C R Man 28 Enters Race For Congress
Gene A. Ford of Cedar Rapids announces candidacy for Congress in Iowa Second District on the Democratic ticket for the June 4 primary. He cites farm income drops and small business hardship and outlines a four-area program including farming, labor, small business, and consumer needs. Ford, born 1927, veteran, and community member, announces a vigorous campaign across 12 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene A. Ford
Thirtythird Street
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Ford
Iowa
St. Patrick’s High School
Coe College
University of Iowa
Catholic University
Washington
Patricia Gorman
Mark
Matthew
Lisa
P. E. Ford
William Koslavsky
Second Street
Avenue
Navy Air Force
Immaculate Conception Church
Knights of Columbus
Leonard G. Wolfe
Elkader
Haridas T. Muzumdar
Mt. Vernon
Henry O. Talle
Decorah
Cornell Band Climaxes Iowa Illinois Tour With Campus Concert
Cornell University band under Robert Cantrick closes its tour with a Sunday 4 p.m. home concert in King Memorial chapel Mount Vernon Iowa. The program includes a medley from Let Yourself Go and Howard Hanson prayer in music tribute to sponsoring churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Iowa
Illinois
Cornell
King Memorial Chapel
Robert Cantrick
Chorale
Alleluia
Howard Hanson
Julene Wright
Freeport
Ill
Rae French
Renwick
Marcia Goettsch
Anamosa
Susan Ribble
Cedar Rapids
Mary Joan Thompson
Kenai
Alaska
Nancy Boggie
DeWitt
Patricia Renkes
Morrison
Nancy Hover
Nancy Sell
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Evelyn Goetne
New Liberty
Sheila Chase
Rochelle
Robert Tripp
Belvidere
William Leschensky
Waukon
Blanche Meek
Elburn
Lloyd Taylor
Holbrook
Arizona
Jane Crawford
Lone Tree
Marilyn Murdy
Newton
John Moorhead
Mooorhead
Charles Nelson
Clinton
Sue Knox
Decatur
Carman Smith
Gladyce Wirth
Baldwin
Norman Graven
Greene
Neil Townsend
Edward White
Cornets
Gwendolyn Skidmore
Iowa Falls
Jane Mess
Keota
Patricia McGrath
Chicago
David Letts
Ainsworth
James Hille
Turner Lake
Chatfield
Minn
John Pence
Barbara Love
Barbara Compton
Denver
Colo
Carol Edelblute
Arlington Heights
Charles Oswald
Palatine
Marcia Flaten
Independence
James Scholten
Spirit Lake
Carol Riskedal
Ottawa, Ill
Mary Lue Brooks
Ames
Philip Miller
Coon Rapids
Jerry Ringer
Kathleen Kelley
Bryant
Donald Meyn
Barbara Selma
Albert Lea
Larry Lea
Dennison
Decorah Republicans Convene at Courthouse Friday
The county Republican convention is set for Friday at the courthouse. Tom Corlett named to the local fire department. A steel tower for the fire siren installed behind the fire house at Alburrnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Martelle
William Smothers
Monticello
Tom Corlett
Alburnett
Eleader
Henry Fritz
L. H. Fritz
Dubuque
Tucson
Ariz
F. E. Sharp
Eastern Iowa School Elections See Multiple Winners Named
List of winners across Eastern Iowa districts includes Arlington Earl Crawford LeRoy Newton and others as directors and treasurers. Quasqueton reports a 215 mill tax levy approved. Sigourney worker Larry Glandon released from hospital after a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont
Max Medberry
F. D. Welsch
Colesburg
Ralph Gull
Merle Meeks
Guy Martin
Auburn
Lloyd Sheffler
Floyd Cook
R. W. Hadley
Palo—Wincel Roehder
Gerald Bull
Faye Young
Quasqueton
Stewart Aldrich
Dessa Sauer
Ryan
W. S. O’brien
Donald Donahue
Mildred Kerlhi
Sigourney
Don J. Adams
Harry Hescher
Solon
Clair Brown
Ollie Alch
Virginia Wilson
Stanley
Paul Suarts
Urbana
Paul Rich
Elias Hepker
Donald McKinley
Arden Roll
Volga
Erwin Baumgartner
Oliver Follon
Merlin Nading
Webster
Vernon Winegarden
Robert Snakenberg
Larry Glandon
Central Iowa
Warren Rees Seeks High GOP Post
Warren Rees an Anamosa attorney announced his candidacy for Republican national committeeman from Iowa. Rees has served as Jones County GOP chairman and Second district committeeman and was a 1948 delegate to the Republican national convention. He would accept the post if offered and faces other declared candidates Roscoe Jones and Charles Wittenmeyer with Allen Whitfield mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Anamosa
Warren Rees
Iowin
Rees
Jones County
Philadelphia
Robert K. Goodwin
Des Moines
Yowa
Roscoe Jones
Atlantic
Charles Wittenmeyer
Davenport
Allen Whitfield
Santelman to Headline East Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids
The former United States Marine Corps Band director Lt. Col. William F. Santelman will be guest of honor at the eleventh annual Eastern Iowa band festival in Cedar Rapids on May 19. He will lead a clinic for bandmasters and conduct a massed band the same evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corps Band
Cedar Rapids
Harry Wittenead
William F. Santelman
Col. Santelman
Santelman
John Philip Sousa
Stanley Vesely
Coe College Music
Whitehead
Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Iowa Briefs Highlight Local Health and Community News
Multiple towns report residents in hospitals or ill at home. Notable items include Wayne and Cedar Rapids hospital stays, a district Red Cross drive total, upcoming county and Democratic conventions, and local club and school event notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atalissa
Rudy Warner
Center Point
L. J. Dennis
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Troy Mills
Arlo Wright
Independence
Buchanan
Sigourney
Don Banes
Sigourney Hospital
Webster
Melvin Sorden
Oskaloosa
Garrison
August Fennern
Vinton Hospital
Decorah
James Bernhardt
Toastmaster Club
Willard Buzzard
Gordon Jacobson
Arnold Webster
Bill McKone
Art Gaffney
Monticello
Glenn Rickels
Keith Clark
Art Kromminga
Ergo Iosbaker
Good Roads
Henry
Donnie Schellhase
Oran Schellhase
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C.R. Man
Cantrick
Spring Management Institute
Julian Johnston
Vernon
Ernest Kretz
Donald Nagel
Edgewood
George Schumacher
Davis
Abu Hae
Weel
Davis Ote
Rease
First St
Center Foint
Sixteenth Ave
First Ave
N.E
Eleventh St
Marton
Delta
Kermit Krewson
Allie Shannon
Fort Atkinson
Ray Myers
Don Benner
Frank Arensberg
Greeley
al Heuchelin
Merle Schechtman
Elmer Kuhlman
Hawkeye
G. W. Aspinwall
D. A. Ferson
Loren Billmeyer
Edilis Lambertson
Barker
G.O.P. Post
James Taylor
Cecil Slater
John Robeson
Tommy Brody
Brack Creek Consolidated School
Brandon
Kirk Clime
Iowa City
Dewey Tatro
LUCKY
Shamrocks
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New Silver Dawn
Simmon
Ja” Green
Dandy
Idoor
Third Avenue
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