Iowa Mushroom Dogs Spark Local Interest and Odd Tales
In Iowa, mushroom hunting folklore grows with dogs guiding the way. Des Moines residents tout Gertie the spaniel as a mushroom hunter and a radio figure backs the trend with a $37.50 dog purchase. Adel pranksters and Waukee families ride the wave as buyers seek trained mushroom hounds.
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Husted
Gertie
Don Warren
Des Moines
Adel
Robert Glasscocks
Waukee
Glasscocks
Armstrong Named President of Indiana University Foundation
Bloomington Indiana AP reports William S Armstrong was elected Thursday to succeed Herman B Wells as president of the Indiana University Foundation. Armstrong has served as executive director of the foundation since 1952.
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Bloomington
Ind
William S. Armstrong
Herman B Wells
Indiana University Foundation
Armstrong
Milwaukee Mayor Opposes Paper Mergers Amid antitrust debate
Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier urged Congress to fund failing newspapers rather than allow mergers of editorial and newsrooms. He warned the growth of a monopoly press threatens the First Amendment while Senators argued such joint efforts keep papers alive. The measure seeks to overturn a Supreme Court ruling on Tucson joint operations and requires approval and proof of financial distress.
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Washington
UPI
Henry W. Maier
Milwaukee
Congress
Maier
Senate Antitrust Monopoly Subcommittee
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Fong
Milwaukee Journal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Tucson
Ariz
Justice Department
Senate Votes Pay For Self and Staff
Washington AP reports the Senate approved by voice vote a resolution to allow members and employees to receive pay next week. The pay increase for senators and representatives to 42,500 a year was enacted recently. The action was unanimous as a supplemental money bill is not expected to pass in time. The House has taken similar action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Dickinson named director of neighborhood services in Indianapolis
Valjean L. Dickinson appointed director of neighborhood services for the Indianapolis Community Action Against Poverty. He becomes the first Negro to head a Hoosier penal institution after resigning last week as superintendent of Indiana's Women's Prison. Meanwhile in Havana six burglary ring members received sentences from three to thirty years amid large crowds and applause reported by Granma, signaling public alert in the fight against delinquency.
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Indianapolis
Valjean L. Dickinson
Community Action Against Poverty
Dickinson
Indiana
Women’s Prison
Havana
Communist Party
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Iowan
Chet Husted
Michael Linden Minnick
Ball State University
Indiana State Reformatory
Pendleton
Middletown
Minnick
Middletown High School
Grace Minnick
Central Indiana Gas Company
Jackson Street
Anderson
Alexandria
Elwood
Land of
Sky Blue Waters
Hamm
Theodore Hamm
Broadway Beverage CO
Brown Street
Anderson, Indiana
Meaevess
Benee
Berte
Theodore Homm Brewing Co
St. Paul, Minm
Liberal
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