Cole Blasts Federal Aid To Colleges
DES MOINES AP President Russell D Cole of Cornell College argues federal subsidies to higher education would drive private colleges out of business and boost federal control. He calls independent colleges essential to safeguard quality and warns state domination would threaten freedom and education. He urges local state and private leadership to fund higher education.
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DES Moines
Russell D. Cole
Cornell College
Commission On Higher Education
America
Talle Warns of Depletion of U S Natural Resources
Rep Talle of Louisiana told a House Agriculture subcommittee that continued loss of the nation’s natural resources risks economic disaster. He cited timber and urged a new forest restoration and development program with extra funds for forest fire control after a suggestion by D C Kern.
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Washington
Talle
R-la
House Agriculture Subcommittee
Taille
D C Kern
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth
An ad urges readers to fix slipping false teeth with FASTEETH and alka line non acid powder to sprinkle on denture plates. It claims teeth stay more firmly set, giving security and comfort without gummy taste. available at drug stores.
Center Point Family of 10 Hosed by House Fire
Center Point Mrs. Glenn Heathman and eight children lost all belongings when fire destroyed their two story frame home. Temporary shelter arranged and a clothing drive launched. Loss unofficially about 3000 dollars with house insured. Cause under investigation.
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Gazette
Glenn Heathman
Heathman
Iowa and Area Briefs Roundup of Local Events
Iowa notices span marriages in Winthrop and near Bennett to Tama county probate inventories and local Red Cross drives. Notables include Ellen Larson and Louis Brutsman wedding in Dubuque area church, Nelsons near West Branch, a Vinton drug-store sale, and fish fry plans in North Linn.
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Delaware
Ellen Larson
Louis Brutsman
Immanual Lutheran Church
Winthrop
Gus Larson
Toledo
Tama County
Hilda Heitman
Dysart
William Dolash
Chelsea
Polly Kremenak
Lowden
Mabel Schmidt
Otto Schmidt
Near Bennett
Elmer Horman
August Horman
London
Zion Evangelical and Reformed
West Branch
Manchester
Red Cross
Munity Congregational Church
Earl Amos
Des Moines
West Union
Harold Sullivan
Randalia
George D. Smith
Sullivan
Thomas Berkley
Anamosa
Wilson R. Kouba
Vinton
Edison Drug
Horace Edison
Central City
North Linn Fish and Game Club
Legion Hall
Red _ Cross
Jones County
Bernice McGee
Lawrence Hayek
Second Congregational Church
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edgar Coleman
Tama
Hayek
James Hayek
Iowa Izaak Walton League Bill Seeks Federal Forest Funds
Chairman of the forestry committee, Talle, attached a bill provision to allocate ten thousand dollars to every state in addition to matching state funds, aiming to boost forestry programs through government support.
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Iowa
Izaak Walton League
Talle
Youth visitor ends life after AWOL inquiry in Iowa home
Walter Lee Clark twenty stationed at an army base in California shot himself Thursday night at his uncle and aunt’s home in Fort Dodge after an officer questioned him about being AWOL. He died at Lutheran hospital at 8 45 p m The rifle was a .22 caliber weapon.
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Fort Dodge
Walter Lee Clark
California
Lutheran
Clark
Jesse L. Cornell
Army
Lutheran Hospital
Waterloo Man Killed In Car Truck Collision
Irvin William Richtsmeier a 50 year old Waterloo man died Thursday night when his car skidded on an icy hill and was hit by a semi truck two miles north of Nashua on highway 281. James Laverne Ryan 40 of Iowa City drove the truck and was uninjured. Richtsmeier was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
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Charles City
Waterloo
Nashua
Irvin William Richtsmeier
James Laverne Ryan
Iowa City
Ryan
Richtsmeier
Hearing on Cedar Rapids concrete pavement project plan
A public hearing is scheduled for March 14 1949 at 10 am in City Hall Cedar Rapids Iowa on proposed plans specifications and contract terms for concrete pavement along an alley between B and Avenue Northwest from Highland Drive to 18th Street. Objections may be filed in writing and oral comments heard. Maude Money Clerk published February 26 1949 in The Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Highland Drive
18Th Street
Maude
iWaukon Voters Deny Franchise To Power Firm
WAUKON Iowa special election rejects Interstate Power Company request for a 15 year franchise by 924 to 836 vote margin. The firm has served the city without a franchise while a decade term could be cancelled by city council. Litigation over municipal power plant plans has preceded the vote.
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iWaukon
Waukon
Interstate Power Company
Waukon Hospital Fund
City and Power Company
Kaiser the carrier pigeon turns 32 in New Jersey
Kaiser, a German carrier pigeon captured by American forces in the Meuse Argonne offensive in 1918, celebrated his 32nd birthday at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. World War I record holder reputedly the world’s oldest carrier pigeon.
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Fort Monmouth
N.J
Kaiser
Plans and hearing on concrete curb project March 14 1949
City hearing at Council Chambers to consider plans specifications and proposed improvement with estimated cost 5787 03 dollars. Sections include Staub Court Northeast from Mound Farm Drive to Auditory Plat 248 and 35th Street Northeast from F Avenue to G Avenue. Maude M Krebs Clerk. Published in Cedar Rapids Gazette February 25 26.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Staub Court
Mound Farm Drive
35Th Street
F Avenue
G Avenue
Maude M Krebs
Cedar Rapids to hear contract for asphaltic concrete resurfacing
A public hearing is set in Cedar Rapids Iowa on March 14 at 9 00 AM to consider a contract for asphaltic concrete resurfacing on Southeast Street from 3rd to 4th Avenues and 3rd Street Southeast from 3rd to 4th Avenues with estimated cost 8910. Written objections may be filed and oral statements heard. Maude M Krebs City Clerk notes dates February 24 1949.
West Branch Times Sold to Walter Navin Jr
The West Branch Times weekly paper has been sold to Walter Navin Jr of Clinton who will take possession March 1. Navin, a Cornell graduate and World War II veteran, has served as farm editor of the Clinton Herald and was an ex news editor of the Waverly Democrat and Bremer County Independent.
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Gazette
West Branch
West Branch Times
Frank E. Corbin
Elizabeth Corbin
Des Moines
Walter Navin, Jr
Clinton
Navin
Cornell College
Clinton Herald
Waverly Democrat
Bremer County
Frank KE. Corbin, Jr
Walter Farrell, Jr
Times
Charles Stratton
Frank Corbin
Iowa City
Bill Would Protect News Photographers
In Des Moines a Iowa senate bill would make it a punishable offense to strike or injure a news photographer or his equipment. Introduced by Sen. G E Whitehead the Perry publisher the measure carries a possible $500 fine or other penalties.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
G. E. Whitehead
Perry
Assault clause targets photographers in public spaces
The proposed bill sets a maximum jail term for those who strike or injure a news photographer or his property while on the job in public places or gatherings. It defines the act as assault with intent to do great bodily injury, signaling strict penalties for such offenses.
Bale of Hay Blamed for Marshalltown Wreck
A bale of hay blown from a circus crossing on highway 30 west of Marshalltown caused a wreck that damaged an auto transport and two cars. Edward Flame of Des Moines was seriously injured. his wife hurt. Hay truck driver Marvin Bolvant and others escaped serious injuries.
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Marshalltown
Higheway
Edward Flame
Des Moines
Highway 30
Here
Flame
Marvin Bolvant
Eldora
Clarence Mangert
Detroit
Verle Sparrow
Zearing
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Mee
U. S
Center Point
Iowa Briefs
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West Randolph Street
Chicago
A. B. Evenson
Blanche Starry Fairfax
St. Patrick's Auditorium
Margaret Moynihah
Bernice Schulte
Robert Stallman
Robert Spellerberg
Mildred Selzer
Daniel Leary
Margaret Stallman
Matthew Spellerberg
Patricia Leary
Melvin Barta
Associated Press
Marengo
Bear Creek
Lowa
Dial
Mary Miles
Newman
Varsity
Pussycat Sons
Dewan
Galway Bay
Little Bird
China
Texas
Gloria
Ras
Record Department
Hyak
Reg
Cedarlos
3Rd Avenue
4Th Avenue
3Rd Street
Maude M. Krebs
First Street
Peoples
Josue
Third Avenue Bridge
LAL Deposit Insurance Corporation
Yagers
Yager
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