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2Ioa City Tress-Citizen -March 13, 19G7 Deaths Schools To Begin Paying Bills Wifh Warrants Soon Alphia Keast Alphia Keast, 74, of 220 East Bloomington Street, died Tues. day at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Jones Memorial Chapel with the Rev. E.

H. Han-cock of First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be In Oak-land Cemetery. She was born Oct. 1, 1892, at Rock Island, the daughter of Harry and Mary Boyce Na-son.

She married Perry Keast in Des Moines in 1916. They lived in Matoon, 111., until 1920 when she moved to Iowa City. She was employed in the office of Dr. William Rohrbacher until retiring about 10 years ago. She was a member of First Methodist Church.

Surviving are a daughter, Mary Janet of Iowa City, and a half-brother, Fritz W. Louis of Johnson County Treasurer Donald J. Krall said that, although taxes began coming in March 1, this money would not be available to the school district until a week or so after the monthly books are closed March 31. A payment of approximately $11,000 was made this month to the school district from taxes collected in February, Tax payments have been late this year generally throughout the state, said to be due to late changes in the tax laws and establishment and reorganization of school taxing bodies, which impeded tax computations. Last year Gov.

Harold Hughes released state aid to school districts early to aid a similar sit uation. Davis said Tuesday night that although there had been some talk of a similar move this year, the early release has not been approved. the warrants are held by the bank until the school system picks them up at 4 per cent Interest. Business Manager Robert T. Davis announced the possibility of having to use warrants for the first time in the district's history, several weeks ago.

The district's general fund stands in the red, but accounts due have been met from the schoolhouse fund which for banking purposes is the same. The position does not Indicate that the district is without funds. Sizable investments exist in U.S. Treasury Bills which if sold would result in a loss of interest income to the district. Most school districts in the state operate on a warrant basis at least a portion of the year.

The situation developed here as a result of the late collection of taxes in the county and from the fact that state aid to schools Is received late in the spring. Report To Be Given on Shopping Center Proposal pis Ml I II I WHAT HAPPENED TO SPRING? Thoughts of spring, which arrives officially next Tuesday, were effectively erased this morning snow and chilly weather obviously are not ready to vacate the premises. The students, seen between snow-decorated trees, are breaking a path near the Quadrangle Dormitory on their way to class. (AP Wirephoto) Coralville Receives Bids On Disputed Sewage Plant Edna Drake i Mrs. Harold (Edna) Drake, 66, 712 Sixth Avenue, Coralville, died at her home Tuesday after a sudden illness.

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the George Gay. Oathout Chapel, with the Rev, 'Hobert Welsh of First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Memory Gardens. Mrs.

Drake was born June 14, ,3900, in Johnson County, the daughter of George Henry and Anna Rinda Cole. She graduated Irom University High School. On Oct. 17, 1928, in Iowa City she married Harold Drake. The farmed in the Johnson County and moved to Coralville An 1953.

Surviving are her husband; a on, Robert of Coralville; a brother, Ernest Cole of Iowa City, and two sisters, Mrs. Edith Kasper and Mrs. Wilma Pirkl, both of Iowa City. A brother preceded her in death. Mrs.

Kaalberg WEST LIBERTY Mrs. Jo hanna Kaalberg, 86, of West Lib erty died Tuesday noon at university Hospital in Iowa City. She had been living at a West Liberty nursing home. Services will be at 10 a.m Frirtav at St Jnsenh's Catholic Church in West Liberty. The jicv.

n. ti. i etui win uuiuaic and burial will be in the NichoII cemeierv. ine rosary wui oe recited at 8 p.m. Thursday at Snider Funeral Home in West Liberty.

Mrs. Kaalberg was born Sept 4, 1880, at Wehl, the Nether- lands, the daughter of Henry and Lydia Jordens Geisen. She was married on April 27, 1909, in the Netherlands to William Kaalberg. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society.

Survivors include two sons, Leonard of East Moline and Joseph of Iowa City; four daughters, Lydia of Muscatine, Mrs. Dorothy Wagner and Mrs. Margaret Kirman of Rock Island, and Mrs. Mary McAnally of Blakesburg; 21 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Marie Rohde WEST-LIBERIA Mrs.

Ma rie Rhode, 79, of West Liberty died Tuesday nieht at a West lingering mness. Services will be at 2:30 p.m II i. si. Friday at the West Liberty Christian Church. The Rev.

Elmer Baker will officiate and burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery at West Liberty. Snider Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Rohde was born May 3, 1887, at Lone Tree, the daughter of Adam and Sophia Jahnke Schuessler. She married Herman Rohde on March 8, 1918.

She was a member of the West Liberty Christian Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Leona) Dewar of West Liberty; a brother, Ed of Davenport; a sister, Mrs. Sophia Pike of West Liberty; and two grandchildren. Mrs.

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337-3181 IOWA CITY PRESS CITIZEN OFFICE HOURS: 1:00 a.m. to 5 00 p.m. except Saturday, noon PHONE 337-3111 Coll for Deportment Desired With bank funds dwindling, the Iowa City Community School District will begin paying bills soon with warrants. As reported to the school board Tuesday night, $81,104 remain on open deposit. The school board approved some $187,000 in current bills Tuesday night, so presumably the district would "go on warrants" at any time.

Warrants are treated by The creditor the same as cash, but Schools Continued From Page 1 dent in average daily attendance. Only about 60 per cent of the property tax authorized will be paid before the end of the current fiscal year. The first installment of state aid won't be available at all until next fall. Thus, as representatives of the area schools told the Schools Committees of both houses of the legislature recently, they face an immediate cash deficit, although all the schools would be all right on an "accrual" basis. The area schools had counted, however, on issuing warrants in excess of what the second half payment of property taxes will bring them.

If they can't do it, they face a continuing deficit and a slowdown in their programs. Jensen Is acting as spokesman for the area schools in promoting a legislative program to meet current financial problems and head off other headaches for the future. The newly revised legislative program includes: Appropriation of $18 million for construction of facilities for the area schools. With the $6 million appropriated for this purpose by the 1965 legislature; this would provide $1.6 million for each of the 15 areas. This would be a one-shot deal and could be continued thereafter at a considerably lower level.

Appropriation of $13.5 million a year to pay state aid due the area schools. They ask that the money be placed in a -separate fund from money paid to local public schools, and that it be paid quarterly during the year it is earned, instead of in the following year as now. Appropriation of $14 million for vocational education programs in both area schools and public schools. A contingency fund of $4 million, administered by the State Executive Council, to maintain present levels of school aid in case of unforeseen expansion in enrollments. Give the State Department of Public Instruction money to hire qualified supervisory personnel with post-high school or college level backgrounds to oversee the area school programs.

Enactment of a blanket legalizing act covering establishment of all present area schools, to enable them to embark upon bonding programs to take care of their building needs. Authorize area schools to issue" revenue "bonds" to finance dormitories, food services, parking faciuties and the like. Raise the standard work load per instructor in arts and sciences from the present 12 credit hours to 15 or 16 hours, and in addition, permit each instructor to teach up to three credit hours of adult or continuing education classes at night. The area schools also recommend that they remain under jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Instruction; that the three-fourths mill property levy be continued to provide a measure of local control; and that $25,000 to $40,000 be appro-priated for a study of recodifying the state's school laws. The Dubuque firm was the only one to submit bids on every phase of the project.

Others bidding on various sections of the activated sludge type plant were: Streb Construction Barker Construction Gordon Russell, all of Iowa City; Knowling Coralville; Dave Schmitt Construction, Cedar Rapids. Weber Mechanicsville; Gjellefald Construction, Forest City; C. L. Carroll, Des Moines, and Normoyle and Berg Rock Island. The bids were opened after a public hearing, at which no objections to the project were presented, and a resolution was passed approving the plans' and specifications and form of contract for the plant.

After reading of bids by City Engineer Dennis Saeugling, the meeting was adjourned until March 28, at which time the council will resume consideration of the bids. A temporary injunction granted in Johnson County District Court last week prevents the council from letting the contract at this time. Iowa City. Strub Rites SOLON Funeral services for Mrs. Beatrice Strub, 67, of Lake Macbride will be at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City. The Rev. Roy Wingate will officiate and burial will be in Memory Gardens. Mrs. Strub died Tuesday morning at a St.

Petersburg, hospital following a short illness. She was born in Johnson County on July 7, 1899, the daughter of Joseph and Anna Picha Ben-da. She was a lifetime resident of the Iowa City area and a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. She married Frank J. Strub on Dec.

26, 1921, in Iowa City. They had made their winter home in St. Petersburg. In addition to her husband, survivors include three sons, Robert D. and Donald E.

of Iowa City and Frank A. of Des Moines; one sister, Mrs. Frank (Helen) Novatny of Racine, and nine grandchildren. The body will be at the church after 1 p.m. Saturday.

Mrs. Gunderson Mrs. W. L. (Gertrude) Gun derson, 66, of Sioux City, died Tuesday at a hospital in Sioux City.

She was the sister of John and, Jacob, Kobes of Iowa Russo Underwent Psychiatric Treatment NEW ORLEANS (AP) Perry Raymond Russo, the 25-year-old insurance salesman who testified he heard Lee Harvey Oswald and two other men plotting to assassinate President Kennedy, said today he underwent psychiatric treatment for two years. Russo took the stand for the second day in a preliminary hearing to determine if Clay Shaw should be held for trial. An attorney for Shaw, the retired executive accused by Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison of being one of the assassination conspira tors, quizzed Russo intensively about the psychiatric treatment.

Russo, who appeared much calmer than Tuesday when he related of the alleged conspiracy, said he visited a psychiatrist "when I needed to talk to someone." He said he had not seen a psychiatrist in 1967 but had been under treatment for two years around 1960. Christy Z. Adkins Is Granted Divorce Christy Z. Adkins was granted a divorce Tuesday from Edward L. Adkins in Johnson County District Court According to a stipulation ap proved by the court, she was awarded custody of one child and a month child support.

Each party was granted his own personal DroDertv. I She was represented by Will-iiam L. Meardon. 337-4163 Bids for Air Conditioning Received The Johnson County Board of Supervisors said today contracts for air conditioning the Court house and County Welfare Office will likely be let Thursday. Apparent low bids on 40 window air conditioning units and wiring for the Courthouse to taled $14,789, and similar bids at the Welfare Office for 16 window units and wiring were $5,936.

Bids on air conditioners for the Courthouse were Econogas Service, Swails Refrigeration Service, and Len-och Repair Service of Coralville, $11,090. Bids on units for the Welfare Office were Econogas, Swails, and Len-och Repair, $5,315. Bids on wiring at the Courthouse were Russell Electric $6,799: Shay Electric and Hayslett Electric Service, $7,833. Wiring bids at the Welfare Office were Shay, Hayslett, and W. J.

Miller, $5,962 including the air conditioning units. Divorce Is Awarded To Judy Wollrab Judy Wollrab was awarded a divorce Tuesday from Larry Wollrab in Johnson County District Court. She was granted custody of three children and $150 a month child support" 'Jfhe1 vtfas'tso awarded possession of a house and lot in Lone Tree and household furnishings. He was given possession of an automobile. She was represented by Swisher and Swisher.

AFRICAN TRIBES Ibo tribesmen of Africa, victims of recent massacres, belong not to a homogenous tribe, but to one that is made up of more than 200 groups, totaling more than five million persons. CORALVILLE Nine Iowa firms and one from Illinois were represented in bids on the construction of Coralville's proposed sewage treatment plant, opened Tuesday night at a meeting of the Coralville City Council. Goerdt Construction Du -buque, with a bid of $407,334 was apparent low bidder on the project. The bid was within .06 per cent of the engineers' estimate of $410,100 on total construction costs. Auto Flips In Falling Snow; No Injuries A West Liberty man escaped injury this morning when his small foreign.

automobile fipped over in the light snow that covered the city. Christopher Cormany, 22, was headed into Iowa City about 8 a.m. on Highway 6 when he slowed down near the Keokuk Street intersection. He told police his car began to skid, sliding from the inside line into the right lane and then sideways back toward the median striD. Police reported the car rolled complete- ly over when it hit the median strip and came to rest on its wheels.

Although the car was heavily damaged, Cormany was not hurt. Janet Kay Rounds Receives Divorce Janet Kay Rounds was granted a divorce Tuesday from John Kidd Rounds in Johnson County District Court. According to a stipulation ap-proved by the court, she was awarded custody of one child and $100 a month child support as long as her husband is a college student and, provisionally, 20 per cent of his adjusted gross income after that. Each party was awarded his personal property. weeks ago to investigate the request from George E.

rctsel of Route 1 and Robert Bartelt of Chicago is to report. The request is for rezoning 18 acres to allow construction of the center, and of an additional 56 acres for apartments. The adjoining tracts are south of the IWV Road and immediately west and south of the Lutheran Church of Christ the King. To the. west is the site of the new West High School.

The committee report Is among several the commission is to receive Thursday. Others involve rezoning to permit construction of a Lutheran Center on Clapp Street, and the building of a repair shop at 119 West Benton Street; for change in the sign section of the zoning ordinance; and for preliminary platting of part of Washington Park. A new matter before the commission concerns a request for the vacation of a portion of Bel-don Avenue between Willis Drive and Oakland Avenue. The matter was referred to the commission by the Council. PLUMB-OUT STOP 7HIS CONCENTRATED LIQUID DRAIN OPENER-CLEANER EATS HAIR 88 EATS FAT Lenoch Cllek Hardwart 207 E.

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A committee appointed two Spa ce Continued From Page 1 would have filled a gap in space needs created when the board recently was forced to defer construction of the Grant Wood School for lack of funds. Immediate alternatives to the use of temporary classrooms or more permanent structures to provide space in the face of money problems for permanent buildings are highly flexible school boundaries or considerably larger classes. Both measures have been discouraged by the board and parents. More radical changes In the form of overall schedules were also discussed. Supt.

Buford W. Garner noted the possibility of split shifts or a three-semester year, but added that the higher cost usually outweighed the advantage. Robert C. Randall said that a possibility of a quarter system exists in which students would attend school for three-quarters of the year. He admitted the change would not likely be popular with parents but said, "Some board someday is going to come to these things." AUTHORESS DIES AT 85 OAKLAND, Calif.

(AP) -Alice Tisdale Hobart, 85, author of "Oil for the Lamps of China," died Tuesday after a long illness. Her books were mostly fictionalized works of the developing scene in China. CARPETS RUGS UPHOLSTERY Cleaned With New Modern Equipment Hawkeye Carpet Cleaners Phone 338-5435 or 337-2697 make i better place for farming a better place for business a better place for industry a better place for people to live and enjoy living. LINN CO. R.E.C.

Marion, Iowa I Phone 377-157 Locally owned enterprise in progress! i Electric Cooperatives other action Tuesday, the! council granted fwoT)uuding per mits. James Duncan's request to build a $30,000 restaurant and drive-in facility in the 200-block of Highway 6 West was granted, subject to compliance with city requirements. Also approved was Doyle O'Rear's application to construct a $30,000 steel garage, to be used as a truck terminal, in Industrial Park, provided building regulations are met. City Atty. Donald Diehl was instructed to work with Park and Recreation Director Dave Bourgeois in preparing to advertise for bids on grading of the new park at the west edge of the city.

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