law and Mr Jones and various news weather and sports segments. Includes CBS NBC and ABC style daytime and prime time blocks with classic 1950s 1960s titles and show lineups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Real McCoys
CBS Reports
Tax policy poll notes school finance shifts and reforms
The article reports a poll of school boards on revenue sources and tax ideas including sales tax proposals, cigarette and beer taxes, and personal income tax. It covers plans for property relief, levy options on vending machines, liquor measures, and the future of agricultural land tax credits amid district reorganization and non operating districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Wellman WSCS Resumes Winter Meetings in Church
The Women Society of Christian Service gathered at the Methodist church in Wellman for the first meeting of the new year. About 60 members attended a breakfast, with Devo tions led by Mrs. Leo Gislain and a solo by Mrs. Herb Nichols. Rev. Nathan Huang, a Hong Kong resident and graduate student at Iowa State University, spoke on China’s history from biblical times to today, showing slides and his paintings.
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Wellman
Womens Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Leo Gislain
Herb Nichols
Arthur Gardner
Nathan Huang
Huang
Hong Kong
School of Religion
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
China
Lutheran College
New Books Highlight Humorous Whale Tale and Classic Biographies
A review roundup covers Erik Kos’s The Strange Story of the Great Whale also known as Big Mac, translated from Serbo-Croat, about a crowd-pleasing Adriatic exhibit and a cautious clerk. Also featured are Boswell’s Tour to the Hebrides restored, Riddie DeDee pun collection, Tropic of Capricorn, and Heilbroner’s The Making of Economic Society.
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Erik Kos
Harcourt, Brace & World
Adriatic
Yugoslavian
Belgrade
Lovett F. Edwards
Boswell
the Hebrides
Samuel Johnson
Frederick A. Pottle
Charles H. Bennett
McGraw-Hill
Scotland
Johnson
Riddie DeDee
Bennett Cerf
Reading boss Rita Jacoby promotes outside reading in schools
Jersey City educator Rita Jacoby, head of the 750,000 member department of classroom teachers, urges less busywork and more outside reading to prepare students for college and life. She notes homework should teach, not tire, and compares U.S. schooling with Russia while stressing the profession’s spotlight on the child. She has taught grades one through eight and values adolescence as a challenge.
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Jersey City
N.J
UPI
Rita Jacoby
National Education Assn
United States
Miss Jacoby
Russia
Jacoby
North
Jersey
Rita
Narrow Silhouette In Fall Fashions
United Press International reports Paris designers favor a narrow fall and winter silhouette with coats from three quarter to nine tenths length. Fur appears at collars cuffs hems pockets and umbrella handles while culottes dominate collections. Sportswear shifts to pure sporty looks with turtle neck jerseys and hunting style jackets and boots reflecting equestrian influence.
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United Press International
Yves Saint Laurent
Paris
Paris Couturier
Laroche
Sultana
Dior
Simonetta
Capucci
Chioans Are Guests In Wayland Homes
Wayland report lists social visits and travel as residents host and attend events across families. Guests include Sam Roth Lyle Hayes from Archbold Ohio Marlin Rupp of Wauseon Ohio en route to Grace Bible Institute in Henderson Nebraska. Regulars share meals and attend weddings and dinners with extended kin.
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Wayland
Sam Roth
Lyle Hayes
Archbold
Ohio
Marlin Rupp
Wauseon
Willis Troyer
Frank Miller
Henderson
Nebr
Grace Bible Institute
Henry Leichty
Paul Miller
Theodore Miller
Carol Geetz
Hanna City
Leroy Hyde
Turkey
Roll Hyde
Guy Messer
Ralph Kauffman
Dwight Messenger
Hesseltines Attend Fountain Family Gathering Sunday
Hesseltines Enjoy a Fountain family gathering at a cabin on the Iowa River near River Junction. Widespread activities include residents from Ottumwa, Kansas, Chicago, Washington, Kalona and New London joining a day of picnics and visits.
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Hesseltines
Wayland
V. J. Hesseltine
Iowa River
River Junction
John Dill Hulme
Kansas
Jacque Ann
North Newton
Bethel College
Robert Mason
Ottumwa
Mary Mason
Nora Hixson
Arthur Davison
Ed Bender
Brainard, Minn
Ardith Davison
Paul Whithiams
Chicago
Addie Davison
Margaret Witting
Kenneth Davison
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Phil Silver
Wmr
Iowa
Doug Edwards
Etvo
FBI
Kangaroo
Markie
Loretta Young
Dr Malone
Hollywood
Will Rogers
Congress
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PRI
Hoover
Ernie Ford
Jane Wyman
Seven Keys Ueen
Amer
Bandstand
Whirlybirds News
Sea Hunt
Margie
Hathaways
Flintstones
Sunset Strip
Target
Tomor
Secret Storm
Edge of Night
Whirlybirds
Kukla
Ollie
Fun Factory
Cronkite News
Abbott & Costello Rawhide
Alvin Mighty
Roy Rogers
Sky King
Trout News
Davey
Thor
Shaun Lewis
King Leonardo
Fury
Mr. Wizard
Chet Huntley
Wells Fargo
Capt
Kangaroo Alvin Show
Mighty Mouse
Allakazam
Boots & Saddles
Cochise Football
Perry Mason
Capt. Kangaroo
Alvin
Magic Land
Miami
Allen
Wasr
Thurs
Spectrum
Star & Story
Voc
Seforaan Sant
Washington
Roy B. M
Victoria Windsor
Dalent
Roy B. Downs
Keith Murphy
Jim Soukup
Helen Carson
W State Bank
Middlebury
Ind
Wellman Wscs
Mrs. O. B. Godber
M&w
Allis Chalmers
Ford
John Deere
Oliver
Willy
Random House
Henry Miller
Grove
Grove Press
France
Miller
America
Robert L. Heilbroner
Prentice-Hall
Hiroshima
John Frankenheimer
Wayland Homes
Ezra Wittmer
Ellis Kondora
Jonni and
Andrea
L.J. Zehr
Orie Conrad
Albany, Ore
Pennsylvania
Frances Conrad
Washington Concrete Co
North 12Th St
Rock Island
Dennis Til
Menack
By Hank Ketcham
Patricia
Glen Guengerich
Kalona
Dean Davison
Deana
New London
Max Graber
Adale
Julie
Douglas
Randy Alliman
Jemima McClintic
Glen Payne
Karen Dillemuth
Kent Klopfenstein
Pamela Wagler
Th Ed Waglers
Henry County Hospital
Noah Widmer
Frank Nebel
Lois
Bobbie
Colorado
Bonnie Nebel
Colorado Springs
Don Feitz
Donnellson
Doyle Pfiefer
Lyle Bower
Santiago
Chile
Brazil
Czechoslovakia
Keosauqua, Iowa
Choice
Angus & Hereford
Keosauqua Sale Co., Inc
Gene Lowenberg
Edward Pickering
Quaker Oats Co
Washington, Iowa
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