Go Ahead for Des Moines State Vocational Building
The Iowa Executive Council approved seeking bids for a 225000 addition to the State Vocational Rehabilitation Center in Des Moines. Federal funds cover 75 percent. state share, 25 percent. The center would expand from 35–40 to 75–80 trainees, with completion targeted for fall 1958. Merrill Hunt named acting director, replacing H L Benshoof on leave.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa Executive Council
State Vocational Rehabilitation Department
Merrill Hunt
H. L. Benshoof
Federal Bureau of Rehabilitation
Poisonous Plants Warn Iowa Campers Of Hidden Dangers
DES MOINES UP says the Iowa Department of Health warns of poison ivy oak and sumac as picnic season arrives. To prevent itching, avoid scratching, wash with soap and hot water, use alcohol, shower to remove oil, and seek medical help for severe cases. Recognition remains best defense against infection.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Amvets Call for Military Trial of Girard Action
The Iowa Amvets urged William S. Girard be tried by military court for killing a Japanese woman and protested his handover to Japanese authorities for diplomatic expediency. They urged Congress to reverse the decision and have the case handled under military code. They also pressed for a study of nuclear fallout effects, support for a UN police force, and a citizens reapportionment panel. Eldon Huisman was elected commander with new officers named including Rankin, Robinson, Knapp, Riley, and Sien. The auxiliary president named was Shirley Davis, and the 1958 Cedar Rapids convention was approved.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Amvets
William S. Girard
Girard
Congress
Eisenhower
U.N
Herschel C. Loveless
Citizens Committee
Eldon Huisman
Wellsburg
Charles Scherrer
Dubuque
Robert H. Rankin
Aplington
William Robinson
Des Moines
Carl Knapp
Waterloo
Ross Riley
Storm Lake
Paul jSien
Atlantic
Merle Dietz
Harry Kezar
Shirley Davis
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Officers Elected by Iowa Fire Fighters
A Burlington man Lloyd Hale was elected president of the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters at the convention in Council Bluffs. Waterloo’s Mrs Bette Wilharm heads the auxiliary. Cedar Rapids will host next year’s meeting. Elected vice presidents were Waterloo’s Clark Brollier Ottumwa’s Garvin Scots and Davenport’s Dwight Williams. Des Moines John Connors was secretary treasurer and trustees named John Helming Marvin Rochester and Charles Ellis. Auxiliary officers named Peggy Jeffries Des Moines secretary treasurer and Doris Jensen Council Bluffs Vina Ford Sioux City and Dorothy Nelson Burlington as trustees.
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Council Bluffs
Burlington
Lloyd Hale
Iowa Association of Fire Fighters
Hale
Bette Wilharm
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Clark Brollier
Garvin Scots
Ottumwa
Dwight Williams
Davenport
John Connors
Des Moines
John
Westminster Fellowship To Meet at Grinnell
The Westminster Fellowship national assembly opens on the Grinnell College campus with participants from 43 states and foreign countries. Dr. James Smart of Toronto will lead the lectures and discussions during the weeklong event, drawing about 51 Iowa youths to Grinnell.
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Grinnell
National Assembly of the Westminster Fellowship
Grinnell College
James Smart
Toronto
Canada
Pioneer Presbyterian
Iowa
Freedoms Foundation to Honor Five Iowa Winners
DES MOINES AP Five 1956 Freedoms Foundation awards will be presented Tuesday at a Farm Bureau women's summer conference luncheon. Fred Maytag II will present honors to Equitable Life Insurance Iowa, George Washington honor medal for the employee publication Equiowa, and editor George Pease. Eldon Plecher the Sioux City Journal receives a medal for Freedom's Watchword. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation wins second place medal and $100 for the 1956 freedoms project Get Out the Vote. Windsor Heights Junior Chamber of Commerce receives a community medal for Americanism. Other Iowa winners include Abraham Lincoln High School for The Echo editorial and A M Piper of Council Bluffs Nonpareil for Our Constitution Will Not Maintain Itself with second place and $100.
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DES Moines
Freedoms Foundation
Farm Bureau Women
Fred Maytag II
Maytag Company of
Newton
Valley Forge
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Iowa
George Washington
Equiowa
George Pease
Sioux City
Eldon Plecher
Sioux City Journal
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Windsor Heights
Abraham Lincoln High School
the Echo
A. M. Piper
Council Bluffs
Woman in $28 Outfit Best Dressed at Ascot
Betty Garrett, a fish shop worker in Twickenham, was named best dressed at Ascot by a panel during a live telecast. Her outfit cost about $28, featuring a navy suit, inexpensive gloves and a blue hat, while many designers showcased luxury ensembles around her. A customer later told her she looked lovely on TV.
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London
Betty Garrett
Ascot
Mrs. Garret
Roma Fairley
Two injured in two car crash east of Calmar on Hwy 52
Two drivers sustained minor injuries in a two car collision on highway 52 east of Calmar Saturday. Wayne Anfinson 20 of Belmar New Jersey and Berniece Vollmer 26 of Denver Colorado were treated and released from Decorah hospital after the crash.
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Calmar
Highway 52
Wayne Anfinson
Belmar
N. J
Ossian
Berniece Vollmer
Black Horse Pike
Denver
Colo
Decorah Hospital
Prominent Des Moines Jeweler Bert Spear Dies at 70
Des Moines jewel er Bert O Spear aged 70 died Sunday from a heart attack while golfing. He spent 46 years with Plumbs jewelry in Des Moines and led the diamond department. Also in brief reports a $1531 safe burglary at Jim's Grill Red Oak two boys found the safe on a grandfather’s farm. Sioux City reports first polio case Gary Rodrick 12 listed in good condition. Dr Raymond Burnside 65 a PHS officer and amateur historian died in Des Moines. An incorporation election for Mount Joy was authorized by Davenport judge to be held. Lt Col Francis Greenlief 35 of Lincoln named chief of staff Iowa Nebraska national guard 34th Infantry.
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Bert O. Spear
Des Moines
Plumb’s Jewelry
Jim
Red Oak
Sioux City
Gary Rodrick
Raymond Burnside
U.S
Public Health Service
George Custer
Francis Greenlief
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa-Nebraska National Guard
34Th Infantry Division
Frank Williams
Des Moines Leader Harry F. Gross Dies at 83
Funeral services will be held in Des Moines Tuesday for Harry F. Gross 83 former city treasurer and noted insurance man recently named assistant division commander He died Sunday from a heart ailment A separate incident blamed a $5 000 cigarette lighter fire for damage to the Jack McDonald home in Windsor Heights Des Moines suburb Firemen saved a dog two tropical fish aquariums but the family parakeet suffocated
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H. F. Gross
Des Moines
Harry F. Gross
Jack McDonald
Windsor Heights
Pedestrian Killed by Car Near Algona
Algona. Earl Harry Armstrong 47 of Algona was struck and killed along highway 169 just south of Algona. Milo Lammers drove the car. Officers say Lammers passed two cars and was in the left lane when the collision occurred. It was the seventh traffic fatality of the year in Kossuth county, raising the annual toll to 314, compared with 308 last year on the same date.
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Algona (Ap
Earl Harry Armstrong
Algona
Highway 169
Here
Ralph Lindhorst
Dale McBride
Milo Lammers
Lammers
Armstrong
Kossuth
Maxwell family killed and injured in Arizona crash
In Quartzite Arizona on Highway 60 a collision killed Cloyd Dale Maxwell and Warren Maxwell and seriously injured Rosa Maxwell and Jerry Maxwell, all of Maxwell Texas and Phoenix respectively.
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Ariz
Dale Maxwell
Maxwell, Ta
Rosa Maxwell
Valio
Maxwell
Highway 60
Here
Warren Maxwell
Phoenix
Jerry
Bate
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BAR College
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Bill Lelbrand
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Missouri
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Stratton
Tony's Steak House
Avon Cosmetics
Albert's Dry_ Cleaners
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Iowa State Employment Service
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East End
16Th Ave Bridge
Wes Ave
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International
Rapids
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Marton
Allen
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Fieer Chieftain
OLDS
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Lowan
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