Sit or Stand Bingo Tested in Council Bluffs
Victor Langstrom announced a new sit or stand bingo test where players pay for table space only if seated. those who stand pay nothing. Municipal Judge Allen Ardell dismissed the charge for lack of information to base a ruling. County Attorney Don Jackson said the Ardell decision will be sent to Attorney General Larson to decide on appeal options.
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Council Bluffs
Victor Langstrom
Allen Ardell
Ardell
Langstrom
Don Jackson
Robert Larson
Larson
State Supreme Court
Jackson
Hamilton
Winterset
John H. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Iowa Political Notes by Frank Nye
Associate Editor notes hot topics in eastern Iowa including the C R postmaster situation and Louie Burgus considering a 1952 bid for mayor. Clair Hamilton, Winterset attorney linked to Bednasek defense, could seek Congress in the First District. The column recalls Barkley remarks and Lincoln quotes from a Des Moines banquet.
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Frank Nye
C.R
Iowa
C. R
Louie Burgus
Clair Hamilton
Robert Bednasek
Congress
Chairmen Are Appointed for Cancer Drive
Fifteen eastern Iowa campaign chairmen were named for the 1950 Linn county Cancer Control fund drive. Marion will be chaired by Mrs. Lumer Lorence. the drive aims to reach every county family by mail or personal visits and 60 percent of funds stay in Iowa for education research and patient services.
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C. V. Hoglan
Center Point
Fred Sam
Central City
E. N. Mason
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Paul Wilson
Troy Mills
F. B. Collins
Viola
Harry Camne
Prairieburg
Miles Sutera
Robins
C. B. Willming
Springville
Jack Comstock
Mt. Vernon
Robert Spencer
Firsthand Iowa UFO Sightings Reported in Burlington
James E. Reardon a mail clerk at the Iowa ordnance plant described a 14 foot cigar shaped object with blue white flames along the sides and tail while Bonnie Weaver a Burlington golf club pro said a high altitude fast moving craft flashed and left a sparks trail. Mrs Paul Niemann a Burlington housewife compared it to a folded silver umbrella. All three said they saw the object around 10 am Thursday.
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Burlington
James E. Reardon
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Bonnie Weaver
Burlington Golf Club
Paul Niemann
University of Iowa to hire housing inspector after survey
The University of Iowa plans a full time housing inspector following a survey by the office of student affairs prompted by the Bednasek murder case. Dean Walter Goetsch reports most of about 1,100 approved houses have been inspected and remaining checks will be completed. He cites improvements with landlords and adherence to the Code of Student Life to prevent violations in off campus housing.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bednasek
Office of Student Affairs
Walter R. Goetsch
Margaret Ann Jackson
SUI
Robert Bednasek
Cedar Rapids
Dean Goetsch
Goetsch
Miss Jackson
East Washington Street
Frustrating Fence Stolen From Street in Algona
Algona police report a fence John Grotte erected in February to protest taxes on a street area in front of his home has been stolen. Grotte plans a sign reading private drive while the city says his fence was within his rights.
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Algona
John Grotte
Grotte
University Instructor Descendant Of Mormon Founding Father
Iowa City report notes Oliver R. Smith a journalism graduate assistant at S.A.J. on leave from Brigham Young University. Smith, born in Davenport, traces lineage to Joseph Smith. He led a life of study and missionary work and will resume as department head at Brigham Young after earning a mass communications degree.
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Iowa City
The
State University
Joseph Smith
Oliver R. Smith
S.U.L
Brigham Young University
Provo
Utah
Smith
S.A.J
Brigham Young
Mormon University
United States
Nowa
Iowa
Davenport
Salt Lake City
Nauvoo, Ill
Arizona
Alberta
Canada
Church
Prison Journalists Produce Praised Hawkeye Magazine
Inmates at the Iowa Men's Reformatory publish The Hawkeye, a 32 page monthly prison magazine. Despite no formal training, staff earn 15 cents daily while delivering fiction, news, and humor to 900 inmates and 353 paid subscribers. The publication features linoleum printing, prison photography, and outside manuscript submissions.
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Iowa
Namcsa
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
America
Thea Wmaeeavina
Urchich Theca
Reformatory
Hawkeye
Foss Davis
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Cancer
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Loyal Meek
Gazette
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Ed Murphy
Geoft
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