Iowa Laws Aimed at Freedom of Information
Iowa Governor Hoegh signed a new law making officials liable for refusing audits of city county and school district finances. Audits must be reported to local media, with penalties of 50 dollars or 15 days in jail for denial. Advocates argue it clarifies access while preserving press freedom. The measure broadens public oversight and strengthens publicity of official acts.
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Iowa
Hoegh
James Wilson
Iowa Associated Press’ Committee On Freedom of Information
Dc. E. Barnum
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Des Moines
Wilson
The
Carroll Times Herald
Iowa Associated Press
David Archie Wins Bent Cane Award for Journalism
Archie of Shenandoah is named Des Moines Press and Radio club Bent Cane Award winner for outstanding Iowa journalism. The club also awards its annual $150 Drake University scholarship to Ruth Sturtevant, a sophomore from Leaksville North Carolina majoring in journalism or radio-television.
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DES Moines
David Archie
Shenandoah
Iowan
Des Moines Press and Radio Club
Bent Cane
Iowa
Archie
Willard Archie
Oem Sentinel
Ruth Sturtevant
Leaksville
N. C
Drake University
Drake
Court seeks to void Iowan Sylvanus Ellis marriage
In Des Moines a Des Moines attorney for Ellis guardian filed in Polk County District Court a petition to void the 1953 marriage of 89 year old Sylvanus Ellis to Laura Westby. The filing requests restoration of two farms valued at 108 000 to Ellis and cancellation of a December 1953 will making Westby sole beneficiary.
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DES Moines
INS
Grimes
Polk County
Sylvanus Ellis
Ellis
Laura Westby
A. A. Herrick
Gladys Stewart
Conscience Dollar Sent 30 Years Late
Manchester resident Harry Thorpe received a surprising one dollar in conscience money tied to a theft from Kalamity’s variety store thirty years prior. The sender, signing as Sorry, postmarked from Mississippi, confessed to stealing a cap. the Thorpe family’s Kalamity store operated on South Franklin Street in pioneer days.
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Manchester
Harry Thorpe
Alfred Thorpe
Thorpe
Mississippi
Kalamity
South Franklin Street
A. L. Candee Grocery
Easter egg hunt and free movie in West Union
An Easter egg hunt and a free movie are scheduled for Saturday at 1 30 p m in West Union. Admission to the movie is one hard boiled egg. The hunt will follow the film.
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West Union
Iowa Senator Heideman Finds Relaxation in Lapidary Work
Des Moines reports that Senator Henry E. Heideman of Rockwell City, a retired farmer, relaxes during sessions by cutting and polishing stones as a lapidarist. He plans to pursue the hobby further after the session and has joined the Des Moines Lapidary Society. He also criticized lobbying tactics used by Harold Young of the Iowa Temperance League.
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Gazette
Henry E. Heideman
Rockwell City
Senator Heideman
Des Moines
Leon Smith
Smith
Harold Young
Iowa Temperance League
Heideman
Young
Senate
Lapidary Society
Apparently She Thought So Omaha Traffic Court
Mason D. Wagner, 24, of Council Bluffs was fined $15 plus costs after Omaha police cited him for reckless driving for kissing his fiancee while driving. In traffic court Judge Robert Nelson upheld the fine. Wagner smiled as his fiancée paid it.
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Omaha
Mason D. Wagner
Council Bluffs
Robert Nelson
Wagner
Group Urges Vote On Liquor Issue Referendum
Des Moines reports Eugene J. Kelly of Sioux City heads the Committee for Revenue Enforcement Control and Temperance urging the legislature to send the liquor-by-the-drink issue to the people via a joint legislative resolution. He notes Iowa has referred four wet-dry measures since statehood, with the last vote in 1933 approving repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Des Moines
Eugene J. Kelly
Sioux City
Kelly
Iowa
Iowa Citizens Retain Over $1 Billion in Savings Bonds
Iowa residents hold more than $1 billion in series E and H savings bonds, with Iowa bond sales from 1941 to 1954 exceeding $2 billion. State official King R. Palmer of Des Moines notes about half of that total remains in citizens hands, listing county by county values for Eastern Iowa.
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Citizens of
Iowa
Iowa News
King R. Palmer
Des Moines
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Os Winneshiek
Waubeek to Wellman Briefs Highlight Local Changes
Waubeek Elizabeth Kolda has returned home from a Cedar Rapids hospital. The old two room brick schoolhouse here was sold to Ray Weber. H P Main, longtime superintendent in Wellman, resigns to lead Miles schools next year. Merle Bartling of Toledo fined $300 for drunk driving amid district court actions. Gerald Dobson of Traer also fined $300. Various notes report area residents recovering from polio and other local stories.
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Waubeek
Elizabeth Koldalas
Cedar Rapids
Ray Weber
Center Point
H. P. Main
Miles
Toledo
Merle G. Bartling
Gerald Dobson
Traer
M. C. Farber
Wellman
Russell Kempf
Vernon
Steven Rahn
Rax Rahn
Gordon Rahn
Gordon Rompet, Jr
TAMA
William Higginbotham
H.E. Fox
Higginbotham
Waukon
St. Patrick’s Church
Archdiocesan
Ossi
John R. Reid
Tama County
Iowa City
James Bowersox
Shueyville
Johnson County
Three More Clayton County Men Drafted
Special to The Gazette ELEADER Three Clayton county men were inducted into the armed forces this week at Des Moines. They are: Eugene C. Connor and Eugene W. Ihde, both of Monona, and Otto R. Hanson, Jr., of St Olaf.
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Eleader
Clayton County
Des Moines
Eugene C. Connor
Eugene W. Ihde
Monona
Otto R. Hanson, Jr
Fof
St. Olaf
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