Marengo Couple Becomes Iowa Drugstore Relief Pair
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Swezey of Marengo spent 42 years running their own drugstore before retiring in 1952. They now work as full time trouble shooters relief operators, filling in at drugstores across Iowa. In 1954 they spent less than seven weeks at home and faced a rising demand for their services with stores seeking five to six week slots in the busy summer season.
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Marengo
Shenandoah
Iowa
Toke Nelson
Henandoah
Hawkeye
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Swezey’s
Lewis
Mrs. Swezey
Swezey
Olson Rexall Drug
John Shepherd
Florida
Texas
South
Auto Dealers' Business Rises in Iowa in January
Iowa dealers in new motor vehicles and trailers logged more than 24 million dollars in January sales, up nearly 6 percent from a year ago. Use tax collected on these transactions totaled 493,348 dollars, with eight counties exceeding 10,000 dollars in sales. Major counties included Polk 2,637,750 and Linn 1,059,281.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Tax Commission
Black Hawk
Clinton
Dubuque
Linn
Polk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Woodbury
Senate
House
Six East Jowans Return to States
Six servicemen from The Gazette area aboard the transport Gen. Brewster head to San Francisco for arrival today. Veterans include Cpl. George A. Baker and Pvt. Paul W. Smith of Oelwein, Pfc. Lanny R. Perdue and Pfe. Jerry R. Stiles of Cedar Rapids, Cpl. Clarence R. Stanwood of Quasqueton, and Cpl. S. D. Peyton of Marion.
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San Francisco
Gazette
Gen. Brewster
1St Marine Airwing
Korea
3Rd Marine Division
Japan
George A. Baker
Paul W. Smith
Oelwein
Lanny R. Perdue
Jerry R. Stiles
Cedar Rapids
Clarence R. Stanwood
Quasqueton
S. D. Peyton
Marion
Cpl Donald F Owen Among 1328 Aboard Gen H B Freeman
Seattle AP reports Cpl Donald F Owen of West Liberty is among 1,328 passengers aboard the navy transport Gen H B Freeman, arriving Monday from the Far East.
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Seattle
Donald F. Owen
West Liberty
H. B. Freeman
Far East
Organization of Coggon Lions Club Planned
Special to The Gazette reports a meeting to organize a Lions club in Coggon will be held Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Legion hall. Howard Hicks district governor of Lions clubs from Monticello will speak at the gathering.
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Coggon
Lions Club
Legion Hall
Howard Hicks
Monticello
Lions Clubs
Rabid Dog Bites Man In Le Mars Prompting Statewide Search
Le Mars health officials seek a 19 year old man after a brown and white collie bit him March 1 while he traveled with an older man in a 1953 Lincoln from Wichita to Minnesota. The dog later died and tests confirmed rabies. Kathleen Farmer, 15, was also bitten and is under antirabies treatment. Authorities in Iowa Minnesota and Kansas were asked to help locate the pair.
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LE Mars
F. Bendixon
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
University of Iowa Laboratories
Iowa City
Bendixon
Kathleen Farmer
East Iowans Pledge Fraternity at Iowa U
Several Gazette area students are pledged to the SUI chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, including George R. Lehman and Ronald G. Popelka of Cedar Rapids, Jack D. Hansen of Decorah, John F. Wiest of Fort Atkinson, and Richard Clemens of Oelwein.
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Iowa City
Gazette Area
SUI Chapter
Alpha Kappa Psi
Professional Commerce
George R. Lehman
Ronald G. Popelka
Cedar Rapids
Jack D. Hansen
Decorah
John F. Wiest
Fort Atkinson
Richard Clemens
Oel
Wein
VA Report Labeled Half Truths by Am vets leader
Waterloo AP report covers Rufus H. Wilson criticizing the Hoover Commission for VA medical care recommendations. He calls the findings half truths, cites bed shortages, and notes 65,000 non service connected VA cases with many chronic illnesses among patients.
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Waterloo
Amvets
Hoover Commission
Veterans Administration
Wilson
Saipan
Safety Leaders Support Pending Speed Limit Bill
Des Moines AP safety leaders back a proposed Iowa speed limit bill first filed Jan 17 by Sen. W C Stuart. The plan sets a 55 mph night limit and 65 mph day limit with exceptions, enabling patrols to fine unsafe speeds. The State Highway Commission could adjust limits based on engineering data.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
W. C. Stuart
Stuart
State Highway Commission
Eastern Iowa Artist Gains Wide Notice
Clair Francis Bartlett of Strawberry Point gains recognition after a one man show of his paintings travels to Yonkers New York. He cannot leave his eight year old rheumatic dog Billy, leaving him at home in a simple house with coal stove and piano. Bartlett, 54, a native Iowan with a four year painting career, pursued art during a rheumatic spell in 1950 and began painting with odds and ends of house paint.
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Gazette
Strawberry Point House
Clair Francis Bartlett
Bartlett
Hudson River Museum
Yonkers
New York
Strawberry Point
N. Y
Billy
Clair
Clair Bartlett
Cornell College Music Audition Winners Named
Winners at Cornell college music auditions in Mt Vernon were announced by Auditions Chairman Paul Beck helm. State winners advance to Chicago March 19 for a district contest with Illinois and Wisconsin winners. Ward Swingle Sioux City won piano in young artists division, Paul Reed Des Moines won piano in student musician division, Barbara Buhrnsen Mt Vernon won organ, Joan Guthrie Indianola won women’s voice, Margaret Heinrich Cedar Rapids presented awards.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ward Swingle
Sioux City
Paul Reed
Des Moines
Barbara Buhrnsen
Mt. Vernon
Joan Guthrie
Indianola
Margaret Heinrich
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Federation
Waukon Imposes $100 Parking Fine for 24 Hour Parking
Waukon city council approved an ordinance setting a $100 fine or 30 day jail for parking on streets or lots for 24 hours continuously. Written permission from the mayor is required to park for 24 hours. A second ordinance sets the same penalty for using lots to display vehicles.
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Waukon
Dubuque to Host Dr Berwick March 7 Program
Dr Donald Berwick writer and educator will be the main speaker at a University of Dubuque program on March 7 officials said Saturday.
Civil War Reporter Charles Page Emerges From Cornell
The article chronicles Charles Anderson Page a Cornell College graduate and famed New York Tribune war correspondent. It recounts his rapid rise from Mt Vernon News editor to frontline dispatches with the Bohemian Brigade, noting Greeley's praise and Page’s daring exploits at Mechanicsville and Bermuda Hundred, including a famous Wilderness ride and a Petersburg era hospital assignment.
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Page
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Cornell College
Star
Sidney Howard Gay
Starr
Treasury Department
Charles Anderson Page
Mt. Vernon News
Iowa
Gay
Mechanicsville
Foster
Bermuda Hundred
Sage
Tribune
Byington
Bohemian Brigade
General Pope
Scions Seek Revenue To Keep State Finances In Balance
Spring recess ends with legislators grappling over new revenue to cover a $113 million annual income and a $9 million gap. Measures under study include raising the sales tax from 2 to 3 percent, expanding to services, and a retaliatory tax on out of state insurers. The governor and comptroller face compelling pressure to avoid levying new property taxes.
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Senate
Hoegh
Highway Commission
Comptroller
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