Five New Armories Planned by Iowa National Guard
The Iowa National Guard plans five new armories next year with seven maintenance shops, facilities at Des Moines air guard hangar and Fort Dodge for the 133rd, plus a Camp Dodge warehouse. Costs are shared 25 percent state, 75 percent federal, with total estimates over four million dollars.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa National Guard
Fred C. Tandy
Tandy
Iowa
Washington
State agency hires first woman field auditor in over a decade
The State Tax Commission has employed a woman field auditor on a trial basis in the sales and use tax department. The move marks the first woman in this role at the commission in more than ten years. The State Highway Commission used funds from its coffee fund to buy a Christmas tree and decorations. The state executive council provided 450 for Christmas trees to be placed in the capitol and other state buildings.
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Iowa Tax Commission
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Commission
State Highway Commission
State Executive Council
Capitol
Herrick Urges Safe Driving and Sanity for Christmas
Iowa Highway Patrol Chief David Herrick says officers will not tolerate tipsy driving on Christmas Eve. He urges safe driving and sane thinking, noting Christmas Eve is a family and religious night, and those drinking at the office risk jail instead of celebrating with family.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Herrick
North English Scout Selected for Washington Presentation
Brent Morgan, 17, an Eagle Scout from North English, chosen to represent six-state region in the Report to the Nation ceremonies in Washington, D. C. He will spend a week in the capital and holds the God and Country award as a member of Explorer post 227 sponsored by the North English Rotary Club.
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Brent Morgan
Barney Morgan
Boy Scouts
Washington, D. C
Morgan
Explorer
North English Rotary Club
Bremner drug store wins Lions clubs Christmas window display
Traer residents voted Bremmer drug store as first prize in the Lions club Christmas window display contest. Second place went to Whannel hardware store and third to Boettcher's furniture store.
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TRAER
Bremmer Drug
The
Lions Club
Whannel Hardware Store
Boettcher’s Furniture
Des Moines Police Close About 30 Key Clubs Sunday Night
Des Moines vice squad checked roughly 30 key clubs Sunday night and Lt William Purdy said all were closed. About 25 clubs were checked early Sunday morning with no violations found under the new ordinance.
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Des Moines
William Purdy
Des Moines Council Approves 4 Percent Pay Increase
The Des Moines city council, with new members Reinhold Carlson and Florence Myers joining, approved a four percent raise for most city employees effective January 1, 1958. The measure, costing about 249000 for 1958, excludes raises that would exceed maximum salaries from a Public Administration Service survey. City Manager George Forster cautioned that 1958 costs may rise after executive pay increases are scaled up.
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Des Moines
INS
Reinhold Carlson
Florence Myers
Charles,les
Robert Conley
Frank McGowan
Public Administration Service of
Chicago
George Forster
Confessed Arsonist Freed on Parole and Obituary Notices
Iowa parole board releases Donald Shindley 24 from Anamosa reformatory after sentencing for arson in 1954. Shindley claimed his mother offered $800 to burn the home and $6,500 to kill his stepfather for insurance. In Norway, Lewis S. Johnson 72 of Walford dies after long illness. funeral at Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in Norway Cemetery. Johnson survived by wife Marie and children. service details listed.
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Lewis Johnson
Walford
Des Moines
INS
Donald Shindley
Waterloo
Anamosa _ reformatory
Iowa Board of Parole
Shindley
Henry Ehlert
Railroad quits Lisbon depot service authorized
The Iowa State Commerce Commission authorized the Chicago and North Western railroad to discontinue its agency at Lisbon Linn County after a hearing on October 2 in Cedar Rapids. Mount Vernon remains the Lisbon accounting station, only 2 1/2 miles away on Highway 30.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Lisbon
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Bronze plaque honors late Mayor Raymond O Connors memory
West Liberty city hall dedicated a bronze plaque Friday as a memorial to the late Mayor Raymond O Connor. The plaque was presented by the Rotary and Lions clubs.
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West Liberty
Raymond O’connor
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Chamber to Host Movie Day For Tama Children
The Chamber of Commerce will host a children's movie in Mills theater Tuesday afternoon. The Toledo Tama Eagles lodge plans a Friday kids' movie event. A Central Fibre Products benevolent committee will hold a Christmas party for 250 mill employees' children on Saturday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mills
Toledo-Tama Eagles Lodge
Benevolent Committee
The
Central Fibre Products Company
Driver Found Dead in Back Of His Truck
Merton Kessler a 43 year old Lewis Town Minnesota truck driver for Minnesota Trucking Company was found dead in the back of his trailer at a truck stop two miles north of Oelwein on highway 150 He had loaded potatoes for Missouri and two coal burners were used to keep the cargo from freezing The wind shut the door trapping him after the burners consumed the oxygen authorities believe he died from asphyxiation while unable to call for help
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the Gazette
Oelwein
Minnesota
Here
Highway 150
Merton Kessler
Lewistown
Minn
Minnesota Trucking Company
Missouri
Kessler
Maine Township Gets New Rescue Truck in Central City
Central City gains a rescue truck for Maine Township with resuscitator first aid kit gas masks and other gear. The town also operates a pumper and water tank while Central City police fire and sheriff's offices share a two way radio on a northern Linn county patrol band. The two way station with call letters KAK 461 began December 6 and links with regional law enforcement and fire units.
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Central City
Maine
Main Township
Linn County
New Divorce Statistics Area Established for Multiple States
The Public Health Service announced a January 1 adoption of a uniform data system for divorce and marriage annulment across a broad area. States and territories include Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Virgin Islands. The Office of Vital Statistics will collect data with state cooperation to build reliable divorce and annulment statistics comparable to births and deaths.
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Public Health Service
Alabama
Georgia
Idaho
Iowa
Montana
Nebraska
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Office of Vital Statistics
SUI Senior Awarded Rhodes Scholarship
M Laur ence Popofsky a 21 year old from Oskaloosa was named a Rhodes scholar among four Midwest selections to study at Oxford. The University of Iowa senior was one of 12 interviewed in Des Moines with Dan A Brookhart also interviewed from Des Moines but not chosen.
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Des Moines
M. Laurence Popofsky
Oskaloosa
Oxford University
England
Popofsky
University of Iowa
Dan A. Brookhart
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Brookhart
Auto Accident Damage Suits Filed at Tipton
Damage suits totaling more than 20000 have been filed in district court here against Mr. and Mrs. Frank Montgomery and Ivan E. Gregg after an October highway 30 collision near Mechanicsville. Plaintiffs include William Johnson 5836, Herman Johnson 7864.75, Irene Johnson 5710, and R. G. Johnson 882.75. A second suit filed Saturday by Mr. and Mrs. William Mincer targets the North Western railroad for 1471 damages from a October 23 inverted car collision at a Tipton rail crossing.
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Tipton
Frank Montgomery
Ivan E. Gregg
Highway 30
Mechanicsville
William Johnson
R. G. Johnson
Herman Johnson
Irene Johnson
Montgomerys
Gregg
Johnsons
William
Herman
William Mincer
North Western Railroad
Services Set for Minnie Murray 89
Center Point obituary for Minnie B Murray 89 lifelong resident who died Sunday after a lingering illness She was born August 30 1868 daughter of Andrew and Ann Brown She married Stephen D Murray July 19 1894 He died in May 1914 Survivors include daughter Lela Morgan Center Point three sons Arthur Waterloo Charles Central City Harold Marion sister Lula Hays two brothers Ellis Eldon Center Point Friends may call at Murdoch funeral home
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Center Point
Minnie B. Murray
First Christian Church
Green’s Grove
Waterloo
Charles
Central City
Harold
Marion
Lula Hays
Ellis
Eldon
Murdoch
Iowa Veterans to Receive $3.3 Million Insurance Dividends
Iowa World War I and II veterans with government life insurance policies will receive $3,303,000 in dividends in 1958. About 68,000 servicemen are eligible, with average payments around $53. Dividends will be issued on each policy anniversary, per VA official W. B. Nugent in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Veterans Administration
W. B. Nugent
Reformatory Inmates To Have Yule Feast
Anamosa reformatory will serve a Christmas dinner for inmates with turkey and oyster dressing and baked ham as the main courses. Warden Ray Purcell announced the menu includes whipped potatoes giblet gravy buttered corn cranberry pineapple salad mince pie hot rolls coffee candy apples and ice cream.
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the Gazette
Ray Purcell
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W. D. Larson
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Blaine
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