Jacob Lieb Killed in Florida Corsair Collision
Special to The Gazette Newhall native Lt. Jacob E. Lieb 28 USNR killed when two Corsair fighters collided south of Cecil Field Jacksonville Fla at 1 15 p m His parachute failed to open His wife Arlene Koehn and his parents survive along with a four month old son Barbara and grandparents Rinehold Simmers of Atkins Also Ensign Donald Loranger 22 Hanford Calif bailed out with a broken leg Lieb a 1936 Newhall High graduate trained at Hunterfield Cedar Rapids and Kelly Field served as army flight instructor until 1944 then joined navy as pilot Married December 20 1945 to Arlene Koehn
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Newhall High School
Dan Hunter
Hunterfield
Cedar Rapids
Army
Kelly Field
Texas
Navy
Arlene Koehn
Atkins
Jay
Barbara
Rinehold Simmers
Haefner Warns Pressure Groups Threaten Schools
Iowa City social studies expert Dr. John H. Haefner warns in the Iowa City Press Citizen that pressure groups are suppressing controversial teachings in schools. He calls pressure propaganda a serious threat as he joins six American leaders in the field preparing to leave.
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United States
American Legion
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Daughters of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Iowa City
INS
Iowa City Press Citizen
John H. Haefner
University High School
University of Town
Dr. Haefner
Stefansson to Lecture in Iowa City on New Frontiers of Peace
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, explorer and author from New York and University of Iowa graduate, will lecture in Iowa City on February 16 on New Frontiers of Peace. He is scheduled to speak at a campus event.
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Iowa City
INS
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
New York
University of Iowa
Center Point Consolidation Plan Defeated
Center Point voters rejected consolidation of the Center Point school district as 226 to 164 vote against adding 58 sections to the Center Point independent district. In-district voters favored 195 to 19 but both town and county must approve. total turnout reached 607 with three spoiled ballots.
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Center Point
Iowa High School Oratorical Contest Deadlines Set
Entries for the tenth annual Iowa high school oratorical contest must be submitted by February 1, announced by Fred K. Schmidt president of the Iowa Education Association and state education chairman of the American Legion which sponsors the event. One entry per high school or Legion post. Winners advance to county and district contests before the state meet on March 18.
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Des Moines
Fred K. Schmidt
Iowa Education Association
Schmidt
American Legion
Legion
Women Voters League Plans 1947 Handbook in Iowa City
The League of Women Voters in Iowa City announces a 1947 project to write and publish a voters handbook. It will cover voting taxation schools municipal services and officer salaries. Mrs Carlyle Jacobsen is editor and Mrs Kenneth Mac Donald is finance chair with a committee including several local members. The league aims to distribute a copy to every Johnson County family funded by donations.
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Iowa City
League of Women Voters
Voters
Carlyle Jacobsen
Kenneth MacDonald
John Bradbury
Owen T. Edwards
O. E. Sikora
R. W. Vanderhoef
Evan Worthley
Iowa League
Elmer DeGowin
Ruth Gallaher
Ethyl Martin
Johnson County
Belle Plaine Man Held on DWI Charge in Vinton Jail
Michael J. Bevins, 59, of Belle Plaine, is jailed in Vinton on a drunk driving charge awaiting grand jury action after a Monday arrest by Patrolman Rudolf Slovaj on Highway 30. He failed to post a $1,000 bond and was arraigned Tuesday before Justice Fred Rose.
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Vinton
Michael J. Bevins
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Bevins
Rudolf Slova J
Justice of the Peace
Fred Rose
Freshman Ernest Archer Missing From Muscatine
Ernest Archer an 18 year old University of Iowa freshman has been missing since Saturday night. His mother reports he left Muscatine by bus for Iowa City but did not reach the city. He is five feet six, with reddish brown hair blue eyes and a light complexion. He wore no hat and carried a Gladstone bag in a green gray belted overcoat.
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Muscatine
Ernest Archer
University of Iowa
G. L. Archer
Iowa City
Presbyterian Church Buys Brookhart Home
The Washington United Presbyterian church trustees signed a contract with Dr. C. L. Baker of Pontiac Michigan to purchase the late Senator Smith W Brookhart home in Washington Iowa. Fred Stewart signed for the Iowa and Illinois synods. The price was not disclosed and a $50 000 fundraising campaign will be launched to finance the home which will serve as a denominational home for the aged under synod sponsorship.
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Washington, Ia
Washington United Presbyterian Church
C. L. Baker
Pontiac
Mich
Smith W. Brookhart
Fred Stewart
Iowa
Illinois
Waukon to Accept Bids for New Municipal Power Plant
The city council of Waukon will receive bids on the new municipal light and power plant February 25. The plant, authorized at a June special election, will be built in the northeast corner of the city park south of the limits. Interstate Power Co. has supplied power under no franchise for years.
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Waukon
Interstate Power Company
Convicts gift radio hookup to Eldora boys
Prison inmates in Fort Madison Iowa give their replaced two channel radio system to the Iowa Training School for Boys at Eldora. The Presidio notes former Eldora residents now urge a similar setup to provide entertainment, discipline, and morale. Speakers will be placed across cottages to ensure continuous operation.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Iowa Training School For
Eldora
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E.P.B
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Presidio
Eldora Institution
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