Five Interim Appointments Expired in Iowa
Iowa AG office rules that five interim appointments to state boards expired Thursday including Liquor Commissioner William Housel. Senate action within 30 days of organzing is required for interim posts. governor can renominate for permanent terms. Also noted are other appointees on Board of Control, Natural Resources Council, and Employment Security Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Iowa
William P. Housel
Humboldt
Oscar Strauss
Hoegh
Housel
Duane Dewel
Algona
Senate
George W Callenius
Granville Democrat
Board of Control
Co. L. Frederickson
Sioux City Naton
George B. Hartman
Republican
State Board of Edu- Ames
Paul J. Houser
Natural Resources Council
Gov
Beardsley
Strauss
Callenius
David B. Jenkins
Des Moines Democrat
Employment Security Commission
Legislators Told Of Problem Faced By State Schools
Dwight G. Rider of the Iowa Board of Education warned lawmakers Iowa’s state universities must receive larger funding to admit qualified students. The board seeks 28 million annually for 1955 57 plus over 12 million for capital improvements. He said unmet needs over 10 years could bar eligible youths from college.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dwight G. Rider
Fort Dodge
Iowa Board
House
Senate
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Injunction Suit Filed Against Forest View Trailer Camp
Johnson county district court hears a permanent injunction action by Norval and Martha Matth es against Forest View trailer camp owners George and Alberhasky alleging a nuisance from sewage and waste affecting Matth es land south of the camp along highway 218 near Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Forest View
Johnson County
Norval H. Matthes
George J. Alberhasky
Highway 218
Matthes
Alberhasky
Schlesinger Warns of Creeping Conformity at Grinnell
Harvard historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. warned that creeping conformity threatens American freedoms more than creeping socialism during the first Rosenfield lecture at Grinnell College. He argued that fear of nonconformity pushes society toward stagnation and that protecting against communism does not justify eroding individual liberty.
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Grinnell
Harvard
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr
Rosenfield
Grinnell College
United State
Schlesinger
Delay Patsey Dietz Firing Delay Iowa Commission
DES MOINES UP The Iowa Commerce Commission kept two of six employees fired in an economy move for 60 days longer. Carl Reed said B W Patsey and Frank Dietz will be retained as inspectors on probation after March 1. The commission voted 2-1 to discharge the six effective March 1. They asked Gov Hoegh for a public hearing to erase the dismissal stigma.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Carl Reed
Commission
B. W. Patsey
Maynard
Frank Dietz
Cedar Rapids
Hoegh
Ona Munson Ends Life with Drug Overdose
New York actress Ona Munson aged 48 committed suicide by sleeping pills in her eight room apartment. Police call the death apparent suicide. a note left by Munson stated this was the only way to be free. Her third husband, Eugene Berman, found her in bed with a pill remaining in the bottle.
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New York
Ona Munson
Vaudeville
Hollywood
Broadway
Eugene Berman
Hickenlooper to Speak at Lincoln Neb Dinner
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa will deliver the principal Lincoln day speech at a Republican dinner in Lincoln Nebraska. He travels from Lincoln to Des Moines to address a joint Iowa legislature session before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Des Moines
Gunman Robs Corydon Station Attendant Wounds Clerk
Leroy Miner, 30, a gas station attendant in Corydon, was shot in the shoulder during a Friday night robbery after counting receipts and encountering a gunman who demanded a $20 change. He remained in good condition at Wayne county hospital.
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Corydon
Leroy Miner
Miner
Wayne County
Yeh Clarifies US Defense Pledge on Quemoy Matsus Island
Washington AP reports Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister George Yeh backed away from implying a formal US pledge to defend Quemoy and the Matsus. Senators Morse and Humphrey press for a firm policy declaration as Dulles weighs whether offshore islands are essential to Formosa defense amidst ongoing debates on related positions and treaties.
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Washington
George Yeh
United States
Quemoy
Yeh
Dulles
U.S
Matsus
Chiang Kailshek
Morse
Ind-Ore
Senate
Formosa
Pescadores
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
New Monarch Machine Tool Company Sold
Des Moines AP reports the sale of New Monarch Machine Tool and Stamping Company to new controlling stockholders. Orville L. Dykstra W Harold Brenton and Neil T. Chadderdon acquire from founders F H and C S Anderson effective March 21. Price not disclosed.
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DES Moines
New Monarch Machine and Stamping Company
Midwest
Orville L. Dykstra
W. Harold Brenton
Neil T. Chadderdon
Marshaltown
New Monarch
F. H. and
C. S. Anderson
Des Moines Brothers
SUI Hospital Rates Raised
DES MOINES INS The State Board of Education approved a 10 to 15 percent rate increase for University of Iowa general hospitals in Iowa City and a 25 percent boost in group life insurance coverage for hospital staff effective July 1. Prior increases took effect Feb 1 with board approval. Private patients pay 15 percent more. patients funded by state or county funds incur a 10 percent rise. Premiums for staff remain unchanged.
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Des Moines
INS
State Board of Education
University ‘of Iowa General Hospitals
Iowa City
Premises Definition Left to Local Officials
Iowa Attorney General Dayton Countryman ruled liquor premises definition lies with city councils and county boards in beer permit cases. He said it is illegal to keep liquor and sell beer in the same place and that he will not further define premises. Des Moines clubs including The Des Moines Press and Radio Club surrendered their beer permits.
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DES Moines
Dayton Countryman
Countryman
Des Moines Press and Radio Club
Edgar A. Guest Poet of the People Birthday Verse
The piece honors Edgar A. Guest as The Poet of the People on his birthday. It praises his rise from humble origins to fame and his enduring popularity. Lincoln is invoked as a model of liberty and steadfastness. The imagined message urges steadfast support for liberty and fairness.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Lincoln
McKinley Elects Nase Student Council Leaders
The McKinley student body elected Larry Nase as president and Nathan Baldwin as vice president for this semester. Jo Anne Glessner was chosen secretary and Barbara Downey treasurer. Dick Peyton serves as reporter, with a long list of other council members named.
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McKinley
Larry Nase
Nathan Baldwin
Jo Anne Glessner
Barbara Downey
Dick Peyton
Jerene Cady
Roger Morrison
Evelyn Moen
Loree Biskup
Jo Marie Zacek
Carol Trunecek
Elaine Cosgrove
Sally Hardesty
Woody Capps
Jeanne van Dyke
Barbara Hellwig
Dennis McGlashing
Why must a girl look smart to get work yet dumb to attract men
The piece questions gender double standards in social expectations. It argues that professional success requires competence and appearance, while personal relationships are colored by stereotypes that value charm over intellect. It critiques societal pressures on women.
Prowler Arrest Follows Oelwein Operator Tip
Hazel Guppe on duty as an Oelwein telephone operator received a call from Texaco in Fairbank. Don Ohl and police tracked Glen McCoy 33 of Muscatine after the station call and later a hotel call, leading to his arrest and a fine for breaking and entering.
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Oelwein
Glen McCoy
Muscatine
Independence Justice Court
Hazel Guppe
Texaco
Fairbank
Don Ohl
Ohl
McCoy
Justice of the Peace
Alf Burbridge Dies in Greeley Post Office
GREELEY Alf Burbridge 69 died of a heart attack in the Greeley post office Friday morning. He is survived by two sons Robert of Cedar Rapids and Carl of Greeley and four grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at the Greeley Methodist church with burial in Grant View cemetery.
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Greeley
Alf Burbridge
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Carl
Greeley Methodist Church
Grant View
Reed Named Johnson County Health Doctor
Dr. Paul A. Reed was named Johnson County health officer by the county board of health succeeding the late Dr. Dennis Fitzpatrick. Reed previously served as Iowa City health officer from 1942 to 1947 and has practiced medicine in Iowa City since 1909 after graduating from Iowa University Medical School in 1907.
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Iowa City
Paul A. Reed
Johnson County
County Board of Health
Dennis F. Fitzpatrick
Reed
University of Iowa Medical School
Gazette Want Ad Rates and Miscellaneous Notices
Classified page lists want ad rates and formatting rules, plus various notices and small ads. Entries include lost and found items, personals, services, and local business promotions from a mid twentieth century Gazette. The listing format shows contact phone numbers and brief item descriptions.
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Lichty
Egad
Baxter
Yosne
London
Sandy
Patsey
Dietz
Hick
Lincoln, Neb
Iown Gas Station
Company
Isles
Rowland Evans, Jr
New Monarch Machine Tool Company
Queen Anne OF England
Mathew Brady
W Lincoln
O.R. Fisher Payettevite Ark Ark
SUI
Liberty
By Williams
Jimmy Hatl
al Burbridge
Gazette
WMT
Novak Monument CO
Ave
Dia
Worthington Acres
Mel Nemec
Sanford’s
Frebasco Jewler
Fe Joe
Rosen's Tailor Shop
4Th St. SE
St. SW
Dia Heir
Los Angeles
Ponday
Wakt Ra Reeder Radio
Pt Phoenix
Aris
Mayvu Ballroom
Andy Dolls’ Ridge
prnrDnac
nMivons
Bob Preston
CSBS
Beelroom
Kenny Hofer
Joe's Troubadors
Melody Inn
Sammy
ODP Ffa
Obins
Bkpg
5Th ST
M . Kennedy
Marion
Superior Construction Co
Dick Alexander
Kenneth C
B Ave
Hightower
Maso
Don J. Augustine
Irvin Martinson
Venetian
John Voscingh
beeOe
Eiste
Athiet
Melvin Kasner
Een
Russo
Irving W. Smith
Ed Rathie
Sefendas Disposal Service Agriss
Garbage Remee
E. Gaumon
Bill Leibrand
L. A
F. W. Lyman
San
2Nd St. NE
Jerry Voldingh
Paul J. Nolan
Vic Barto
Bob Waddington
Don
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