University codes and census figures in 1960 Iowa districts
Iowa and Fort Dodge census figures show population shifts with McGregor and Marquette declining while Webster and Emmet counties rise. Iowa State University debates a new student life provision targeting fraternities with discriminatory clauses, requiring remedial action though deadlines remain undefined. Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Pi Kappa Alpha and Alpha Tau Omega are named as affected groups with chapters in Iowa.
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Ener
Fort Dodge
UPI
Bill Alpood
Webster
Emmet
Green Hamilton
Hancock
Kossuth
Pocahontas
Winnebago
Greene
Hamilton
Mancock
Kos» Suth
Wincbspa
Webster County
Estherville
Emmet County
Iowa
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Two Demo Candidates Hit Roads and Conventions
Iowa City report on Democratic candidates for governor and a presidential convention clash. Lt. Gov. Edward McManus accuses Republicans of blocking voters’ will on a constitutional convention, citing 1870 and 1921 history. Harald Hughes counters on highway policy and the GOP record.
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Iowa City
G.O.P
Harald Hughes
Jack Schraeder
Iowa
McManus
Towa
General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Towans
Hughes
Schroeder
Leo A. Hoegh
Highway Commissions
Tax Institute Opens at SUI Tax Institute Opens at SUI
Iowa City hosts the sixth annual Spring Tax Institute at the University of Iowa College of Law. The program, sponsored by the State Bar Association and SUI, aims to train attorneys in tax problems and disputes before the Treasury Department and the courts. Attendees include Cedar Rapids lawyers Thomas Pirnie, Byron Riley, and John Stevens, plus Isadore Meyer, Decatur J. Baumert, and Sigourney’s J. E. Baumert.
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Iowa City
University Ofs
Treasury Department
East
Cross Burned On Lawn Of SUI Official Home
Police investigated a cross burned on the lawn of Miss Helen Riech assistant director of student affairs at the University of Iowa. The 4 foot high crude cross set overnight prompted concerns over motive and safety as Riech doubted students were involved and urged restraint.
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SUI
Iowacity
Helen Riech
Office of Student Affairs
University of Iowa
Miss Riech
Duncan Named Clayton County Deputy Sheriff
Donald Dun jean of Strawberry Point has been appointed Clayton county deputy sheriff by Sheriff Forest Fischer. Duncan succeeds Milton Klink who resigned to oppose Sheriff Fischer in the Democratic primary.
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Wheelal
Gazécce
Eleader
Donald Dunjean
Strawberry Point
Clayton County
Forest Fischer
Duncan
Milton Klink
Sheriff Fischer
Former Banker from Elgin Dies at 77 in Peru
C. M. Benson, 77, retired executive secretary of the Illinois Valley Manufacturers club, died after a yearlong illness. A native of Elgin, he was a banker in Iowa and Illinois for 18 years. Survived by widow Marabelle, two sons Willard of Aurora, and sister Frances Capper of Postville, IA.
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Peru, Ill
C. M. Benson
Illinois Valley Manufacturers Club
Benson
Elgin
Iowa
Ilinois
Marabelle
Willard
Aurora
Frances Capper
Postville
Colesburg School Year Is Extended
Colesburg school officials voted 23 to 2 to extend the year by 18 days. The last day would normally be May 24 but will instead be June 2 due to unseasonable weather and bad road conditions.
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Oyselie
Olesburg
Bank Robberies Shift to Lone Actors Fewer Loots Now
Iowa officials note a shift from gangs to solo culprits in recent years. Despite higher risk and advanced police methods, single robbers still target banks but yields are smaller compared with famed gang era heists. The Windsor Heights Bankers Trust case highlighted ongoing investigations and improved bank procedures.
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Blair
Crime Bureau
Labor Law Conference Slated at Iowa University
IOWA CITY A one day labor law conference at the University of Iowa will study the Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. About 100 town trade union leaders are expected. The event is sponsored by the SUL bureau of labor and management and the college of law to help officers, employees, and members understand duties under the 1958 act.
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Iowa City
University of Hiowa Saturdiy
SUL Bureau of Labor and Management and
College of Law
Iowa Sailor Held in Slaying
John W. Alhoff, 19, of Onawa Iowa stationed at North Island Naval Air Station, admitted fatally shooting liquor store clerk William Jones, 72, in San Diego last April 18. A small caliber revolver tied to the case was sought as investigators traced a bullet fragment to a gun Alhoff purchased. He said he did not take the $300 the clerk placed in a paper sack.
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San Diego
UPI
Divars
San Diega Bay
Iowa
John W. Alhoff
Onawa
William Jones
Alhoff
North Island Naval Air Station
Naval
Jones
Iowa City Man Files 12000 Counter Claim
Harold Thompson, 47, of Decorah Spanial, dies after hospital stay. Iowa City distributor R J Wandling files a 12000 counter claim to a 2600 suit, saying pizzas were unfit for human consumption and that the A and L Investment Co failed to pay advertising costs totaling 1575.85 for Johnson county fund drive.
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Spanial
Gazelle
Towa City
R. J. Wandling
Iowa City
Harold Here
A and L
Tnvest-Thompson
Ment Co
Wandling
Iowa
Thompson
Hemilk Toute
Johnson County
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Casiemae North English
Iowa County
Keokuk County
Marquette
William Weir
J Koehn
Hancher
West Delaware
Manchester
Dundee
Masonville
Ryan
Tax Institute
Ferra
Texas
Ohios
Kennebec
Pfitzer
Michigan
Dale’s
Center Point
Smulekoff
Amana
Smulek
Clayton
Colesburg
Dan Perkes
Des Moines
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Robert D. Blair
Dillinger
Machine Guy Kelly
Ma Barker
Bankers Trust Co
Windsor Heights
Penns Grove
N.J
Farmer Savings Bank
Boyden
State Central Savings Bank
Salem
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank
Milo
Farmersburg Savings Bank
Bery
The
Farmers Trust Savings Bank
Lakota
Mt. Auburn Savings Bank
Peoples Trust
Savings Bank
Grand Junction
Commercial State Bank
Afton
Dallas County Savings Bank
Minburn
Iowa U
Harold Thompson
Decorah
DuPont
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First Avenue
Cedar Rapids
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