Two Teens Die In Highway 67 Motorcycle Crash
On highway 67 about 2 1/2 miles east of Princeton two youths aboard a motorcycle died when they collided head on with an automobile driven by Harry Speth of Davenport. William John Koppin 19 of Newton and living in Le Claire the last eight months was operator. Richard Elmer Husset 19 of Le Claire was passenger. Speth suffered an arm injury. three other car occupants were untreated. Husset suffered a broken neck and other injuries. Koppin had multiple fractures and internal injuries.
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Davenport
INS
Princeton
William John Koppin
Newton
le Claire
Richard Elmer Husset
Scott County
Frank C. Keppy
Koppin
Husset
Harry Speth
Speth
Keppy
Husser
Tragic motorcycle crash near Centerville kills young rider
D N Gravit 23 of Moulton died Sunday after losing control of his motorcycle on highway 2 five miles east of Centerville. The car driver Charles Slack 22 of Aurora Indiana pulled into the ditch to avoid a collision and suffered head cuts. Gravit's bike veered off the shoulder then back onto the road before the fall.
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Centerville
INS
D.N. Gravit
Moulton
Highway 2
Charles R. Slack
Aurora
Gravit
Six Escapees Back In Home at Toledo
Six of seven youths who escaped Friday and Saturday from the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo were returned to the institution Monday after capture by Marshalltown Police and highway patrolmen. John Bochichio, 15, who fled Friday night, had not been returned as of Monday.
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Toledo (Ap
Iowa
Marshalltown
John Bochiccihhio
Des Moines Man Dies From Truck Fall Injuries
Ernest Williams 41 Des Moines died Sunday from injuries after he fell from a truck when a door swung open. Police report the accident occurred as Williams was aboard the vehicle.
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Des Moines
INS
Ernest Williams
Williams
Wayne M. Ropes Dies at 49 Former Iowa Secretary of State
Wayne M. Ropes, 49, former Iowa secretary of state, died Sunday in Des Moines after a stroke. A native of Onawa, he served as secretary of state from 1942 to 1944, was defeated in 1946, and later worked as a real estate broker. Burial will be in Onawa.
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Des Moines
Wayne M. Ropes
Iowa
Paturaay
Onawa
Ropes
Earl G. Miller
Rollo Bergeson
Sioux City
Miller
Monona County
State Banking Department
Iowa Farm Girl Awaits Movie Test in The Green Promise
Wilma Amy McCormick a 12 year old 4-H member from Lucas Iowa reads a script for Robert Ige in a nationwide talent search. She was among 24 girls chosen from over 8 000 4-H participants from 43 states hoping for a film appearance in The Green Promise.
Sheriff Seizes Liquor In Raid On Morocco Inn
Sheriff Leo Martin and deputies seized 20 bottles of assorted liquors during a raid on the Morocco Inn in Dubuque. The operation followed repeated complaints about late closing hours. The raid occurred with a warrant for manager Jack Dempsey charging violation of state liquor law.
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Dubuque
INS
Leo Martin
Morocco Inn
Morocco
John Chalmers
Jack Dempsey
Two Lansing Brothers Die After Crash
Two brothers Theodore Hoover 32 and Raymond Hoover 24 were fatally injured in a Saturday night automobile crash seven miles north of Lansing on highway 182. Their 1946 Ford coach skidded 353 feet, nose dived and rolled over several times, ejecting both men. Raymond died at St Francis hospital in LaCrosse. Theodore died in a LaCrosse hospital at 6 am Sunday.
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the Gazette
Waukon
Lansing
Highway 182
Theodore Hoover
Raymond
Allamakee County
Peter Hendrickson
St. Francis Hospital
LaCrosse
Theodore
Tragic crash on Skunk River bridge claims Mrs Edna Bartmess
Investigators probe a freak 2:30 a m collision near Ames that killed 62 year old Edna Bartmess of Wilan Missouri. Her car was struck on its left side by a combines arm protruding from a truck driven by Donald Campbell 33 of Laurel Iowa. Charles Bartmess of Nevada Iowa survived with others. The couple were bound for Boone to fish while the truck carried the combine to Sioux City.
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Ames
INS
Edna Bartmess
Wilan
Bartmess
Skunk River
Donald Bruce Campbell
Laurel
Gillette to Launch Campaign in Cherokee Sept. 1
Former U S Senator Guy M Gillette will open his state headquarters Aug 1 and start his senatorial campaign Sept 1 in Cherokee Iowa He will run without a campaign manager though M J Filleas of Cherokee will head the office Gillette received a friendship award from Iowa's Italian community and suggested Dixiecrats could not swing electoral votes toward Truman while Republicans would not benefit
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INS
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
M. J. Filleas
Iowa
Truman
Toledo Chronicle Sold to Local Buyers. Clark Named Editor
The Toledo Chronicle was sold to Herbert Clark of Tama and J. and Roy Vanderkam of Grundy Center by the stockholders. Clark, a World War II veteran and University of Iowa journalism alumnus, becomes editor succeeding Carl T. Zander who led since 1942.
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Toledo
Toledo Chronicle
Herbert Clark
Tama
Roy Vanderwickam
Grundy Center
The
Chronicle
Carl T. Zander
C. M. Richards
Clark
University of Iowa
Tama News Herald
Waterloo Woman Killed in Three-Car Omaha Crash
Margarite Arthur, 32, of Waterloo Iowa, died in a three car collision on the outskirts of Omaha Saturday night.
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Omaha (Ap
Margarite
Arthur
Waterloo
Omaha
Quadruplet Calves Born on McKinley Farm Near Chariton
On the J. Edwin McKinley farm east of Chariton a set of quadruplets were born to Blackie the purebred Angus cow. The heifer calves weighed about 35 pounds each at birth and are reported perfectly formed and healthy. Last spring a ewe on the farm had triplets, all bucks.
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Chariton (Ap
Vinton Pastor Accepts Call to Burlington Church
The Rev. Lloyd Z. Patton, pastor of Vinton Christian church since 1945, has accepted the pastorate of First Christian church in Burlington. He is president of the Vinton Ministerial Association and directed the Northeast Iowa Youth Conference. The Pattons and their four children plan to move to Burlington by Sept. 1.
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Vinton
Lloyd Z. Patton
First Christian Church
Burlington
Patton
Center Point
West Union GOP names Fayette county finance team
Everett G. Scott of West Union is finance chairman for Fayette county Republicans. A slate of associates is named including W. Palmer Wilson Oelwein vice chair R. M. Westerfield George Falk Harold Strong Harry Cline Breckner Arlington Harry Flower Paul Templeman L. H. Buenneke Maynard H. J. Niewoehner Westgate Early Shippy Waucoma Glen Aspinwall L R Campbell Hawkeye and D. B. McMillan Stanley. The item notes other local brief notices from surrounding towns.
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West Union
Everett G. Scott
Republican Party
Fayette County
W. Palmer Wilson
Oelwein
R. M. Westerfield
George Falk
Harold Strong
Harry Cline
Elgin
Breckner
Arlington
Harry Flower
Paul Templeman
Fayette
L. H. Buenneke
Maynard
H. J. Niewoehner
Westgate
Early Shippy
Oran
W. C. Willis
Waucoma
Glen Aspinwall
L. R. Campbell
Hawkeye
D. B. McMillan
Stanley
Mechanicsville
Pfc
Clarence M. Rife
France
Toledo
Nadine Phyllis Huryta
William Huryta
Garwin
Kenneth L. Horrigan
Chelsea
Traer — Neta Louise Wyatt
Frank Polka
Kenneth Wayne Stoakes
Newell Stoakes
Monticello
Marjorie Ann Spen
Drowns After Fall From Dam Near Manchester
Jerry Kirby 29 of Strawberry Point drowned while fishing with Clair Way and Otto W. Fear when he fell from the Quaker Mill dam into 15 feet of water. Sheriff and volunteers recovered the body in 45 minutes. he was a former Navy man and employee of Strawberry Point's municipal light plant. He left a wife Shirley Lang and three children.
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Manchester
Jerry Kirby
Strawberry Point
Maquoketa
Quaker Mill
Kirby
Clair Way
Otto W. Fear
Quaker Mill Dam
Carl Anderson
George Ponsford
Ray Murphy
Gill
Shirley Lang
Two Teens Die In Lake Ahquabi Boat Capsize Near Indianola
Meta Oldaker 18 and Jesse Alexander 19 drowned Sunday when their boat capsized at the west end of Lake Ahquabi near Indianola. Survivors include Meta’s mother Mrs. Edna Oldaker and Jesse’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Merlin W. Alexander. Also aboard were Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hamilton who were rescued as the craft overturned after Alexander allegedly moved to one side. Alexander had an arm cast from a milking machine accident two weeks earlier.
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Indianola
INS
Lake Ahquabi
Meta Oldaker
Edna Oldaker
Jesse Alexander
Merlin W. Alexander
Leo Hamilton
Hamilton
Alexander
Farmer Is Victim Of Fatal Assault Near Nora Springs
Nora Springs Iowa AP — Charles Gallup 60 a farmer near Nora Springs died Sunday night in Mercy hospital Mason City from a hemorrhage caused by a blow to the left temple. Acting Floyd county coroner August Gauger said Gallup appeared to have gone out after 8 p m to check a disturbance by youths in a car in his driveway. His wife found him unconscious in the driveway a few minutes later and he died soon after arriving at the hospital by ambulance.
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Nora Springs
Chares Gallup
Here
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
August Gauger
Floyd County
Gallup
Gauger
Six men jailed in Cerro Gordo death inquiry
Mason City police hold six men in Cerro Gordo county jail tied to the death of Charles Gallup. Identified by Sheriff Atherton are Arthur Abben 24 and Robert Garlock 19 from Thornton, Orin Lee Burns 25, Harold Rickens 31, Kenneth McClermmens 19, and John Just 21 of Sheffield.
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Mason City
Cerro Gordo County
Charles Gallup
B. F. Atherton
Arthur Abben
Robert, Garlock
Thornton
Orin Lee Burns
Hampton
Harold Rickens
Kenneth McClermmens
John Just
Sheffield
Meat supply in 1948 cuts per person Cedar Rapids
Linn County food officials say the 1948 meat supply drops about 12 pounds per person compared with 1947 due to a poor corn crop and fewer finished beef cattle. Higher incomes and prices boost demand, driving prices up further.
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Cedar Rapids
W. T. Shipe
Linn County Retail Food Dealers Association
Shipe
Two Cedar Rapids youths join Mediterranean naval cruise
Cedar Rapids youths Owen Nichols and Glen Mendel, both in the naval reserve since May, arrived at Rhodes after a six weeks summer training cruise aboard the U S S Palau. Nichols works in the log room and Mendel in the laundry as the ship visits Gibraltar and Turkey.
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Cedar Rapids
Navy
Rhodes
Mediterranean
Owen Nichols
Fourth Avenue
Glen Mendel
Seventh Street
Marilyn Hickey
Nichols
U.S.S. Palau
Gibraltar
Turkey
Naval Reserve
John Prut
Naval Armory
Mendel
United Flight to West on New Schedule
United Air Lines moves its morning westbound flight from Cedar Rapids to depart at 8:50 a.m. instead of 9:10 a.m. starting August 1 to better connect with Mid-Continent services to Kansas City St Louis and Minneapolis. Flight 109 will arrive in Des Moines by 9:45 a.m. and Omaha by 10:45 a.m.
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United ‘Air Lines
Cedar Rapids Municipal
United
Dick Shrader
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kids Day at All-Iowa Fair Scheduled for Aug 16
All-Iowa Fair announces Kids Day with free shows and prizes. An All-Iowa Fair Revue circus and comedy act opens at 10 a.m. in the grandstand. adults pay 25 cents. Hot-rod races, a helicopter appearance, and reduced ride prices to nine cents from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ensure a full day of attractions for children.
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Andy Hanson
Dessert Idea: Heap Seedless Grapes in Pear Halves
Serve a light summer dessert by hollowing pear halves and filling with seedless grapes. Top with chopped regreens and dollops of cream cheese for a fresh, creamy finish.
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eEsey
DIAL
L. D. Burkhalter
L. D. Burkhalter, Jr
Second Avenue
B.f.goodrich
Iowa Briefs
Betty Elaine Stanz
G. C. Stanz
Ossian
Arlo W. Mork
A. S. Mork
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Newhall
Dwane Huston
American Legion
Arnold Furler
Milton Krumm
Donald Grovert
Henry Miller
Farmer
Julies
Third Avenue Higley Building
Standard Appliance CO
Standard Tire Co
1St ST
Storz
America
Storz Brewing Co
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