Close Baldwin School Budget Foes Push High School Shutdown
About 20 objectors urged postponement of the Baldwin independent district budget for 1958-59 saying the high school should be closed and students sent to neighboring districts. They argued per pupil costs would rise with high school maintenance and cited cheaper tuition in Maquoketa Monmouth Lost Nation. They warned state aid may be jeopardized and noted planned budget increases for high school facilities.
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Swimming Lessons for Colesburg Start Monday
Colesburg offers Red Cross sponsored swimming lessons for children from now through August 8 at the Manchester pool. Two school buses transport students, with the first at 8 a.m. to a 9 a.m. lesson and back by 11 a.m., the second at 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. lesson and return about 1 p.m. Parents chaperone.
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Colesburg
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Red Cross
Auto Crash in Iowa Claims Second Life
Two car collision near Salix Iowa on Highway 75 left Richard Thayer 21 of Sheldon and Sgt Keith Anderson 36 of Fort Leavenworth Kan dead from injuries. The crash occurred two miles north of Salix and police reported conditions at the scene.
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Sioux City
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Richard Thayer
Sheldon
Keith Anderson
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Guest Conductors and Soloist Featured in Cedar Rapids Band Concerts
Cedar Rapids Municipal band schedules two concerts with violin soloist Hjordis Anderson and two guest conductors at Bever Park on Wednesday at 8 pm and Ellis Park Sunday evening. Anderson, a Cedar Rapids native, will perform Tchaikovsky Concerto in D Major and Kreisler Liebesfreud, with program conducted by her father R Cedric Anderson and William Stusak, plus rest of the program under Roland Moehlmann.
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Jefferson High
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William Stusak
Anamosa Public
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Chicago Tribune
Assessor Office Budget and Pay Increases Approved
Three local government units approve a 1959 budget for the city assessor’s office with a $4,679 increase over 1958. City Assessor Wendl W. Kulish’s pay rises to $8,000, deputies’ salaries rise, four field men gain $420 to $620, and clerical staff receive raises as part of the package. Also noted is Jim Young’s radio Pick Hit program payout of $110.
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Linn Encampment No 49 installs George Sheets at Odd Fellows
George Sheets of 1019 Ninth St NW was installed as chief patriarch of Linn Encampment No 49 on Monday night at Odd Fellows hall 838 First Ave NE. Twelve officers were installed by District Deputy Grand Patriarch Roy Jackman and staff. Linn Encampment No 49 is a branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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Linn
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Henry Ellis
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Walter Siebert
Wayne McCaul
Alden Andersen
Charles Kuhns
Leo Mellick
Charles Bachman
Roy Jackman
Sentine
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Contracts Let for New Martelle Elevator
Martelle Farmers Cooperative Elevator Company awarded a contract to Mill Elevator Machinery Company of Des Moines to build a concrete elevator and warehouse to replace the May fire-destroyed facility. The project costs about 135000 dollars, with a 32 by 32 foot by 97 foot elevator, 30000 bushel capacity, and a 30 by 90 foot warehouse, starting this week with completion by November 1.
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Martelle
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Fire Toll Blamed on Carelessness and Ignorance
Iowa State Fire Marshal Ed Herron cites small lapses adding up to a sharp rise in fire deaths in 1957, with 71 killed and 55 deaths from fires and explosions by mid year. He notes the sole major public building blaze at the Olympic hotel and urges uniform gas line standards while resisting broad new laws.
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State reports drop in traffic deaths after public point system
A state official says traffic fatalities have fallen since April 1 when the public point system for suspending drivers licenses began. He notes the deaths this year stem from private carelessness, not lawbreaking, emphasizing it is not a law enforcement issue.
Iowa Awards Top Nurseryman Honor at Dallas Meeting
John P Mahlstead of Iowa State College won the top individual award at the National Association of Nurserymen meeting in Dallas. Hogue, a Sioux City deputy, is free on bond pending September grand jury action on arson charges. He denies hiring Emory Neal Hogue to set a farmhouse fire near Salix last May 10. Des Moines City Manager George Forster proposed a 1959 budget of 16,442,720 with a 4.778 mill property tax rise. a hearing is set for Aug 4. Nick Croatt, 21, of Hospers, died in a head-on collision with a truck on Highway 33 near Le Mars. truck driver William Rookier was uninjured. Billie Joe Gilmore, 23, of Whitt, Texas, paroled after 1954 Hillsboro bank holdup. his brother Richard was also sentenced then and remains free. Montgomery County Attorney John J Williams resigned to join Washington Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization. John F Boeye of Red Oak named successor.
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Burton Holmes Dies Originator of Travelog at 88
Hollywood AP Burton Holmes who coined the term travelog and popularized travel lectures died at his Hollywood home. Born in Chicago he began travel slides and lantern talks in the 1890s and pioneered color tinting of slides. His Burton Holmes Travelog produced five travel lectures yearly until retirement in 1950.
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Iowa Man Is Killed In Idaho Car Crash
A head on collision near Boise Idaho killed George Thompson 57 of Lenox Iowa. His wife Pearl 51 their daughter Loretta 20 and Pearl's mother Katie Sawwell 70, all from Lenox, were injured and listed in fair condition.
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