Road Block Marks Iowa Highway Commission Talks
Des Moines reports show Governor Hoegh and the Iowa Senate stalled as they resume talks over appointing highway commissioners. The Senate rejected two appointees, while a fourth awaits action. Senators hint at possible Democratic appointments to unlock Republican control in regions, with terms expiring June 30.
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Des Moines
Iowa Highway Commission
Hoegh
Iowa Senate
Elthon
Senate
Russell Lundy
L. L. Caffrey
Cresco
Robert Beck
Centerville
Chris Larsen, Jr
Sioux City
Lundy
Caffrey
Robert Keir
Spencer
John Hattery
Nevada
Largen
Casey
Algona
Iowa
Hattery
Keir
Sanford Ziegler
Fairfield
Beck
Frank Kerrigan
Mel Graham
Audubon
House Debates Tax Bill Changes Amid Split Opinion
Lawmakers discuss possible paths for the bill with some backing a 1 percent increase while others favor reducing it to 0.5 percent or substituting a committee bill to extend the 2 percent tax to about 50 services not previously taxed. The outcome hinges on House passage and committee action.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Clarinda Pupils Get Temporary Classrooms
Temporary classrooms were opened for about 325 Clarinda pupils at churches, the armory, a theater basement and a house after the school board condemned the junior high building. A Nebraska structural engineer labeled the school a house of cards and a structural enigma.
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Clarinda
INS
Clarinda Board of Education
Nebraska
March of Dimes total in Iowa briefs shows $461.81
Iowa briefs report $461.81 raised for the March of Dimes with $132.57 collected in Perry township. other notices include PTA frolic in Center Point and tax totals for Independence county properties.
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TRAER
March of Dimes
Ellsworth Harrison
Perry Township
Center Point
PTA
Independence
Building and Loan Association
Verle Meggers
Manchester
Buck Creek
Delaware County
Ambrose H. Boge
Carol M. Boge
Less Hunt
Wayne Jackson
Earlville
Boge
Hunt
Jackson
Bids Open on Strawberry Point Methodist Church
Bids for three contracts general construction electrical wiring and plumbing and heating will be opened Thursday at 2 p m for a Strawberry Point Methodist church. Architects Thorson Thorson and Madson of Waterloo and Forest City plan a 125000 building with 112 by 36 feet main hall and 110 by 50 cross T.
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Strawberry Point
Thorson, Thorson and Madson
Waterloo
Forest City
Harold Knight
Harold MacKean
L. H. Oldfather
Richard Homewood
P. W. Bieber
Ralph Higgins
M. J. Goodrich
Wayne Carlson
Buchanan Red Cross Drive Chairmen Named
Independence area chairs for the Red Cross membership drive were announced. The county goal rises by 385 to fund a expanded free swimming program for county youngsters. County co chairs are R. E. Bud Thomas and Art Kitner.
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Independence
Red Cross
Buchanan
Lou Lucker
William Klotzbach
Lamont
Bess Durham
Brandon
Edith Schafbach
Winthrop
Art Kitner
Ely Woman Injured In Two Car Accident
One person was injured in a two car crash at the junction of highway 261 and 151 Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Ann Havlicek of Ely was hospitalized with cuts bruises and an injured knee. She rode with her son Edward in a car that collided with a vehicle driven by Father Ivan Boyd of Sabula. Havlicek and her husband and Father Boyd were not injured.
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Anamosa
Ann Havlicek
Ely
Havlicek
Edward
Ivan Boyd
Sabula
Boyd
Buchanan Delaware legislators in Iowa shift roles this year
Delaware and Buchanan counties form the Thirty third state senatorial district with 39 661 residents. Sen Don Risk of Independence leads the senate railroads committee and serves on Aeronautics Appropriations Insurance Labor and Public Health. Rep Floyd Hatch of Edgewood and Rep Robert Carson of Independence hold speaker roles in agriculture horticulture judicial districts private corporations and tax revision committees. All listed are Republicans.
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Des Moines
Buchanan
Delaware
Iowa
Don Risk
Independence
Floyd H. Hatch
Edgewood
Robert B. Carson
Publican
Delaware County
Sen
Risk
Senate
Banks-Building and Loan
Carson
Buchanan County
Judiciary 1
Sale of Savings Bonds Continues Heavy in State
Iowa residents bought 25,229,729 in series E and H savings bonds in the latest month, reaching 15.5 percent of the 1955 quota. Counties listed include Linn 1,238,168 and Poweshiek 257,873 with varying percentages of goal.
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Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Fayette
Towa
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Two Boys Find Stolen Narcotics in Des Moines Ditch
Des Moines youths Michael Valdez and David Bracewell, both ten and eleven, discovered large quantities of stolen narcotics in a ditch near Michael's home. They alerted Justice George Lundberg, who notified the sheriff and state agents. The drugs were returned to the Medical Arts Pharmacy.
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Des Moines
INS
Michael Valdez
David Bracewell
Michael
tJustice
George Lundberg
Polk County Sheriff's Office
Kenneth Dircks Elected President of Theta Delta Chi
Kenneth Dircks, a student at Iowa State College, has been elected president of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Dircks.
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Clarence — Kenneth Dircks
Iowa State College
Theta Delta Chi
Henry Dircks
Independence School Opens in New Jefferson Building
Lincoln junior high students in sixth to eighth grade transfer to the Jefferson school building starting Friday. Principal Victor Draheim said first classes will be held Monday. Volunteers assist with moving equipment and supplies over the weekend.
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Independence
Lincoln Junior High School
Jefferson School
Victor Draheim
Cornell Band Presents Concert With New Work by Moore
The Cornell college symphonic band conducts a 65 member program Sunday at 4 p.m. in King Memorial chapel led by Richard L. Morse. The concert features The Conversion of Soul of Tarsus by Donald I. Moore, commissioned in 1953 and premiered in 1954, plus Handel Gods Go A-Begging Bach Wagner excerpts Schuman George Washington Bridge Prokofieff Love of Three Oranges Gould China March and is free to the public.
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MT. Vernon
Donald I. Moore
Cornell College
King Memorial Chapel
Richard L. Morse
Mr. Moore
Cornell
National Bandmasters Association
Chicago
Morse
Bach
Wagner
George Washington
William Schuman
Robert Penn
Prokofieff
Morton Gould
Most Fatal Iowa Crashes on Dry Straight Highways
Des Moines AP reports state safety data show about 80 percent of Iowa’s fatal crashes in 1954 happened on dry straight roads. The year involved 612 deaths in 521 accidents, with 419 in open country and 223 collisions, reflecting 137,669 drivers in 54,841 reports.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Safety Department
Iowa Airman's Quick Action Rescues Flyers
Capt Edward Schriner and Capt William Sitzman Jr landed their T 33 trainer with only three to four minutes of fuel left after Grandview base activated a new direction finder. Langley based pilots were en route from Victorville to Olathe when their radio compass failed. Grandview airman Roger Maier detected the distress and steered the jet 50 miles north to a safe landing near Olathe Kansas City area.
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Kansas City
Grandview Air Force Base
Edward C. Schriner
William J. Sitzman, Jr
Langley Air Force ‘Base
Victorville
Calif
Olathe
Kan
Naval Air Station
Roger, S. Maier
Hampton
Grandview
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North Central
Northeast
Iowa Briefs
Robert L. Bliss
Iowa Free Roads Association
Buchanan Red Cross ‘Drive
Bupane
Universal
Bupane Gas Company
Bulova
Hamilton
Gruen
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Bapane Gas Company
Cedar Rapids
Rep. Hatch
Independence School
Ford
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