State faces $28000 lease hit for empty Armand building
Iowa officials confront potential rent costs of about 28000 for the Armand building lease remaining through 1954. The site, vacated last year, lacks a cancellation clause in the agreement, unlike other downtown leases. The executive council may review the contract and assume responsibility for the two years’ rent unless a clause absolves the state.
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DES Moines
INS
Armand
Department of Public Safety
International News _ Service
Executive Council
Krause
Attorney General
Attorney General’s Office
Busy 1951 construction year reshapes Eastern Iowa
Amid shortages 1951 saw extensive work across Eastern Iowa with new schools churches and hospitals. Major projects included a To ledo juvenile home revamp two new wings at Oakdale sanatorium Independence kitchen and dining addition and University of Iowa central library unit and hospital school. Vinton and Iowa City alsojoined in with dormitories and Veterans hospital progress.
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Iowa
Bruce Fishwild
Independence
Toledo
Oakdale
Vinton
University of Iowa
Leander Clark College
Leander Clark
Oakdale Sanatorium
Haseen
State Mental Health Institute
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving Institution
Iowa City
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
Hospital School
University Hospital
Hospital
University Publications
Methodist Wesley House
Presbyterian Student Center
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House
First Lutheran Church
Agudas Achim Synagogue
Pinicon
Peoples Hospital
Gazette
Decorah
Luther College
Decorah Lutheran Church
Expansion Of Program At Vinton
John Reynolds outlines Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton where 141 students, including many near blind, study under 25 staff. The new 363,249 dormitory expands classrooms and facilities while sight saving uses large print books, Braille, talking books, and color layouts funded by federal quotas.
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Gasette
Iowa Braille
John Balvant
Eldora
Helen Osborne
John Reynolds
Vinton
Iowa Braille and
Iowa School For the Blind
Vinton School
D. W. Overbeay
Sam Braille
Ashcroft
Louisville
1951 Weather Ends Cold and Wet in Eastern Town Area
The year 1951 brought below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation across Cedar Rapids and Strawberry Point. Snow totals reached 22 inches in March and a December record, with Cedar Rapids totaling 44 inches of precipitation and Strawberry Point nearly 48 inches, causing farm and corn crop disruptions.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Council Bluffs
Strawberry Point
Smany
Schwengel Named Permanent Head Of Study Group
Des Moines Iowa AP Rep Fred Schwengel was named permanent chairman of a nine member study committee on establishing a state utilities commission in Iowa. Sen DeVere Watson was named vice chairman. The panel will seek information from other states and meet again on Feb 2 in Des Moines with planned public hearings.
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Des Moines
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Iowa
Texas
William S. Beardsley
Schwengel
Sen
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
Prison Inmates Donated Blood for Korea War Effort
A Red Cross mobile unit collected 411 pints of blood Friday from Fort Madison inmates for the armed forces in Korea. The Anamosa reformatory yielded 419 pints when the unit visited last month.
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Fort Madison
Red Cross
Korea
Anamosa
Buchanan County Farmer Missing Since Dec 26
Winthrop officials search for 25 year old Buchanan County farmer Harlan Freeborn missing since December 26. The father of three left home early that day, seen later in the neighborhood, about six feet tall with brown hair and ruddy complexion. He may be driving a dark gray 1949 Chevrolet four door Fleetline with Iowa plate 28 1185. Call A E Freebern in Winthrop with any information.
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Winthrop
Buchanan County
Harlan Freeborn
Cedar Rapids
Freebern
Freebernas
Freeborn
Iowa
A. E. Freebern
Iowa Contractors To Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines AP predicted 1952 themes at the thirtieth annual convention of the Associated General Contractors of Iowa to be held Tuesday through Thursday. About 500 attendees expected with daily luncheons and an entertainment program for spouses. John Butter of the Iowa Highway Commission and Brig. Gen. Don G. Shingler of the Army will speak on employer relations and Missouri River improvement.
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DES Moines
Associated General Contractors of Iowa
Destmg
O. W. ‘Crowley
Crowley
John Butter
Iowa Highway Commission
Don G.shingler
Farmy
Omaha
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Otto Weber
Carl Krause
State Executive Council
Budget and Financial Control Committee
International News Service
Milo Wynn
Associated Press
Oelwein
Harry McGrew
Great Western
Wilhelm
Dyersville
Nancy Wessels
Ralph Wessels
Wessels
Catholic Church
Dave
Phil Wessels
Jim Luensmann
Jim Nadderman
John Robertson
Mercury
D.M
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