Nutter to hang for slaying Independence officer
District Judge Charlton imposed the death penalty on Warren Jack Nutter 18 of Freeport for the January 5 murder of Harold Pearce a 52 year old Independence police officer. Nutter pled guilty to first degree murder and faces execution on February 18 1957 after a required delay.
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Warren
Jack” Nutter
Freeport
Ill
Nutter
Independence
Charlton
Harold Pearce
Illinois
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Iowa
Iowa governor reviews Minnesota request on Nutter death sentence
Gov. Leo A. Hough received a telegram from Ramsey County juvenile court clerk P. J. McCourt calling the Iowa death sentence of Warren John Nutter very cruel. McCourt sought full circumstances and said justice should prevail. Hough would refer the request to Diston who sentenced the youth.
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Des Moines
Leo A. Hough
Minnesota
Iowa
Warren John Nutter
P. J. McCourt
St. Paul
Ramsey County
McCourt
Shannon B. Charlton
Maynard Rejects Town Hall Debt In Record Vote
Maynard voters rejected a plan to assume $20 750 of town hall indebtedness in the largest turnout ever. The 132 91 tally would have funded bonds by a five mill property levy. The community hall, built in 1952, was funded by donations auctions and sales.
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Maynard Community Hall Committee
Fire Destroys Coggon Farmhouse
A Coggon farm family of four was left homeless after their Woodrow Winch farm house burned to the ground. Firemen arrived around midnight Tuesday and could not save the dwelling. The Winch family of four lost everything except the clothes on their backs and are staying with neighbors. The farm is owned by Tom McDonald of Cedar Rapids and located two miles west of Coggon.
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Coggon
Woodrow Winch
Winch
Tom McDonald
Cedar Rapids
Calmar Scouts Receive Ad Altare Dei Award
Three Calmar Boy Scouts Joe Shanahan Vincent Horton and Richard Lechtenberg received the Ad Altare Dei church award Sunday at Chapel of Christ the King in Dubuque. The Bengforts sold their Calmar home to Clarence Thompson and plan to move to Mason City. A son was born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Paul Harvey in West Union hospital. Police investigate a weekend break in at the Tipton Community school building with nothing reported stolen.
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Joe Shanahan
Vincent Horton
Richard Lechtenberg
Chapel of Christ the King
Dubuque
Marc Bengfort
Clarence Thompson
Benforts
Mason City
Maynard
Paul Harvey
West Union Hospital
Tipton
Fourteen Livestock Die In Early Morning Farm Fire
A hoghouse on the Glenn Schulte farm three miles south of town burned at about 3 15 a m Wednesday. Four ewes and 29 pigs perished in the blaze as Norway firefighters battled to halt the flames from spreading to nearby structures.
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Norway
Glenn Schulte
Here
Federal Tax Collections Lag Behind Last Year
Iowa tax collections for the year total 115.7 million dollars, behind the 127.4 million recorded at the same point last year. Director Frank M. Halpin notes the figure includes income excise social security and other federal taxes.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Frank M. Halpin
Internal Revenue
U.S
Cedar County Grand Jury Inspects Courthouse and Jail
The Cedar county grand jury met this week for its annual inspection of the courthouse, jail and county home. It urged wiring checks, attic clearance, roof repairs, and redecorating of the courthouse, plus a fireproof records vault and privacy partitions in the sheriff’s office. The jail was deemed adequate, though a new jail has long been urged. At the county home, redecorating, elevator updates, better furniture, more outlets, and water system repairs were recommended. Criticism targeted the board for not hiring a competent county engineer, and safety measures like red flags on road maintainers were urged. no indictments were issued.
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Cedar County
Sheriff's Office
Grand Jury
Ned Murrow
Theelevator
Novak seeks re election to Iowa House from Linn County
Rep Emil L Novak a livestock farmer southeast of Fairfax announced his bid for a third term on the Republican ticket. He backs reapportionment and tax relief, serves on the Council of State Governments, and has led Linn County Farm Bureau. He is married with two sons.
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Upper Iowa Extension Offers Educational Measurements Course
Fayette area announcement states the University extension service will run an educational measurements course for Independence high schools starting February 20. The program targets teachers and students, aiming to improve measurement skills across classes.
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Upper Iowa University Extension Service
Independence
Retarded Children Assn to Meet at Tama School
TRAER The Tama County Association for Retarded Children will hold its first meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m The meeting will be held in the Central school at Tama The group was recently organized
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TRAER
Tama County Association For Retarded Children
Tama
Cornell Receives Complete Printing Outfit Memorial Gift
Cornell college Mt. Vernon acquires a full printing shop from Hillside Press moved to South Hall. Grace Rogers and family donate press, cases, type, furniture, cutter, and stone tables in memory of Art Rogers who aided the college. Professor Clyde Tull contributes extra cases and student printed materials. The equipment will aid the journalism department and English club publications.
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Art Rogers
Mt. Vernon
Faye
Louise
Don Irwin
Ralph Sauders
Clyde Tull
Iowa City Man Gets Year For Fifth Bogus Check
Leonard B. Prizler of Iowa City was sentenced to one year in the Iowa penitentiary at Fort Madison after being found guilty of a fifth bogus check offense. The Johnson County district court ruling cites a $5 check drawn on an Iowa City bank and notes four prior similar convictions.
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Iowa City
Leonard B. Prizler
Iowa Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Johnson County
Prizler
Charles Needham 88 Former Iowa Publisher Dies
Grinnell Iowa tale memorial service planned for Charles owlton Needham 88 retired newspaper publisher and prominent Republican died at a Grinnell hospital after a stroke. He founded the Richland Bee at 18 and had interests in Sigourney Washington Montezuma and Grinnell papers. He served on the Iowa Republican central committee 1920 to 1924 and was a GOP delegate in 1924. Survivors include brothers Sherman W. Needham and William Needham sisters Emma J. Minteer Anna Belle Ax mear.
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INS
Charlesowlton Needham
Iowa
Grinnell Hospital
Needham
Calian
Oskaloosa
Richland
Iowa Republican Central Committee
Keokuk
Washington
Poweshiek
Poweshiek County
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Centerville
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J. M. Beck
Charles A. Dewey
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Correctionville News
Iowa cement output to rise 35 percent by 1957
Des Moines reports under current expansion plans from five Iowa cement companies the state will boost annual cement production by 35 percent to about 14 million barrels by 1957. Iowa produced 10,285,000 barrels in 1955, per the Iowa Development Commission.
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Iowa Cement Companies
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
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