Political Notes Clock in Iowa State Politics
A column highlights party platform shifts at state conventions, sign-ups glitches in nomination papers, Milo Mills as lieutenant governor hopeful, and humorous missteps by both parties. It notes upcoming GOP and Democratic events, TV appearances by Robert Kennedy, and a First District caucus in Des Moines.
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Inn County
Max L Milo Mills
Central Committee
Mills
Senate
Enator
Robert Kennedy
New York
ABC
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Bobby
Robert Hood
Fort Dodge
Linn County
Roosevelt Hotel
G.O.P
First Avenue NE
Dudley Taylor
Harold Hughes
Cedar Rapids
John Reilly
Bob Johnson
Buchanan County
Republican Central Committee
American Legion Hall
Independence
DeWitt
Republican Women’s Club
Masonic Temple
Old Tugboats Find Final Resting Place in Keokuk Museum
The George M. Verity towboat, once a working barge hauler, now rests on Keokuk’s riverfront as a museum. Built for 800 horsepower with a 132 foot hull, she was christened in 1940 and reopened river traffic after a 1927 launch as S S Thorpe. Over 20,000 visitors yearly explore her five state rooms and pillared pilot house.
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Kokuk
Mississippi River
Keokuk
George M. Verity
Johnson Street
Mississippi
S.S. Thorpe
Federal Barge Lines
Milady
American Rolling Mills Co
Armco Steel Corp
Verity
Lee County
Iowa
William Verity
Hjelle Named Centennial Union Director at Luther College
Decorah Reverend Paul Hjelle named director of Centennial Union on Luther College campus. A Fargo native and 1958 Luther College graduate, he has served as assistant pastor at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Los Angeles and led the youth program.
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Hijelle
Albert Hijelle
Decorah
Latin Music Expert to Lecture on Colonial Brazil
Francisco Curt Lange, renowned Latin American music specialist, will lecture at the University of Iowa on Music in the Colonial Period of Brazil. The 4 p.m. talk in North Music Hall is open to the public.
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Iowa City
Francisco Curt Lange
University of Iowa
Brazil
North Music Hall
Fifth District Nurses Association Meeting Set for June 30
The Fifth District Nurses Association will meet June 30 at 7 30 p m in St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids A report on the ANA convention will be given.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Odren witnesses capture of Jefferson Davis linked memories
Two Eastern Iowa women recall their grandfather Joseph Odren of Independence who helped trap Jefferson Davis near the Okmulgee river during the Civil War. Odren received a private share of the $100000 reward and later used the captured Davis tent to craft wagons in Iowa.
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Iowa
Joseph Odren
Independence
Jefferson Davis
Odren
Gertrude Morehead
Twelfth Street
Cedar Rapids
Verna Montague
Norway
Fourth Michigan Cavalry
Macon
Robertson
Richmond
Jeff Davis
Okmulgee River
Davis
Binning Resigns Iowa Alumni Job for National Magazine
Dennis W. Binning, publications director of the University of Iowa Alumni Association and editor of the Iowa Alumni Review, resigns effective Aug. 1 to become executive editor of College and University Business from McGraw-Hill in Chicago. The 28 year old, a 1964 journalism and political science graduate, previously worked as advertising manager and editorial page editor of the Daily Iowan.
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Iowa City
Dennis W. Binning
University of Iowa Alumni Assn
Iowa Alumni Review
College and University Business
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Chicago
Binning
School of Journalism
Department of Political Science
Daily
Iowan
The
Alumni Assn
Iowan Spriestersbach Heads Four Week Germany Study Tour
University of Iowa vice president for research D. C. Spriestersbach, also dean of the graduate college, sails to Germany for a four week tour with 10 colleagues from Big Ten schools and the University of Chicago. They visit institutions of higher education, exchange views with German counterparts, and meet field representatives as guests of the Bonn government.
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Iowa City
University For Iowa
D. C. Spriestersbach
Germany
West Berlin
University of Chicago
Spriestersbach
Bonn
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California
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Tate
Richard Radl
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Holiday House
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Denver
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Johnson County
Cliff
Bob Kennedy
Tom Riley
Exchange Club
Bobby Kennedy
Europe
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Riley
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Ellen R. Fenn
St. Louis
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Hjelle
Luther Union
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Third Ave
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E. 4Th Street
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Jell Davis
Iowa Petroleum Committee
Department of Commerce
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