Blue Gov Commutes Sentences of 14 Life Prisons
Gov. Blue commuting 14 life terms to definite years makes prisoners eligible for parole. Notable cases include Floyd Froh 99 years, James Rowe 50 years, Joe Karlik 50 years, Karlik aged near 80, and Ray Kline 99 years. Several others receive 25 to 60 year terms. obdurate life terms loosened under policy review.
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Blue
Des Moines
INS
Robert D. Blue Tuesday
Fort Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Parole Board
Floyd Froh
Polk County
James Rowe
Page County
Joe Karlik
Linn County
Karlik
al Gibbons
Fred
Julius Takos
Scott County
Louis Barry
Richard D. Ringler
Keokuk County
Gov. Blue
Barry
Ringler
Ray Kline
Story County
Kline
W. A. McClure
Hardin County
Bennie Ketarakis
Polk Ge
Tipton Man Sentenced on Car Theft Charges
Raymond E. Lang, 26, of Tipton, was sentenced to 18 months on two federal car theft charges, to run concurrently. Lang pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles A. Dewey to the stolen car charges, originally accused of driving a Davenport theft to Carbon Cliff, Illinois. An additional count was filed after his guilty plea.
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DES Moines
Raymond E. Lang
Tipton
Lang
Charles A. Dewey
Davenport
Carbon Cliff
Ill
Cloid Leve
Lang pleads guilty in car theft case and waiver of indictment
Lang pleaded guilty to the charge of driving a car stolen from Stanwood to Kahoka Missouri and waived indictment. He was arrested in Davenport on December 4.
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Stanwood
Kahoka
Lang
Davenport
Street Sweeper Killed by Auto in Davenport
Herman Muhs aged 74, a street sweeper, was killed Tuesday after being struck by a car at a downtown intersection. The driver, Robert P. Achenbach, 24, said he did not see Muhs until nearly upon him and was not held.
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Davenport
Herman Muhs
Robert P. Achenbach
Muhs
Achenbach
Mercy hospital wing cost tops 1.2 million in Iowa City
Sister Mary Rita says the Mercy hospital addition will exceed 1.235 million with 92 patient spaces in a 50 room wing. Completion is expected by next summer. A $10,000 Christmas gift was given in memory of George Thompson. In Postville, Sally Ann Ruckdaschel and Lyle Groth wed Christmas day at St Paul's Lutheran Church.
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Iowa City
Mary Rita
Mercy Hospital
Frank Thompson
George
Postville
Sally Ann Ruckdaschel
Ellie Ruckdaschel
Lyle Groth
Fred Groth
St. Paul's’ Lutheran Church
Christmas Eve Accident Fatal in Des Moines Iowa
Raymond E. Dawson, 57, died in Des Moines hospital from injuries after a Christmas Eve car crash near Dallas Center. His wife Mrs Dawson remained in critical condition. The crash occurred when the car skidded on a slippery street and struck a filling station signpost. Iowa reported no highway fatalities on Christmas Day that year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Raymond E. Dawson
Man May Stand Trial For 1914 Shooting
Oscar Fetters, held in Washington county jail, may face murder trial for the 1914 shooting of Hugh Dougal Jr. Fetters, once declared insane and confined at Anamosa reformatory, has been declared sane again after a grand jury indictment.
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Washington, Ia
Oscar Fetters
H. M. Putnam
Robert W. Fillmore
Fetters
Anamosa Reformatory
Putnam
Hugh Dougal, Jr
Washington County
Iowa
County engineers hold second annual conference in Ames
County engineers and state highway officials met in Ames for the second annual conference. The session opened Monday and will continue through Thursday, sponsored by the highway commission and Iowa County Engineers Association with Iowa State College engineering stations and extension services. Topics include drainage cost accounting building codes testing procedures and employment practices.
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AMES
State Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Iowa County Engineers Association
Iowa State College Engineering Experiment Station
Civil Engineering Department
Engineering Extension Service
Council Bluffs Bank Names New President
An Oakland Iowa banker will become president of the First National Bank of Council Bluffs on January 1. Lewis W. Ross, president of the Citizens State Bank at Oakland, will take the post and also remain president of the Oakland bank. Current president George W. Woods resigns due to ill health.
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Council Bluffs
Oakland
First National Bank of
Lewis W. Ross
Citizens State Bank
Don B. Stoufer
Council Bluffs Bank
Ross
Oakland Bank
George W. Woods
Ruchotzke Rites Held for War Casualty in Clarence
Services for Pfc. Walter J. Ruchotzke, 29, killed Sept. 17, 1944 in France, will be at 1 30 p.m. Thursday in Chapman Funeral Home Clarence. London American Legion post to conduct military rites at St. John’s cemetery. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ruchotzke and two sisters.
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Clarence
Walter J. Ruchotzke
France
Chapman
London American Legion Post
St. John’s Cemetery
Carl Ruchotzke
Polio Patient Admitted in Council Bluffs
Maynard Peterson aged 28, identified as southwest Iowa 320th polio patient of 1948, was admitted to Mercy hospital on Tuesday. The prior polio admission at the hospital occurred December 13.
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Council Bluffs
Maynard Peterson
Iowa
Mercy Hospital
Newly elected Eastern Star Officers Named
Newly elected officers include Worthy matron Mrs Edith Lawvelle Worthy patron Herman Christofferson associate matron Mrs Lois James associate patron Albe Behrens conductress Mrs Rita Christofferson associate conductress Mrs Thelma Brice secretary Mrs Helen Cook and treasurer Pauline Staadt.
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Postville
Eastern Star
Edith Lawvelle
Herman Christofferson
Lois James
Albe Behrens
Rita Christofferson
Thelma Brice
Helen Cook
Pauline Staadt
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