New Legislators Set For Acquainted Get Together
Des Moines AP reports preliminaries for the 1949 Iowa legislative session begin with a get acquainted meeting for 36 new Republican house members on Thursday and a larger opening day lineup of about 100 bills. Democrats and Republicans plan orientation sessions as caucus and leadership selections proceed.
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Dwight Weormack
Des Moines
House Republicans
House
James G Armstrong
Waterloo
W H Nicholas
Mason City
G T ‘Gus” Kuester
Griswold
M F Hicklin
Wapello
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Kuester
Republican
Senate Republicans
Senate Republican
Senate
House Democrats
Senate Democrats
Democrats
Fire in Statehouse Christmas Tree Sparks Quick Burn
A flash fire in the Des Moines Statehouse started by a short circuit in the Christmas tree wiring caused decorations to burn up to 12 feet high. Workers were dismantling the tree when flames erupted near the rotunda railing and a black ceiling smudge was later cleaned by janitors.
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DES Moines
Statehouse
Deer Common In Vicinity Of McGregor
Deer become widespread in the McGregor area and Mississippi river islands with sightings by local residents. A driver on highway 13 near McGregor approached a large antlered buck within 30 feet before it fled. Two dogs injured a deer at Oscar Beckett’s farm, leading to its euthanizing by Game Warden and disposal after an abscess made the meat unfit for use.
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The
Gazette
McGregor
Mississippi River Islands
Bob Brooks
Highway 13
Here
Oscar Beckett
Mr Beckett
Beckett
George Kaufmann
Kaufmann
Two Iowans Named to U S Lutheran Committee
At a one day Minneapolis meeting churchmen and lay delegates approved a plan for closer organizational affiliation and a committee to prepare a structural play for uniting about 4 000 000 American Lutherans. Iowa members named were Dr Julius Bodensick of Dubuque from the American Lutheran church and Rev Holger Nielsen of Cedar Falls from the Danish Evangelical Lutheran church.
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Minneapolis
Julius Bodensick
Dubuque
American Lutheran Church
Holger Nielsen
Cedar Falls
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Waukon Eldest Resident Celebrates 90th Birthday
Mrs John Enhrie longtime Waukon resident marked her 90th birthday with an open house on Sunday inviting friends and neighbors to share in the celebration at her home.
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Waukon
John Enhrie
Native Strawberry Point artist holds Paris solo exhibit
A Strawbery Point native, Prof Myrwyn Eaton of New York University, announces a one man painting exhibition in Paris France. The feature notes Eaton previously gained recognition two years ago for his artwork and teaching contributions.
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Strawberry Point
Paris
France
Myrwyn Eaton
New York University
Iowa Artist Eaton Heads to Paris Show Run
The Iowa native and gouache painter Eaton, a University of Iowa graduate in 1926, studied at the Chicago Art Institute Harvard University and in Europe. His work at the George Binet gallery in New York and an exhibit at Galerie Andre Maurice in Paris runs through January 15 with Eaton also contributing articles to Design magazine.
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George Binet
New York City
Eaton
University of Iowa
Chilcago Art Institute
Harvard University
Europe
Strawberry Point
Iowa
Design Magazine
Gallerie Andre Maurice
Paris
Two S.U.S. Students Sued for $25,000
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Two University of Iowa students James Lauman and Glenn Cullen with his wife are named defendants in a $25,000 damage suit in Johnson County District Court filed Tuesday. Clark M Sexton of Oakville, a rear seat passenger in a car that collided with Lauman’s south of Iowa City on January 10 1947, brings the suit claiming permanent injuries to his eyes head and brain.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Johnson County
James Lauman
Glenn Cullen
Sioux Rapids
Clark M .Sexton
Oakville
Lauman
Sexton
Laugman
Cullens
Court Rules Against Cops In Ottumwa Discharges Appeal
Judge Heinrich Taylor ruled the Ottumwa civil service commission acted properly in allowing evidence older than one year in misconduct hearings for six discharged and suspended officers. The decision lets trials resume before the civil service board unless the officers withdraw appeals.
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Ottumwa (Ap
Ottumwa
Heinrich Taylor
Civil Service Commission
Taylor
Civil Service Board
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Coe
T. Z. Koo
Harold Blake Walker
Evanston
Ill
James W. Sala
Monticello
Bonte Grassing
Vinton
Leland Rubesh
Cascade
Robert van Oeyen
Mechanicsville
A C Gustafson
William J Scarborough
Mounsehall
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Iowa Electric
U.S. Lutheran Committee
Myrwin Eaton
S.U.S
Third Avenue
Opfione
BUICK
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
Second Avenue
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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