Iowa Motorists Urged to Slow Down for July Fourth Holiday
Iowa safety officials forecast 11 highway deaths during the Fourth of July weekend and launched an all out drive. The plan mobilizes patrols drivers license examiners and National Guard units with air surveillance and speed timing devices. Officials urge vigorous enforcement of the new 60 mph night speed limit and conduct a broad public safety campaign across ports of entry with placards and reminder cards.
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Iowa Safety Department
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July Dance Night at Legion Hall and Jerome's Dinner Club
July events feature a dance at the Legion Hall with music by Ramblers and Rhythmatres starting 8 p.m., plus a supper ice cream social at 4117 Center Point Road. Reservations advised. call EM 4-9578. Also seeks Midwest organization listings for opportunities with earnings promises in a separate ad.
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Y American
Gion Luxusry
Legion
Brad's Beattie Dock
Pewarm Gance
Bemata Mt Ramblers
Ray Bertell
Soddina
Call Bowker
Amos Kruger
Lyman
Carl L. Hartson
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Hein
Sands
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Ein Sodding
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Traffic Safety Alert Targets Improper Passing and Stop Sign Violations
Authorities issue an alert emphasizing strict enforcement against improper passing and drivers failing to stop fully at stop signs. The notice urges vigilance from motorists and highlights penalties to deter risky behavior and improve road safety.
Reservations for Students Dinner To Close Monday
Reservations must be made by Monday at the Chamber of Commerce for the inter-service club dinner honoring 64 American Field Service students from 23 countries. The 6:30 pm event at Memorial Coliseum will feature student addresses about their year in the United States. Public invites extend to Cedar Rapids and Marion clubs and the traveling group will stay overnight before continuing to Clinton.
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AFS
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Clinton
Monticello Woman Wins $100 ISU WAA Scholarship
Special to The Gazette announces Dorothy Hollar Martin daughter of J F Hollar Monticello winning a 100 dollar Women’s Athletic Association scholarship at Iowa State College. Also notes the Sahara Desert is never less than 1000 miles wide.
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Gazette
Monticello
Dorothy Hollar Martin
J. F. Hollar
Iowa State College
Sahara Desert
Two Coe Students Receive Fisher Foundation Scholarships
Two Coe college students are named recipients for the 1957 58 Fisher Foundation scholarships. Harry Moon of Monona and Ann Sung, formerly of China, receive full tuition awards of 650 dollars each. Moon participates in Coe choral activities ROTC and concert bands and belongs to Phi Mu Alpha. Sung arrived in this country from China three years ago.
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Monona
Ann Sung
China
J. W. Fisher
Marshalltown
Coe Board of Trustees
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Coe
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Cee
Phi Mu Alpha Men
Miss Sung
Daughter of H H Sungs Plans Coe College Residency
Moon Sung, daughter of H H Sungs who fled the Chinese Communists and now live in Maryland, spent two years at Burlington Junior College. She will be a junior at Coe this fall while Miss Sung will be a senior student.
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H. H. Sungs
Maryland
Moon
Coe
Miss. Sung
Red Cross Appeals for Hurricane Audrey Relief
Linn county American Red Cross issues a nationwide drive for Audrey relief with local donations to the Cedar Rapids office at 327 Granby Building. President Eisenhower urges Americans to help victims, and Linn chapter processed 24 health welfare requests for relatives abroad over the weekend.
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American Red Cross
Audrey
Granby Building
Cedar Rapids
Eisenhower
United States
Louisiana
Red Cross
Slow-Down Plea Ahead of Fourth Holiday Traffic
District No 11 Iowa Highway Patrol officers urged slower driving before the busy holiday period posting 100 Slow Down and Live signs statewide. They enforce a new 60 mph nighttime limit from midnight, July 4, and remind of a 40 mph limit for vehicles towing any trailer. District stats show 31 traffic deaths so far this year, eight under 16, in six counties, with 50 000 more vehicles than 11 years ago.
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Iowa Department of Public Safety
Iowa Highway Patrol
Marion
James Gildroy
Twentieth Street
M. Fels
Seventeenth Street
District No. 11
More Money Available For Highway Projects
DES MOINES IDWA reports more funds for highway construction in the new fiscal year than the previous one. State Treasurer M L Abrahamson notes a record $122,605,868.37 in special taxes and fees on motor vehicles, up about three million from last year. Road use tax receipts were $98,585,988.09 in fiscal 1957 versus $97,441,353.35 the year before.
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INS
Idwa
M., L. Abrahamson
Abrahamson
Atkins Sets July Fourth Parade and Festivities
A Fourth of July celebration is planned in Atkins with an 11 a.m. parade launching the events on the Atkins fold school site. The program includes a hometown carnival, a German band, children’s races and rides, a square dance and concessions. A second band concert occurs at 7 p.m. followed by a fireworks display.
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Atkins
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