Flexner Honored Doctor Helped Start SUI Hospitals
Dr Abraham Flexner, 89, receives the Frank H Lahey Memorial Award in New York for sparking major reform in medical education. His influence helped establish the University of Iowa Medical Center, Rockefeller funding, and the state’s medical campus growth including hospitals, a children’s hospital, and a new Medical Research Center.
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Iowa City
Frank H H. Lahey
Abraham Flexner
New York
Iowa
Rockefeller
University of Iowa
Flexner
Lahey
Isenhower
Norman B. Nelson
United States
Canada
East Hall
State Board of Education
Iowa River
University Medical Center
SUI College of Medicine
Area School Events and Elections Across Town
Multiple Iowa towns report upcoming school activities including concerts by Monticello and Decorah groups, elections for Cororah student leaders, a Dinsdale junior-senior banquet, a Troy Mills trip, Oxford Junction banquet, a postponed pre-school roundup, a Shellsburg roundup, and kindergarten eligibility notes.
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Monticello
Decorah
Kendall Baker
Ronald Fretheim
Nancy Bo- Vang
Dinsdale
Waterloo
Troy Mills
Ozarks
Oxford Junction
Delta
Shellsburg
Building of New Houses Shows 20 Percent Climb
The Iowa Labor Bureau reports a 20 percent rise in new dwelling units in 1955 with 9,627 houses built compared to 8,017 in 1954. The 1955 cost for new houses reached 107.9 million dollars, up nearly 35 percent from 1954, while total building activity including non residential work rose to about 180 million dollars, a 28 percent increase.
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DES Moines
Iowa Labor Bureau
Bureau
Fire Prevention Code Adopted in Clayton County
Clayton County Mayors Association approves a unified fire prevention ordinance the first in Iowa to blend local and state fire safety rules. The plan covers Guttenberg Elkader Monona McGregor Strawberry Point Elkport Garber Edgewood Volga Farmersburg and related townships with permits for liquefied petroleum gas installations requiring fire chief and state marshal approval. Elected officers for the year are Harold B. Karin Guttenberg president Mayor Butterfield McGregor vice president Ernie Seiffert Elkader secretary treasurer.
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Guttenberg
Clayton County Mayors Association
Edgewood
Iowa
Elkader
Monoiia
McGregor
Strawberry Point
Harold B. Karin
Butterfield
Ernie Seiffert
Pay Raises Approved For Mental Hospitals
The Iowa State Board of Control and officials approved substantial salary increases for assistant superintendents at four mental health institutions. New pay ranges reach up to 13 200 dollars for members of the American Psychiatric Association, 11 400 dollars for nonmembers, with some ranges set to 11 400 dollars. earlier salaries for superintendents were boosted to as high as 15 000 dollars.
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DES Moines
Iowa
State Board of Control
Glenn Sarsfield
State Executive Council
American Psychiatric Association
Miss Eastern Iowa Contest Adds Two Nominees
Two more candidates were named Tuesday for Miss Eastern Iowa as high school bands escort contestants in Cedar Rapids May 19. Judith Russell of Anamosa and Jeanette Matheny of Center Point will represent their bands in the eleventh Eastern Iowa Band Festival parade with the 1956 winner announced at Kingston Stadium.
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Eastern Iowa
Iowa
Judith Russell
Anamosa
Ralph E. Paarmann
Wilma Russell
Judith
Dramatics Club
Thespians
GAA
Horizon Club
Congregational Church
Music Council
Linn
Ames
Jeanette
Center Point American Legion Auxiliary
Hawkeye Girls State
Church of Christ
Jeanette Matheny
Dale Matheny
Center Point
Arthur Williams
Easter Seal Sale Collects $61.85 Here
Mrs. Sam Ellison, chairwoman, reports the Easter Seal Sale raised a total of $61.85 in the local drive.
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Martelle
Sam Ellison
Court Day Set In Tama County
Tama County Bar Association hosts a mock court on a highway accident case for high school seniors from 11 area schools. Morning session at 10 a.m. in Toledo with Judge John W. Tobin presiding. afternoon at 1:30 p.m. with Judge M. C. Farber. Participants include Ellis T. Dickens and local lawyers guiding students as jurors and observers.
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TRAER
Toledo
Tama County Bar Association
Gladbrook
Garwin
Geneseo
Dinsdale
Dysart
Montour
Clutter
Tama
Chelsea
John W. Tobin
Vinton
M. C. Farber
Marshalltown
Ellis T. Dickens
J. S. Bauch
D. B. Kliebenstein
John Hyland
John S. Bauch
Walter J. Willett
Robert Powell
Drouth Cuts Clarinda Institute Farm Revenue
Des Moines AP reports the Clarinda State Mental Health Institute farm operations for 1955 had net revenue of 11 454 dollars after a drought cut income by 26 552 dollars. Gross receipts reached 124 000 with higher costs totaling 131 416. Overall year end balance fell to 313 786 from 486 996 at start.
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Des Moines
State Auditor’s
Clarinda State Mental Health Institute
C. B. Akers
Akers
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SUI Hospitals
Dr. Nelson
Clayton County
Dupont Cavalcade Theater
Channel 9
WIDAY
Fe & Sonederplene
Eetuliebote
Dheesenshe
Rocket
Oldsmobile
Cadillac Co
Tama County
Drouth
Clarinda Institute
Fastern Towners Briefs
Henry Weideman
Savannah, Mo
Mary Kay Benda
Harry Benda
Rochester, Minn
Earlville
George Wilson
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Onslow
M. P. Paulsen
Cedar Rapids
OLIN
Charles Bartels
Here
Edith Blake
Ridgeway
Blake
Maggie Coffman
Clemma Coffman
Attie Musgrove
Sigourney
Quasqueton
Reme Wallace
Maynard
Alfred Knief
Sumner
William Cook
St. Luke’s Hospital
Clutier
James D. Seda
Waterloo Hospital
Keswick
Leland Wilkins
Keokuk County Hospital
Tipton
Ed Meyers
Stanwood
Gordon Beman
Ottumwa
Winneshiek Society For Our Children
Winneshiek
Decorah — Luther College
Valparaiso
H .Schmickle
Univrsity Hospitals
G |Zimmerman
C. A. Palmer
Stanley
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W. V. Somerville
Ernest Uride
Arlo Kirkpatrick
Linn Grove Parsonage
John W. Axmear
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Jo Ann Hartwig
Jackson County Hospital
Maquoketa
Beulah Larson
Frank Johnston
Ralph Showalter
Glen Norris
Donna Ralston
Mercy Hospital
Joyce Carrick
Sigourney Hospital
DR. Copeland
Optometrist
Dial
Third Street
Standard
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Elec Bi
P.M
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
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