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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1962
Page
2
Des Moines reports the next legislature is expected to tighten rules for industrial loan companies. Deputy State Auditor Ray Venter urges clear capital solvency and rate requirements as more firms seek licenses after a dual-office ruling. The sector has grown to 150 firms with over 115 million dollars loaned.
Secretary of Agriculture L. B. Liddy plans to select inspectors from 168 applicants who took an examination for four open positions. A large share of the hopefuls are farmers seeking government posts.
Gary Gill, secretary of the state executive council, is expected to announce his resignation within days. He had confided to friends months ago that regardless of the November election outcome, he planned to step down.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette began in 1883 and outlines delivery by carrier and mail options. It lists subscription rates for night and afternoon editions, with varying terms by duration and location, noting AP republication rights for local news.
About 30 states provide an airplane for the exclusive use of their governor. It has been proposed that Iowa buy a new twin engine aircraft for the governor’s use.
Funeral services will be held in Broken Bow for seven members of a Des Moines family who drowned while en route to a reunion. Dennis Dewey 28 his wife Patricia 26 and their five sons died when their car left a curve on an icy highway near Clarks Nebraska and sank in a swampy Platte River backwater. Services are at the Methodist church with burial in Broken Bow cemetery.
Iowa conservation officer Wendell Simonson reports 19 deer struck and killed by autos in Johnson and Iowa counties this fall and winter. He says the record number may indicate a rising deer population.
Iowa senator Jack Miller outlines priorities in economics foreign trade and tax reform. He backs stronger aid accountability ties to UN commitments and supports targeted education funding, including college loan incentives and forgiveness based on performance.
Newly elected Volga Business club officers include Ted Leete as president Oliver Follon as vice president Blair Kelly as secretary and William Wilker as treasurer.
A Keokuk district court jury awarded Byrle and Virginia Shephard of Fort Madison $20,000 against Dr. George McGuiness and Sacred Heart hospital operated by the Sisters of St. Francis. The suit claimed a non sterile or contaminated suture caused infection and a needed second operation after Mrs. Shephard’s procedure last year.
An 85 year old Des Moines man identified as Carson Bobzin was found dead behind his home after likely going outside to fix a pipe to his coal stove. The temperature dropped to four degrees above zero early Sunday, police said.
Gilbert Iowa residents Donald and Mrs Swayback escaped a second floor fire that gutted their home with their 15 month old daughter. Neighbors and donors across Story County provided clothing appliances and gifts. They moved into a mobile home and received parade of support to start anew.
Dubuque county Democratic central committee unanimously endorses Charles J. Murphy 44 as postmaster to succeed the late Al Link who died December 14. Murphy heads an advertising firm, is World War II veteran and former Second district Democratic chairman and 1956 Democratic national convention delegate. The position pays eight thousand eight hundred forty dollars annually.
A weekend fire in Osceola destroyed the Osceola Lumber Co. yard and Langfitt grain elevator, with extensive damage to the Myers Motor Co. garage and showroom. Firefighters from Chariton, Leon, Creston and Indianola aided the local department after the blaze was discovered about 9:30 p.m. and burned for nearly two hours.
Winners of the Kiwanis club sponsored Christmas home lighting contest in Iowa City include Irvin Maske first place Buford Kessler second place George Kondora third place with a citation to Vernon Emde.
Dr Milo R Maltbie 91 longtime New York City treasurer and Upper Iowa University benefactor died Saturday in New York He graduated from UIU in 1892 and donated about 800000 to the school including 300000 for remodeling its main administrative building Funeral services are set for Thursday in Hinckley Illinois with President Eugene Garbee and board members planning to attend
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