Masterson Set for May Trial in Cathedral Stabbing
John A. Masterson, 24, charged with assault with intent to murder in the Sept 11 stabbing of Teresa O’Connor at St Ambrose cathedral in Des Moines, will go on trial May 19 after a psychiatrist reported he is sane enough for trial. Miss O’Connor survived after two months of illness following the attack.
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Des Moines
St. Ambrose
Dring D. Needham
John A. Masterson
Teresa O’connor
Needham
Wilbur Miller
Psychopathic Hospital
Iowa City
Masterson
Anamosa Reformatory
Miller
State Hospital
Miss O’connor
Three Hurt in Auto Crash on Highway 6 Iowa City
Three men were injured in an auto accident on highway 6 near Westlawn in Iowa City. John Abbott 26 West Liberty suffered multiple injuries and was in good condition at University Hospital. Paul Wiese 25 and Richard J. Salemig 26 Nichols had cuts and bruises. Salemig was charged with reckless driving after the car went over a curb and down a six foot embankment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Iowa City
Westlawn
University of Iowa
John Abbott
West Liberty
University Hospital
Paul Wiese
Richard J. Salemig
Nichols
Salemig
Governor and Educators Prepare for Iowa Conference
IOWA CITY The Governor's Lay Leadership Conference on Education titled Better Education for Iowa will be held April 29-30. Speakers include Gov. William S. Beardsley, the state superintendent of public instruction, and officials from the University of Iowa Iowa State College and State Teachers College.
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Iowa City
William S. Beardsley
Better Education For
Iowa
Beardsley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa State College
State Teachers College
Feeder Airline Denied Renewal Of Its Franchise
The Civil Aeronautics Board ruled 3 to 2 that Mid-West Airlines must cease operations by July 1 after a history of subsidy costs exceeding revenue. Purdue Research Foundation had recently owned the feeder line serving Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. The board opened an inspection into alternate service by Mid-Continent Airlines and United Air Lines in parts of North Dakota Nebraska Minnesota and South Dakota.
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Board
CAB
Florida Airlines
James S. Keith
Mid-West
Purdue Research Foundation
Mid-Continent Airlines
Fargo
N. D
Norfolk
Neb
Yankton
Mitchell and Brookings
S. D
Austin, New Ulm
Worthington
Mankato
Minn
United Air Lines
Scottsbluff, Neb
School Plays Morley Grandad Steps Out and Seventeenth Summer
Morley presents Grandad Steps Out a senior class play on April 25 in the school auditorium. Martelle stages Seventeenth Summer a senior class play on April 18 at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium.
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Morley
Grandad
Martelle
Eastern Iowa weekly papers win press contest honors
The 1952 Iowa Press Association contest winners were announced at a Des Moines luncheon. Awards include Corning Forest City Summit Ocheyedan Press for coverage of women's news. Chariton Herald Patriot top in Class one. Forest City Summit top in Class two. Malvern Leader and Van Buren Register in Class three. Everly News in Class four. dailies led by Carroll Daily Times Herald. Additional honors cover advertising idea service to fish and game conservation agriculture community service editorial excellence master columnist and typography efforts with multiple papers cited across divisions.
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Chariton Herald‘Patriot
Algona Upper Des ‘Moines
Denison Bulletin
Forest City Summit
Tipton Conservative
Monticello Express
Malvern Leader
van Buren Register of
Keosauqua
Gowrie News
Everly News
Ocheyedan Press
Bagley Gazette
Swea City Herald
Carroll Daily Times- Herald
Webster City Freeman- Journal
Cherokee Daily Times
Estherville Daily News
Independence Conservative
Glenwood Opinion-Tribune
Adams County Free Press of Corning
Rockwell City Advocate
van Buren Register
Albia Union-Republican
Algona Upper Des Moines
Ocheydan Press
Lake View Resort
Hopkinton Leader
Bloomfield Democrat
Pocahontas Record-Democrat
Iowa Falls Citizen
Sioux City Journal
Garner
Schleswig
Belmond Independent
Mitchell County Press-News of Osage
Spencer Times
Audubon News Guide
Decorah Public Opinion
Harlan Tribune
Bob Agee
Denison Review
W. C. Jarnagin
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
Ted Witter
Sioux
Foreign Students Cancel Tipton Easter Visit
Fifteen University of Iowa foreign students canceled plans to spend the Easter vacation in Tipton because of conflicting activities. They had planned to visit homes and businesses and be guests of the Lions Club for Easter festivities.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Tipton
Lion’s Club
Local Band to Perform in Arlington Gym
Arlington hosts a 43 piece school band concert Wednesday evening directed by Milton Miskesh in the school gym. The program includes student performances and community attendance expected.
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Arlington
Milton Miskesh
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Mary Rita
Mcgregor
Jaycees
Marquette
Marengo
Paul F. Harned
Iowal State Bar Association
Central City
I.c.c.f.lodge 417
Amvet Hall
Lamont
Thomas Hotchkiss
WSCS
Gordon Williamson
Beryl ‘McConnell
R. C. Stewart
Merle Elliott
Barney Morgan
E. L. Graham
Eleader
Russell D. Cole
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Northeastern Iowa Fellowship
Anamosa
Earl Byerly
John W. O. Kinler
Olin
Jones County
Derailment blocks North Western main line at Ontario Indiana
A 91 car eastbound freight train derailed near Ontario Indiana Thursday night. About 1000 feet of track damaged with some cars crushed. No injuries reported. Wrecking crews from Boone Marshalltown and Clinton untangled wreckage and prepared to reopen at least one track. Passenger trains rerouted and 14 trains delayed three to five hours. Preliminary probe cites a broken axle as the probable cause.
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Ames Fire i Department
Ross Steigar
Boone
Milwauke
Tama
Council Bluffs
Marshalltown
Clinton
Derailed Rock Island Freight Trains Near Cedar Rapids
Four cars on a northbound Rock Island freight from Cedar Rapids to Decorah derailed here late Wednesday afternoon. Only the diesel engine and the caboose stayed on the tracks. No injuries were reported.
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the Gazette
Maynard
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Iowa Robbery Suspects Sentenced In Multiple Counties
Butterfield and Miller, Mason City men, received 25 year terms after pleading guilty to aggravated robbery in Northwood. Butterfield and Miller had been tied to robberies at Manly Hanlontown and Northwood. George Gayton and Duane Graham of Wisconsin also drew 25 year sentences for armed robbery in Dubuque. Policeman Cota was injured in a Des Moines crash involving Officer Hart. Local 450 CIO United Auto Workers approved a strike at John Deere Des Moines plant pending international approval.
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Donald L. Butterfield
Mason City
Fort Madison
Northwood
Butterfield
Gaylord A. Miller
Manly
Hanlontown
George Gayton
Duane Graham
Beloit
Wis
Anamosa Reformatory
Dubuque
Centralia Amvets Club
CIO United Auto Workers
John Deere
OPS To Hold Tavern Restaurant Meetings in Iowa
The Iowa Office of Price Stabilization will hold eight meetings with restaurant and tavern operators over the next two weeks. Price executive Vincent L. Browner says eateries must post ceiling prices for meals and drinks, with copies due by April 22 and postings by April 25. Meetings include Mason City April 14 Davenport April 15 Waterloo April 15 Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids April 16.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jones County to Have 2 Way Radio Network
Special to The Gazette Anamosa Jones county received authorization to install a two way FM radio network for use by law enforcement agencies. A 60 watt transmitter will be located in the jail section of the courthouse and will communicate with city and county mobile units the State Highway Patrol metropolitan police areas and other counties using the frequency. The unit will cost about 2000 dollars.
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Anamosa
Jones County
State Highway Patrol
Mississippi River flood protection urged by cities and districts
Washington AP The army board of engineers was urged to approve Mississippi River flood control projects costing about 24.44 million dollars. Spokesmen from Guttenberg Illinois to Hamburg Bay Illinois pressed for board support of the division engineer’s recommendations. If approved, Congress must authorize and fund construction. Damages from floods in the last decade were described, including Muscatine where 300000 dollars in damage occurred last year. Levees south of Muscatine need strengthening to prevent backflow into the city. An inquiry into Dubuque flood control needs was requested.
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Washington
Army Board of Engineers For
Mississippi River
Guttenberg
Hamburg Bay
Ill
Congress
C. M. Stanley
Muscatine
Mad Creek
Dubuque
L. J. Schiltz
Sewer Pipe Saves Man After Car Sinks in Quarry
John Meder 26 of Greenberg escaped a fatal plunge when a sewer pipe tore the top off his convertible, letting him float to the surface after his car plunged into a 30 foot water filled quarry near Le Claire Iowa. He was hospitalized in Davenport with minor injuries. Russell Litscher of Princeton aided the rescue along with another motorist.
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LE Claire
John Meder
Meder
Greenberg
Davenport
Highway 67
Russell Litscher
Princeton
State Records and Divorces Listed in Iowa Notices
State record marriages list several couples including MARRIAGE LICENSES for Iowa City Cedar Rapids Stockport Keokuk and surrounding areas with multiple partners and residences. Divorces show Elkader case Jean Moyle Howard Moyle and Coffing Anam Pearson Pearson.
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Iowa City
Joseph H. McNabb
Charlotte B. McNabb
Cedar Rapids
James B. Gibbs
Stockport
Ethel V. Graham
Keokuk
Norris G. Wheeler
Wilmington
Del
Rosalie Salamone
Kenneth Square
John A. McCune
Darlene M. Willard
Jack H. Harris
Jean Bidlack
C. J. Ludwig
Mary L. Wadsworth
Vinton
Donald J. Deiter
Colleen C. Mackey
Urbana
Elkader
George Willis
Beulah McNally
Postville
Juan E. Terry
Delcia Lariene Blackwell
St. Ss
David G. Coffing
Jeanne Ee Anam
Walter L. Pearson
Barbara P Pearson
Notice for Proposals for Concrete Curb and Gutter
City of Cedar Rapids invites sealed proposals for concrete curb and gutter on 31st Street Southeast from Bever Avenue to Meadowbrook Drive. Work by contract using concrete curb and gutter with ½ inch expansion joint starts by May 6 1952 and ends by September 1 1952. Proposals opened at 10 AM April 28 1952. bids require 10 percent certified check. city reserves right to reject all bids. Maude M. Kr City Clerk. Published April 11-12 1952.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
31St Street
Bever Avenue
Meadowbrook Drive
Cowmes
Maude M
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Iowa Press Association
Association
Jor Corning
Chariton Herald Patriot
SUI
N North Western
Scott County
Clark Filseth
John Kerwin
Peoria
Office of Price Stabilization
Hart
Herbert M. Smith
Smith
Gordon ‘Cota
Cota
OPS
Jean Moyle
Howard Moyle
Cashman
Mitoga
Newman
Crosby Square
Deeem
Hollywood
Hewmans
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