Parole Study Unit Uses Tape Recorder in Iowa Prison
Iowa State Sen. X. T. Prentis and Sen. C. Emory Stewart record inmate conversations at Fort Madison to study parole attitudes and conditions. Warden Lainson and inmates participate as the legislature collects data for proposed parole law changes. A 20-year study shows about 310 parolees yearly with 62 violators, roughly 19.7 percent.
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Des Moines
Iowa
X. T. Prentis
Prentis
Parole Board
Anamosa
World Flight Plans by W H Nicholas Visitor to Iowa Legislature
W H Nicholas of Mason City former lieutenant governor and gubernatorial candidate travels from Florida to Iowa. He and Mrs Nicholas plan a world tour by plane, departing in five weeks for a couple of months, after their Florida vacation.
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W. H. Nicholas
Mason City
Iowa
Senate
House
Nicholas
Florida
Iowa legislators flooded by tax protest ballots
The Iowa Petroleum Industries Committee sponsors a no gas tax crusade as legislators face protests. The Iowa Good Roads Association backs a two cent tax hike, reporting 92 percent of survey participants favor highway modernization funding and 74 percent support the two cent increase.
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Iowa
Iowa Petroleum Industries Committee
Iowa Good Roads Association
Iowa Youth 17 Dies From Highway Crash
Ottumwa report states Lowell Giltner Jr 17 of Agency died from injuries after a car crash on Highway 34 three miles east of Ottumwa. Driver Larry Durflinger 17 of Ottumwa escaped serious injury and passenger Elmer McCoy 18 of Bladensburg remained hospitalized.
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Ottumwa
INS
Lowell Giltner, Jr
Agency
Highway 34
Larry Durflinger
Elmer McCoy
Bladensburg
Four Fires Ravage Iowa in Weekend Blazes
Across Iowa over the weekend four fires caused extensive damage. A downtown Des Moines building burned Saturday night displacing residents and injuring none known. New Hampton saw a food locker plant destroyed, housing 200 lockers. Fort Dodge wrecked a warehouse holding 250000 pounds of crude rubber used by the government. Manning lost a produce company building with four residents left homeless.
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Iowa
Des Moines
New Hampton
Fort Dodge
Manning
Produce Company
Bob's Place
R. R. Messersmith
Ted Willadsen
U.S
Hormel Packing Company
Brady Motor Frate Company
Rix Produce Company
SUI Military Ball Slated for Friday
IOWA CITY The 53rd annual University of Iowa Military ball features Ed dy Howard and the Honorary Cadet Colonel presentation in the Main lounge at Iowa Memorial union. Ten campus coeds from six sororities and two dormitories compete for the title based on ROTC cadet corps popular vote. Candidates include Irene Livingston, Vivian Hochstetler, and Mary Schulze.
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Iowa City
Eddy Howard
University of Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
Irene Livingston
Vivian Hochstetler
Kalona
Mary Schulze
Ossian
Kefauver to Speak at Jackson Day Dinner
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee will be the speaker at the Iowa Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines on April 30, announced Iowa Democratic Chairman Jake More. He gained fame as chairman of the senate crime investigation committee.
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Des Moines
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate Crime Investigation Committee
Iowa
Jake More
Notice of Incorporation for Sturtevant Dairy Products Co
The Iowa Secretary of State records a notice of incorporation for Sturtevant Dairy Products Co. Incorporated. Cedar Rapids Linn County Iowa is the principal place of business with an authorized capital stock of 1000 dollars in ten shares of 100 dollars each. The board of directors includes Harry L. Camp Kenneth J. Neagle and Douglas Torton with officers to be elected after the first stockholders meeting. The corporation commences on issuance of the certificate and ends twenty years later. The company may own real and personal property and the private assets are exempt from corporate debts.
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Sturtevant Dairy Products Co., Incorporated
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
Secretary of State
Harry L. Camp
Kenneth J. Neagle
Douglas Torton
Sturtevant Dairy Products CO Incorporated
Douglas T. Orton
Artest
Iowa Briefs Highlight Local Leadership Changes and Events
ANAMOSA Joseph Beave named county chairman of the cancer fund campaign and M M Young named manager of the Niles theater. CORALVILLE Volunteer firemen host annual dinner dance at Rollercade. WEST UNION The Men s Historical and Literary club to hold seventy fifth annual banquet with Everett Scott as toastmaster and talks on George Washington. WEST UNION Youth groups observe Youth Week with program in Fayette. DYSART Melvin Helm and wife ill with trichinosis after eating uncooked smoked sausage. DYSART School concert series features multiple choral and instrumental groups. MARTELLE Marvin Calvert takes industrial engineer role at Thompson Products in Cleveland after earning mechanical engineering degree February 5 from University of Iowa.
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W.H. Antes
L. L. Carr
Anamosa
M. M. Young
Bedford
Niles Theater
West Union
Fayette
Martelle
Marvin Calvert
Frank Calvert
Thompson Products
Cleveland
University of Iowa
Nurse Suffers Eye Loss in Waterloo Collision
Lu Ann Muhlenhaupt a Readlyn student nurse at Allen Memorial hospital was injured in a two vehicle crash on highway 51 near Dike. She lost her right eye and remained under treatment Sunday and Monday. Bonnie Immings 17 a nurse from Waterloo was a passenger in the other car while Mrs Jake Workman 28 of Grundy Center driver of the striking auto said brake failure caused the collision.
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Waterloo
INS
Allen Memorial Hospital
Highway 51
Dike
Lu Ann Muhlenhaupt
Readlyn
Bonnie Immings
Waterloo Hospital
Immings
Jake Workman
Grundy Center
Removal of Courthouse Slated at Independence
Buchanan county officials invite bids by noon on February 21 for the purchase or removal of the brick structure behind the court house. The building is the last of three historic county offices, with two dismantled when the new court house opened in 1939.
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Independence
Buchanan County Board of Supervisors
Isolationism Seen as Political Strategy in Iowa in 1930s
University of Iowa researcher Donald B. Conrad argues Iowa's 1930s isolationism arose mainly from national political strategy rather than German heritage. He notes opposition party use of isolation to differ from administration policy and to pressure Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy, with German‑populated counties showing greater vote shifts but not signaling bloc loyalty.
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Iowa City
Europe
Asia
University of Iowa
Iowa
Donald B. Conrad
New York
Conrad
Party of Opposition
Franklin Roosevelt
Samuel Lubell
Clerical Help For Lawmakers Costs $128 350
Iowa lawmakers face high clerical costs as a University of Iowa survey compares legislatures. The study shows Iowa employed 158 clerks at 7.50 daily, totaling 128 350 for 1953, vs Indiana using a stenographic pool at 13 392. Other states also varied. Representative Vern Lisle advocates central purchasing and clerical pool concepts to cut expenses. First Lady Mrs. Leo Hoegh visited, joking about her husband.
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Vern Lisle
Clarinda
Lisle
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Iowa
Iowa
Indiana
North Carolina
Alabama
Kan
Maryland
THE
Cedar Rapids
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Washington
Leo A. Hoegh
Dysart Installs Dial Phone System With $180,000 Cost
The Farmers Co. and Telephone Company of Dysart activated a new dial system costing $180,000 with REA funding. The Vinton office will handle information and long distance, offering free service with neighboring exchanges. Local rural lines start at $3 monthly, with business and residence rates across one and two party configurations.
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Dysart
Farmers Cocn Telephone Company
REA
Vinton
Keystone
Elberon
Clutter
Traer
Garrison
la Porte City
Frank Merriam To Be Honored At Iowa Picnic
A plaque will honor Frank F. Merriam age 89, former Iowa legislator and California governor, at the Iowa Association of Southern California mid winter picnic February 26 in Lincoln Park Los Angeles. Judge Frank G. Swain will present the plaque. Merriam’s career spans 1896 98 Iowa legislature, 2 terms as Iowa state auditor, 14 years in California legislature, 1931 34 lieutenant governor, and 1934 39 governor. Now a Long Beach resident born near Hopkinton.
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Frank F. Merriam
Iowa
California
Iowa Association of Southern California
Lincoln Park
Los Angeles
Frank G. Swain
Newton
Merriam
Norvin E. Smith
Iowa Legisature
Long Beach
Hopkinton
Charles L Grier Rites Planned in Marshalltown
Charles L. Grier 44 died Saturday night from a heart attack. Services set for Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Marys Church Marshalltown. He was an auditor for McGregor Furniture Stores Iowa for 11 years, previously with Iowa Electric Light and Power Company. Survived by wife Martha Womochil and three children. Body at Estel Perrin Funeral Home Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
Charles L. Grier
St. Mary’s Church
Grier
McGregor Furniture Stores
Iowa
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Martha Womochil
Fairfax
Estel-Perrin Funeral
Phone pricing with taxes outlined in brief notice
The listing shows price points of two phone types with per unit costs. A two percent sales tax and a ten percent federal tax will be added to the cost of each phone. The shown prices are base figures before tax.
New Healing Substance Promises Pain Relief and Shrinkage
New scientific claim introduces Bio-Dyne leading to relief from hemorrhoid pain and shrinking of growths without surgery. Doctors report rapid relief and months of maintained improvement across long standing cases. Preparation H suppositories or ointment with applicator offered nationwide. guaranteed satisfaction.
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New York
N. Y
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