Secretaries Carry on for Congressmen
In Iowa offices after adjournment, staffers handle stacks of unfinished work while two representatives stay in town. Rep. Talle digs out remaining tasks, Rep. Tom Martin tours the Pacific with a house military affairs subcommittee, and Rep. Ben Jensen visits family before heading home. Martin reflects on army inspections and readiness. Veterans Administration declines Clinton hospital due to doctor shortages. Iowa members distribute Centennial speeches at their own expense, sending thousands to constituents.
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Rep
Talle
Tom Martin
Pacific
House
Ben Jensen
Boston
Martin
Warden Percy Lainson Reappointed at Fort Madison
The Iowa State Board of Control announced the re appointment of Percy Lainson to a second four year term as warden of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
Percy Lainson
Fort Madison
Sponsered Photo Contest Offers T. R. Benzing Award
Marshalltown Times-Republican launches a $25 sweepstakes prize for the Iowa AP newsphoto contest named in memory of Harold Benny Benzing. The contest, first since 1941, expects 70 to 100 entries across general sports and feature sections judged by editors and photographers for a top Iowa photo of the year.
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Marshalltown
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Iowa
Associated Press
T.r.benzing
Harold “Benny” Benzing
Times-Republican
Here
Outretore
Gene Thorne
The
Waterloo Courier
Mississippi Valley Fair Opens in Davenport After Long Hiatus
The Mississippi Valley fair begins Tuesday in Davenport and runs through Sunday. It is the first fair since 1941. A Centennial pageant titled Iowa This Is the Place features 700 cast members in 16 scenes on Iowa history. Additional entertainments include a rodeo and auto races.
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Davenport
Iowa
Iowa Obituaries and Funeral Services Across Several Towns
Multiple obituary notices from Tipton South English Strawberry Point Waukon Earlville and nearby communities. Entries honor Lester Franco Pearl Vermeer C H Campbell Robert McGeough Bertha Nelson Walter Hackbarth and Fred E Tracy with funeral dates locations and survivors including spouses children and siblings. Services feature local pastors and cemeteries with lodge burial honors noted for Bennett K of P.
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Tipton
Lester Franco
Cedar County
Wilson Funeral Home
C. C. Latta
C. C. Winter
Franco
Bennett
Pearl Volak
Cedar Rapids
Hope Petersen
Chula Vista
Calif
Ruth Jones
Allamakee County
St. Patrick’s Church
Irene
Grace
Chicago
Joseph
Floyd
Dubuque
Kate McGuire
Plainview
Minn
Waukon
Bertha Nelson
Conrad Glaser
Nelson
Earlville
Walter Hackbarth
Lutheran Church
Alice Mae
Vivian
Merten Scovel
Joseph Billmeyer
Lloyd
Howard Scovel
Fairview Cemetery
Strawberry Point
Methodist Church
Fred E. Tracy
Park Anderson
CPA Approves College Housing Remodel at Camp Dodge
Des Moines AP reports the Civilian Production Administration approved a $75,000 remodeling at Camp Dodge to add classroom and dormitory space for nearly 1,000 Iowa State college men this fall. It forms part of $577,144 in state construction approvals. Keokuk’s $300,000 paper box factory project was the largest approved. Seventeen proposals valued at $178,723 were rejected. Cowles Broadcasting of Des Moines received a $7,500 permit to remodel the Shrine auditorium KRNT theater. No action approved for Cedar Rapids-Verne Ilen hardware.
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DES Moines
Camp Dodge
Iowa State College
Iowa
Civilian Production Administration
CPA
Hal Parsons
Keokuk
Iowa Fiber Box Company
Cowles Broadcasting Company
Shrine Auditorium
Krnt Radio
Cedar Rapids
Verne Ilen
Home Ownership Gains in Iowa Ten Years After Tax Preference Act
Iowa homeowners have risen by one third since the homestead tax preference act was adopted ten years ago. The growth is steady, not a burst tied to the current real estate boom, with city and rural ownership both advancing annually. About 406,000 homeowners will share sales and income tax refunds this year, including roughly 280,000 in cities and towns and 120,000 on farms, while the state payout averages 15,600 dollars annually.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa
Second Death in Wake Of Osage Hotel Fire
William Bun ing, 73, died Tuesday of burns from the Sullivan hotel fire that struck Osage last Saturday. James Lancaster, 39, crippled by poliomyelitis since childhood, died Sunday. Both men were permanent hotel residents. other patrons escaped without injuries.
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William Buening
Sullivan Hotel
James Lancaster
Aoe
Grinnell College Announces Ten Faculty And Staff Appointments
President S. N. Stevens disclosed ten new appointments at Grinnell college on Monday. Alice Smith Eversole of Iowa City was named music librarian and manager of the music office. New hostesses include Mrs. Ed Grieve of Brooklyn in the men's dormitories.
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Grinnell
S. N. Stevens
Grinnell College
Alice Smith Eversole
Iowa City
Ed Grieve
Brooklyn
Iowa City to Receive Parking Meter Bids
Iowa City council votes to receive bids for parking meters with bid opening set for August 26 at the next meeting. The plan would place meters on both sides of the block bounded by College and West streets between Clinton and Dubuque avenues, based on confidential reports from 136 cities and engineering colleges.
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Towa City
Iowa City
College and
W. Streets
Clinton A
Dubuque
Wilber J. Teeters
Christmas in August For Marengo Family
Christmas in August was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Agee in Marengo. Their four sons Carl Wallace Ben and Charles were all home for the first time in four years. They shared a lighted Christmas tree gifts and a turkey dinner. Mrs. Agee received a radio from her sons. Dinner guests included B A Agee and Mr. and Mrs. Max Cronbaugh.
Iowa Parents to Receive Navy Cross for Son's Heroism
The parents of James Tweet of Nevada Iowa will receive his Navy Cross posthumously at Victory Day ceremonies at Great Lakes Illinois, the award presented by Commodore H J Grassie on behalf of their son Hospital Apprentice who died aiding wounded comrades on Iwo Jima.
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Great Lakes
James Tweet
Nevada
U. S. Naval Training Station
Albert Tweet
H. J. Grassie
Iwo Jima
Young girl dies after bleacher collapse in Hamburg
Lora Marie Buckner eight daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Buckner of Hamburg died in a hospital Sunday from a fractured skull after temporary bleachers at the local baseball park collapsed earlier in the day. Two men were slightly injured in the accident.
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Hamburg
Lora Marie Buckner
Oliver Buckner
No Boost in Ticket Costs At State Fair
Des Moines reports that Iowa Centennial state fair admission prices remain at prewar levels with only the federal admissions tax adding to costs. General grounds admission 50 cents plus 10 cents tax, children 25 cents plus 5 cents tax, vehicle 50 cents no tax. Grandstand reserved 50 cents plus 10 cents tax, lower 75 cents plus 15 cents tax, box seats 1 dollar plus 20 cents tax. Evening shows 75 cents plus 15 cents tax for reserved, 1 dollar plus 20 cents tax for box seats.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Iowa Polio Cases Rise to About Two Hundred
Iowa health officials report near 180 polio cases across Des Moines Sioux City New Hampton and Waterloo this week. Sioux City has 6 new cases and 48 people treated there this summer. A Des Moines visitor, Carl Steen 14 from South Bend Indiana, is added as a new case.
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INS
Iowa
Health Department
Sioux City
New Hampton
Waterloo
Rollo Pietan
Iowa City
Chickasaw County
Des M
Carl Steen
South Bend
Ind
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