Iowa Parks Offer Fine Camping Facilities Statewide
Des Moines readers learn Iowa’s 92 parks, monuments, and preserves include many with central shower bath facilities and affordable camping. A wave of visitors, including about 10 000 campers this weekend, flood state parks with lakes, beaches, fishing, boating, and hiking as improvements attract families like the Munyons and Rices to stay multiple nights and explore Nine Eagles Wildcat Den and the Ledges.
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Des Moines
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Lake of Three Fires
Springbrook
Iowa
Norwood Zehner
West Des Moines
Lake of Nine Eagles
Pennsylvania
Iowa Park
Mendell Munyon
Girl Kicked by Pony Suffers Fractured Skull
A four year old girl in Stanley was kicked by a pony causing a fractured skull. Gloria March, daughter of Ronald and Mrs March, was transported to University Hospitals Iowa City and was listed in good condition on Tuesday.
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Stanley
Gloria March
Ronald March
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Carpenter Services At Tama Wednesday
Ethel Carpenter 88 widow of Dr W E Carpenter died Monday at Grundy Center after a stroke. She taught in Tama and Toledo, served as principal there, and retired in 1959 after 12 years as librarian at Toledo. Survived by nephews and nieces. Services Wednesday at 10 at Harrison funeral home Tama with burial in Baileyville Illinois.
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W. E. Carpenter
Grundy Center
Youths Dig Jail Break Attempt in Tama County Jail
Two youths aged 18 and 17 facing armed robbery charges tried to escape Tama county jail on Saturday. Sheriff Milo Quigley said a blanket hid a hole they were digging with a spoon through two brick layers and toward a third. They were moved to steel cells on the second floor.
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Toledo
Tama County
Milo Quigley
Lonny Morrison
Richard Preston
Two Girl Bicycle Riders Camp Out at Edgewood
Pamela Jeffery and Polly O Connor both 20 from Milwaukee rested at Edgewood on Monday night while en route to Denver by bicycle. They rode from Guttenberg after hitching a boat ride down the Mississippi and covered 40 miles despite heat and steep Iowa hills. They plan to reach Waterloo to visit friends before continuing to Denver, carrying camping gear and extra clothing on their bikes.
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Edgewood
Milwaukee
Denver
Pamela Jeffery
Polly O’connor
Mississippi
Guttenberg
Iowa
Waterloo
Car for the man who knows value in want ads
A brief want ad touts a car for a discerning buyer, inviting readers to explore value and deals.
How They Voted Iowa Members of Congress Roll Calls
AP records Iowa members votes on recent roll calls. Cotton amendment to end 5 percent air travel tax failed 22 to 51. Hickenlooper and Miller supported passage 65 to 30 of an $455 million Area Redevelopment project bill. Williams amendment to bar franking occupant mail passed 59 to 29. Miller not voting. No major roll calls followed.
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Washington
R-N.h
Hickenlooper
R. Miller
Miller
Williams
R-Del
Congress
Dr Christensen Named Dean at Iowa State University
Dr George Christensen age 38 formerly head of veterinary anatomy at Purdue University becomes dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University. His appointment was announced Monday by ISU officials.
Iowa dean named succeeding Merchant after retirement rule
Christensen succeeds Dr. I. A. Merchant as dean due to retirement rules. He previously served on the Iowa state staff a decade ago after four years teaching veterinary anatomy at Cornell. At the time of resignation he was an associate professor of veterinary anatomy planning to move to Purdue.
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I. A. Merchant
Christensen
Iowa State
Cornell University
Purdue
Meteorologist Hosts TV Science Fiction Theatre Battle
A meteorologist confronts a clash between science and nature on TV 9 during a Tuesday 19:30 science fiction theatre program. The segment blends weather science with imaginative scenarios and dramatic narration.
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TV 9
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