Deere Workers Idle at Two Iowa Plants
About 11 000 workers at four Iowa John Deere plants face work holidays proclaimed by CIO United Auto Workers as negotiations continue for a new contract covering Iowa and Illinois plants. Mass meetings set for Des Moines and Ottumwa to vote on strike authorizations while Dubuque plans a Tuesday vote.
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Associated Press
John Deere
Iowa
Iowa Deere
Des Moines
Waterloo
Dubuque
Ottumwa
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Illinois
A. G. Slade
UAW
Deere
Walter Heady
Moline
Workers Return After Two Day IH Plant Strike
About 3200 International Harvester workers in East Moline resume duties after a two day shutdown caused by a sheet metal stamping department strike. John Deere Union Malleable Iron Works also restarts as 300 employees return. management expects full staff of 800 by Wednesday after contract expiration on Friday.
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East Moline
International Harvester Company
Union Malleable Iron Works
John Deere Company
Record Class of 1 765 Graduates at U. of Iowa
Iowa City the largest commencement in University of Iowa history will be held Friday June 10 in the fieldhouse. A total of 1 765 persons have applied for degrees, compared with 1 319 conferred last June. About 10 000 seats will be available for friends relatives and the public.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
F. C. Higbee
Two Iowans Killed and One Drowned in Weekend Tragedies
Dr. Herman C. Struck a 53 year old dentist from Kanawha died when his car left a country road north of Webster City and struck an embankment. A. L. Ackerly 77 of Centerville died in an automobile pedestrian crash in Centerville. Marion Allen 32 drowned after slipping into a gravel pit pond south of Lake View while fishing.
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Associated Press
Herman C. Struck
Kanawha
Webster City
E. R. Lear
Struck
A. L. Ackerly
Centerville
Marion Allen
Lake View
Mrs. Carrie E. Lahman Dies at 81 in Mt. Vernon
Mrs. Carrie Ellen Lahman aged 81 of Mt. Vernon died Sunday in a Cedar Rapids nursing home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the local Methodist church. She is survived by three sons Clifford Ida Grove Arthur Cedar Rapids and Clair Akron Ohio. a daughter Martha Mt. Vernon. three sisters A. J. Keyes Marion W. H. Hoover and Lewis Mitchell Mt. Vernon. two brothers Charles R. Keyes Mt. Vernon and Karl Keyes Monticello. seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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MT. Vernon
Carrie Ellen Lahman
Cedar Rapids
Lewis Mitchell
Charles R. Keyes
Karl Keyes
Monticello
West Union Sealed Bids for Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union will receive sealed bids Tuesday at 2 p.m. in city hall for general construction plumbing heating electrical work and equipment installation on a one story Palmer Memorial hospital project. The facility will be built with twenty units or rooms and will require multiple trades.
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West Union
Palmer Memorial
Woman gives birth to 12th child in Iowa City
Mrs James Mitchell 45 of Marquette delivered a baby boy at University of Iowa Hospitals Friday. Eleven of her children aged from infant to 21 years old are living.
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Iowa City
James Mitchell
Marquette
University of Iowa
Liberty Statue Flame Lights Dickinson County Courthouse Lawn
A 16 foot replica Statue of Liberty burned a flame on the Dickinson county courthouse lawn as a dedication ceremony drew about 2,000 people. The sculpture, a Prairie Gold Scout project, was unveiled Sunday with participation from Scouts across 19 counties. Dick Kerr of Fort Dodge led the event.
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Dickinson County
Dickinson County Boy Scouts
Prairie Gold Scouting
Dick Kerr
Fort Dodge
Dickinson Scouts Erect Cement Torch Replica
The Dickinson district scouts unveiled a four foot cement torch replica built by Osborn Hillary of Spirit Lake. The flame from the Statue of Liberty traveled to Dickinson with a plaque honoring living members and the dead. The project raised by local Scouts showcases community effort and liberty symbolism.
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Dickinson
Arm of Liberty
Osborn Hillary
Spirit Lake
Three Little Children Die In Iowa Fire
In Muscatine Iowa a house fire killed three young Haynes children Debra Dianne 4 Neil Haynes Jr 2 and Dixie Kay 1 The blaze began when a kerosene stove exploded rescuers pulled Mrs Haynes from the flames she was hospitalised with severe burns The father Neil Haynes was away at the time and the children were reportedly in the kitchen dressed for breakfast
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Iowa
Muscatine
Debra Dianne Haynes
Neil Haynes, Jr
Dixie Kay Haynes
Neil Haynes
Haynes
Fire destroys Keokuk Barrel Company warehouse and office
A fire outside Keokuk destroyed the main warehouse and factory office of the Keokuk Barrel Company with an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. Firemen say an open lantern carried by watchman Sam Smith ignited inflammable fluid. the main plant and nearby buildings were saved. Smith suffered slight burns. state Senator Stanley Hart is general manager of the firm which employs about 80 workers.
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Keokuk
Keokuk Barrel Company
Sam Smith
Smith
Stanley Hart
Hopper trial delayed after death of defense lawyer’s mother
Waterloo AP report says Everett Hopper, former steward of the Waterloo United Packinghouse Workers union, saw his conspiracy trial postponed by District Judge Shannon B. Charlton due to the death in Des Moines of defense counsel C. S. McNutt's mother. Trial had been set for Thursday morning related to May 1948 Rath plant violence.
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Waterloo
Everett Hopper
Waterloo United Packinghouse Workers Union
Shannon B. Charlton
Des Moines
C. S. McNutt
Hopper
Rath
Cardinal Spellman Visits Boys Town Dedication
Cardinal Spellman of New York speaks at Boys Town Nebraska dedicating 10 million dollars in new youth buildings. He urges Americans to defend the nation from Communists. Attending are Archbishops Bergan and Rohlman, Msgr. Wegner, and other Nebraska and Iowa church leaders.
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BOYS
Boys Town
Christ
Gerald T. Bergan
Omaha
Henry P. Rohlman
Dubuque
Msgr
P. A. Flanagan
Nebraska
Iowa
Elkader Man Clarence Maggert Dies at 70
Clarence Maggert 70 of Elkader died Sunday in a Prairie du Chien hospital from a heart ailment. In business 25 years in Elkader he ran a used car and junk operation and was known in northeast Iowa. He wrote poetry and is survived by four sons Earl Claude Law rence and Gail. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Congregational church. body at Oelke funeral home.
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Elkader
Clarence Maggert
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Maggert
Iowa
Earl
Claude
Lawrence
Gail Maggert
Congregational Church
Oelke Funeral Home
Williams Named as Marshalltown Times-Republican Editor
Meredith Williams was named managing editor of the Marshalltown Times-Republican by general manager Paul G. Norris Jr. Williams succeeds the late Don K. Hoopes, who served 18 years as managing editor. Simultaneous announcements outlined the transition and continued newsroom leadership.
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Marshalltown
Meredith Williams
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Paul G. Norris, Jr
Williams
Don K. Hoopes
Buckley Named City Editor Succeeding Williams
Robert M Buckley will become city editor succeeding Williams in that post. Buckley is a graduate of the University of Iowa and will bring new leadership to the Daily Capital News. Williams, educated at the University of Missouri, has a 20 year career in journalism with the Daily Capital News and papers in Jefferson City Oklahoma City and St. Louis.
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Mortar Board
University of Iowa
Joan Tripp
Mapleton
Joelle Hansen
Storm Lake
Donna Belle Jones
Missouri Valley
Carol Thurnau
Elgin
Ill
Marianne Stracks
Woodmere
N. Y
Marjorie G. Campbell
Jefferson
Mary Ven de Steeg
Orange City
Maxine Erickson
Boone
South Side
Robert M. Buckley
Williams
Buckley
University of Missouri
Daily Capital News
Jefferson City
Oklahoma City Times
St. Louis Star-Times
Packard
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Carrie E. Lahman
Sston
Third Street
South East
Westinghouse
Scout
New York City
McNutt
Cardinal Spellman
Hoopes
Spec
Wren Street Service, Inc
Ckards
America
Stemlar-Makibben, Inc
Fourth Avenue
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