Juke Box Royalties Bill Faces House Debate
The Christian Science Monitor reports a House bill to remove royalties from juke box use of songs by owners and argue for paying royalties to composers and lyricists. Support comes from State Department Library of Congress and various professional groups, while critics warn higher costs could shrink the nickel in the slot business.
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House of Representatives
Celler
Nickelodeon
The
State Department
Library of Congress
American Bar Association
Musicians and Composers Unions
Guilds
Exhibit potato seed cluster at Times Press window
A cluster of potato seeds appeared at the top of vines with formed blossoms. Mrs Albert Campbell brought the unusual growth to the Times Press last weekend for observation by state amateur botanists in the window display.
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The
Times Press
Albert Campbell
Park Receives USN Advancement On Eldorado
Harold Park machinists mate second class USN son of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Park of Route 3 Bedford was advanced to present rate after a competitive exam aboard the amphibious flagship USS Eldorado Western Pacific unit of the Seventh Fleet The advancement reflects a successful exam result.
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Harold Park
USN
Thomas H. Park
Route 3
Bedford
Eldorado
Western Pacific
Seventh Fleet
Poke Fun Turns Yankee Doodle Into Colonial Anthem
The Brush sang Yankee Doodle to mock American colonists but the tune was embraced by the colonists, spreading widely across the colonies and becoming a popular patriotic song.
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Brush
Colonies
Jottings and Tales From Bedford Notes
A light weekly column mixes local happenings from Bedford. Highlights include a cafe veto over cottage cheese Month jokes, a service member home from Hawaii, lightning bugs at night, a peculiar garden sunflower cocklebur tale, a dog fishing mishap with bass lures, a Timberlake Lake of Three Fires tourist visit, and a Bedford High School to M I T career vignette detailing Jake Stephens. Also notes a Tokyo teeth whitening offer and a weather wisdom claim from a river pilot, ending with the 1902 Panama Canal purchase milestone.
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Timberlake
Lake of Three Fires
Massachusetts
Malcolm Smiths
Robert Millers
Iowa
Bedford
Marjorie
Timberlakes
Lincoln Home and New Salem Tour Guides for Iowa Visitors
A letter recounts a family circuit from Keosauqua to New Salem State Park near Havana Illinois and Springfield. It highlights Abraham Lincoln landmarks including the Lincoln Home and Memorials, praising the 1829 29 recreated village with 23 restored cabins and 10 shops, free guided services, and a 700 mile round trip.
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Mary
Art
Liza
Freddie
Lincoln
New Salem State Park
Highway No. 97
Havana
Illinois
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
State Capitol
Iowa
Vicinity
Abe
New Salem
Eighth and
Jackson Streets
Robert Todd
Congress
Keosauqua
Missouri
Milton
Bloomfield
Mississippi
Keoikuk
New Salem Park
Carthage
Smith Brothers
Buyers Beware Warranties in Real Estate Transacti
Iowa State Bar Association outlines how warranties apply to real estate and homes. It notes that while personal property may have implied warranties, houses often do not. The piece explains buyer inspections and the possibility of written guarantees in contracts, with federal standards since 1950 shaping builder liability.
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FHA
Iowa State Bar Association
Camp Fire Girls Attend Camp Hantesa Near Boone
Three Bedford girls Terry Powell Brenda Lacy and Sandra Mullen attend Camp Hantesa near Boone Iowa this week. Each earned half of the camp expense as a reward for selling more than 50 boxes of Camp Fire candy.
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Terry Powell
Brenda Lacy
Sandra Mullen
Bedford
Hantesa
Boone
Iowa
Renfro Family Met in Denver Reunion
The four Renfro sisters and their brother Ronald Renfro and spouses gathered in Denver, Colorado after visiting Bedford area relatives. May Jackson, Flo Thomas, Elma Killam, and Edna Layton, plus their brother and spouses, attended an open house hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas on Sunday June 17 with about 30 relatives and friends present.
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Renfro
Bedfordj
Ronald‘ Renfro
Denver
Colo
May Jackson
Bedford
Ira
Flo) Thomas
Elma Killam
Tucson
Ariz
Edna Layton
Boone
Iowa
Mrs. Thomas
Visit Nauvoo and Brigham Young’s Salt Lake Path
The text guides readers to the jail house free guide service and literature, noting Nauvoo founded by followers of Joseph Smith near the Mississippi above Keokuk. It mentions Brigham Young leading his people to Salt Lake City, highlighting a historical trail and places to visit.
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Nauvoo
Joseph Smith
Mississippi
Keokuk
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Taylor County board approves gravel bids and road vacates
May 21 1962 Taylor County Iowa board minutes show bids opened for 59 274 tons of gravel totaling 140 251 92 to resurfacing county roads. The board also sets July 2 for hearing on vacating multiple road segments and adopts a resolution to settle suspends taxes for Elizabeth Ridnour estate with payment to the county treasurer.
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Boas
Comp. Co
Lenox
Towa
Poeta Me Lets
Mt Missouri. Co
Ineatts
Grands River
Inc
Ctmcrete
Materials “Co
Géndlér
Grant Township
Taylor County
Iowa
Grant
Gay
E. C. Bruner
Shipee
Ross
Benton
Loyd ‘B. Larsson
O. E. Bricker
Elizabeth Ridnour
Elizabeth ‘Ridnour
Pat Pytt
Ney
Bou Aes Rva Ae Loyd B
Larsson
Eerok
Searri
Thieme
Pineling
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Times-Republican
Dedford Free
Main St
Dedford
Lows
James 8. Taylor
Taylor
United States
Wce
Iowan Press Association
National Editorial Association
Juke Box
Chrstian Science Monitor
PARK
Couns
Thompsons
W LeffHander
Bedford Development Club
Claude Hooper
Hasan
Iowatan
Jerry Manberly
Hawaii
Andy Ettleman
Jerry
Quick
Anna Belle
Oakley Schneider
Bill Batilie
Bill
BHS
Olpace
T P
Charles
Jake
M.st
Tokyo
Sukeji Iino
Harry Putnam
Panama Canal
France
Henry
Barbara
Nancy
Kathy
Lone
Ann Rutledge
Nigeria
Africa
Park Register
Senate
Afancy
Jame
White House
Washingon
Washington
Lincoln Monument
Freedom
Legally
Severs
Stacy
Patio Theatre
Gary
Cooper
Tory
Brusheire
Ireland
Sloane
Morrow - Esmond
Joel_ McCrea
Virginia Mayo
County Mutual Insurance Association
Iowa Mutual Tornado Insurance Association
County Mutual
Iowa Mutual Tornado
Farmers Mutual Insurance Ass’n
Leonard L. Moore
Court Street
Howard R. Clark
Bedford, Iowa
Sun
Tony Curtis
Hal
Technicolor
Darter
Avia Life
American National Red Cross
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