Iowa Republicans and Democrats announce primary canvass results
Iowa official canvass shows Gov Beardsley unopposed in Republican renomination with 238 686 votes and 14 write ins, while Lester Gillette wins Democratic governor nomination with 70 046 votes to 23 458 for Bennett. Albert Loveland carries Democratic Senate nomination with 38 150 amid six candidates. Republican and Democratic congressional races across eight districts detailed.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Robert D. Blue
Beardsley
Blue
Lester S. Gillette
Fostoria
Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
Otha D. Wearin
Hastings Farmer
Alvin P. Meyer
van Meter Farmer
Oilman
W. M. Shaw
Newton Theaterman
Ernest J. Seemann
Waterloo
Melvin D. Synhorst
Mary S. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
C. B. Akers
Edna C. Lawrence
Ottumwa
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Herbert W. Ovesen
Wilton Junction
James D. France
Tipton
Henry O. Talle
Decorah
Eugene J. Kean
Dubuque
H. R. Gross
James O. Babcock
New Hampton
Karl M. le Compte
Corydon
Leo A. Hoegh
Chariton
Steven V. Carter
Leon
Paul Cunningham
Gibson C. Holliday
Gordon Winlock
James I. Dolliver
Maurice O’reilly
Barnum
Ben F. Jensen
Extra
Russell L. Voelz
Minden
Sewell E. Allen
Onawa
James A. Hart
Council Bluffs
Charles B. Hoeven
Alton
L. J. McGivern
Marcus
James R. Naughton
Sioux City
Eee W. Feddersen
Iowa Eyes Record Year in Building Construction
Des Moines reports a promising year for Iowa building activity with April valuations up 32 percent from March and 117 percent from 1949. Four months total $34.964 million exceeds 1942–45 yearly sums and nears 1946–47 yearly totals, with residential work driving 70 percent of April starts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Bureau of Labor
Bureau
Boy Shot During a William Tell Style Game
Clayton Robertson was struck in the head by a .22 rifle bullet during a neighbor boy’s shot aimed at a can placed on the boy’s head. The 15 year old from a Boone area farm remains in serious condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City after the incident occurring Wednesday evening.
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Iowa City
Clayton Robertson
University
Boone
R. E. Gunn
Clayton
Lyle Platter
Robertsons
Five Year Old Rescues Six Families by Smelling Roses
Five year old Suzanne Elbert visiting Iowa City from Chicago woke her grandmother Catherine Logan to a toxic gas leak. An old fashioned refrigerator was leaking sulfur dioxide, and Suzanne's nose led Logan to alert six families in the apartment house, saving them all.
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Iowa City
Suzanne Elbert
Chicago
Catherine Logan
Suzanne
Court Refuses To Dismiss Choi Murder Charge
Iowa Supreme Court rules Duk Sung Choi not entitled to dismissal of murder charge in the January slaying of Chun Kuen Oh at Dubuque University. Justices note the three month trial continuance was excessive and would have preferred a two week limit.
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Choi
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Duk Sung Choi
Dubuque University
Chun Kuen Oh
Milton J. Glenn
Dubuque
High Court
Supreme Court
E. Marshall Thomas
Polk Grand Jury Criticizes Jail Expansion Rejection
The Polk county grand jury criticized the board of supervisors for denying Sheriff Howard C. Reppert's plan to enlarge the jail by 18 beds at a cost of 1,285 dollars. It called the veto unwise and said it was very disappointed, urging reconsideration as overcrowding persisted with prisoners sleeping on floors.
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Des Moines
Polk County Grand Jury
Board of Supervisors
Grand Jury
Howard C. Reppert
Census Revisions in Tipton See 1950 Population Rise
Davenport correction reports 1950 Tipton population at 2,631, up 113 from 1940’s 2,518. Earlier figures had listed 1,613. Other tallies in cluded:
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Davenport
Tipton
P. J. Cerretti
Iowa man at 100 recalls Lincoln kinship and dinner
Princeton resident David Warren Hanks, born June 23, 1850 in Albany NL, claims cousinship to Abraham Lincoln through Nancy Hanks. He recalls a dinner at the Lincoln home near Springfield, their games, and Lincoln's skill in throwing bones through a barrel bung.
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Princeton
Abraham Lincoln
David Warren Hanks
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln
Hanks
Albany
Samuel
Kentucky
Illinois
Springfield
Abe
Bakery Drivers Win Raise and Shorter Week
DES MOINES AP Six baking companies reach a one year contract boosting commissions from six to seven percent and raising weekly minimum from 55 to 57 50. The six day week is cut by one hour daily, raising average weekly earnings to about 90 for 175 drivers represented by Bakery Drivers Local 356 AFL. Companies include Colonial Butternut Continental Angles Supreme and Omar bakeries with drivers in Des Moines Fort Dodge Atlantic Leon Centerville Webster City and Waterloo.
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DES Moines
Ray Mills
Local 356
AFL
Colonial
Butternut
Continental
Angles
Supreme
Omar Bakeries
Fort Dodge
Atlantic
Leon
Centerville
Webster City
Waterloo
West Union Eyes New Jefferson Bus Route Expansion
West Union would join the Jefferson line under a plan supported by J B Greeninger traveling passenger agent. The company seeks Iowa and Interstate Commerce Commission approval to extend the Spencer to Charles City east-west line to West Union linking to Postville and Dubuque. The 52 mile West Union to Charles City segment is the sole open link. Service would begin within 10 days after approval.
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West Union
J. B. Greeninger
Jefferson Transportation Company
Jefferson
Iowa and
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Spencer
Charles City
Postville
Dubuque
State Record MARRIAGE LICENSES List
A list of state marriage licenses shows couples from Clinton Anamosa Elkader Marengo Vinton Iowa City and other locales. Names include Annear Farley Hussmann Heyen Weserman Wade Glasier Chamberlin Thyer Farrell etc. Partners hail from Cedar Rapids Davenport Muscatine Ottumwa Kalona and surrounding areas.
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Tipton
Richard L. Annear
Loleta J. Farley
Clinton
Anamosa
Donald P. Hussmann
Phyllis Heyen
Langworthy
Martin F. Benter
Emma Jane Haase
Hopkinton
Edwin N. Becker
Ossian
Catherine Power
Gene A. Falcon
Bette Kettelsen
Springville
Elkader
Delos W. Weserman
Katherine Wade
Guttenberg
Marshall Glasier
Elizabeth Chamberlin
Madison
Wis
Ernest W. Thyer
Arlington
Irene W. Farrell
Volga
Donald Welsh
Elaine Berns
Marengo
John M. McGuire
Elizabeth L. Keller
Robert D. Wellman
Margaret Jones
Cedar Rapids
Robert R. Ragan
Grinnell
Hattie Mae Patton
Brooklyn
Davenport
Richard T. Hearn
Florence L. Martin
Edward Switek
LaSalle
Ill
Marjorie M. Siebert
Spring Valley
Mariy S. Jenson
Juergens
LaVerne Anstey
Winthrop
Patricia Hefferman
Solon
Joan P. Almon
Elm Grove
Beth Wilson
Iowa City
Wellman
Car Ears
Thomas D. ‘Terrell
Vida Potter
Ottum
School Planning Conference at University of Iowa
More than 100 school board members superintendents architects and private citizens will attend a three day conference on school building planning at the University of Iowa starting Monday. The event features nationally known experts and Iowa practitioners as it aids boards in planning new schools or additions. Virgil M. Hancher will open the session with Jessie M. Parker introducing the planning committee.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa Association of School Boards
American Institute of Architects
Virgil M. Hancher
Jessie M. Parker
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Widow Testifies Baratta Delivered Fatal Blow
A widow testified that Charles Baratta struck the fatal blow to her husband Wilbur A. Sandin at the Last Chance tavern on June 10. Sandin, a Drake University premedical student, died days later from skull fractures. Baratta seeks bail as he faces murder charges in the death.
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Des Moines
Charles Baratta
Wilbur A. Sandin
Lou Ladd
Baratta
Sandin
Henry G. Decker
Mercy Hospital
Ed S. Thayer
Ladd
Iowan Killed in Plane Crash in Pennsylvania
John Quinn 25 of Pittsburgh and Marquis Chisholm 59 of Des Moines Iowa died in a plane crash near Uniontown Pennsylvania. Chisholm a CAP pilot and organizer in western Pennsylvania was among the victims. A witness said the plane struck a cornfield after engine trouble.
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Uniontown
INS
University of Pittsburgh
Iowa
John Quinn
Pittsburgh
Marquis Chisholm
Civil Air Patrol
Des Moines
Chisholm
Blairsville
CAP
Pennsylvania
Beardsley Returns to Desk After Governors Conference
Iowa Governor William S. Beardsley resumes duties at the statehouse after attending the governors conference in West Virginia. He plans to discuss mental health program phases with Dr. Charles Graves and noted a decrease in mentally ill patients in Iowa hospitals while other states saw increases. He also mentioned talks on national resources flood control soil conservation highway safety and transportation. He praised screening and outpatient programs at state hospitals as promising.
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Des Moines
INS
William S. Beardsley
Statehouse
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Beardsley
Charles Graves
Iowa
Body of Auto Racer Recovered from Water
John Mehmen aged 21, an ex marine and auto racer, was found Friday in the Coon Valley sand pit southeast of Des Moines. He had been missing since Wednesday after his car and clothes were found on the bank. Sheriff Howard Reppert and deputies, city police and conservation officers dragged the pit where Mehmen said he planned to swim.
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Des Moines
John Mehmen
Coon Valley
Howard Reppert
Mehmen
New Eastern Iowa Lawyers Are Sworn In
Eighteen IO lawyers sworn in at the University of Iowa as members of the Iowa bar District Judge Fred M Hudson of Pocahontas administered the oath. Notable names include Mahlon N Brown What Cheer Willmer G Dimprich Cedar Rapids Marvin C Hayward Independence Nicholas E Lillies Cedar Rapids Ernest F Pence Tipton William R Ruthor Clarence Asher E Schroeder Maquoketa John J Shea Cedar Rapids Clark J Sloan Manchester John N St Clair Vinton Leslie P Turner Independence and James L Williamson Manchester. Others sworn were Richard F Homan Newhall Valparaiso university and Donald J Sebesta Mechanicsville John Marshall university.
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Iowa City
Iowa Bar
University of Iowa
Fred M. Hudson
Pocahontas
Hudson
James
University of Iowa College of Law
Northwestern University
Valparaiso University
John Marshall University
Eastern Iowa
Mahlon N. Brown
What Cheer
Willmer G. Dim
Newhall
Donald J. Sebesta F
Mechanicsville
Gillette urges broader ECA outreach in Iowa
Sen. Gillette of Iowa told a Senate small business hearing that the Economic Cooperation Administration should expand its information reach to Iowa small manufacturers. He noted only one contact currently exists, the Iowa Manufacturing Association in Des Moines, and urged contacting chambers of commerce in Sioux City Council Bluffs Waterloo Cedar Rapids Davenport Dubuque Burlington Keokuk Newton Charles City Ottumwa and Mason City.
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Washington
Gillette
Iowa
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Senate
Small Business Committee
Iowa Manufacturing Association
Des Moines
Chambers of Commerce
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Dubuque
Burlington
Keokuk
Newton
Charles City
Ottumwa
Mason City
Nurse Burned In Explosion In Riverdale Trailer
Mrs. Courtland E. Johannsen a University hospital nurse and Dubuque graduate student was burned and a Riverdale village trailer home gutted when a gas pressure stove generator exploded about 10 a.m. Neighbors aided by an ice man used a portable extinguisher until fire crews arrived. Damage to personal effects is estimated at $1 000 with furniture clothing and fixtures charred.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Courtland E. Johannsen
Riverdale Village
University of Iowa
Johannsen
University Hospital
Dubuque
Farmer Kills Himself After Beating Wife Near Boone
Henry W Patterson, 50, a farmer near Boone, beat his wife Nellie 49 with a shotgun butt and then fatally shot himself. Their son Marvin 15 brought Nellie to a hospital and summoned the sheriff. The sheriff found Patterson in the basement dead of a chest wound. a shotgun stock was broken in the assault.
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Boone
Henry W. Patterson
Nellie
Marvin
Garland Hancock
Patterson
Des Moines CWA Local Rejects Bell Contract
Des Moines AP reports members of the Des Moines local of the Communication Workers of America rejected a new contract offered by Northwestern Bell Telephone Company Thursday night.
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DES Moines
Communication Workers of America
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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