Interstate highways to link 42 capitals and 232 cities
Russ Wiley reports on the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 creating a 41,000 mile interstate system by 1970. The plan, funded 90 percent by federal government, aims to cut costs and save lives, with Iowa routes including Highways 6 69 and 275-75. The project promises economic growth and safer travel.
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America
Main Street
U.S.A
Eisenhower
Automotive Safety Foundation
Panama Canal
Iowa
Davenport
Iowa City
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Lamont-Des Moines-Ames
Minnesota
Missouri Line
Sioux City
Red Cross Enrollment Names 29 Linn County Captains
Linn county Red Cross begins membership enrollment on March 1 as five majors and 29 captains lead phases. General Chairman John Shea cites record demand after recent disasters and thanks volunteers for ready responses. Captains include Leonard J. Hardy industrial major and Edward N. Anderson heavy industry, among others across foods, dairies, hotels, construction, transportation, and wholesale sectors.
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Linn County
Red Cross
John Shea
Leonard J. Hardy
Edward N. Anderson
Ted Vernimont
George Smith
Lyle Frutig
Walter Rech
Robert Harman
R. Vick
Arthur L. Hauskins
Dairies
Kenneth Kowalski
Willis Ford
Ivan H. Humble
Jim Cooney
Henry Teahen
Edward C. Doty
Louis Smith
Florian D. Meulbroek
Henry E. Haegg, Jr
Ed Poyneer
Harold Wilson
R. C. Lehmkuhl
Melvin Galbraith
Pete
Man pays fine with dirty undershirt and pennies
In Montclair New Jersey a traffic violations bureau believes David P. Cummings unhappy with his fine sent payment in a soiled undershirt that held the signed summons a pile of pennies and a note reading 800 count em 800 The odd payment drew attention as authorities noted the strange method of settlement and its lax appearance rather than the amount.
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Montclair, N. J
David P. Cummings
Two Men Electrocuted Fish by Wrong Line in Sabine River
CARTHAGE Texas AP two men telephoning for fish in the Sabine river got on the wrong party line. Using an old time telephone generator with wire terminals dropped into the water they electrocuted fish. The men were fined 117.50 dollars.
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Carthage
Texas
Sabine River
Joe Riggs
Barber shop mystery departs with mounted deer heads
In Muskegon Michigan Charles Finkler and two assistants vanished after leaving three barber chairs occupied by mounted deer heads wrapped in barber sheets to tell customers where they had gone. Authorities later sought clues about their hunting trip and whereabouts.
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Muskegon, Mich
Charles Finkler
Chevy Wins Worlds First Auto Decathlon
Chevrolet topped the field in the Auto Decathlon test on an obstacle course simulating real driving. NATA observers counted the time and placed Chevrolet first by a large margin among low-priced and higher priced rivals, all with V8 engines and automatic drives.
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Chevy
NATA
Chevrolet
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