Johnson Shapes Loveless Administration Says Iowa Expert
Robert H. Johnson, 42 year old economics professor, serves as executive assistant to Gov. Loveless and helped draft inaugural and budget speeches. He defends his influence, cites pro education and tax positions, and notes he acts as adviser while denying sole control.
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Robert H. Johnson
Herschel C. Loveless
Johnson
Iowa
Loveless
William S. Beardsley
Maryville, Tenn
West Virginia University
Arkansas University
Cheyenne Presents Dead Line TV Time
Cheyenne broadcasts Dead Line Tuesday at 6 30 p m on Channel 9.
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Cheyenne
Channel 9
Sunday Closing Proposal From Polk County Tavern Group
About 65 members of the Polk County Tavern Owners Association met in Des Moines Sunday to push a resolution. They urge grocery and drugstores with class C beer permits to close on Sundays and seek higher permit fees and stricter selling rules.
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Des Moines
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Polk County Tavern Owners Association
Polk County
Iowa
Truckload of Eggs Scrambled at Calmar
A truck carrying 598 cases of eggs overturned on highway 52 near Calmar on Saturday night. The Indianpolis based carrier was en route from Marshall Minnesota to New York. The driver escaped injury and blamed a rear wheel malfunction.
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Indianapolis Trucking Company
Marshall, Minn
New York
Motorist Injured in Crash Near Sigourney
Sigourney reporter says Herman Schwenke 23 listed in fair condition at Keokuk County hospital after car left highway 149 six miles south of Sigourney Saturday night. He suffered a punctured lung and multiple fractures, alone in the vehicle.
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Herman Schwenke
Keokuk County
Schwenke
Ray Schwenke
Hedrick
Explorer Rudolph Anderson plans Arctic library donation
Native Iowan and famed Canadian Arctic explorer Dr Rudolph Martin Anderson 81 announces donating his more than 50 year library to Canada’s Museum of Natural History. The retired explorer, married to Mae Belle Ahlstrand, spent decades dog sledding in the Arctic and later edited scientific reports for the Canadian Arctic Expeditions.
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Museum of Natural History
Rudolph Martin Anderson
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Arctic
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Mae Belle Ahlstrand
University of Iowa
Forest City
Iowa
County Attorneys Asked To Clean Up Their Old Files
Iowa Attorney General Norman Erbe urged county attorneys to review court files for old pending cases and report by March 1. He cited an 18 year old appeal from a justice court involving Sam Peters of Tama charged with having too many catfish. He noted other cases in Crawford County were dismissed due to time lapses.
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Norman Erbe
Justice of the Peace Court
Sam Peters
Tama
Peters
Justice Court
Tama County
Walter Willett
Willett
Erbe
Crawford County
Farm Income Revised Up To 11.8 Billion
The Agriculture Department lowered the 1956 farm income estimate to 11.8 billion dollars. Realized net farm income rose 4 percent from 1955 while price supports cost taxpayers more last year than in the 1933–1952 period.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Fire damages Jones and Company garage in Waterloo
A Saturday night blaze at the Jones and Company garage in Waterloo caused unofficial damage estimated at 25 000 dollars. Officials say defective wiring on a bar inside the garage likely sparked the fire. Lions clubs in Dubuque and East Dubuque collect used eyeglasses Monday for transport to Bombay where an eyeglass bank aids needy Indians.
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India
Timely Guide to Garden Planning
March Better Homes and Gardens offers colorful garden ideas and tips to plan now for an improved garden this year. The issue shows how to map layouts, select plants, and optimize spaces, with advice for readers ready to refresh beds, containers, and borders.
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Better Homes & Gardens
Cornell Music Festival Set Fifty Ninth Annual Plans
Cornell College in Mount Vernon announces the fifty ninth annual May Music Festival hosted May 2 to 4 under Dr. Paul Beck. Adele Addison opens on May 2 with soprano solos, May 3 features pianist George Bolet, and May 4 returns the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor George Schick. The afternoon program includes Dello Joio Song of Affirmation with Addison as soloist and Harrold Shiffler as narrator.
Festival closes with orchestra concert on May 4
The festival will end with a final concert by the orchestra on Saturday evening May 4 following the year’s first performance at the festival.
Fire destroys house on Bohnstengel Farm near Traer
Eldon Bohnstengel farmhouse four miles west of Traer on highway 63 burned Saturday night with all contents lost except a back porch dryer saved. Mr and Mrs Bohnstengel and three children were in Hud son when discovered about 8 pm by a passing motorist. Traer and Gladbrook firefighters saved other buildings. family housed with Roy Bohnstengel nearby.
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Eldon Bohnstengel
Bohnstengel
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Gladbrook
Bohnstengels
Roy Bohnstengels
See and Hear Music on VOICE OF FIRE IS TONE
The VOICE OF FIRE IS TONE airs music at its finest Monday at 7 30 PM on iChannel 9 inviting viewers to listen and enjoy a featured concert ambiance.
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Voice OF Fireistone
iChannel
Nursing Home Association Names Des Moines Lobbyist
E M Meneough of Des Moines registered as a lobbyist for the Iowa Nursing Home Association to guard against impossible standards as lawmakers form a committee to survey nursing home rules. The panel aims to improve elder care and prevent future tragedies after a recent Council Bluffs fire.
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Des Moines
INS
E. M. Meneough
Iowa Nursing Home Association
Council Bluffs
Ostrich Gift Rejected By South High Student
In Salt Lake City rival youths took a stuffed ostrich from South High School basement and left it on the front lawn of Fred Wuthrich for his 15 year old daughter. She refused it saying she never received such a gift before and hopes never to again.
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South High School
Fred Wuthrich
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