Iowa Prison Honor Time Policy Expands for Inmates
The State Board of Control approves broader honor time rules allowing trustworthy inmates including parole violators and escapees who meet conditions to sign for time off. Women under one year at Rockwell City gain access. revocation and reviews by the penal director Baer are noted. Parole violators in prison may have honor time lost and receive up to 100 days back on discharge.
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State Board of Control
Rockwell City
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Benjamin Baer
Baer
Career Award To Prof. Kallio, SUI Researcher
Iowa City Prof Reino E Kallio of the University of Iowa College of Medicine receives the first SUI research career award from the U S Public Health Service. The grant funds his full salary for five years and supports hiring for the bacteriology department as he expands in microbial metabolism research and graduate teaching.
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Kallio
SUI
Iowa City
Reino E. Kallio
Department of Bacteriology
University of Iowa College of Medicine
U. S. Public Health Service
USPHS
Iowa City Debates Bounds of University Police Jurisdiction
Iowa City officials and county authorities met to assess how far university campus police powers extend off campus. They cited bonded deputies and campus firings, with cases on and off campus causing concern. The dispute centers on who decides policy and how arrests off campus should be handled.
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Iowa City
Jay Honohan
Emmett Evans
William Sueppel
Ralph Neuzil
Honohan
University
Johnson County
Coralville Reservoir
SUI
Richard Holcomb
Kallio
Worcester
Mass
University of Alabama
University of California
University of Washington
Collect Food Money Drive For East Iowa Faust Family
Strawberry Point neighbors launch a drive to aid the Walter Faust family after their Dec 19 house fire. Mr and Mrs Faust and three daughters are homeless. Cash donations are accepted at Union Bank and Trust Co and food at the Lutheran parish house.
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Strawberry Point
Walter Faust
Iowa Woman Killed In Car Truck Crash
Iowa woman Sue Ann Craft, 28, of Waterloo died when she was thrown from her car and run over by a truck in Nevada Iowa on Wednesday AP reports. The crash victim perished at the scene with authorities investigating the cause and conditions of the collision.
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Clarence Cox
Manchester
Merwin Schug
Bill Stanley
Illinois Central
Masonville
Iowa
Nevada
Sue Ann Craft
Waterloo
Johnson Judge Backs Supervisors on Zoning
District Judge James Gaffney dismissed petitions by Kenneth Belle and Laurence Short seeking to over rule the Johnson County Supervisors zoning decision. The petitions asked to rezone their quarrying site on old highway 218 at Iowa City’s north edge from suburban residential. The board acted on the county zoning commission’s recommendation to refuse the rezoning.
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Iowa City
Kenneth Belle
Laurence Short
James Gaffney
Short
Belle
Johnson Pupils Pack Gift Boxes
Iowa City reports Johnson county pupils in Solon Liberty township Sharon and Washington schools packed 23 gift boxes of school and health supplies for overseas children. The Johnson county junior Red Cross mailed the boxes to St Louis and the senior Red Cross will distribute them to schools institutions and recipients overseas.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Solon School
Liberty Township School No
Sharon No
Washington Township No
Washington No
Junior Red Cross
St. Louis
Senior Red Cross
New Electrical Code Read in Iowa City
Iowa City council gave first reading to a new electrical code based on the national code to enhance public safety. The ordinance creates an electrical inspector appointed by the council who enforces the code, issues permits, and records inspections.
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Iowa City
Iowa Doctor Receives Medical Writers Award
Dr. William B. Bean, head of internal medicine at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, was honored with the distinguished service to medical communication award by the Metropolitan Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association.
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Iowa City
William B. Bean
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Metropolitan
The
American Medical Writers Assn
Sheldon bank embezzlement tops Iowa news for 1961
The AP poll lists the $2 million Sheldon bank embezzlement as the leading Iowa story of 1961. Other top items include a highway patrol abduction hoax, a record 194 million budget, Ronald Stump’s murder conviction, Cedar River floods, Merwin Coad’s divorce, a psychiatry pay ceiling clash, a missing Winthrop boy’s death, Gov. Erbe ending Democratic rule, and Knoxville bank embezzlement with a president’s death.
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DES Moines
Sheldon Bank
Iowa
Associated Press
Ronald Stump
Cedar River
Lowa
Merwin Coad
Big Row
Winthrop Boy
Norman Erbe
Knoxville
Journalism School Planned at Drake University
DES MOINES AP A school of journalism is being established at Drake University with Hugh E. Curtis of Minneapolis named dean. Curtis formerly edited Better Homes and Gardens magazine and ran the magazine program at Meredith before joining Webb Publishing. Drake President Dr Henry Harmon said the university will offer a major in journalism through liberal arts.
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Des Moines
Drake University
Hugh E. Curtis
Minneapolis
Curtis
Better Homes and Gardens Magazine
Meredith Publishing Co
Webb Publishing Co
Henry G. Harmon
Drake
College of Liberal Arts
Shoeman to Seek Re election in 1962 Senate Race
State Sen. John D. Shoeman of Atlantic announces plans to run for a third term in 1962. The 59 year old Republican and chairman of the Iowa Legislative Interim committee serves in the new 14th district created by 1961 redistricting, which includes Cass Audubon and Shelby counties.
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Atlantic
John D. Shoeman
Iowa
Shoeman
Senate
Cass
Audubon
Shelby
Coralville Sets Hearing on West Hill Sewer Assessments
City Atty. Jay Oehler says two plats and schedules will be available at the December 28 hearing for the West Hill sanitary sewer project. One shows costs to property owners if funded entirely by special assessments, the other shows a 25 percent reduction financed via general taxation if objections to regular assessments are substantial.
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Coralville—City
Jay Oehler
West Hill
Iowa City to Buy Snow Blower Attachment for End Loaders
Iowa City council authorizes City Manager Peter Roan to advertise bids for a snow blower attachment with a 35 horsepower motor to replace buckets on end loaders. Officials say it will remove snow faster and be usable on streets during busy times, with night work possible. estimated cost 2800 dollars.
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Iowa City
Peter Roan
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