Bill for Legislative Research Unit Is Drafted
Rep. Novak of Fairfax sponsors a bill to establish a non recommending legislative research committee at the University of Iowa Institute of Public Affairs. The plan calls for a 16 member panel, annual $10,000 expense funds, and quarterly meetings open to the public with a fact finding focus for future Iowa legislation.
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Fairfax
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Attorney General’s Office
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Iowa
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Illinois
Kentucky
Iowa
Statehouse
Law
Legislative Halls
Ray
Town League of Women Voters
Legislative Council
Rep
Iowa Boy Injured Three Years Ago Still Unconscious
Special to The Gazette Decorah three years and two months after a 1951 accident left Jimmy Dinger unconscious at age 13 he remains unaware of his current age and time. He has lived in four hospitals and is fed by a tube while his parents stay at his bedside hoping for recovery.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Jimmy Dinger
Clifford Dinger
Decorah Hospital
Jimmy
Burr Oak
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Cresco
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Iowa Briefs Loose snippets from town to town
Chelsea James Ludvichek is a patient at an Iowa City hospital. Cedar County Sheriff Charles R. Willey probes two Durant Christmas night burglaries at the John Deere Implement Company and Schneck Lumber Company with a $2 theft from the safe. Decorah reports Judy Scholl, 6, escaped serious injury after a fall from a car door at about 25 mph, suffering cuts and bruises. Aurora notes Cecil Slater a patient at People's hospital in Independence. What Cheer reports Paul J. Synhorst elected worshipful master of the Masonic lodge with officers Max F. Miller M. N. Brown R. D. Kim Dan Lawrence Ford McFarlan and Patricia Simpson. Maynard lists Ronny Seegers elected president of the Teen-Age Drivers Club with a full slate of officers.
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Chelsea
James Ludvichek
Iowa City
Tipton
Durant
Cedar County
Charles R. Willey
John Deere Implement Company
Schneckloth Lumber Company
Decorah
Judy Scholl
Henry Scholl
Aurora
Cecil Slater
People’s Hospital, Independence
Paul J. Synhorst
Masonic Lodge
Max F. Miller
M. N. Brown
R. D. Kim
Dan Lawrence
Ford McFarlan
Maynard — Ronny Seegers
Drivers’ Club
Duane Schwarz
Judy Buenneke
Four Johnson County Men Leave for Army Induction
Four Johnson County men originally set for December 13 induction left by bus for Des Moines due to holiday postponement. They are Robert M. Ewart Coralville Richard E Whitaker Donald A Peters and Eugene F Milder all of Iowa City Milder volunteered Two other Iowa City registrants were inducted from boards they were transferred to Donald R Jackson moved to Nebraska and Roger A Rea moved to New York
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Gazette
Iowa City
Armed Forces
Des Moines
Robert M. Ewart
Coralville
Richard
E. Whitaker
Donald A. Peters
Eugene F. Milder
Milder
Iowa
Nebraska
Roger A. Rea
New York
Dog Helps Polio Victim Walk Again With Labrador Suzie
In Council Bluffs a three year old polio survivor named Gene began walking after his family’s Labrador Suzie steadied and carried him along. Gene, stricken at seven months, spent weeks in hospital before finding progress in November 1953 during a funeral event. He now walks with a limp, aided by Suzie. William C. Gray, 82, retired Woodbury county court reporter, died Monday in Sioux City after 53 years of service.
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Associated Press
Suzie
Gene Walker
Council Bluffs
Gene
D. I. Walker
Walker
William Gray
William C. Gray
Woodbury County Court
Sioux City
Iowa Poised for 1955 Industrial Expansion Says Commission
Iowa Development Commission reports 1955 should mirror wartime expansion with manufacturing investment and commercial construction rising. West of the Mississippi to gain over half of new plants cites General Electric American Motors National Biscuit York Air Conditioning and Square D plans. Cedar Rapids to receive a large share of capital expenditure as regional jobs grow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
John M. Hamilton
The
Commission
Mississippi
General Electric
American Motors
National Biscuit
York
Square D
Detroit
Hamby
Cedar Rapids
Retired Iowa Minister Killed in Auto Crash
A 69-year-old former Fort Dodge minister Rev. Arend R. Smith was killed in a two car collision on a Winnebago county road about six miles southeast of Buffalo Center. He was returning to Fort Dodge after visiting his sister in Thompson. His car collided with Howard V. Hopkins of Buffalo Center, was hurled over a bridge into a frozen drainage ditch 15 feet below. Hopkins escaped injury.
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Buffalo Center
INS
Fort Dodge
Arend R. Smith
Winnebago
Mr. Smith
Harm Hartman
Thompson
Howard V. Hopkins
Hopkins
Firemen quell five hour blaze at Johnny's Tap
Dubuque firefighters battled a stubborn tavern fire at Johnny's Tap for five hours. The blaze gutted the tavern interior and damaged second floor apartments above it. No injuries were reported.
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Little Tavern
Noone
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