Iowa Counties Struggle With Tax Limits in 1957 Report
Iowa legislative Research Bureau says at least half of the counties faced funding trouble within existing tax limits. Counties used emergency funds to cover general operating costs and kept 43 separate funds for different functions. Appanoose County cited a 33 mill levy, the state’s highest, as an example.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Legislative Research Bureau
Clayton Ringgenberg
Ringgenberg
Bureau
Appanoose
Iowa Supreme Court prospects center on 6th district
Iowa's next supreme court justice may come from the 6th district as Gov. Loveless edge toward naming a successor to W.A. Smith. The Republican state judicial convention may weigh the 6th district option while contenders for the high court and a separate race for state commerce commissioner vie for votes in July and August. Black Hawk County is pivotal in past nominating patterns with strong support for Thompson, Means, and Reed shaping the convention. Federal Iowa tax receipts through May exceed last year by 24 million dollars, totaling 347,916,797.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Herschel C. Loveless
W.A. Smith
Dubuque
Loveless
State Supreme Court
Allan Shepherd
L. M. Hullinger, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Frank F. Messer
Iowa City
F. D. Gillon
O.D
John Ropes
Herbert Reed
Ray Thompson
B. M. Richardson
Thompson
Black Hawk County
Black Hawk
Frank Means
Heb Reed
Typical Iowa disabled worker in 1956 57 described
Merrill E Hunt of the vocational rehabilitation division defines the typical rehabilitated disabled worker as a married male aged 56 with one dependent and 69th grade education during 1956 57 in Iowa.
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Merrill E. Hunt
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Iowa Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Unt
Iowa Ag Dept Checks 4000 Ice Cream Samples
The Iowa department of agriculture tests about 4000 ice cream and related products from all Iowa manufacturers and shipments into the state. Officials report two thirds of analyzed samples show manufacturers are exceptionally good in meeting state standards.
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Department
Gubernatorial Candidates Set July 3 Meeting
The first meeting of Gov. Herschel C. Loveless and Dr. William G. Murray during the current campaign is planned for July 3 at Rock Rapids. The event will feature the two nominees appearing in public discussion and debate.
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Herschel C. Loveless
William G. Murray
Rock Rapids
Flower Show Set Friday in Monona
The Northern Clayton County Garden club sponsors an annual flower show at the Monona Farmersburg community school gymnasium. Cedar Rapids judge Mrs. Fred Williamson will evaluate entries at 2 p.m. and speak at 2 30 p.m. A program begins at 8 p.m with the theme Promenade Among the Flowers.
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Gazette
Monona
Clayton County Garden Club
Monona- Farmersburg
Fred Williamson
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Hospital Auxiliary Honors Eight Members
Eight women of the Anamosa Hospital Auxiliary received service pins for 100 hours or more of volunteer work at the first annual meeting. The group, formed in April 1957 with Cedar Rapids Mercy Hospital aid, operates a gift shop, helps in the office, tends patient flowers, and runs sewing and surgical supply tasks.
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Anamosa
Women’s Hospital Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids Mercy Hospital
Don Goodman
Robert Schumacher
Leonard Wegman
John Bechmann
John Bailey
Mary Elaine
William Lem
Anamosa Auxiliary
Hospital Floor Baffles with Fragmentary Text
A fragment from a hospital page shows partial lines about an auxiliary group and a membership figure. The garbled text mentions a floor area and a boast of a membership count, leaving the main event unclear.
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Auxa
Jones County School Meeting Attracts 250 Attendees
MORLEY Some 250 persons attended a Jones county school reorganization meeting Tuesday. No action was taken. The 3 area plan was discussed with areas Monticello and surroundings, Anamosa Martelle Morley Olin Biola, and Wyoming Oxford Junction Center Junction and their service areas. A counter proposal involving Martelle Morley and Olin was also raised.
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Jones County
Morley
Jones County Board of Education
Monticello
Anamosa
Martelle
Olin
Biola
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Onslow
Center Junction
Benefit Archery Shoot Slated at Hazleton
An archery shoot to aid Jerry Raepke, 21, will be held in Hazleton on Sunday at 1 p.m. Raepke has been paralyzed from the neck down since an automobile crash near Hazleton on November 16.
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Hazleton
Jerry Raepke
Raepke
Here
Coggon Man Dies of Burns After Power Line Contact
Edward P. Reilly 63 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital ten days after contact with a live power line while on a roof on the Jess Price farm near Coggon. He was a carpentry crew member, survived by wife Doris a son John and four sisters. Services set for Saturday at St. Johns Church. Arrangements by Sheiley's of Manchester.
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The
Gazette
Edward P. Reilly
Cedar Rapids
Reilly
Jess Price
St. John’s Church
Doris
John
Genevieve Delay
St.Paul
County Conventions Set in West Union
West Union Republican and Democratic county conventions will meet Friday morning in the courthouse to name delegates to the state and district judicial conventions. One vacancy for Fayette county treasurer from November to Jan 1, 1959 remains. Doris Springer, acting treasurer, is their candidate for the regular term. W V Clark, Fayette attorney and former Republican Central committee chairman, will not seek reelection.
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West Union
Court House
Fayette County
Doris Springer
Board of Supervisors
W. V. Clark
Fayette
Republican Central Committee
Bidding Date Set for City Water Facilities
Oelwein officials plan to accept bids for new water facilities on August 5. The project is expected to take about one year to complete.
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Oelwein
Iowa Indian Village Found Near Toolesboro Site
Archaeology students from the University of Iowa began the first excavation of a prehistoric Iowa village near Toolesboro in Louisa County. Led by Dr. Reynold J. Ruppe the eight week dig aims to uncover the life of a Woodland or Hopewell period community dated 500 B.C. to 1400 A.D. Pits yielded tools and evidence of ceremonial cannibalism, with burial mounds nearby studied since the 1870s.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Reynold J. Ruppe
SUI
Ruppe
Midwest
Iowa River
Toolesboro
Louisa County
Wapello
Davenport Academy of Science
Dr. Ruppe
Conventions Set for Friday by GOP and Democrats
Des Moines AP reports both parties hold county conventions Friday at 10 a.m. to name delegates to the state conventions and draft platform planks. Delegates are apportioned by county votes with Polk, Linn, Black Hawk, Scott and Woodbury expected to lead in both parties.
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Des Moines
Herschel Loveless
Melvin D. Synhorst
Polk
Linn
Black Hawk
Scott
Woodbury
Polk County
Donna Gingerich Receives $100 ISC Scholarship
Special to The Gazette Donna Gingerich has won a $100 scholarship to Iowa State College from the ISC Home Economics Alumni Council of Washington County. She will be a freshman at ISC and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ora Gingerich. Also notes LEO AND HIS PIONEERS on Channel 9 Thursday night at 6 00.
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The
Gazette Wellman
Donna Gingerich
Iowa State College
ISC Home Economics Alumni Council
Washington County
Miss Gingerich
ISC
Ora Gingerich
Sunday Crash Claims Second Victim Near Vinton
Monte B. Keller 26 of Vinton died at University Hospitals from a severe brain concussion after a Sunday morning crash one mile north of Vinton. Bert Long 24 of Vinton also died in the collision. Charles Gilchrist 80 of Walker faces July 1 in justice court for leaving the scene. Gilchrist said his car was involved. Long lost control while dodging a car. Keller, a two year Vinton resident, worked for Vinton Crib and Elevator Co. He is survived by wife and four children, mother Jennie Schmitt, father Arthur Keller, and a brother. Funeral services set for Friday and burial Sunday in Scotia, Nebraska.
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Monte B. Keller
Vinton
Bert Long
Charles Gilchrist
Walker
Justice Court
Gilchrist
Sheriff's Office
Keller
Vinton Crib and Elevator Compay
Rites Friday for Ray Soden in Urbana
Funeral services for 69 year old Ray B. Soden will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Christian church in Urbana. Soden died Wednesday of a heart attack. He was born February 13 1889 in Benton county. He married Noreen Combs December 24 1913 and lived in Urbana his entire married life. He worked as a carpenter. Survivors include his wife five sons Homer Frank Harold Elza D and Dale all of Marion and Urbana a brother and sister. The body is at the Fry-Holland funeral home in Vinton.
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Urbana
Ray B. Soden
Christian Church
Homer
Frank
Harold
Marion
Elza D
Dale
Fry-Holland Funeral Home
Vinton
St Mary's Lycurgus Plans July 4 Celebration
Ukon members at St Marys church Lycurgus begin planning the annual July 4 celebration with local involvement and church activities.
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St. Mary’s Church At
Lycurgus
Two Men Injured In Sideswipe Collision Near West Liberty
A two car sideswipe near West Liberty sent Jessie B. Pallette and John H. Westerfield to University hospitals in Iowa City for facial cuts and rib injuries. Pallette of Atalissa and Westerfield of Davenport were treated after their vehicles left Highway 6 and both drivers went into a ditch.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
Here
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Jessie B. Pallette
Atalissa
John H. Westerfield
Davenport
Pallette
Highway 6
Westerfield
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