Creston Wins Brain Derby Crown at Marion Event
Creston leads with 12 firsts in the thirteenth annual state scholastic set of events known as the brain derby. Marion's James Curtis and Robert J. Payne earn multiple honors as others from eastern Iowa place in mathematics science Latin literature and English correctness across age groups.
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Iowa City
Creston
Bo Nice
Eeernon
Marion
Phyllis Agnew
Duane Schmidt
Battle Creek
Phyllis Kistler
Fort Madison
Russell Hanson
Guthrie Center
Paul Keurer
Robert J. Payne
Oelwein
Barbara Davenen
James Curtis E. Dean
George D. Stoddard
Graduate College
Individu
Dorothy J. Peterson
Greene
Claude W. Burrill
Akron
James Henry Benner
Britt
Knoxville
Jean E. Reid
Tama
Neva Louise Thoma
Fairfield
Phyllis Y. Agnew
Dale S. Lary
Jim Kemble
Robert Eugene Mathewson
Ertiary
James Kemble
Joanne J. Miller
Mary Alice Kemble
Eastern
Iowa
Tom Parker Goebel
Fayette
Richard E. Cribbs
Keta
Elizabeth L. Byerly
Monticello
Millicent Read
Dale E. Edwards
Maquoketa
Paul E. Edwards
Josephine Ann Wiley
West Union
Gertrude Mildred Myers
Postville
Patricia Ann Moorhead
West Branch
Betty Orr
Monona
Eileen Qualley
Decorah
Jacqueline J. Brown
Ossian
Kathryn J. Christian
Marilyn J. Reeve
Tipton
Georgianne Johnson
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Mary Margaret Olmsted
Dorothy E. Dunlap
Manchester
Ocelwein
M. Joyce Hoot
Colesburg
Katherine A. Lisbon
Burgette A. Cahoon
Betty J. Koebel
Marquette
Cornell Alumna to Attend 70th Reunion After 895 Mile Sky Ride
Mrs Ellen Rigby Davis of New Brunswick New Jersey completed a 895 mile sky ride aboard the Mainliner from New York to Chicago with a final leg to Mount Vernon for her seventieth college reunion. Neice Mrs Harlan Soper Senetburg praised her spirit as passengers saluted the elderly traveler who will be honored by her alma mater.
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Harlan Soper Senetburg
Ellen Rigby Davis
New Brunswick
N. J
J. C. Tunnicliff
Mount Vernon
Caney
Brain Derby King Robert Gordon Vernon Claims Top Brain Derby
Robert Gordon Vernon 17 of Marion wins firsts in both American government and physics at the University of Iowa brain derby, earning the unofficial king title by top point total. He is the son of Marion’s school superintendent and high school American government teacher C. B. Vernon.
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Robert Gordon Vernon
Supt
C. B. Vernon
Marion
University of Iowa
Vernon
Robert
Waterville
Kan
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Brain King
Marion High School
Anamosa Summer Saturdays Begin June Seventh
Anamosa kicks off summer programming with Saturday afternoon events in Jones County starting June 7 and continuing each week through the season.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Swisher case taken under advisement in Iowa City
Judge Harold D. Evans heard arguments on dissolving a temporary injunction against Sunday dancing in Swisher. The case centers on Bohemian district residents and the validity of the Iowa blue law, with Swisher venue and Stangler's $6,000 in equipment and 40 dances slated for the season as critical factors.
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Iowa City
Harold D. Evans
Chadima
G. K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Mpson
Ward L. O'Connor
Thompson
O’connor
Stangler
Swisher
Fall U
Many Cornell Men Eligible For Army Duty This Summer
On the Cornell college campus with 610 students 118 will be eligible for the draft this summer and 16 have arranged to enter the armed forces immediately after school. Names include Jim Daly Cedar Rapids Navy cadets Bob Larson Chester Arthur Behl Lanark and more with several entering marine officers and naval aviation programs.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Jim Daly
Cedar Rapids
Army
Bob Larson
Chester
Arthur Behl
Lanark
Naval Air Base
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Cadets
Marine Officers’ Training
Charles Warden
Worcester
Mass
Frank Nelick
Walnut
Jake Walters
Casey
Charles Spletter
Spencer
John Paulger
Washington, D. C
Harlan Reid
Waverly
Dean Gil Midshipmen
Northwestern University
Navy Air Corps
Commander Hustvedt Receives Honorary Carolinian Status
Governor of North Carolina confers honorary citizenship on Commander Hustvedt and Mrs Hustvedt aboard the recently commissioned battleship North Carolina. Formerly of unspecified tocations this honor highlights state recognition for naval service.
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Hustvedt
North Carolina
Broughton
Cedar Rapids Firm To Work On State Bidg
Iowa's state office building committee began plans for a capitol grounds structure estimated at 1.659 million dollars. Four architecture firms were hired to prepare plans and specs under chief architect Tinsley. Final selections hinge on project direction. a 1.506 million dollar construction estimate plus 150 thousand dollars cushion exists from appropriations. Senator Donahue noted six months for plan preparation.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Office Building Committee
Capitol Grounds
Tinsley
McBroom
Iowa Cities Spend $10.77 Per Capita On Operations
Des Moines leads with $16 per resident in the 44 Iowa cities over 5 000 population. Sioux City $15.03, Davenport $12.27, Cedar Rapids $11.23. Total operating costs reached $9,913,958, up $166,669 from last year, covering street work, fire, police, and administration.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
No Passing Lines Planned On Iowa Highways
Iowa to replace double center lines with a single yellow no passing line on the right of the existing black center stripe. The change aims to control passing behavior as the yellow paint adheres slower than the black line, delaying full implementation until the old lines fade.
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Ames
INL
Iowa
Stateway Commission
Licenses Renewals Set Across Clayton County Towns
Sheriff W. Carlson and the Clayton county board schedule driver license renewals in Strawberry Point June 12 Luana June 13 Edgewood June 16 Volga June 16 Littleport June 17 Monona June 19 North Buena Vista June 20 McGregor June 23 Elkport June 25 Garber June 25 Farmersburg June 26 Garna ville June 26 St Olaf June 27 Gunder June 27 Osterdock June 28 Jack Rakes note renewals may shift and clerks will use available town halls.
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Eleader
Sheriff's
Monona
North Buena Vista
McGregor
Elkport
Garber
Farmersburg
Garnaville
St. Olaf
Gunder
Osterdock
Jack Rakes
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Toledo
Norris H. Mericle
Verlene A. Baute
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Maquo
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Ray Colton
Betty Meir
Brain Derby King
Robert Vernon
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First Avenue E
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Robert Barnes
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