Bluffs faces vote on form of city government
Council Bluffs will decide Tuesday whether to retain the city manager system adopted in 1949 or return to mayor council government. Opponents cite high taxes and lack of representation while supporters highlight wardless elections and city gains such as paved streets and new equipment. Community groups and figures including Joseph B. Katelman and Don Filbert lead campaigns.
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Council Bluffs
Juniog Chamber of Commerce
Better Representative Government Association
Joseph B. Katelman
Katelman
Good Government Committee
GGC
Don Filbert
L. M. McConnell
Albert L. Cleveland
Iowa Briefs Local notes from scattered towns
COLUMBUS JUNCTION cleared site of old button factory damaged in April. Muscatine Pearl Button Works plans a new concrete building. QUASQUETON band members join Independence band this summer Nedra Manson Jimmine Manson Carolyn Lange and Ester Franke. EARLVILLE Mrs Charles Fort patient at a Hochester Minnesota hospital. WAUKON three Allamakee county draft registrants report July 9 in Des Moines Wayne Schmieden Waterville Romaine Beardmore Dorchester Frank Rangenberger Spring Grove Ming. WAUKON Allamakee county fair set for August 11 at Ya.
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Columbus Junction
Muscatine
Quasqueton
Independence
Nedra
Jimmine Manson
Carolyn Lange
Ester Franke
Earlville
Charles Fort
Hochester, Minn
Waukon
Allamakee County
Des Moines
Wayne Schmieden
Waterville
Romaine Beardmore
Dorchester
Frank Rangenberger
Spring Grove
Ming, Waukon
Allamakey ‘County
Cedar Rapids sidewalks plan in city resolve
The Cedar Rapids city council approves Ordinance 1966 and funds for permanent sidewalks, outlining construction along specific avenues and lots. The measure requires notices to property owners, published in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, and allows owners to build their own sidewalks by July 1954 or face city-imposed work and assessments.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ribet
Teers Pias
Bisa County
Jova
bo-Wwikt
Fiat Mo
Jara Avenue
Dubuque
Doria Jean
Jones
Mara
Ety Ray Daniel Kennedy
Lotler
Acciyard
Roger Jones
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Clesa
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Wee Wae Tae
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Pratt i Lee & 14Th EL
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Bsetret
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Welling Avent
Slee
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Vernon Road
Haritor
Vdé& Harman
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Ronda
B. Warde
Harmon
Mt Vernon
Road
Pugion
Verban Read &E
Durton
Mt Vernon Toad
Tarons
Mt. Vernon
Burton
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Sur
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Ee Ind. Lith
Tuli
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Tiuli
Hull
Carpenter's
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A. Boching
Streck
Dowling
Bowling
Jawa
Enid
Meyer
Cedar Rounds
James J. Mercihan
Reformatory Cheese Factory Audit Sees Loss and Policy Critique
Des Moines audit finds the reform school industries outlining a cheese factory loss amid a broader review of the institutions. It notes the cheese plant operates at a loss while transfer plans and government price supports influence its finances, with the overall reformatory funds and profits from canning and other shops detailed.
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Des Moines
Indus
Ormatory
B. Akers
Reformatory
Elasses
United States
State General Fund
Remodity Credit Corporation
General Institution
Kingsley Lumber Fire Causes 35000 Damage
A Sunday blaze in Kingsley district led to over two hours of firefighting by Kingsley Pearson and Moville volunteers. Kingsley Lumber Company suffered about 35000 in damage, while the main lumber portion escaped. The Kingsley weekly paper also suffered smoke and water damage but will operate this week. No injuries were reported.
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Kingsley
INS
Pearson
Moville
Fred Reinhold
Kingsley Lumber Company
Reinhold
Kingsley Weekly
Ottumwa woman named Miss Iowa for Miss Universe
Carol Morris of Ottumwa, 20, was chosen Miss Iowa and will compete in the Miss Universe pageant in Long Beach, California, July 12. A Drake University junior, she is a model and clerical sales worker, daughter of Rev and Mrs La Verne Morris, and previously competed in Miss America in 1964 after earlier winning Miss Ottumwa.
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Arnolds Park
Carol Morris
Ottumwa
California
Miss Morris
Iowa
la Verne Morris
Drake University
Towns Raise Fund for Boy's Heart Surgery in Nashua
Nashua residents pursue a $2,000 drive to cover a life saving operation for 11 year old Carl Goins. Backers reported $300 raised and expect the remaining funds by mid August to pay for a recently developed heart surgery.
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Nashua
Carl Goins
Oelwein
Carl
Crash at Crossing Kills Father of 4
Cortland G. Dorenkamp 29 of Clear Lake, father of four, died early Monday when the bread truck he drove was struck by a Rock Island freight train on a county road six miles southeast of Mason City. Authorities say he did not see the train as it ran about 60 mph. Dorenkamp served by the Clear Lake Bakery Company. his widow survives.
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Mason City
Newton Washer Firm Recalls Workers for New Machine
Newton Automatic Washer Company of Newton recalls workers to assemble a commercial type automatic washing machine. The firm plans to hire new employees within 30 days and begin limited production for several months while continuing defense contract work. General manager John F. Horvath notes the project readiness.
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Newton Washer
Newton
INS
John F. Horvath
Youths Leap to Safety Before Train Rams Car
Four youths escaped death or injuries as they leaped from a stalled car seconds before a fast freight train hit the Rock Island crossing near Newton. Driver Thomas Robey, 17, and passengers Melvin Sheets 16 Dale McCommant 18 Richard Kies 20 all of Malcolm were returning from stock car races when their car stalled on highway 396. The vehicle was demolished after the crash.
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Newton
INL
Harald Trimble
Melvin Sheets
Brooklyn
Dale McCommant
Richard Kies
Thomas Robey
Malcolm
Robey
Rock Island
Channel 4
Irvin Lacock Dies at 71 in Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon resident Irvin Lacock 71 a retired farmer and longtime Linn county native died Sunday at his home. Survived by wife two daughters Christine two brothers Harvey Springville and Robert Tipton and daughter Mrs Edgar Neal Mt Vernon. He was a Rotary club and Knights of Pythias member. Services set for Tuesday at 2 pm in the Methodist church. Body at Baxter mortuary.
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Irvin Tlacock
Linn County
Christine
Harvey
Springville
Robert Lacock
Tipton
Edgar Neal
Mt. Vermnon
Rotary Club
Knights of Pythias
Methodist
Baxter Mortuary
Police Chief Elected Iowa VFW Commander
DES MOINES AP Masca line Police Chief Joseph G Maher was elected commander of the Iowa department Veterans of Foreign Wars Sunday. He succeeds Edgar M McConnell for Oakland. Mrs Joseph Glaza of Water loo was named auxiliary president succeeding Mrs Forest Miller of Leon. Other VFW officers named were Harold McAlpine Sheldon senior vice commander Ben Holden Council Bluffs junior vice commander Max W Van Horn Des Moines quartermaster adjutant Oliver Thorson Kanawha chaplain Arnold Tilton Majeson Chiy surgeon and Dudley Lowry Davenport judge advocate. Other auxiliary officers named were Mrs Keith Noland Adair senior vice president Mrs Walter Rose Charles City junior vice-president Mrs Ivan Woorly Newton treasurer Mrs Edgar McConnell Oakland chaplain Mel Lloyd Harris Des Moines conductress and Mrs Henry Bauman Sac City guard.
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Mascaline
Joseph G. Maher
Iowa Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Edgar M. McConnell
Oakland
Joseph Glaza
Waterloo
Forest Miller
Leon
VFW
Harold McAlpine
Sheldon
Ben Holden
Council Bluffs
Max W. van Horn
Oliver Thorson
Kanawaha
Arnold Tilton
Majeon Chiy
Dudley Lowry
Davenport
Keith Noland
Adair
Walter Rose
Charles City
Ivan Woorly
Newton
Edgar McConnell
Mel. Lloyd Harris
Henry Bauman
Sac City
Danish Letter Recounts Sailor Harassment Claims
A Danish mother writes to Ekstrabladet alleging sailors from the battleship Inwa faced advances from teenage girls in Copenhagen. She claims the sailors and midshipmen were driven to desperation, though authorities reported no complaints from the sailors.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Inwa
Ekstrabladet
I Dr Mackintosh To Be Honored At Washington
Dr Helen K Mackintosh of Hopkinton will receive the National Civil Service League career service award in Washington on July 2. She heads the elementary schools section of the U S Office of Education, joined in 1938 after Grand Rapids work, taught at Pittsburgh and Miami University, and is a University of Iowa graduate. Her career includes Vienna English teaching in 1947 and a world flight aiding workshops for Cambodian principals under USAID.
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INS
U. S. Office of Education
National Civil Service League
Helen K. Mackintosh
Hopkinton
Mackintosh
Office of Education
Grand Rapids
Mich
University of Pittsburgh
Miami University
University of Iowa
Vienna
Cambodia
Foreign Operations Administration
Laok Magazine
Reward Offered for Hit and Run Driver Near Spirit Lake
A $200 reward was announced in Des Moines to locate a yellow car linked to a fatal hit and run on Iowa Highway 9 west of Spirit Lake. Four Illinois residents, including Mr and Mrs Fred Hamann, were killed when their car was sideswiped and forced into another driven by Bill Stienhart. The Iowa Highway Patrol issued a John Doe warrant for the driver as yellow paint from the Hamann car was sent to the state Bureau of Investigation for analysis.
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Des Moines
Anffort
Spirit Lake
Illinois
Iowa Highway Patrol
John Doe
Iowa Highway 9
Fred Hamann
Peotone
T11
Hamann
Bill Stienhart
Montgomery
Iowa
Eannibal
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Shank
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Howard B Stark Co
Midbeakee
Belden Hill Cigar Co
Myers Cox Co
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Nash Finch Co
Drive-In Night Depository
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