Iowa School Aid Shift Spurs Tax and Cost Reform
State leaders push new HF 686 and HF 702 to overhaul public school financing in Iowa. Aid to education is expected to rise to about 36 percent of costs, easing property taxes but prompting calls for expenditure control and penalties if costs rise. Teachers’ salaries remain a concern as vacancies shrink with higher pay elsewhere.
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Iowa
National School Boards Association
United States
National Education Association
College Placement Council
Hughes
New employee joins Sprague's Beauty Salon at Keota
Vicky McKenna of Ames starts as a Beauty Salon employee in Keota Sept 25. Her parents Mr. and Mrs Eddie McKenna and Mr. and Mrs Ron Cary of Ames visited Sprague's home. Many local residents and visiting relatives are noted in casual social roundup across Keota and nearby towns, including family dinners, drives, and weekend trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watts
Homer Wallerich
Wyoming
Russell
Green River
Wallerich
Gus Dumonti
Sheridan
Elmer Vincent
Charles, Grisham
Walter Smith
Arthur Jones
Emery Smith
Elmer Aller
Ferne Wimmer
Benford Thompson
Ann Brower
George Brower
Keith Mound
Bess Lantry
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Dwight Mound
St. Louis
Keota
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Elmer Waller
Jim Kirton
Modesto
California
Anna Williams
Parkview Home
Shopping in Tokyo stores as social centers and showcases
In Tokyo department stores, basements resemble large American supermarkets with butcher shops and global foods. Rooftop playgrounds and theaters lure shoppers while Seibu in Ikebukuro offers a baby restaurant and nurseries. Dinners range from 80 yen soda and seaweed to 1000 yen Kobel beefsteak. Elevator girls and frequent staff sustain sales talks as self service spreads. Japanese shoppers increasingly adopt new merchandising methods, including vending machines.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Seibu
Ikebukuro
Europe
Stoutner family dinner and visits noted in Keota
Mrs J C Stoutner and family shared a Sunday dinner at the Captain's Table in Washington. Attendees included Clyde J Stoutner A K Stoutner and others from the Stoutner family with relatives from Iowa City Kinross Cedar Falls Fullerton What Cheer and Oskaloosa. Local visits and greetings followed through the weekend.
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Junior Marz
Oaskaloosa
Jess Page
Margaret Marz
Maplewood Manor
Pictures Bosharts Tell of Their Trip
Wayland hosts welcomed Mr and Mrs Lyle Zehr and guests to view pictures from a recent abroad tour. They visited Pio Barone at Naples and exchanged student families in Italy. The gathering included many local families, birthday wishes to Sam Marsh, and social visits from Mt Pleasant to Wellman.
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Wayland
Lyle Zehr
W. C. Boshart
Washington
Pio Barone
Naples
Italy
Pio
Boshart
J. G. Widmer
Janice
Madjid Nader
Max Kauffman
Vere Boshart
Jim Boshart
Janis
Allen Wenger
Clair Boshart
Ivan Wyse
Mary Haberman
Addie Davison
Edith Boshart
Stella Boller
Eda Boshart
Mae Jones
Mary Allen
Jessie Klein
J. B. Magdefrau
Ezra Wittmer
Ann Neff
Sam Marsh
James Marsh
Tom
Larry Neff
Angie
Lynn
Richard Neff
Lisa
Jay
Mary Neff
Harold Neff
Mark
Karen
Sigourney
Maggie Reschly
Fairfield
Glen Nihart
Mt. Pleasant
Dean Davison
New London
Pinochle Club Hosts and Local Visits in Riverside
Riverside notes report a Pinochle club gathering hosted by Mrs Cecil Strabala with guests Mrs Walter Shebek Mrs Clara Rath and Anna Veggy prizes awarded to Mrs Pete Schneider and Mrs Irma Heitzman Heitzman to host October 3 Other items include Melvin Wayne Liska and aunt Mrs Anna Lantz visiting Mr and Mrs Raymond Jondle in Iowa City Riverside Elementary teacher Doris Powell celebrated a classroom birthday with gifts and lunch A letter from Pvt William Schmidt in Fort Polk and a postal address update for Sp4 John Weber are listed
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George Mattisons
Marengo
Vic Tinnes
Fort Madison
John Rueter
West Point
Wayne Zehr
Deanna
Ernest Kilpatrick
Columbus City
Kilpatrick
Kari Lynne
Keota
Zada Leighty
Glenville
Minnesota
George Mayer
John E. Henry
Raymond Junior Weber
Levernon Weaver
Sam
Kenneth Henry
Ray Weber
Mary
Marty
Happy Hour Club
Jack Schmidt
Bonnie Sigler
Skip McDonald
Des Moines
Greg Baumert
Ames
Howard Baumert
Boyd Sanders
Donald Long
Rubio
Riverside
Cecil Strabala
Walter Shebek
Clara Rath
Anna Veggy
Pete Schneider
Irma Heitzman
Heitzman
Melvin Wayne Liska
Anna Lantz
Raymond Jondle
Rt. 3
Iowa City
Doris Powell
Riverside Elementary School
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ISEA
Keokuk
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day. Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Richmond
Kalona
A. C. WD
M-M
John Deere
J. D
Chester A. Miller
Ike Yoder
Kalona Savings Bank
Sharp
Cash Bethel Church
David H. Bender
Stoutner
Washington County Fairgrounds
RCA
Montgomery Ward
Mrs. Jessie Long
Keith Murphy
Mike Orris
Motorola
J. C. Mitchell
Glen Guengerich
Near Kalona
Duane Allimans
Winfield
Leo Wagners
Max Grabers
Eli Yoder
Donald Bissey
LaPlata
Margaret Bissey
Leonard, Mo
John Bissey
Harold Stutzman
Wellman
Arnold Yoder
Victor
Oskaloosa
Delmar Yoder
Clinton Boshart
Rollo Swartzendruber
Solon
Don Swartzendruber
Oscar Richard
Louis Gugel
Yoder
Bob Surface
Quincy
Ill
Grace Davison
Detroit
Michigan
Joy Sexton
Springfield
Illinois
Dennis the Menace
MR. Wilson
By Hank Ketcham
Dennis
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Agnes Schmidt
Bill
Louisiana
William D. Schmidt
U. S
Ing
Fort Polk
John Weber
Skylark
Peadock Inc
West Washington St
Washington, Iowa
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