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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1956
Page
7
Special to The Gazette Colesburg Delaware county sees a building boom surpassing 500000 with 20 new residences since World War II. Seven built in last two years and two under construction amid lot shortages. Schoolhouses moved and converted to dwellings as growth continues.
Mary Jane Shannon 17 of Colesburg died in an auto crash west of Des Moines early Sunday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 9 am at St. Marys Church with burial to follow. She was born January 12 1939 in Iowa City and was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean Shannon. Survivors include her parents two brothers Dean Robert 10 and Kevin 4 and her grandmother Chalmers of own City.
Des Moines AP reports a persistent Kansas City pupil Dickie Wessels writes repeatedly to Iowa Governor Leo Hoegh asking for water information. Hoegh replies that the Iowa Natural Resources Council will send information, but Dickie continues to write and asks to keep correspondence. The governor cautions him to focus on grades.
Ames State College reports high employment levels for graduates across divisions. Many receivers plan to enter armed forces or pursue graduate studies. Notable hires include Patricia Anderson in Home Economics in Lincolnwood, Idris Davies in Agriculture in Williamsburg, Richard Halstead in Bankers Life at Creston, Hubert Coles Jr. teaching in Hawarden, James Gebel in Dairy Plant Operation at Alta Vista, and Richard Madsen farming in West Branch.
The Damman family arrives in Newton from the east to take over the 320 acre farm, revisiting relatives after a birthday party for Pamela Damman. Missing seven year old Shenthan Standen is still unrecovered, amid concerns about a kidnapping that occurred near a supermarket in East Yeadow.
DES MOINES AP The council Bluffs State School for the Deaf raised out of state tuition for deaf blind students by 300 to 3300 annually starting July 1. An audit shows 355 students for the year with 16 deaf blind, nine from out of state, and costs per student at 1593. The report criticizes the accounting system while noting cash on hand rose to 866,616 by year end.
Des Moines police say they busted one of the citys most efficiently run theft rings, arresting three men and recovering about 10000 in stolen goods. The ring allegedly stole from trucks in downtown alleys and warehouses over two years, with suspects Darrell Reed Clyde Waters and George Lau charged with receiving and concealing stolen property.
Three men from The Gazette area have returned to the United States from service in the Far East. Rol Brehart Tala Madar and another comrade were listed among returning personnel with notes of their association to The Gazette.
West Union notes a Thursday meeting of the Fayette County Health Improvement Association at 7 p.m. in the Farm Bureau building. Other briefs report property purchases, births, hospitalizations, accidents, and civic notices across Monticello, Sigourney, Dyersville, and neighboring towns.
Gerald Bogan of the Iowa Good Roads Association tells the Des Moines Rotary Club that a large federal highway program is needed to build an interstate network. He cites groups like the National Highway Users Conference, American Association of State Highway Officials, UAA S&S, Chamber of Commerce, National Grange and American Trucking Association supporting the plan. The proposal envisions 50 billion dollars in federal aid over 13 years, with committees in Washington already showing tentative approval.
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