Open House Scheduled for Memorial Hospital Dedication
Postville community's $565,000 Memorial Hospital to be dedicated Saturday at 7 30 P M in Coral B Darling grade school all purpose room Open house at the hospital Saturday 1 to 5 30 P M with guided tours and refreshments Sunday features another open house and cornerstone laying at 1 P M followed by tours through 9 30 P M Speaker will be Dr Norman B Nelson dean of Town College of Medicine The hospital will have 32 beds with ongoing staff hires and the old hospital remaining open until replacement date
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Mocetal
Postville
Community Memorial Hospital
Coral B. Darling
Norman B. Nelson
University of Town College of Medicine
Youth Charged In Iowa Slaying
Bettendorf Iowa police charged 29 year old Richard Weis with murder after he admitted killing his father Dr Howard A Weis a prominent obstetrician during an argument over career plans Weis surrendered to a priest and cited a rifle shooting as the cause of death The elder Weis was 66 when killed and the incident stemmed from a dispute over his son quitting construction work to work as a hospital orderly
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Bettendorf
UPI
Richard Weis
Howard A. Weis
World
Sold Whisky to Boy Iowa City Youth Guilty
Lawrence W. Thomas of McGregor pleaded guilty to selling a pint of whisky to a youth in Iowa City. He received one third of the library building funds and pledges to use $75 per 1 000 for a water main and sewer project. A car crash involving the youth occurred after the liquor sale.
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Towa City
Lawrence W
Oat . Thomas
Lows City
Elizabeth Updermainder
Iowa City
McGregor
Jan. G. Thomas
Thomas
Political Notes Iowa Legislators Await Farm Bureau Word
Iowa legislators sit at ease as they expect the Farm Bureau word to be delivered at the biennial banquet. Howard Hill, Farm Bureau president, will speak to outline the bureau views on legislation. The remarks are seen as shaping many lawmakers votes after the bureau helped elect several senators and representatives last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nye
Nye
Iowa highway plan eyed toll financed freeways
Linn County Supervisor Miles Sutera spoke to the Associated General Contractors in Des Moines about expediting the interstate completion in 5 to 7 years if bonds could finance the project. He proposed financing about 1,500 miles of 4 lane freeways by turning them into toll roads. Sutera, a highway study committee member, drew careful attention from contractors.
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Iowa
Linn County
Miles Sutera
Robins
Associated General Contractors
Des Moines
Sutera
State Rep. Dunton's Mother Dies at 64
Funeral services for Sarah Nanke Dunton are planned in Thornburg. She died at 64 from a heart attack, leaving State Rep. Keith H. Dunton and another son William of Phoenix, a sister Belle Robison of Thornburg, and two grandchildren. Burial at White Oak cemetery. Powell's Funeral Home of South English oversees arrangements.
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Thornburg
Sarah Dunton
Nanke
Keith H. Dunton
Dthornburg
Dunton
William
Phoenix
Belle Robison
White Oak
Powell
South English
McGregor Plans For New Library
Special to The Gazette reports McGregor gears up for a new library set to begin around July 1. Mayor Dr D F Smitt states the project dates from plans developed years earlier and marks a key town improvement for McGregor.
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McGregor
D. F. Smitt
Fire guts Rochester store living quarters in freezing dawn
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Woods woke to smoke at 4 a m and escaped their Rochester home attached to the general store in ten degree below zero weather. Fire started in an electric heater in the bathroom. Firefighters from West Branch and Tipton battled the blaze as the Woods were sheltered by Arch Yerington. The living quarters burned and the store suffered smoke and heat damage.
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Guxette
Rochester
Lloyd Woods
Rochester General Store
West Branch
Woods
Tipton
Arch Yerington
Grand Jurors Named for 1961 in Cedar County
The Gogette reports Cedar county drew grand jurors for 1961 including Vernadine Berry Franklin Gault M E Gloss Fred Townsend Oscar Bohnsack Robert Decker Walter Gendelman Clarence Oliver Endsley Paul Hiersman West Branch Frank Fisher Jr Russell Rhoads Stanwood Roger Fox Lowden and other jurors from Tipton Wilton Junction and Stanwood with list continuing.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Vernadine Berry
Franklin Gault
M. E. Gloss
Fred Townsend
Oscar Bohnsack
Wilton Junction
Robert Decker
Walter Gendelmann
Clarence
Oliver Endsley
Paul Hiersman
West Branch
Frank Fisher, Jr
Russell Rhoads
Stanwood
Roger Fox
Lowden
Tipton men paroled after Cedar River theft case
Five men accused of stealing an onl board motor from the Cedar River last summer were given bench paroles and suspended 0-year Anamosa reformatory sentences. One remains in Cedar county Jail, one is free on bond, and others pled guilty to larceny in the nighttime before District Judge B. J. Maxwell. Centerdale residents David Powers, Paul Powers, and Donald Shriver were paroled to the state board of parole. Donald Sands of Cedar Rapids is jailed for lack of bond. Robert Dale English of Anamosa City is free on $3,000 bond after pleading guilty to drunk driving, unable to pay the $300 fine. Strawberry Point voters set Feb. 27 to consider a $16,500 bond for a band room addition to the Community school. Architects Toenjes and Stenson propose a 34 by 69-foot brick and concrete block building adjacent to the gym, with an enclosed lobby linking two entrance stairways. If approved, bids would open in March and construction could start in summer for fall use.
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Carette
Tipton
Cedar River
Cedar County
David Powers
Paul
Donald Shriver
Centerdale
B. J. Maxwell
State Board of Parole
West Branch
Donald Sands
Cedar Rapids
Robert Dale English
Ana City
Duzette
Strawberry Point
Toenjes and Stenson
Waterloo
Ray Kuehl
Davenport Man Appeals Over Tax Plan in Iowa City
The Davenport man and Marjorie Hayek seek relief in district court from the city council’s denial to overturn 1960 street program assessments totaling 2693 dollars. Will J and Marjorie Hayek contest the levy in court. The case reflects ongoing objections to local tax measures.
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Davenport
Iowa City
Des Moines Woman, 92, Suffocates in Fire
Soph ia Ping, 92, died from suffocation in a fire that heavily damaged her five room Des Moines home. The body was found near a day-bed couch. healer notes suggest a fall may have struck her head as she tried to escape. A space heater was involved and the cause was under investigation. Mrs. Ping had lived in Des Moines 45 years, previously in Waukon and Decorah.
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BES Moines
Des Moines
Sophia Ping
Polk County
Leo Luka
Robert Haquist
Ping
Waukon
Decorah
Driver Is Jailed After Coralville Collision
William L. Jindrich Jr 22 of Lone Tree was jailed after his car struck a telephone pole in Coralville on January 19 authorities reported. The incident led to charges pending as investigation continued.
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Sorvial
the Gazette
Iowa City
William L. Jindrich, Jr
Lone Tree
Coralville
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