Eastern Iowa Highway Jobs Will Be Let
Eastern Iowa projects slated for letting by the Iowa Highway Commission on June 25 include sidewalk work on a railroad overpass on highway 80 in west Cedar Rapids and multiple paving grading and bridge tasks across Delaware, Jones, Clayton, Tama, Winneshiek, Iowa, and Cedar counties.
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Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
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Jows
Jones County
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Clayton County
Variely
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Jones Vounty
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Clutter
Low 8
Tama County
Dual Resources-Water Directorship Denied
A ruling by Iowa Attorney General Monday denied Gay Herschel Loveless permission to serve as state water commissioner while also directing the Lews Natural Resources Council. The decision notes the governor appoints two council members and the council appoints a commissioner. The commissioner will decide water-use permit applications and acts in a quasi judicial capacity, making it incompatible for one person to hold both posts.
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Dis Moines
Alfiew
Herschel
Loveless
Lews Natural Resources Council
Police Crack Down on Wedding Processions in Estierville
In FESTHERVILLE area and nearby towns police introduce strict rules to curb wedding processions and reckless driving following an abundance of line weddings. Officers in Skyline pavilion area enforce iron clad regulations requiring brides and grooms to observe stop signs and refrain from tailing cars during nuptial celebrations.
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Festherville
MS5
Mracison
Estierville
Lstherville Police J
Strawberry Point
Khius
Colesburg
Rites Wednesday for Carl R. Anderson 65
Rites for Carl R. Anderson 65 former Delaware County sheriff will be held Wednesday at Gil Funeral Home. Burial will be in Pleasant Hall Cemetery Hapkinion. A lifelong Delaware County resident he served as deputy sheriff from 1924 to 1939 and as sheriff from 1940 to 1940. He died Sunday after a long illness. Survivors include his wife and a brother Noah of Grand Island Nebraska.
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Manchester
Carl R. Anderson
Hapkin~ton
Delaware County
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Hurtal
Pleaszant Hall
Jocufetery
Hapkinion
jMr
Andergson
Andi
TSU
Noha
Af Grandiskind
Neb
Iowa Girl Killed in Crash Near Des Moines
An eight year old Iowa girl, Morag Bishop, died when her mother's car collided head on with a second vehicle north of Des Moines. Her mother and two sisters were hospitalized, while the other driver Keith Kernahan and a passenger sustained back injuries. In a separate Cameron Arizona crash two women, Helena Barthalow and Minnie Maud Barthalow, were killed and others injured.
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Farmer High Schoo
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Lia Sheriff’s Deputies
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Aziz
Arizona
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Bill Cunningham
Helena
Barthalow
Libertyville
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Anamosa Story Set for European Televised Series
U S Information Agency film crews will shoot a series in Anamosa Iowa population 4000. The episode highlights local sites including a drug store dairy farm church and newspaper office with a Stone City poet guiding the narrative.
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U.S. Information Agency
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Stall Dawns
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Belgium
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Janes County
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Tafel Iraazine
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Godds
Woman Killed in Car Truck Crash Near Calfax
Newton report: Betty Glo ran, of Sl, af Callas, died after her car collided with a truck on highway B6 about three miles east of Calfax. Harold Al ran, her husband, and Richard Woods 4H Colfax were in the car. they were injured but not seriously. The car left the road and struck a truck driven by Howard Horn, 31, of Des Moines, who escaped injury.
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Newton
ACP
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Af Callas
Iaca
Caro
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Richard Woods
Colfax
Howard Horn
Des Moines
State Auditor Critiques Two School Boards in Iowa
Des Moines Auditor Chet J. Akers blasted the boards of two consolidated districts in Woodbury and Pottawattamie counties. He said one district levied excess taxes over a period and another failed to set a deposit limit and allowed the secretary and superintendent to conduct business without receipts.
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Chet J. Akers
Coste
Micedonia
Cus
Woodbury County
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Pattiseattamie
I Cushing
Akers
Ender UO
Tantiredania School Bord
Four Scouts Earn God and Country Award at Summunity Church
Four Postville Boy Scouts received the God and Country award at Summunity Presbyterian Church. Presented by Walter Martin, the ceremony named David Kiesau, Monte Cook, Alan Tinker, and another son of local families for their church involvement. They also earned uniform and dress awards.
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Postville
Postville Boy Scouts
Summunity Presbyterian
Hey
Walter Martin
David Kiesau
JF. Niesau
Ine Dall
Lee Ball
Monte Cook
Workshop on Education in Human Relations and Mental Health
28 educators from Iowa cities including Iowa City and Washington gather at the University of Iowa for a two week workshop on education in human relations and mental health. The conference, sponsored by the Iowa Mental Health Authority and the Grant Foundation with SUI, discusses prevention and school strategies to address mental illness in youth.
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Iowa City
National Association For Mental Health
University of Iowa
Howard Schnittjer
Vernon
Elsie Glassburner
Vern Bredow
Mary Jane Dixon
Washington
Muzumdar Sociology Text To Be Published
Prince ton based Van Nos trand Company Inc signs to publish a college introductory sociology text by Dr. Haridas T Musumdar of Cornell College. Tentative title The Grammar of Sociology presents a cross cultural method using Asian and Western societies.
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Muzumdar
Fince
Cinical
Growth gaps in American children highlighted at conference
Professor Howard Meredith reports findings on child growth from midwestern state attendees. The data show 10 year olds in professional families are taller and heavier than those in unskilled groups. Racial comparisons indicate Negro and white children exceed Chinese and Pueblo peers in height and weight. First-born infants weigh less than later-born siblings.
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Towa
Howard T. Meredith
University of Iowa
Meredith
SUL Child Welfare Research Center
Meradith
Cement Plant Strike Enters Second Month
DES MOINES UP reports the Penn Dixie cement plant strike in West Des Moines continues into its second month as workers press for terms. The stoppage affects the West Des Moines facility and involves unresolved negotiations with the Penn Dixi e Corporation.
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Des Moines
Penn-Dixie Corporation
West Des Moines
Oelwein Man Hurt in Crash During Rainstorm
Max Ferch of Oelwein was hospitalized in Independence after a highway 20 crash five miles west during a heavy rainstorm. Authorities say he could not see, his car left the road and he sustained facial injuries and bruises.
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Oelwein
Max Ferch
Independence
Ferch
McGregor Youth Earns Eagle Scout Distinction
WAUKON two year old Tiuane Brink suffered a broken leg in a county road crash when the car slid on a muddy shoulder. His mother escaped injury. In MARQUETTE Edward Htaann of McGregor Scout troop 3 earned the rank of Eagle Scout at a recent court of honor with Harv ey F Traumeyer as Scoutmaster.
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Waukon
Tiuane Brink
LeRoy Brink
Here
Brink
Marquette
Edward Hhataann
McGregnar Seout
Decorah to vote on gas and TV franchise renewals
Decorah residents head to the polls Thursday to decide on a 28 year renewal for the Decorah Gas Company franchise and a 25 year TV franchise for J and E Cable Company to erect maintain and operate transmission and distribution facilities in Decorah.
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Decorah
Iguale
Decorah Gas Company
J and EB Cable Company
Dererah
Blacksmith Shop Replica Dedication Tied to Hoover Birthplace
West Branch and Tipton report on the dedication of a replica blacksmith shop at the Hoover Birthplace in West Branch. Attendees include Admiral Strauss and Allan Hoover. Gov Loveless to speak. A 12:30 picnic and trustees meeting follow the 11 a.m. ceremony.
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Relato
Gazette
West Brandis
Lewis Strauss
Herbert Hoover
William B. Andersen
West Branch
Hoover Birthphace Foundation
Herschel Loveless
Iowa
Hoover Birthplace Park
Strauss
Frank H. Spedding
Lawn State College
Michaelsen
Hoover Birthplace Foundation
Voters approve merger to form Waverly Community School District
In a special election, 547 to 109 voters approve consolidating 29 districts into the Waverly Community School District. The new district covers 76 sections of land with a taxable valuation of about 9.7 million dollars, carrying in 25 of the districts and unanimous support in 14. Decorah will receive a separate safety analysis from the National Safety Council, presented July 1 to city officials and citizens with G R Spears from the Iowa Department of Public Safety coordinating.
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INS
Waverly Community
Coazette
Decorah
C. H. Rosanthal
National Safety Council
G. R. Spears
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Bert Smithling
Oelwein Woman Leads Iowa DAV Auxiliary in Dubuque
Marie Prye of Oelwein was elected president of the Iowa Disabled Veterans auxiliary at the group’s annual convention in Dubuque. Her son Howard Prye of DeWitt was named president of the Iowa DAV. Other officers include Ose Rowe of Oskaloosa vice president Eilect Canwell of Davenport chaplain Eldera Veeder of Hampton treasurer Gertrude Cave of OsKaloosa and Margaret Munson of Oelwein adjutant.
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Iowa Dav
Dubuque
Marie Prye
Towa
Disabled Veterans Auxiliary
Howard
DeWitt
Towa Dav
Ose Rowe
Oskaloosa
Eilect Canwell
Davenport
Eldera Veeder
Hampton
Gertrude Cave
Margaret Munson
Distinguished Professors Honored at Iowa State Luncheon
Four faculty members were named biglinguished professors at the Iowa State Alumni luncheon. Wal lace L. Cassell Anson Marston Distinguished Professor of Engineering Lydia V. Swanson Mary B. Welch Distinguished Professor of Home Economics Dr Frank H H Spedding Distinguished Professor of Science and Dr Frank E K Ramsey Clarence Covault Distinguished Professor of Veterinary Medicine received the honors.
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Iowa State Ames
Iowa State College
Wallace L. Cassell
Anson Marston
Lydia V. Swanson
Mary B. Welch
Frank HH. Spedding
Frank EK. Ramsey
Clarence Covault
Bechtold Publishes "Beyond Freedom" on War and Delinquency
Paul F. Bechtold superintendent of the Cookson Memorial Home in West Branch writes "Beyond Freedom." The book analyzes approaches to ending war, juvenile delinquency, crime and alcoholism. Bechtold is described as a former college teacher, minister and businessman.
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Paul F. Bechtold
Cookson Memorial
Bechtold
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