Committee to Set Nursing Home Fire Rules in Iowa
Des Moines area state officials form a 14 member panel to draft fire safety regulations for nursing and convalescent homes. The group will meet June 26 in Des Moines to evaluate amend and approve a preliminary draft following a 1957 law granting the fire marshal enforcement powers after a series of nursing home fires including one fatal blaze in Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Ed Herron
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Rumors on Iowa Executive Council Makeup
Report notes possible changes in the Iowa state executive council next year. Current members include Gov Loveless the lone Democrat, Auditor C B Akers since 1938, Treasurer Abrahamson since 1950, Secretary Synhorst since 1948, and Ag Secretary Spry since 1930. Burglars take sink and loot vacant Cecil Adams home in Dallas. they also kick out a wall.
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Iowa
Executive Council
State Executive Council
Herschel C. Loveless
C. B
Chet) Akers
M. L. Abrahamson
Melvin Synhorst
Clyde Spry
Dallas
Cecil Adams
Adams
Optimistic Navy Expert Sees Moon Mission On Small Tax
Commander Robert C. Truax told reporters in San Francisco that the United States could send a payload to the moon and launch a manned satellite within five years after firing its first intercontinental missile if taxpayers fund it. He proposed a yearly payment of about two dollars per person, equal to a carton of cigarettes or a bottle of whisky, to finance the space program.
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San Francisco
Navy
Robert C. Truax
Truax
American Rocket Society
Moon
Lunar
Outer Space
Bridgewater Briefs Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Robert Dewey and family of Miami Florida and Mr and Mrs Larry Love with her mother Mrs Herbst of Milwaukee visited the Sam Love home last week Betty Moser of San Diego was a guest of her grandparents the Sam Loves Mrs Katie Schriener and Tony of Brookfield Missouri returned home after visiting Edwin Frank Charles and Martin Kordick Harvey Gipple and cousin Gail Hockersmith of Chey-
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Bridgewater
Robert Dewey
Miam
Fla
Larry Love
Herbst
Milwaukee
Wis
Sam Love
Betty Moser
San Diego
Calif
Sam Loves
Katie Schriener
Tony
Brookfield
Edwin
Frank
Charles
Martin Kordick
Harvey Gipple
Gail Hockersmith
Chey
Local visits and graduations tied to Albin and Council Bluffs
Enne Wyoming residents visit the Werbert Claytons at Albin Wyoming. Elba Garside of Waunakee Wisconsin visits her brother Fred Heyne and sister Mrs Ivan Thompson. Ralph Steward Francis Davis and Reba Edwards attend Mary Jane Steward s nursing graduation at Broadlawns Hospital in Council Bluffs. Creston Junior College enrolls teachers including Clarice Kemberg and several others. Arnold Neisheim and wife travel to Salt Lake City to visit daughter Mrs Harvey Jerman. Cut your speed when dusk falls you may save a life.
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Enne
Creston Junior College
Clarice Kemberg
Jean Bauer
Grace Scott
Edna Miller
Iane Woodside
Mmes
Lola Raasch
Gladys Herrick
Marie Davis
Hazel Raasch
Ilah Pickell
Arnold Neisheim
Salt Lake City
Utah
Harvey Jerman
Alligator Found in Texas Yard After Rainy Spring
Mrs R D Boykin spotted a 2% foot alligator in her San Antonio yard while taking her baby outside. Her husband and a neighbor trussed the reptile and called police. The alligator was an escapee from a nearby facility.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
R. D. Boykin
Many candidates named for southern Iowa federal judge post
Des Moines IDPA reports several contenders for the southern Iowa federal district judgeship including Roy Stevenson U S attorney, Ray Smith Council Bluffs lawyer and past Iowa Bar president, with Sen McHickenlooper and Sen Martin pushing Ed Hicklin of Wapello despite objections from Attorney General Brownell who cites age and health. Meantime visiting judges fill in after Judge Riley's death while highway and fair board matters unfold across the state. John Hanna named deputy fire marshal in eastern Iowa. Lawrence Welk Pat Boone and Tennessee Ernie Ford contracts cited as fair stars struggles.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Roy Stevenson
U. S
Ray Smith
Council Bluffs
Iowa Bar Association
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Thomas Martin
Ed R. Hicklin
Wapello
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Hicklin
Brownell
William F. Riley
O. Price
Highway Commission
Clair Beard
Commission
Price
W Price
Jowa
John Hanna
Cedar Rapids
Hanna
Purdue University
Charles Ellis
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Jim O. Henry
R Carson
Marvin Wedvig
Fort Dodge
Iowa League of Municipalities
Sterling Alexander
Mutual Insurance Companies
Virgil M. Day
Stock Insurance Companies
Fred W. Sternagel
Iowa Medical Society
F. W. Pickworth
Des
News-Telegraph
Dick Voss Glass CO
West Tenth
Atlantic
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Swansons
Ide
Swanson's
Us.d.a. Choice Beef
U.S.D.A
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Wice
Toppie
Dad
Calif. Pascal Tender Crisp
T Swanson
van Camp
Honey Boy
Wilson
Landy
Elk Rapids
Olt
Lipton Tea the Brisk" Tea
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Alo
Cal
Harrison
Weber Town
Feir
Lloyd Cunningham
Iowa Fair Board
Lawrence Welk
Cunningham
Pat Boone
Tennessee Ernie Ford
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