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Iowa notices and appointments mix with tragedy
Bradgate report details Gerald Odland's drowning after his horse toppled in the Des Moines River tributary. Kenneth Schriber rode with him. both horses perished. Indianola notes James W. Wallace to chair Simpson College Board of Trustees. Decorah records Luther College elevating Linnell and Kloster to vice presidents. Des Moines announces Harvey Montgomery to supervise state buildings, Rex McMahill leaving for a Cedar Rapids chemical firm. Pella covers Walter Judd addressing Central College grads on anti-Communism with a call for superior ideas and deeds.
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Bradgate
Gerald Odland
Here
Des Moines
Kenneth Schriber
Odland
Harvey & Montgomery
Rex McMahill
McMahill
Cedar Rapids
Montgomery
PELLA
Minnesota
Walter H. Judd
Central College
Judd