Blast Wrecks Two Buildings At Clear Lake
Fire after a gas explosion at Patriarchs Militant park near Clear Lake destroyed two buildings. The two-story Odd Fellows resort building suffered $30,000 in losses. a Des Moines cottage owner’s home incurred about $10,000. No injuries reported. firefighters from Clear Lake and Ventura fought the flames.
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Clear Lake
Patriarchs Militant + park
Odd Fellows
Militant
Reroup
Nyrile Herman
Des Moines
Moone
Wirs
Doris Huffman
Don Huey
Oscar Gehrke
Ventura
Keokuk Carpenters End Strike With New Two Year Pact
Union carpenters at Keokuk return to work under a two year wage agreement. The stoppage ended after negotiations, details of the contract remain undisclosed. The return restores production after the prolonged work stoppage in the area.
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Keokuk
Keokuek (Ap
Aurora Sees Major Construction Boom and New Facilities
Aurora reports a decade of growth with 14 new houses and an eight to nine thousand bushel capacity elevator. A nine thousand bushel storage warehouse and a new cheese factory are added along with a bulk plant and Legion hall. Church and parsonage modernization accompanies farm area improvements.
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Ween
Helen Miller
Keokuk Con Geretts
Aurora
Mississippi
Vin Burrach
Mississippi Slough
Aurora Elevator Company
Dubuque
Marvin Anderson
Dodge Hins
Wis
Massey Station
Anderson
Jerry
Kenneth Johnson
Opera Daane
Highland
Wister
East Cummpany
Daane
Phillips 68
Ivan Schlesselman
American Legion Post
Buchanan County
Aerojet President to Speak at Wesleyan Commencement
Mount Pleasant reports Aerojet President Dan Kimball, former cabinet member, will deliver the commencement address at Wesleyan. The event marks the graduation of a notable class with expected attendance.
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Aerojet
Mount Pleasant
INS
Dan Kimball
Tax Study Group Tackles School Finance Problem
Iowa lawmakers wrestle with how to boost state aid to public schools after hearing a preliminary report on financing a 10 year building program for the University of Iowa Iowa State College and Iowa State Teachers College The panel outlined four financing options including general obligation bonds tax levy revenue bonds and a building fee pending formal recommendations from a special committee.
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Des Moines
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Robert B. Patrick
Bankers Life Company
State Board of Regents
Patrick
Board of Regents
School Programs and Industrial Outlook in Oelwein
The article outlines events at Iowa Wesleyan College with vocal music programs led by J. Raymond Chadwick and performances at Kimball High School auditorium. It also profiles Oelwein’s industrial development efforts, listing firms, expansion plans, job estimates, and civic projects including a new senior high school, housing, and a proposed federal union project.
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Iowa Wesleyan College
Iby
J. Raymond Chadwick
Kimball
AerojerMe Dew
General Corporation
Nult
Laws
Sum. Navy
Navy
Aic
Institute Ofjat & P.m
Columbus Jufiction
Torium
Gelweli
Benest
Tareest
Oelwein
Hedemann Named Superintendent for Columbus Junction Schools
R F Hedemann, longtime West Branch superintendent, will head Columbus Junction Schools. He is a graduate of Iowa State and Chicago Great Western Railway work in several cities. He taught at Nichols and later moved to West Branch.
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Alscuo Ceili
Oelwein
Iowa State
Chicago Great Western Railway
Hedemann
University of Cities
Chicago
Omaha
Oeasllawa
Nichols
Moines
Kansas City
Weat
Goette
Columbus Junction
R. F. Hedemann
West Branch
Cocokie
Stove Blast Burns Couple in Bettendorf
In Bettendorf a bottle gas stove exploded injuring Mr. Roger Martinez 25 and Mrs. Martinez 20, destroying their three room house. Their two month old son escaped unharmed as a neighbor rescued him. Martinez suffered second and third degree burns and was listed in critical condition, while his wife had first degree burns and was listed in fair condition.
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Bettendorf
Roger Martinez
Art Voellinger
Martinez
Davenport Hospital
Robert Ritz
Local notices and incidents from Iowa communities
Readable fragments report hospital patients in Mercy and University systems Iowa City Cedar Rapids Decorah and South English plus a traffic offense charge in Sigourney. Firefighters extinguished a grass fire at the Keneth Steven farm while a new shed broke loose south of here.
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Waveoa
Martha McSnane
Des
George Lect
Balona
Ralph G Gleichter
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Des Red Cross
Maynardee
Willard Thurman
University Hospitals
North English
Merle Schauff
South English
Walker
W. E. Fuegen
Cedar Rapids
Calmar
Vivian Kohlman
Tawa City
Sigourney
Jimmy E. Green
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Geeeit Overturme
Newball
Terry Lunaford
Sidney Dalton
Decorah Hospital
Roberto Hines
Sigourney Fire Department
Keneth Steven
Onslow
U. Somerville
St. Luke's Hospital
Siday Rapids
City
Stanfordey Beebe
Sigma Nu
University of Iowa
Fire destroys 450 chickens at Boenish farm near Volga
A Wednesday morning fire at the Boenish farm three miles south of here killed 450 three week old chickens and damaged the brooder house. Volga Fire Department struggled with high winds and a downed telephone line delaying aid until a neighbor, Mrs. Wayne Carrail, found the blaze.
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Initinl
the Gazette
Volga
Paul Boeyeh
Volga Fire Department
Wayne Carrail
Tax Commission Audits Ottumwa Merchants Sales
DES MOINES AP The Town Tax Commission has a force of 12 agents in Ottumwa auditing merchants sales tax returns. Agents have been in Ottumwa about 10 days reviewing retailer accounts to enforce uniform sales tax collection and improve revenue.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Town ‘Tax Commission
Counsell Bluffs
Greenfield
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