Reformatory Industry Audit Critical of Cheese Factory
Des Moines AP report shows Anamosa reformatory industries earned a net $8,388 in 1955 after a prior year loss, with the cheese factory operating at a loss due to CCC free cheese and time misallocation by the factory superintendent. Canning, metals, and other shops posted mixed results while overall costs, receipts, and inmate counts rose.
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Des Moines
Anamosa Reformatory
C. B. Akers
Reformatory and Industries
Reformatory
Akers
United States
Commodity Credit Corporation
State General Fund
Lumber Firm Hit By 35000 Fire In Kingsley
Fire in Kingsley business district causes 35000 dollars in damage to Kingsley Lumber Company. Main lumber yard across street spared. fire disrupts local paper and traffic. About 1000 residents watched in 90 degree heat. No injuries reported. Firefighters from Kingsley and nearby towns contained blaze after over two hours.
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Kingsley
INS
Pearson and
Moville
Fred Reinhold
Kingsley Lumber Company
Reinhold
Kingsley Weekly
Ottumwa Woman Named Miss Iowa for Miss Universe
Carol Morris aged 20 of Ottumwa was crowned Miss Iowa and will compete in the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach California on July 12. A Drake University junior, she previously held Miss Ottumwa and has modeled for an Ottumwa TV station while working as a sales girl.
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Arnolds Park
Carol Morris
Ottumwa
California
Miss Morris
Iowa
LaVerne Morris
Drake University
Youths Leap to Safety as Train Destroys Car Near Newton
Four youths escaping a stalled car just seconds before a fast freight train hit the vehicle near Newtons northeast edge. Identified as Melvin Sheets 16 Dale McCommant 18 Richard Kies 20 and Thomas Robey 17 all of Malcolm. Robey drove the car which stalled on Rock Island tracks at highway 396 and was carried a quarter mile down the line before demolition.
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Newton
INL
Harold Trimble
Melvin Sheets
Brooklyn
Dale McCommant
Richard Kies
Thomas Robey
Malcolm
Robey
Rock Island
Towns Raise Fund for Boy s Heart Surgery
Nashua residents and nearby towns launch a drive to raise 21000 for 11 year old Carl Goins facing a rare heart condition. Backers report 300 raised and hope to complete the total by mid August to fund a recently developed operation.
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Nashua
Carl Goins
Oelwein
Carl
Crash at Crossing Kills Father of 4
Cortland G. Dorenkamp, 29, of Clear Lake and father of four, died when his bread truck collided with a Rock Island freight train about six miles southeast of Mason City on a county road. The train, traveling about 60 mph, struck the vehicle after authorities believe he failed to see the train. Dorenkamp worked for the Clear Lake Bakery Company. His widow survives.
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Mason City
Newton Washer Firm Recalls, Hires Workers for New Machine
The Automatic Washer Company of Newton says it is recalling workers to work on a commercial type automatic washing machine and hiring new employees within 30 days. General manager John F. Horvath notes production will begin on a limited basis for several months as the plant continues defense contract work.
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Newton
INS
John F. Horvath
Irvin Lacock Dies at 71 in Mt. Vernon
Irvin Lacock 71 a lifelong Linn county resident and retired farmer died Sunday at his Mt. Vernon home. Survived by his wife a daughter Christine two brothers Harvey of Springville and Robert of Tipton and a daughter Mrs. Edgar Neal of Mt Vernon. He belonged to the Rotary club and the Knights of Pythias. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Methodist church. Body at Baxter mortuary.
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MT. Vernon
Irvin Lacock
Linn County
Christine
Harvey
Springville
Robert Lacock
Tipton
Edgar Neal
Rotary Club
Knights of Pythias
Methodist Church
Baxter Mortuary
UNCOVERED Presents No Reply From Room 17
UNCOVERED presents No Reply From Room 17 airing Monday at 9 30 p m on Channel 9. A suspenseful program invites viewers to explore a mystery through interviews and archival footage presented by the UNCOVERED team. The show promises investigative insight into a curious case with dramatic recollections and expert commentary.
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Uncovered
Room 17
Channel 9
Bluffs Vote To Decide City Manager Plan Fate
Council Bluffs voters face a Tuesday decision on retaining the 1949 city manager system or returning to mayor council government. The election features a split campaign with the Junior Chamber favoring the manager plan and the Better Representative GovernmentAssociation pushing for a return to the old form. Supporters cite wardless elections and city improvements, while opponents point to higher taxes and alleged dictatorial rule.
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Council Bluffs
Chamber of Commerce
Better Representative Government Association
Joseph B. Katelman
Katelman
Police Chief Elected Iowa VFW Commander
Des Moines AP Muscatine Police Chief Joseph G. Maher was elected commander of the Iowa department Veterans for Foreign Wars. He succeeds Edgar M. McConnell of Oakland. Mrs Joseph Glaza of Waterloo named auxiliary president succeeding Mrs Forest Miller of Leon. Other officers named include Harold McAlpine Sheldon senior vice commander Ben Haden Council Bluffs junior vice commander Max W Van Horn Des Moines quartermaster adjutant Oliver Thorson Kanawha chaplain Arnold Tilton Mason City surgeon Dudley Lowry Davenport judge advocate. Auxiliary officers named were Mrs Keith Noland Adair senior vice president Mrs Walter Rose Charles City junior vice president Mrs Ivan Woody Newton treasurer Mrs Edgar McConnell Oakland chaplain Mrs Lloyd Harris Des Moines conductress and Mrs Henry Bauman Sac City guard.
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Des Moines
Muscatine
Joseph G. Maher
Iowa Department
Veterans For Foreign Wars
Edgar M. McConnell
Oakland
Joseph Glaza
Waterloo
Forest Miller
Leon
VFW
Harold McAlpine
Sheldon
Ben Haden
Council Bluffs
Max W. van Horn
Oliver Thorson
Kanawaha
Arnold Tilton
Mason City
Dudley Lowry
Davenport
Keith Noland
Adair
Walter Rose
Charles City
Ivan Woody
Newton
Edgar ‘McConnell
Lloyd Harris
Henry :.Bauman
Sac City
Iowa Sailors Not Complaining Amid Danish Reports
Danish mother writes to Ekstrabladet alleging Iowa sailors warded off teen girls with violence. The letter claims sailors and midshipmen faced advances in Copenhagen, though no complaints by sailors were reported.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Iowa
Ekstrabladet
Old Button Factory Site Cleared For New Plant
COLUMBUS JUNCTION reports the site of the former button factory destroyed by fire on April 8 has been cleared. A new concrete building will be erected for the Muscatine Pearl Button Works. QUASQUETON band members join Independence band this summer: Nedra Manson, Jimmine Manson, Carolyn Lange, and Ester Franke. EARLVILLE Mrs. Charles Fort is a patient at a Rochester Minnesota hospital. WAUKON three Allamakee county draft registrants report July 9 for induction: Wayne Schmieden, Romaine Beardmore, and Frank Rangenberger. WAUKON Allamakee county fair set for Aug 11-13.
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Columbus Junction
Muscatine Pearl Button Works
Quasqueton
Independence
iThey
Nedra
Jimmine Manson
Carolyn Lange
Ester Franke
Earlville
Charles Fort
Rochester
Minn
Waukon
Allamakee County
Des Moines
Wayne Schmieden
Waterville
Romaine Beardmore
Dorchester
Frank Rangenberger
Spring Grove
Cedar Rapids sidewalk plan resolution 1956
Resolution 0340 directs permanent sidewalks along specified Cedar Rapids parcels. It cites ordinance 1966 and Iowa code, requires publication in two Gazette issues, sets July 9 1956 as construction start after owner notices and the July 10 deadline for self construction permits, and notes assessments against properties. Mayor Meaghan signs. councilors Gardner Halvorson Prochaska Shank approve.
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Creda Rapids
Iowa
Cit
Cedar’ Rapids
Ina
Ba Avenue
14Th Street
Ind
Street
4Th “Avenue
Avenue
Ath Avenue
Nor
Welling
5Th Avenue
Wellington
Wellingston
Seen Avenue
Lth
Mt. Vernon Road
Ward & Harmon's
Carp
Daventer
Vernon Road
Burton's
Burhone
Sur
Spot
Mt. Vernon
Ernon Road
Burton
Wiiey
16Th Avenue Roa
Hull
16Th Avenue SE
Hu Sth Street
Carpenter's
I. 5Th
Bowling’s
Bowling
Bowling's
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cuy
Cedar
Ames J. J. Meagean
Dr Helen Mackintosh to be honored in Washington
Iowa educator Dr Helen K Mackintosh of Hopkinton chief of the elementary schools section in the U S Office of Education will receive the second annual career service award from Look magazine in Washington on July 2 she joined the office in 1938 after teaching at Miami University Grand Rapids and the University of Pittsburgh. She also worked with English teachers in Vienna in 1947 and recently toured the world aiding elementary school principals in Cambodia under a Foreign Operations Administration program.
Girl 3 Fatally Struck In Yard By Backing Car
Doris Jean Jones, 3, died at a hospital about two hours after being struck by a car driven by Roy Daniel Kennedy, a roomer at the Jones home, as he backed up in the yard of the parents home in Dubuque.
Reward Offered for Hit and Run Driver
A $200 reward is offered to locate the yellow car involved in a fatal four-vehicle crash near Spirit Lake Iowa on June 10. The Hamann family of Peotone Illinois and two female passengers died when their car was sideswiped on Iowa highway 9 west of Spirit Lake. An arrest warrant for a John Doe driver has been issued by the Iowa Highway Patrol.
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Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Illinois
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa Highway 9
Fred Hamann
Peotone
Ill
Hamann
Bill Stienhart
Montgomery
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Car plunges onto garage roof on curvy Snake Alley
Two 16 year old students from Galesburg Illinois escaped injury when their car nose dived through a yard and a wire fence, then 10 feet down to the roof of a Burlington garage. Driver Sharon Anderson and passenger Marlene Rowe, both 16, climbed out as brakes reportedly failed midway down the seven sharp curves of Snake Alley.
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Burlington
INS
Galesburg
Sharon Anderson
Marlene Rowe
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Belden Hill Cigar Co
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Myers Cox Co
Linn Candies Witwer Groc. Co
Nash Finch Co
Drive-In Night Depository
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