Two Iowans die in crashes as toll hits 256
Tommy Clemen age 2 of Dyersville dies after a two car crash near Dubuque Monday night. Four others injured include Lila Clemen and Eldon Johnson in Dubuque. Leslie Pinkerton of Grinnell and Elmer Martin of Muscatine also killed in separate crashes.
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Daytime crashes kill more than nighttime in Iowa report
DES MOINES UP More persons have been killed in daytime highway accidents this year than at night an Iowa Department of Public Safety report showed Tuesday The report for the period Jan 1 May 31 said 141 persons were killed in daytime accidents compared with 79 killed at night A total of 115 persons were killed
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Traffic fatalities: Daylight vs night counts in period
The report notes daylight accident fatalities for the period were fewer than 109 at night. For the first three months of this year fatalities were below the totals of the same months last year, but April and May deaths exceeded those months in 1954.
Prisoner Attacks Jailer With Buckets In Fort Madison
In Fort Madison Lee County Deputy Sheriff Robert Tibbets was struck on the head Monday by Willie Grant a prisoner held on a disturbing the peace charge. Tibbets opened the cell door and the inmate rushed him but the deputy forced him back and locked the door Grant was arrested after stepping off a train following a reported disturbance on board and railroad officials had warned police ahead.
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Refugee Zielke Family Thanks Arlington Church Members
The Frederick Zielke family from Munich thanked St. John's Lutheran church members for aid since arriving in Iowa via the Lutheran World Federation. Sponsored by Herbert Mesgeier and his sister Dora, the family of five traveled with two suitcases, after fleeing DP camps in Germany and wartime hardship in Poland and Russia. They will live on a nearby farm and work for the Mesgeiers.
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Income Tax Collection In Iowa Up 1 Million
DES MOINES AP Iowa's collection of individual state income tax is up over one million dollars from the previous fiscal year reaching 21 960 224 a little more than expected said Martin Lauterbach tax commission chairman Corporate tax receipts fell by more than 100 000 despite the rise in individual income taxes
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Ice Skater Hurt on Hottest Day of Year Des Moines
On the hottest day of the year in Des Moines a 12 year old boy was injured while ice skating at Veterans Memorial auditorium Joe King son of Mr and Mrs Frank King received head injuries when he fell on the ice at the venue.
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Martelle Youth Earns Scholarship to ISTC
Stanley James, son of Mr and Mrs Russell James, wins a merit scholarship worth 504 for a four year term to Iowa State Teachers College. The list of city briefs includes local election results, hospital notes, accidents, and community updates from Arlington Lamont Traer Troy Mills Tipton Quasqueton and Lowden with injuries, hospitalizations and civic events.
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Arlington Horse Show Featuring Six Pony Hitch Demonstration
Arlington hosts the annual horse show by the Arlington Saddle Club at school grounds Sunday afternoon. Dale McQueen of Delmar will judge, John Thiele of Maynard is master of ceremonies. Prizes of 10, 6, and 4 dollars plus ribbons. Contests include western pleasure, cloverleaf race, stock horse, novelty races, musical chairs, pole bending, pony class, flag, obstacle and ribbon races. Six pony hitch by Art Kelley of West Union highlights the program.
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SUI Nursing Dean Named to State Board
Des Moines Iowa AP Gov Leo Hoegh appoints Myrtle Kitchell dean of the University of Iowa college of nursing to the Iowa Board of Nurse Examiners succeeding Adelaide Beers of Burlington Arnold L King of Fort Madison named to a second term on the State Watchmakers Board.
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Price of Milk Rises One Cent in Waterloo
Waterloo AP reports milk prices increased by one cent per quart to 21 cents in most local grocery stores on Monday, reflecting a small but broad rise in household dairy costs.
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Farmers Hit by Hail To Replant Corn and Beans
Special to The Gazette. Farmers in Tama county near Dysart and Gladbrook faced heavy hail damage Sunday and Monday. About 12 to 15 farms suffered losses across Clark Geneseo areas three miles wide and six miles long. Crops including corn oats and beans were ruined and some damaged oats may be used for silage. Farm buildings were damaged and ditches held three feet of water. Hardest hit farms included Charles Gonerman and Ora Seidel.
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Damage affects residents as insured areas noted
Wesley Minkle Glenn Hook Orion Seeback and Roy Hoeppner are involved in the damaged areas with some coverage indicated. Some of the damaged zones are insured, officials said.
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Iowa Methodists Plan Youth Fund
The North Iowa Conference of the Methodist church authorized a statewide fundraising drive for youth work. Funds will be channeled through college student centers and summer camps. Delegates to the quadrennial general conference in Minneapolis were chosen: Dr. Charles S. Hempstead of Fort Dodge, Dr. L. D. Havighurst of Clinton, and Dr. L. A. Gustafson of Mason City. The body also voted to centralize the conference site, with Fort Dodge, Mason City, and Waterloo likely meeting locations.
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Des Moines Depot Planned Two Miles From Downtown
DES MOINES DES MOINES (INS) The Rock Island railroad announced plans to build a two million dollar passenger station in Des Moines. G J Malick general manager for the Des Moines district said work would begin this fall and it is hoped the new station will be ready by next spring. The site on a triangular tract near Court avenue and East Eighteenth street requires extending Court avenue to the station. The move aims to relieve the overcrowded downtown station and keep pace with modern railroading. A 100 car parking lot is planned at the new terminal.
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