Resignation tied to tobacco row at Eldora school head
Anthony P. Travisono, superintendent of the Iowa training school for boys in Eldora, denies his resignation relates to a cigarette sale controversy. He will leave Jan. 31 to head Rhode Island's social welfare department, after 16 years leading the Eldora school with 220 staff and about 300 boys. He stated the appointment was unsolicited and came at “just this week.” The resignation was announced by DSS Commissioner Maurice Harmon in Des Moines. Travisono also serves as assistant director of corrections for juvenile institutions. He is set to appear before Eldora’s city council to turn in the school’s cigarette license.
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School debate over minor cigarette rights shifts to legislature
Anthony Travisono argues minors should be allowed to smoke with parental permission, while Harmon Thursday reports a cease and desist to stop sales amid state rulings. Hardin County grand jury heard school officials claim smoking is ingrained among youths and would divert staff focus. the superintendent seeks a bill to let parents decide, aligning cigarets with liquor rules.
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Dubuque Seeks Interstate Link With Officials Meeting
Local leaders led by State Senator John W. Walsh plan a January 7 meeting with the Iowa highway commission to press for road improvements in the Dubuque area. Officials argue the city lacks an adequate link to the interstate system and that the commission's five year program shortchanges the region.
Widow of Iowa Secretary Thornburg Dies at 85
Blanche Scholes Thornburg widow of Mark G. Thornburg former Iowa secretary of agriculture dies at 85 in Des Moines nursing home. Thornburg served six terms in the 1920s and 1930s and later ran unsuccessfully for the U S Senate in 1942.
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Convicts in Seagoville JC Chapter Tout Attendance
Seagoville Texas UPI reports the newest Junior Chamber of Commerce chapter in the state boasts an excellent attendance record. All members are inmates at the Seagoville federal correctional institute.
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Businessman Donald W. Frank sworn in as Council Bluffs mayor
Donald W. Frank, 53, was sworn in Tuesday to become Council Bluffs mayor, succeeding Dr. Walter Hathaway. The ceremony capped his campaign transition and places Frank at the helm of the Iowa city government.
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Escapees Back in Jail After Pottawattamie Breakout
Four prisoners escaped from the Pottawattamie County jail Wednesday night. The last to surrender was Michael Frederick Pond 18 Council Bluffs who faced lar ceny of a motor vehicle and parole violation charges. Also turning himself in Thursday were Michael Lee Rhoades 18 Council Bluffs Ralph Wayne Taylor 30 Kansas City Kansas and William Lee Jorgenson 25 Council Bluffs. A note left behind demanded a new jail and claimed the escape was to force construction.
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Independence Man Placed on Parole
Rodney G. Morris of Independence, one of three men charged in a Dundee store breakin, has been placed on parole to Probation Officer Maynard Spaight after a 10 year sentence suspended by Judge T. H. Nelson. Morris pled guilty to breaking and entering. the other two men were sentenced earlier.
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Alfred Carder Dies in Crash in Charles City
Alfred Carder, 63, of Charles City was killed when his car left highway 14 and struck a utility pole three miles east of town. Witness Patrolman Fritz Langon said the car overturned and Carder was thrown across the highway. He is survived by wife Mildred three sons Keith Lee and Gordon two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services Sunday at 2 p.m. at Best funeral home with burial in Charles City.
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Powell Seating Debate Splits Iowa Delegation In Congress
Iowa lawmakers split on Adams Clayton Powell seating after his 1967 comeback, with Culver urging seating citing constitutional eligibility while Gross and Scherle demand repayment of alleged misused funds. Other members argue for or against seating based on race and qualifications, amid prior profit and tax data unrelated to the Powell case.
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Iowa sees nearly 200 million rise in federal tax take
Iowa federal tax collections for the year ending July 1 totaled 1.3049 billion, up from 1.1186 billion a year earlier, the IRS reported. The five year growth runs close to 500 million, as individual taxes rose while corporate taxes fell by about 18 million.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Red Oak man found dead from gas stove use
Gerald M. Osterhold, 74, of Red Oak was found dead in his trailer Thursday from gas poisoning believed caused by a gas cooking stove used for heat. The incident was reported by police and attributed to accidental poisoning.
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