Maurice Ross family vis its San Diego kin at Mattheis home
Anita news briefs note Maurice Ross family of San Diego visiting at Clarence Mattheis home. Mrs Meyers of Etwonda and Mrs Sears of Ontario visited Guy LaRette and Calbert Akers. Mr and Mrs Behnken bought a lot and are filling it with dirt for a new home. Don’t drive if you drink.
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Anita
Maurice Ross
San Diego
Cal
Clarence Mattheis
W. E. Meyers
Etwonda
Della M. Sears
Ontario
Guy LaRette
Calbert Akers
Claus Behnken
Grocery store holdups surge in Des Moines area
The State Bureau of Criminal Investigation cites five recent grocery store robberies and break ins with total loot around 17,700. Four hits targeted Des Moines markets and one Carroll store, signaling a shift from bank crimes to supermarkets for larger take.
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State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Carroll
Milo
Bureau
Thunderstorms Move Across Iowa With Tornado Near Minnesota
A band of thunderstorms and rain showers crossed Iowa Friday night into Saturday, with rainfall totals around an inch in many areas and gusty winds. A tornado near Luverne Minnesota damaged three farms but injured none. a lightning strike killed Ardell Peterson, 14, near Gary South Dakota. Another shower line was expected to develop Saturday night across the state. Temperatures ranged from the low 60s to mid 70s with widespread moisture measurements reported across numerous towns.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Luverne
Minn
Rock Rapids
Towa
Gary
Sioux Falls
S.D
Ardell Peterson
Flandreau
Joe Nowak
Dubuque
Sidax City
Council Bluffs
Ottumwa
Audubon
Planing
Perry
Denison
Randolph
Clarinda
Lenox
Benton
Kennebec
Uthric Center
Red Oak
Logan
Bedford
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Sioux City
Service Tales From Tele Bridgewater A3 Camp
Pfc Dean Cass returns from an 18 month Okinawa tour and is on a 30 day leave with his Ed Cass family. Jim mie Campbell who spent a month in Casablanca North Africa is now stationed at Fort Worth Texas.
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Tele Bridgewater
Jimmie Campbell
Casablanca
North Africa
Fort Worth
Tex
Dean Cass
Okinawa
Ed Cass
Local Briefs Name Several Community Happenings
Local items note deaths in Mitchell South Carolina triggering family travel, a fire on East Seventh Street injuring no one, and visits from Atlantic residents to Blair Des Moines and Drake university. Promotions include school conference chairmanships, top market hog and lamb prices in Omaha, property sales, and awards for youth leadership from the Lutheran Brotherhood.
Miss Petersen to Attend Dana College in Blair Nebraska
Weather update reports severe thunderstorms with a chance of isolated tornado activity across northwest and central Iowa tonight. Forecast calls for scattered showers, cooling to 60s northwest and 70s southeast, with late Sunday highs in the 80s and some 90s in the extreme southeast. Rainfall last night totaled 0.31 inch and the day’s high reached 98 degrees.
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Iowa
Iowa Weather Bureau
Missouri Valley
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Amvets Parade Graces Clinton During State Convention
Iowa Amvets parade through downtown Clinton as the annual state convention opens with Gov. Leo Hoegh addressing attendees. Hoegh urges service to the nation and warns against a minority seeking to destroy American life, calling for defense and promotion of American principles.
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Clinton
Iowa
Storms Toll Three Across Minnesota and Dakota
Severe weather across western Minnesota and eastern South Dakota left three dead. Ardell Peterson, 14, died from lightning at a Gary South Dakota farm. Kenneth Nelson, 18, of New London, died when his car hit a bridge near Willmar. Joan Koopmeine, 6, of Melrose, killed in a west of Melrose collision. A tornado damaged farms near Laverne as residents sought shelter in basements.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ardell Peterson
Gary
S.D
Kenneth E. Nelson
New London
Minn
Willmar
Joan Koopmeine
Melrose
Laverne
Exline farmer dies in tractor overturn on farm
Lloyd Hen 6 Exline farmer was fatally injured when a tractor overturned while chasing a cow Friday evening on the farm. Frenkle, who was briefly conscious, helped lift the tractor but died on arrival at Centerville hospital. Survivors include his widow Bertha and two sons Charles Centerville and Richard Cincinnati Iowa.
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Terville
Audubon Optometrist Avid Star Gazer
Dr. Eugene C. Gale of Audubon, an optometrist and leading astronomy enthusiast, has built three telescopes over 22 years. He chairs star gazer activities, lectures clubs, guides Boy Scouts, and plans public Mars viewing events near Audubon Country Club with the Great Plains Astronomical Society member group.
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An. Audubon Optometrist
Iowa
Eugene C. Gale
Robert
University of Mississippi
Gale
Des Moines
Dr. Gale
Great Plains Astronomical Society
Omaha
Middle Western
Mars
Earth
Audubon Lions Club
Audubon Country Club
Liang Club
Drake University
Chicago
Marne Tourney opens with Avoca clash Monday noon
The Marne tournament schedule lists Avoca vs Marne at noon to open play. Lenox meets Carson at 2 PM, Wiota versus Jacksonville at 4, Oakland against Hancock at 6:30, and Walnut facing Hamburg at 8:30 in the Southwest Iowa Cub Baseball tourney lineup.
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Marne — ‘Crne
Avoca
Southwest Iowa
Lenox
Carson
Wiota
Jacksonville
Oakland
Han
Signups Grow for Farm Bank Soil Reserve Plan
About 120 farmers joined the soil bank program reported by the Casscount ASC Office. Each farm signs away an average of about acres with payments around 553 dollars per farm. With expected poor oat yields, oats are the principal crop removed, while some farmers pull meadow or pastureland out of production ahead of the July 20 1956 signup deadline.
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Soil Bank Acrage
Casscount Asc
Soil Bank
Milking Shorthorn Parish Show Slated At Cass County Fairgrounds
The Southwest Iowa Milking Shorthorn parish show opens Monday at Cass county 4 H and FFA fairgrounds with a 4 H judging contest at 10 a.m. Fletcher Nichols of Atlantic serves as president and George Harms of Hooper Nebraska will judge. A noon basket dinner and afternoon business session are planned. Also reported is the death of Joseph Palmer 37 of Des Moines after a Friday car crash on a highway southeast of the city.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Here
Joseph Palmer
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