Iowa Cities Pay High for Yale Spirit
United Press reports cities across Iowa spent thousands on Christmas decorations. Twelve cities totaled 544 302 for lights bells evergreens and wreaths across dozens of blocks with varied displays in Muscatine Davenport Des Moines Cedar Rapids Dubuque Waterloo Burlington Council Bluffs Mason City Clinton Boone Ames and others.
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United Press
Iowa
Muscatine
Davenport
Des Moines
Salvation Army
Cedar Rapids
Dubucue
Waterloo
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Clinton
Boone
Ames
Aid to India Justified by Hick After Visit
A. & Sen. Hickenlooper said four days in New Delhi showed continued U S aid to India justified by evidence that India helps itself and gains from the program. He urged ongoing review and warned against a future policy of extracting benefits. The trio, with Sen. Guy Gillette, arrived Dec 4 for overseas information work and planned trips to Bangkok and Karachi.
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New Delhi
India
A. & Sen
Hickenlooper
Hickentopper
Iowa
Guy Gillette
Senate
Moonday
Bangkok
Gillette
Karachi
Iowa lawmakers weigh colored oleo repeal and tax repeal
An AP survey shows strong support in the 1953 Iowa legislature to legalize sale of colored oleomargarine and repeal the 5 cent per pound tax, with backing from grocers and soybean processors and opposition from dairy interests. Supporters say repeal aids cost of living. opponents warn of higher milk prices and enforcement costs.
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Dwight McCormack
Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Chamber of Commerce
House
Senate
Traer youths earn Eagle Scout honors at court of honor
Four Traer youths were named Eagle Scouts at a Sunday court of honor. Leroy Haenze Kent Halst Bob Joens and John States received Eagle rank, while Leonard Maley Jr and Leonard Maley Jr were honored as father and son Life Scouts. The Lions Club sponsors the Troop with Revel Haenze chairing the Tama county district.
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TRAER
Leroy Haenze
Reuel Haenze
Kent Halst
Ray Halst
Bob Joens
Ted Joens
John States
Claude States
Leonard Maley
Dysart
The
Lions Club
Revel Haenze
Tama County
Services for 89 year old Mrs Sell in Oelwein
Katharine Sell died Friday at her daughter's home. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Hintz funeral home with burial in Harlington cemetery, Waverly. Born November 12, 1863 in Russia she lived in Iowa 61 years and in Oelwein six years. Survived by two sons Harry and Herman and four daughters plus 26 grandchildren.
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Oelwein
Katherine Sell
James Sewell
Hintz
Harlington
Waverly
Russia
Los Angeles
Mrs. Sewell
Annie Corvey
Unionville
Minnie Edie
Linda Nicothedes
Joelwein
Man Saws Iron Bars Escapes Clinton Jail
Gene H. Sanders aged 28 escaped Clinton county jail Sunday night by sawing iron window bars from the outside. He had been held on bad check charges including a $30 worthless check and was later traced to Sioux City, Dakota, with prior fake notes totaling at least $250. Sanders is from Denver.
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Clinton
Gene H.sanders
Clinton County
Sanders
Sioux lParis
Denver
Fire in Roosevelt shopping center still smolders in Des Moines
Des Moines fire crews return Monday to battle remaining embers in the Roosevelt shopping district after a Saturday blaze destroyed 14 stores and offices. Fire Chief Slade cites initial 300000 damage. insurers predict total loss unclear for a week.
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Des Moines
INS
Bes Moines
Roosevelt
Charles Slade
Wayne Ulm
Slade
John Burke
Isaac Bucksbaum
Iowa Medical Group Cited for Polio Test
The National Polio Foundation will award Woodbury County Medical Society for testing a gamma globulin anti paraly sis drug in polio field trials. Basil O Connor will fly to Sioux City for the chamber dinner of honor. Tests in Sioux City Houston and Provo involved about 65000 inoculations funded by March of Dimes.
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Sioux City
National Polio Foundation
Woodbury County Medical Society
National Foundation
Basil O’connor
Minneapolis
O'Connor
March of Dimes
State Budget Group Faces Term Mixup in Iowa
Des Moines indies describe the legislative budget and financial control committee as powerful with four year terms yet terms for Augustine O Malley Loss Hansen expiring differ due to election losses. O Malley Palmer Colburn Knudsen Fishbaugh Kuester Goode and others hold four year seats amid term expirations and vacancies.
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Robert Hogan
Nowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Little Hoover Study Commission
Senate
House
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
George O'Malley
Casey Loss
Algona
J. E.hansen
Dedham
Ernest Palmer
Fort Madison
Augustine
Loss
Hansen
O'Malley
Palmer
Jay Colburn
Harlan
Herman M. Knudsen
Clear Lake
Earl C. Fishbaugh, Jr
Shenandoah
G. T. Kuester
Griswold
Dewey Goode
Bloomfield
Legislative Budget Committee
Colburn
Knudson
State Board of Education
State Board
Dwight Rider
Fort Dodge
Man Burned in Blaze at Des Moines Motel
A 44 year old Forest Lake Minnesota man Perry P Paulding was burned about the body and arse in a motel fire at the Tankar motel in Des Moines Sunday. Firemen fought the blaze about three hours and he was in fair condition at a Des Moines hospital Monday. He escaped the cabin where he slept losing most possessions. Gasoline tanks nearby were not damaged and the cause was not yet determined.
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Des Moines
Forest Lake
Minn
Perry P. Paulding
Tankar
Paulding
Iowa Basketball Coach Dies of Gun Wounds
Clarinda Iowa James Malone 36 longtime Clarinda junior college basketball coach died after wounds from a hunting accident November 2. Malone a Hopkins Missouri native graduated from Marysville Missouri teachers college earned a master's from the University of Missouri.
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Clarinda
INS
James Malone
Clarinda Junior College
Malone
Hopkins, Mo
Marysville
Teachers College
University of Missouri
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