Loveless Faces Reality of Administrative Saving Shortfall
Iowa Governor Herschel C. Loveless laments the lack of administrative savings in his first year, noting minimal progress on consolidating the 90 state boards and agencies. He cites mental health advances, traffic and fire safety gains, parole modernization, and calls for broader department coordination and tax reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Little Hoover Committee
Harrison Weber
Little Hoover
Iowa
Ottumwa
Board of Control
J. O. Cromwell
Cromwell
State Unit To Study School Bus Safety
Gov. Hershel C. Loveless directs the new safety committee to examine school bus operations and seek tighter rules. The group will meet Jan. 24 with officials including Atty. Gen. Norman Erbe and State Supt. J. C. Wright to address pull-off areas and interstate highway safety regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Iowa Highway Commission
Atty
Norman Erbe
J. C. Wright
Russell Brown
Iowa Highway
Chris Larsen
Commission
John Butter
Historical Unit To Elect Officers In Cedar County
The Cedar County Historical Society plans a third meeting at the Cedar County courthouse at 1 p.m. January 2 to elect permanent officers and enroll charter members. A preliminary group formed October 10 in Tipton and 72 members have already joined. The organization aims to adopt a constitution and set dues at 1 per year. Comedian Johnny Carson hosts DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE at 3:30 p.m. daily on Channel 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Cedar County
Curtis Frymeyer
Wilton Junction
Ina Barewald
Johnny Carson
Wife
Channel 9
Jacoby on Bridge: McGervey’s Four Spade Contract
John McGervey of Pittsburgh praises a four spade contract described by Oswald Jacoby. He recalls a hand that started poorly with a heart duck, East winning with the queen, a diamond attack, and an East ruff after a finesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Jacoby
John McGervey
Pittsburgh
East
West
Squeeze Play Shines In Avenson Bridge Hand
A bridge column describes a clever squeeze after East led clubs and West guarded. The declarer wins by overruffing, trimming with a trump to dummy, and finishing with a spade squeeze that forces West to discard, yielding a dramatic victory despite initial gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dummy
East
West
Volga Scout to Earn Eagle Award at Court of Honor
William Pardee, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Pardee, will receive the Eagle Scout award Sunday at a court of honor in Sacred Heart church. An eighth grade student, he joined Scouting in February 1956, earned the Ad Altare Dei medal last February, and completed the Blackhawk trail last summer. The award will be presented by district commissioner William Klephart of Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pardee
Sacred Heart Church
Dean Pardee
Blackhawk Trail
William Klephart
Ryan
Phillip French Dies at Calmar Funeral Director
Phillip French, owner of the French and Chekal funeral homes in Ft. Atkinson and Calmar, died suddenly from a heart attack at his home. Services set for Saturday at St. Aloysius Church with burial in Ft. Atkinson. Rosary to be recited Thursday and Friday. Survived by his wife, daughter Kathleen, son Phillip Jr., sister Margaret Knott, and brother James French. He previously served on the Calmar city council and belonged to the Lions and Commercial clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calmar
Phillip French
Chekal
Ft. Atkinson
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
St. John’s
Coggon
The
Lions Club
Commercial Club
Kathleen
Phillip, Jr
Margaret Knott
James French
Central City Family Of Five Hospitalized After Crash
A rural Central City family of five is in good condition at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a one car accident Wednesday. Earl and Mrs Rummels ages six three and nine months Douglas Deborah and Jeffery suffered injuries when the car slid off a gravel road striking a culvert one mile north of Waubeek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Earl Rummels
Douglas
Deborah
Jeffery
Rummels
Barn and shed burn at Troy Mills farm
A barn and attached machine shed on Fred Dudley’s farm one mile northwest of Troy Mills were destroyed by fire early Thursday. Hay grain tractor and other machinery were lost. Insurance covered the loss. Mrs. Dudley said the barn appeared to burst into flames and no cause was listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills
Fred Dudley
Here
Boy Suffocated In House Fire Jefferson
Rickie Brock ten year old son of Mrs Francis Brock died in a house fire that swept part of the family home in Jefferson. Firemen found him in an upstairs bedroom with his chin on a window sill as he struggled to escape. His mother and three siblings escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Rickie Brock
Francis Brock
Anna Brock
Barbara
James
Terry
Inmates Can Be Paid for Work At Institutions
Des Moines AP. Iowa Attorney General rules the State Board of Control may legally pay inmates for work performed at state institutions. The inquiry came from Glenwood State School Superintendent Alfred Sasser regarding Carlton Harron of Dubuque admitted in 1922. Harron’s work was valued as high skilled, reducing county charges, though no future policy is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Attorney General’s Office
State Board of Control
John R. Hansen
Alfred Sasser
Glenwood State School
Sasser
Carlton Harron
Dubuque
Harron
Lie
Dubuque County
Mrs Seth Thomas 84 Former Lisbon Leader Dies
Services for Mrs. Seth Thomas 84 of Fort Dodge will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lisbon Methodist church. A former Lisbon bank president and Cornell College trustee, she died after years of ill health. Surviving daughters are Mrs. Jess Fredrich Lisbon, Mrs. Laning McFarland Winnetka Ill, and Mrs. Fradford Saxon Wellesley Mass. The casket will not be opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Seth Thomas
Fort Dodge
Boston
Mass
Lake Forest
Ill
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Willard Stuckslager
Odd Christmas Dinner For NIH Metabolic Study Volunteer
Darold L. Powers, 22, of Lowan Iowa, partakes in a National Institute of Health metabolic study as a human guinea pig. He will eat a turkey free Christmas dinner menu with omelet asparagus rice bread and butter cherry gelatin milk and cherries for dessert for three months while researchers observe how his body handles foods. Powers, a Washington native and 1956 University of Iowa graduate, declined military service for religious reasons and will perform two years of service work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Darold L. Powers
Lowan
Powers
National Institute of Health
Washington, Ia
University of Iowa
Shellsburg Farm Mutual names new manager
Darrel George J of Shenandoah named manager of Shellsburg Farmers Mutual Telephone Company succeeding Orville Blough who resigns to lead Keystone Garrison Telephone. Both take office January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellsburg
Darrel George J
Shenandoah
Shellsburg Farmers Mutual Telephone Company
Orville Blough
Keystone-Garrison Telephone Company
Watch PAT BOONE'S Thursday Night Variety on Channel 9
The program airs at 8:00 p.m. on KCRG TV each Thursday featuring Pat Boone in a live variety format with musical guests and comedy segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Boone
Channel 9
Kcrgtv
Life Scout Paul Ingvoldstad Receives Award at Court of Honor
Life Scout Paul Ingvoldstad received the Life Scout award at a court of honor in Decorah Monday night. He also earned a merit badge and serves as a senior patrol leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Paul Ingvoldstad
Ingvoldstad
Memo for Men by Bert Bacharach
Spot removal tip instructs to spread petroleum jelly on white rings from hot cups on mahogany, let stand 48 hours, then wipe clean. Corrrighs Kew Fork Herald
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa Daily Press
Jacoby
SOUTH
Gazette
Carl Franks
Anamosa
South Oak Street
George Watters
Carl Stoltz
Roger Waterfield
Edwin Wegman
Wilma Russell
Robert Condit
Highway 64
Volga
Pardee
Central City
Modern Appliance CO
Prin
Oly
Bert Bacharach
2Nd St
Dacron
Newman's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!