Iowa to Begin New Year With Traffic Death
Iowa faces a grim start to 1958 as an anticipated fatality occurs within hours and yearly tolls loom above 700. Public safety moves include naming Russell Brown acting state safety commissioner to boost enforcement, driver education, licensing, and safety programs amid calls for more driver restraint and cooperation with officers.
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Iowa
Russell Brown
Department of Public Safety
Brown
Clinton Moyer
Moyer
Safety Department
Iowa Implements Nighttime Speed Limit And Accident Plan
The 1957 Iowa legislature set a 60 mile per hour nighttime speed limit while keeping daylight speeds as prior. County sheriffs will step up patrols on secondary roads after rising fatalities this year. The safety department launches an accident records and research program led by Clifford O Swanson. Swanson estimates 806 Iowa fatalities by 1965. Highway 30 incidents include five killed near Scranton on May 19 and four killed near Boone on April 18, plus two more four-fatality crashes in Knoxville and Sioux City in December.
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Brown
Swanson
Iowa
Scranton
Boone
Knoxville
Sioux City
Ten Dogs Killed as Farm Building Burns
Ten Chihuahua breeding dogs died when a brooders house burned on the Dean Seaba farm southeast of here. The Seabas woke at 11 p.m. aided by a mother dog in the house after giving birth. Firefighters stopped the blaze from spreading to a nearby house and barn. An overheated stove later caused about $500 in damage to a house occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Schiltz.
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Sigourney
Chihuahua
Broeder
Dean Seaba
Here
Elizabeth Schiltz
Receiver Named For Iowa City Building Firm
District Judge H. D. Evans appointed James Pearson an Iowa City realtor as receiver for Whiting Steel Buildings Company following a suit by Iowa State Bank and Trust Company to collect promissory notes totaling 14 000 and to secure the Curtis Company contract from Clinton.
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Iowa City
Whiting Steel Buildings Company
H. D. Evans
Iowa State Bank and Trust Company
Curtis Company, Inc
Clinton
James Pearson
Union Head Appeals After Union Finds Fund Misuse
DES MOINES Iowa former president Robert A Jones of Local 89 United Packinghouse Workers appeals a two thirds vote finding him guilty of misusing union funds He was cleared of 12 lesser charges and suspended from representing the union for 10 years and barred from holding office
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Des Moines
United Packinghouse Workers of
Buffalo Teenagers Released To Parents
Buffalo UP Six teens aged 14 to 16 were released to their parents after admitting involvement in 15 burglaries over the past month. Authorities say they broke into 12 houses two taverns and a veterans hall, stealing $150 to $200 in cash and items including beer whisky and household goods. Parents were ordered to enforce a strict curfew.
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Buffalo
Scott County
Man and woman bandit duo nabbed after Menlo holdup
A man and a woman, identified as Gene Wiklund of Bonner Springs Kansas and Virginia Midwell of Kansas City Kansas, were captured within an hour of a 50 dollar holdup at a Menlo service station and jailed in Guthrie Center.
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Menlo
Guthrie Center
Gene Wikklund
Bonner Springs
Kan
Virginia Midwell
Kansas City
Door Prize Alligator Nips Waterloo Woman
Mrs. Byron Waychoff of Waterloo was nipped on the nose by a small alligator at a hotel Christmas party. The reptile had been given as a door prize and had been handled by several guests before the incident.
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Waterloo
INS
Byron Waychoff
ISC Announces New Agronomy Fellowship
Ames Iowa State College receives a $2,500 Texaco fellowship from The Texas Company to fund graduate research in agronomy. The first recipient is John T Moraghan, advised by Dr. John Pesek Jr and Dr. Lloyd Frederick, focusing on nitrogen fertilizer use in crop production.
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John Pesek, Jr
Lloyd Frederick
Anamosa Improvement to Host Feb 3 Meeting
Anamosa Improvement Corporation will hold its annual meeting February 3 featuring ANAMOSA Development Commissioner E B Storey of Des Moines as speaker. President John W McNamara announced the event will take place in the Jones County Courthouse community room.
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Anamosa
E. B. Storey
Des Moines
Iowa Development Commission
Anamosa Improvement Corporation
John W. McNamara
Jones County Court House
Women Hear Industry Proposal For Manchester
A meeting for women in Manchester is set for Friday at 5:45 p.m. at the Community Congregational church. City Federation sponsors the effort to attract a new industry, with Manchester Enterprises securing a pledge of relocation contingent on building access. A representative will answer questions, nursery care is available, and a fund drive seeks 60 000 of 135 000 needed for the site and building with a 15 year purchase plan. Construction slated to begin early next year.
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Manchester
Community Congregational Church
City Federation
Manchester Enterprises
Damage suit settled for $3,000 in Toledo death case
Wilford Spooner, father of William H. Spooner killed June 6 1956 in an accident on highway 63 five miles north of Toledo, approved settlement of $3,000 with Larry and E J Skala of Tama. The plaintiff had sought $41 051. Skala dismissed his counterclaim for $15,000.
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Toledo
Wilford Spooner
William H. Spooner
Larry Skala
E. J. Skala
Tama
Spooner
Skalas
Highway 63
Merchants Freight Closes Des Moines Terminal After 24 Years
Des Moines terminal of Merchants Motor Freight Inc closes after 24 years with 39 employees laid off. Terminal building is up for sale. Company declines to state reasons amid rumors of union difficulties. firm also operates in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
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Des Moines
INS
Merchants Motor Freight, Inc
C. D. McGehee
Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Gifts to Independence Hospital Patients Draw 300 Items
About 300 gifts are collected for Christmas for patients at the Mental Health Institute in Independence. The Gray Ladies City Federation clubs churches and individuals coordinated the drive. Mrs Gorda Gill and two others distributed around 50 items to forgotten patients. Remaining gifts will be handed out Christmas morning.
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Manchester
Mental Health Institute of Independence
Gray Ladies
City Federation
Gorda Gill
Eugene H. Fisher
Henry Holder
Key Club Law Urged For W. Des Moines
West Des Moines city officials heard a push to adopt a key club ordinance modeled on Des Moines. City Attorney R M McMullin warned the city risks infiltration without controls. Des Moines rules limit liquor hours in key clubs and require unlocked doors when open to members.
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Des Moines
INS
West Des Moines
R. M. McMullin
McMullin
Will of Frank Thompson Provides Mercy Hospital Bequest
The will of Frank Thompson who died December 116 names Mercy hospital in Iowa City as the beneficiary of the residue after his brother George’s death. The provision directs funds for needy patients and improvements to surgical facilities.
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Cornelius Bodine, Jr
Rock Island
Sioux City
Iowa City
Frank Thompson
George
Mercy Hospital
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