Iowa Leaders Wish Peace Prosperity For 1953
The Associated Press reports New Year wishes from Iowa figures. University of Iowa President Virgil M. Hancher hopes for quiet domestic effort and avoided war abroad. Gov. Beardsley seeks a peaceful world and tranquil progress. Archbishop Rohlman calls for true peace and reliance on God. Business leaders Brenton and Sheaffer expect stronger prosperity and a revived free enterprise system. Other leaders urge citizen participation, support for independent colleges, unity among Protestant churches, and optimism for Hawkeyes football and statewide traffic safety efforts.
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University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
William S. Beardsley
Henry P. Rohlman
Dubuque
Helen G. Irwin
Des Moines
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
America
Miss Irwin
W. Harold Brenton
American Bankers Association
Craig Sheaffer
Fort Madison
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company
Brenton
Sheaffer
Hiram C. Houghton
Red Oak
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Houghton
Russell D. Cole
Cornell College
Iowa College Foundation
Iowa
Henry C. Schneider
Iowa Council of Churches
Forest Evashevski
Iowa Athletic Department
Hawkeyes
Danforth Gift Funds Iowa University Student Chapel
William H Danforth of St. Louis will present a Danforth chapel to the University of Iowa on January 11 with formal acceptance by Richard H Plock of Burlington. The chapel, funded by two $5,000 Danforth gifts and additional donations, will be private worship space with 75 seats and no public funds.
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Iowa City
William H. Danforth
St. Louis
Danforth
University of Iowa
Richard H. Plock
Burlington
State Board of Education
Danforth Foundation
M. Willard Lampe
Iowa School of Religion
Wildman Construction Company
Lampe
Morse
Lowan's Leg Sheared Off in Traffic Mishap
SPENCER I AP Ellerd Stennerson 40 of Sioux Rapids had his leg sheared off in a foggy road collision while returning to his car after stopping to check a parked vehicle. Dan Wenck drove another car unable to stop in time and pinned Stennerson between bumpers.
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Spencer (Ap
Ellerd Stennerson
Sioux Rapids
Spencer Hospital
Stennerson
Dan Wenck
Wenck
West Union appoints Han as March of Dimes chair
Howard Han son, a West Union post office employee and survivor of a police incident three years ago, has been named campaign chairman for the March of Dimes drive.
School for Practical Nursing Opens Jan 5 Iowa City
The University of Iowa college of nursing begins its new practical nursing program January 5 with 12 months of classroom and supervised clinical work. Upon completion, students may take the Iowa board of nurse examiners licensure exam. Miss Rasmussen reports spots remain in the initial class.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Etta H. Rasmussen
Iowa Board of Nurse Examiners
Miss Rasmussen
Three Killed In Accidents On Highways
The 1952 motor vehicle death toll ended with three fatalities reported Tuesday night on highways near Hinton and Dallas Center. Morris Winchell, 29, of Ashton died when his 1953 auto struck a bridge and exited into a ditch on Highway 75 north of Hinton. Elbron T. Martin, 40, of Omaha died when his truck was struck by a train at a county road grade crossing west of Underwood. R. E. Jack Summer, 57, a rural Dallas Center mail carrier, was killed in a two vehicle collision about three miles north of Dallas Center.
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Associated Press
Morris Winchell
Ashton
Hinton
Elbron T. Martin
Omaha
Underwood
R. E
Jack Summer
Dallas Center
Tama Indian Sentenced to Ten Years for Theft
Tama Indian Theodore Mitchell, 23, was sentenced to up to 10 years in the state reformatory by Judge M. C. Farber in Tama county district court after being found guilty of larceny. He and others allegedly stole 10 mink from the Frank Turner farm near Tama. nine pelts were recovered by Sheriff Russell Kern.
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Toledo
Theodore Mitchell
Tama
Anamosa
M. C. Farber
Marshalltown
Tama County
Mitchell
Frank Turner
Turner
Harold L. Croskrey
Crusade for Freedom Gains Iowan Support
About five hundred Iowans have contributed to the Crusade for Freedom to date. Dr Charles E Finley, crusade chairman in Iowa, says the nationwide drive funds radio free Europe and radio free Asia to spread truth behind the Iron Curtain.
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Ames
Four Boys Take Another Model T Trip to Allan King Farm
Four Mason City freshmen from a local junior college toured in a 1923 Model T Ford. They traveled about 130 miles to the Allan King farm near Vinton and camped overnight. Owner Larry Boyer reported good fuel economy and the car in top shape despite previous long trips. The group slept in sleeping bags on the King property and returned to Mason City Wednesday.
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Gazette
Tom Doughty
Vinton
Mason M
Allan King
Larry Boyer
Ralph Decker
The
Mason City Junior College
Mrs. King
Minneapolis
California
King Farm
Mason City
Benton County Men Called for Induction
Fifteen Benton county men will report Jan. 5 at Des Moines for induction into the armed services. Names include Dale K. Junge Keystone Donald E. Risdal Don ald H. Haerther Atkins Richard J. Darland Mt. Auburn Melvin L. Hupfield James W. Palmer Dysart Melvin L. Koehzi Van Horne Vernon E. Thoman Norway Richard O. Schirm Paul J. Holliday Garrison James A. Roster Charles Campbell Robert D. Lutz Jack Vinton. Jack W. Roster of Vinton, faw enlistee, will leave with the group.
Iowa Dairymen Campaign Against Yellow Margarine
The Iowa State Dairy Association and 30 dairymen planned a campaign to block legalization of colored margarine in Iowa. W. J. Campbell said the move is not in Iowa’s best interests and would mislead consumers about butter. Ed S. Estes stated funds will be allocated to finance the opposition as the issue heads to the 1953 legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Dairy Association
Iowa
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Ed S. Estes
Waterloo
The
Dairy Association
Power Line Hearings Set for January in Des Moines
The Iowa State Commerce Commission announced hearings for January 13 in Des Moines on transmission line permits sought by seven power firms and cooperatives. Applicants include Northwestern Light and Power of Cedar Rapids for Clay county, T I P Rural Electric Cooperative of Brooklyn for multiple counties, Iowa Electric Light and Power of Cedar Rapids for Tama county, Dairyland Power Cooperative of LaCrosse for Fayette county, Iowa Public Service of Sioux City for Audubon and Kossuth counties, S E Iowa Cooperative Electric Association of Mt. Pleasant for Henry county, and Farmers Electric Company of Hudson for Black Hawk county.
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Des Moines
INL
State Commerce Commission
Iowa
Northwestern Light and Power Company of
Cedar Rapids
Clay County
T.I.P Rural Electric Cooperative of
Brooklyn
Poweshiek
Keokuk
Benton
Tama
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company of
Tama County
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KRNT
Johns County
Iowa U
Lowan
School For Practical Nursing
Tama Indian
Crusade For Freedom
University Hospitals
Pamela Wiley
Fairfield
David Winter
New Hampton
Benton County
Ilowa Dairymen
Oleo
Marion
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