Des Moines braces for another big growth year 1956
Des Moines civic leaders forecast a record construction year and continued expansion in 1956 despite no new big industrial plants. Manufacturing and services show strong payrolls, with 23,000 in manufacturing and a 95 million dollar payroll. Projects include four shopping centers, cement expansions, a West Des Moines Standard Oil building, a two million dollar YMCA, a Rock Island Railroad station, and upgrades to major local offices and the Savery hotel.
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Des Moines
Des Oines
Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Penn-Dixie Cement Corporation
Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company
Standard Oil Company
West Des Moines
Rock Island Railroad
YMCA
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Employers Mutual Casualty Company
Register and Tribune
Savery
Cornell Sets Program For Recognition Day
Cornell college plans Recognition Day with a 9 30 a m convocation in King Memorial chapel and 6 p m dinners in dining halls. Mortar Board taps, Men's Senate key winners, Phi Beta Kappa honorees, and departmental awards will be announced. Jean Listebarger will speak to women. William Holmstrom will speak at the men’s dinner.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
King Memorial Chapel
Senate
Phi Beta Kappa
Jean Listebarger
Cornell
Ames
Mortar Board
William Holmstrom
Town City High School
Rites at Tama Tuesday For John W Schrader
Services for John W. Schrader 75 will be held Tuesday at 2 p m in Harrison funeral home Tama. Schrader a former southwest of Tama and early community leader served on the Co lumbia township Triple A committee the township school board and Montour Farm Loan Association director. The Enright Schrader Legion post of Tama honored his brother Charles Schrader fallen in World War I. Surviving are his wife two sons Lawrence Tama and Gerald W Schrader Cedar Rapids a daughter Mrs Merle Schafer Tama a granddaughter and two sisters Mrs Emma Ehret Tama and Mrs Louise Briggs Washington state.
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TAMA
John W. Schrader
Harrison Funeral
Schrader
Columbia Township
Montour Farm Loan Association
Enright-Schrader Legion
Charles Schrader
France
Lawrence
Gerald W. Schrader
Cedar Rapids
Merle Schafer
Emma Ehret
Louise Briggs
Washington State
Basil Radford Stars In Galloping Major On Channel 9
Basil Radford stars in the exciting film Galloping Major airing on Channel 9 at 10 25 PM. The program title and lead actor are noted for Monday’s television schedule.
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Basil Radford
Theaster
Iowan Joins ICC Hearings on Rail Passenger Fare Rise
John Ropes of the Iowa State Commerce Commission is named to represent 11 Midwest states at ICC hearings opening April 25 in Washington. The proposal seeks a 5 percent rail passenger fare increase covering routes west of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
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Des Moines
John Ropes
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Ropes
National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners
Midwest
Washington
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
State Drives Action on 475 Iowa Licenses
DES MOINES AP The Iowa State Safety Department reports 475 drivers had licenses suspended revoked or denied in the first quarter of 1956 under the driver improvement program. This compares with 320 licenses in the same period last year. Director Milo Chalfant said licenses lifted are in addition to suspensions after court convictions and that the department studied 9,898 records, sent 3,102 warnings, and called 620 for re examination or interview.
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Des Moines
State Safety Department
Chalfant
Logan Will Head Iowa Archaeological Group
The Iowa Archaeological Society elected Wilfred D. Logan as president at its annual Cherokee meeting. The Effigy Mounds archaeologist succeeds R. W. Breckenridge of Iowa State College. Paul Rowe of Glenwood was chosen vice president.
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Iowa Archaeological Society
Wilfred D. Logan
Effigy Mounds National Monument
McGregor
Logan
R. W. Breckenridge
Iowa State College
Paul Rowe
Glenwood
School events and plays across multiple towns
In Walker the PTA meets April 24 at 8 p.m. in the school gym with shop projects and a home economics style show. Olin stages "We Shook the Family Tree" on April 27 and the music department hosts a spring concert Friday at 7 30. Postville names three new teachers for next year. West Union hires Walter Cherwein as vocal music instructor, replacing Miss Pauline Boehm. Winthrop presents "My Little Oscar" May 4. Arlington hosts "A Feudin Over Yonder" Tuesday night. Chelsea stages "Grandpa's Twin" Sunday April 22 at 8 p.m.
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Walker
PTA
Olin
West Union
Walter Cherwein
Thas
Sumner
Pauline Boehm
iSumner
Winthrop
Oscar
Arlington
Chelsea
Grandpa
Iowa Youth 19 Killed In Two Car Collision
DES MOINES UP Jon Lowman 19 of Kelley died in a hospital Sunday from injuries after a two car crash five miles north of Des Moines on U S 69 Saturday night. Authorities said Carroll Quamn 35 of Roland turned left and Lowman's car hit the front of his vehicle. Lowman had been charged with reckless driving before he died, suffered only minor cuts.
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Des Moines
Jon Lowman
Kelley
Here
U.S. 69
Carroll Quamn
Roland
Lowman
Raids free sixty six on bonds in Des Moines clubs
Sixty six men and women were released on bonds Monday after Sunday raids on two Des Moines clubs. James McSherry and a waitress faced liquor law charges, as did William Ankrum and another waitress. An accident victim service was held for Robert Lee Perry Jr who died after a fall from a second story at a Baxter school building under construction. Officers named at meeting in Des Moines include William McCauley and Roger Hosper who received Iowa Newspaper Mechanical Conference leadership roles.
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Des Moines
James McSherry
Club 21
William Ankrum
Mingo
Robert Lee Perry, Jr
Baxter
William McCauley
Mason City Globe‘Gazette
Iowa Newspaper Mechanical Conference
Roger Hosper
The
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa Temperance League Sends World War II Era Alcohol Questionnaires
The Iowa Temperance League sent a biennial inquiry on beer and liquor to about 350 candidates for state office and the legislature. Harold Young says replies will be studied for endorsements. Questions cover opposing liquor by the drink, eliminating beer at the state fair, removing class C beer permits, restricting advertising, and local option on beer.
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Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Iowa Temperance League
Harold Young
Temperance Group
Temperance League
League
Iowa City's U High Wins Speech Contest at State Finals
Iowa City University High repeated as class B winner in the 1956 state finals of the Iowa High School Forensic League in Iowa City. First place individuals were Sieg Schoenbohm in extemporaneous speaking for Iowa City University High and Sondra Dieterich of Cedar Rapids Roosevelt in expository speaking.
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Iowa City
Muscatine
Iowa City University High
Sieg Schoenbohm
Sondra Dieterich
Cedar Rapids Roosevelt
Iowa Citians Injured In Crash Near Indianola
Three people were hurt Sunday on highway 69 north of Indianola. Charles Seedorf and his wife from Iowa City, both in their early 20s, were listed in satisfactory condition at a Des Moines hospital. Their car rear ended Clement Griffiths’s car from Indianola. a Griffiths passenger received minor injuries from an Indianola doctor.
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Indianola
INS
Highway 69
Here
Des Moines
Charles Seedorf
Iowa City
Clement Griffiths
Griffiths
Bursar John Smith of Fairfield Joins Parsons College
John Smith a longtime star athlete from Fairfield has been appointed bursar of Parsons College effective June 2. He has served as a named bursar and is noted for eight years of athletic prominence at Fairfield.
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John Smith
Douds
Fairfield
Parsons College
Leffective
Iowa Briefs Summary of Local Events and Elections
Iowa brief notes report volunteers hosting a church banquet in Chelsea, a scholarship awarded at Arlington, a father and son banquet in Kalona with athletic awards, and a speech therapist position for Ariel Gehring in northeast Iowa. West Union and Columbus Junction publish contest and election details, Calmar tunes up a spring band concert, Mt. Vernon reports injuries and Lions minstrel proceeds totaling over 1800 dollars for a summer program.
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West Union
Ariel C. Gehring
Iowa State Teachers College
Howard
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Decorah
J. M. Gehring
Navy scholarships eyed by eleven eastern Iowa youths
Eleven Cedar Rapids Tama and nearby area youths were named principal candidates for Navy reserve officers training corps four year scholarships. Seven more were named alternates as candidates must gain admission to an NROTC college for fall term. Eligible entrants may receive a naval scholarship at one of 52 colleges including Iowa State College and will be commissioned as ensigns after four years of education and three years active duty. Principal candidates include Ronald Dostal Richard Head and Jay Sigmund from Cedar Rapids plus Dan Johnston and Lynn Vorbrich from Tama and Victor respectively.
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Gazette
Washington
Iowa
Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps
Talle
Schwengel
NROTC
Navy
Towa State College
Ronald Joe Dostal
C Avenue NW
Richard Glenn Head
Bever Avenue
Jay G. Sigmund
Twentieth Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Dan Johnston
Tama
Lynn Vorbrich
Victor
Gary Dean
Weede Property Sale Listed for Cedar Rapids and Oelwein
A local notice lists the properties of Weede at 3348 Pioneer Avenue SE Cedar Rapids and the names Ivan David Benda of Belle Plaine and Edward Frederick Steele II of Oelwein in connection with the matter.
Navy Band To Perform In Waterloo April 19
The United States Navy Band from Washington D C will give matinee at 3 30 p m and evening shows at 8 15 p m Thursday April 19 at the Waterloo Hippodrome. This is its only northeast Iowa appearance, sponsored by the Christian Church of Waterloo. The Navy Band is the official Navy band and began touring in fall 1925, touring annually except during World War I years.
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Waterloo
United States Navy
Washington, D.C
Waterloo Hippodrome
Northeast Iowa
Christian Church of
Warloo
The
Navy Band
North Western Names Two Executives
CHICAGO AP Larry S. Provo 28 of Minneapolis named vice president comptroller of North Western railway youngest ever. He replaces J A Wood retiring. Earl L Walston 48 of Waterloo named general superintendent of motive power and machinery after serving as master mechanic on Illinois Central western lines with headquarters at Waterloo.
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Chicago
Larry S. Provo
Minneapolis Railroad
North Western Railway System
North Western
Provo
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway Company
J. A. Wood
Earl L. Walston
Waterloo
Walston
Western Lines
Illinois Central Railroad
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Iowan
Iowa Archaeological Group
Postville
Grace Kennon
Oelwein
Audrey Nordwess
Viroqua
Wis
Joy Schwab
Dumont
Commercial
Studebaker
Teasgane
Studebaker President
Kadlee Brothers
3Rd Ave
E. H. Zimmer Garage
Hogan Brothers
Hilton St
Lisbon
Merengo
Owa Drys
By Robert Hogan
U. High
Citians
Lisle & Reichle's
NORGE
Norge Resudser
Futura
Broiler
Freres
Lisle & Reichle Free Deliver
Dial
Iowa Briefs
Alvin Bowman
Wartpurg College
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Columbus Junction
Columbus Community
JoJean Whitford
West Union High School
Storm Lake
Calmar
Hortense Hunt
Lions Club
Eastern
U.S. Navy
North Western Railroad
Hawkeye Downs
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