Good Roads Backed by Iowa City Plea Over Road Funding
Iowa Good Roads Assn backs the 55 30 15 funding split from studies by Automotive Safety Foundation and Public Administration Service. Baldridge urged permanent 2 cent gas tax, rural housing plans, urban engineers, and continued interim road study to close a $20 million annual funding gap for Iowa’s 112000 mile system.
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Iowa Good Roads Assa
Automotive Safety Foundation
Public Administration Service
Legislative
Iowa Good Roads Assn
PAS
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Baldridge
Association
Legislative Interim Study Committee
Iowa
The
Highway Commission
County Boards of Supervisors
General Assembly
Ourgo
Three East Rowans Hurt in Waukon Crash
Sprcial to The Gazette Waukon Iowa Three young men injured Sunday afternoon in an auto accident 12 miles north of Waukon on highway 9. Dean Drew 18 Cedar Rapids driver of the car Charles Byrnes 23 and Patrick Ryan 20 both of Waukon suffered head injuries and lacerations Ryan most seriously injured Two other occupants escaped injury Drew lost control on a soft shoulder and went into a ditch.
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Sprcial
Waukon
Dean Drew
Cedar Rapids
Charles Byrnes
Patrick Ryan
Ryan
Drew
Des Moines Comptroller Selden Feels Fine After Hospitalization
Marvin R. Selden Jr. of Des Moines Iowa, newly confirmed state comptroller, was hospitalized Sunday for a heart ailment and fainting spell. His doctors say the condition caused rapid irregular heartbeat. he is reporting feeling fine Monday. Selden succeeds Glenn D. Sarsfield. he is Cedar Rapids native.
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DES Moines
Marvin R. Selden, Jr
Iowa
Selden
Marvin R. Selden
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Dr C Frank Smith Professor at Iowa Dies of Leukemia
IOWA CITY Funeral services were held Monday for Dr C Frank Smith 44 professor of business and economic statistics at the University of Iowa who died of leukemia Saturday. He had been hospitalized since Jan 27 and will be cremated. A native of Danville Illinois he joined Iowa in 1948 after teaching at Indiana University. He earned a BA in 1942 an MA in 1943 and a PhD in 1945 and directed the management decision making laboratory. Survived by wife two sons Mark 11 Kent 6 a daughter Kimberly 9 and his parents Mr and Mrs Frank P Smith Estherville.
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Iowa City
C. Frank Smith
University of Iowa
Mark
Kent
Kimberly
Frank P. Smith
Estherville
Compromise Sets North Fayette Teacher Pay for 1961-62
North Fayette County Community School District approves the 1961-62 faculty salary schedule. Starting pay ranges from 3 400 for two years of college to 4 250 for a bachelor degree, with increases of 100 to 150 for higher credentials and 100 or 150 increments for experience. The package comes in at 50 dollars below the salary committee’s proposed degree-only level. Supt. Elmer Gast notes taxes influenced the compromise. Comparable salaries in neighboring districts are cited for context.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Marion
Independence
Waverly
Services planned for Mrs A D Johnson in Vinton
Vinton announces funeral services for Mrs A D Johnson 72 who died Friday night in Vinton hospital. The service is set for Tuesday at 1 30 p m at the Methodist church with burial in Urbana cemetery. Survivors include husband four children five grandchildren one great grandchild and a brother. Memorial gifts may go to the church building fund.
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A. D. Johnson
Vinton Hospital
Urbana
Fry and Holland Funeral Home
Johnson
Shellsburg
Lester Eppers
Davenport
Burl
Cortez
Colo
Garth
Prescott
Ariz
Dale Johnson
Chicago
J. A. Reed
Camdenton
Mary Meyer 85 Elkader Leader in Clayton Schools Dies
Mary A. Meyer 85 former Clayton County superintendent from 1924 to 1936 died Sunday. She taught 30 years in rural and town schools including Edgewood and Elkport. Sister of the late Judge Joseph Meyer of Des Moines, survivors are nephews and nieces. Services set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Evangelical and Reformed Church. Body at Witt Funeral Home.
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Elkader
Mary A. Meyer
Clayton County
Edgewood
Elkport
Joseph Meyer
Des Moines
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Witt Funeral Home
Fair Representation Group Targets Shaff Plan in Iowa
Iowa Citizens Committee for Fair Representation led by C E Davidson of Cedar Falls vows to defeat the Shaff reapportionment plan if adopted this session. They seek a statewide referendum after two legislature votes, arguing the plan misrepresents population and allows county-line crossing with 10 percent deviation.
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UPI
Citizens Committee For Fair Representation
C. E. Davidson
Iowa
Davidson
Senate
Iowa Development Commission
Four Die in Iowa Weekend Car Crashes
Four people died in weekend traffic crashes on Iowa highways. Marvin Collis 16 and Edwin Boekestein 16 of near Inwood perished Sunday night as passengers in a two car collision about 15 miles north of Hawarden. Albert Thede 57 of Muscatine and Beulah Newton of Bettendorf died from injuries suffered Saturday night in separate crashes including a highway 22 head on near Fairport. Thede was driving. two passengers survived without serious injury.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Marvin Collis
Edwin Boekestein
Near Inwood
Albert Thede
Muscatine
Beulah Newton
Bettendorf
Hawarden
Thede
Newton
Fairport
Services Pending for Lt Gary H Hanify
Special to The Gazette. To ledo parents Mr and Mrs Francis J Hanify travel to Forbes air base Topeka Kan after word of their son Lt Gary H Hanify death in a B 47 jet bomber crash Services not yet arranged Born July 30 1932 Toledo Ohio graduate Toledo high 1950 married Mary Tschantz Des Moines 1954 Drake BA 1956 ROTC commission second lieutenant navigated in California and Salina Kansas before Forbes base eight months ago He was a first lieutenant at death Survivors include his wife a daughter Karen 4 his parents and sister Mrs Kenneth Engholm Cedar Rapids
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Francis J. Hanify
Forbes Air Base
Topeka
Kan
Gary H. Hanify
Gary Hanity
Toledo High School
Mary Tschantz
Des Moines
Drake University
Air Force
California
Salina
Karen
Kenneth Engholm
Cedar Rapids
The Chase on Surfside 6 Teleplay
Roger Smith of 77 Sunset Strip penned a teleplay titled The Chase for Surfside 6 TV 9. The episode aired at 7 30 pmon Monday, weaving mystery with classic noir flair.
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77 Sunset Strip
Roger Smith
Racial Discrimination Talks Set at Cornell
Cornell public affairs club hosts an evening on race discrimination at Armstrong hall in Mt Vernon Iowa. Speakers include Dr Percy Harris of Cedar Rapids and Dr Robert Turnbull chair of Iowa University philosophy. Turnbull served on the civil rights commission under Gov Loveless. Lois Gleason of Cedar Rapids chairs the event.
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Cornell College
Armstrong Hall
Percy Harris
Cedar Rapids
Robert Turnbull
University of Iowa
Turnbull
Civil Rights Commission
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Committee On
Cornell Club
Saul Sibirsky
Cornell
Lois Gleason
Central City Forms New Archery Club
CENTRAL CITY BROKEN BOW Archery Club organized here. Officers elected are Paul Starry president Leon Wyman vice president and Ralph Silver secretary treasurer. The club will meet the first Wednesday of each month in the Amvet auxiliary hall.
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Central City
Broken Bow
Paul Starry
Leon Wyman
Ralph Silver
Amvet
Schwengel Leads Lincoln Inauguration Anniversary Plans
Rep Fred Schwengel mobilizes Lincoln enthusiasts to plan the Kennedy oath site commemoration for the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's first inauguration. A commemorative ceremony is planned for Saturday with President Kennedy invited. a resolution creating the organizing committee awaits Kennedy’s signature.
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Abraham Lincoln
Fred Schwengel
Iowa Republican
Lincoln
Capitol Hill
Kennedy
Congress
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Senate
House
Mr. Kennedy
Sam Rayburn
Aroe
Five Teens Survive One-Car Crash Near Blairstown
Five Blairs town teenagers escaped serious injury in a one car crash about 4 30 p m 8 miles north of Marengo on Blairstown road. Driver Danny Kimm 16 swerved to avoid another vehicle and the car plunged off the road. Loretta Stoddard 15 was thrown from the car and released from Marengo hospital Monday.
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Blairstown
Here
Danny Kimm
Loretta Stoddard
Marengo Hospital
American Woman Stricken After 5600 Mile Mercy Flight
Lois Boyce a 32 year old former Ames Indiana laboratory technician aboard the S S Hope was flown from Amboina Indonesia to Tachikawa air base hospital Tokyo for brain tumor treatment. Dr William B Walsh said she was in critical condition and needed urgent care unavailable in Manila Jakarta or Singapore.
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UPI
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Tachikawa Air Base
Here
Indonesia
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Washington, D.C
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Ames, In
Miss Boyce
S.S. Hope
Amboina
Walsh
Hope
Tachikawa
Manila
Jakarta
Singapore
University of California Hospital At
Berkeley
S. S. Hope
Navy
Breakin at Postville Creamery Noted. Cash Stolen
Postville authorities investigate a Saturday night breakin at the Postville creamery. About $1000 was taken from a safe. Local police urge anyone with information to come forward.
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Postville
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