Park Playgrounds and Cabin Rates at Eastern Iowa Resorts
The article lists cabin rentals at Strawberry Point and Backbone with modern facilities and weekly rates. It notes camping options at Backbone and Palisades Kepler, plus other eastern Iowa reservations like Bellevue park Oakland Mills Wapsipinicon Wildcat Den. Picnic facilities and ice availability are highlighted along with contact options at Des Moines.
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Wildcat den
Wildcat den State Park
Muscatine
Balanced Rock
Pine Creek
Wildcat den Park
Iowa
Backbone Stats Park
Palisades-Kepler Pan
Backbone
Palisades- Kepler
Bellevue Park
Oakland Mills
Mt. Pleasant
Wapsipinicon Park
Bixby Park
Clayton County
Fort Atkinson
Winneshiek
Fort Atkin
Echo Valley Fayette West
Union Hik
Allamakee
Waukon
Forest Junction
Pike’s Peak
Clayton McGregor
Brush Creek
Fayette Arlington
Canyon Bixby
Clayton Edgewood
Turkey River
Clayton Guttenberg
Union Grove
Tama Gladbrook
T. F. Clark
Tama Traer
Wapsipinicon
Jones Anamosa
Backbone Delaware
Point Strawberry
White Pine Dubuque Luxemburg
New de- Hollow Vero
Silver Lake
Delaware Delhi
Maquoketa Caves
Jackson Maquoketa
Bellevue
Jackson Bellevue
Linn
Mt. Vernon Palisades-Kepler
Lake Macbride
Johnson Solon
Plum Grove
Johnson
Iowa City
Fishdine
Ofobert Lucas
Henry Danville
City Playgrounds Closed All Day Fourth of July
The city’s 14 supervised playgrounds close all day Tuesday for Independence Day. A weekly champion program runs across grounds with events for four age groups. Girls compete in softball throw tether tennis table tennis and jackstones while boys play horseshoe football throw tether tennis and table tennis.
Death on the Highway Learn To Drive For $32
Chicago AP report notes the AAA says a $32 eight hour driver training can cut accidents. In the last school year 607,603 high school students received driving instruction. NEA says those trained have about half the accidents of untrained peers. The effort targets teenagers with classroom and dual controlled car lessons. Two 17-year-olds, James Arnold and Tom Waller, are cited.
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Chicago
American Automobile Association
AAA
National Education Association
Commission On Safety Education
United States
Idea
James Arnold
Tom Waller
Wilmette
Ill
NEA
Weekend city events and tours listed for residents
Cedar Rapids bottling works visit Friday afternoon and a treasure hunt Friday evening. Sinclair plans a Monday visit to the Bezdek greenhouse and nursery. Thursday hosts a carnival and county fair to raise Camp Good Health funds. Friday tours include the police station and a Quaker Oats plant visit. Whitlam hosts a Wednesday stunt night with relay events. A Thursday collecting hike with sack lunch is also planned.
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Arthur
Cee
Daniels Park
Daniels
Ellis Playground
Harrison
Hayes
Masonic Library
Lincoln
Sanitary Farms
McKinley Playground
Central Fire Station
Reed
Reed Players
Riverside
Roosevelt
Russell
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair
Bezdek
Camp Good Health
Whitlam
Auto License Receipts at Record Peak
DES MOINES AP motor vehicle license fee collections by the public safety department boomed in the first six months of the 1950 license year. Through May 31, receipts totaled 23 284 237, surpassing all of last year and setting a new benchmark.
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Des Moines
State Department of Public Safety
Department
Leslie B. Chase
Highway fund allocations set by 1949 legislature
The tax fund allocates 42 percent to primary roads, 35 percent to secondary roads, 15 percent to farm to market roads and eight percent to city streets. Registrations for the first six months reach 1,066,075, up from last year’s record 1,131,486. Collections total 23,284,237 versus 17,415,198 a year earlier, an increase near six million.
Decorah Junior Drum and Bugle Corps TV Drill Feature
A TV A recording of the Decorah junior drum and bugle corps is planned for fall at Iowa State College. It will air as an intermission feature during a football game.
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Decorah
Iowa State College
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Strawberry Point
Lova
State Conservation Commission
C.R
McKinley
Gazette
John Reynolds
Frank L. Spencer
Lynchburg
Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Jaycees
3Rd St
J. N. McFadden
Optometrist
Chase
Saddle and Leather Shop
16Th Ave. SW
Westinghouse Mobdilaire
U.S
Westinghouse
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