Liquor Commission weighs 72 towns for state stores
The Iowa Liquor Commission studies 72 towns for possible new state liquor stores as it plans 20 to 40 additional outlets after lawmakers approve the new po mitting term. The list includes Mount Pleasant and Traer among others with Manley named as a preferred operator. The expansion could run about ten stores weekly if sites lease smoothly.
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Uoehington
Crarman
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Leers
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Eta
Pave
Consien
Bedford Clorinda Coon
Corning Co Sdon Greene
LaPorte City
Manson
Tford Venona
Odebolt
Onawa
Ey Tipton
Traer
Lewis
Marengo Seniors Stage Big Hearted Herbert This Friday
Marengo high school students present the three act comedy Big Hearted Herbert with leads by Garth Hite and Doris Langlas and eighth grader Wayne Allen in a key role. The show also features Gerald Weldon and a cast of 12 seniors with help from faculty and orchestra.
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Garth Hite
Doris Langlas
Herbert
Wayne Allen
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Dori
Gerald Weldon
Iowa student invents giant thumb to aid hitchhikers
Iowa City report says University of Juawa student Walton Lutwack, Rochester NY, displayed a 12 by 18 inch cardboard thumb to help hitchhikers signal motorists legally from the roadside. Lutwack, who ran a campus club, plans to market the device amid discussions of new state rules.
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Walton Lutwack
Rochester
Cedar Rapids
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Suhara Niight Club
Bereteat
Amos Melberg Awarded Cedar County Contract
Cedar County supervisors awarded a private contract to Amos Melberg of Cedar Rapids for 444625 to repair the Wapsie river bridge at Maselllon. The work requires driving nearly 2000 linear feet of sheet steel piling to protect the span from flood damage. The action followed rejection of all bids at a township meeting.
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Wapsie River
Maselllon
Amos Melberg
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Power boards elect officers in Maquoketa
Stockholders of the Eastern Iowa Power company met in Maquoketa for officer elections. A Hurst was reelected president Bert Trout becomes vice president replacing the late Edwin B Brown. Other officers and directors were reelected or named, with F A Fratcher named general manager. A June 7 meeting will discuss rebuilding plans for the Lakehurst dam damages.
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Iowa Electric Company
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Edwin B Brown
C. S Woodward
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Mohr
Maquoketa
Ray Ingham
C E Richman
W L. Keck
F. A. Fratcher
Harza Engineering Company
Chicago
Lakehurst
Maquoketa River
Fate of Missing West Branch Soldier Revealed by Buddy
Special to The Gazette. West Branch mourns Chauncey Butler in whose name the local American Legion post was named. Dick Richards of Spencer Iowa finally revealed that Butler died in the Argonne while aiding a wounded comrade, after decades of mystery and family longing. Richards, now fifty, spoke at the Randall home and promised to mail photos to Mrs. Randall.
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California
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Iowa
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Army
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Washington
San Diego
Roelofs Granted Pay Boost Despite GOP Opposition
Peter J. Kies announces Garritt Roelofs appointed actuary and statistician at $3,600 annual salary by the unemployment compensation commission. Roelofs, ex-senator from Sioux county, will start duties Saturday amid GOP resistance and amid a salary cap for actuaries. The move follows a GOP drive and political tensions within the commission.
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Kies
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Nelson G Kraschel
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Claude J Stanley
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W . F Scholes
Four Iowa towns may dodge new anti-fireworks law
Senator Howard Baldwin warns a loophole could exempt Davenport Muscatine Wapello and Camanche from safe and sane provisions as the law takes effect next year. The four charter cities retain status under prior law, raising questions on applicability.
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Howard Baldwin
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Tre Qieston
Davenport
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Wapello
Ara Camanche
Iowa City Briefs Highlight Theft, Honors, and Local Moves
Iowa City police hold Thomas H. Kettles on a charge of motor vehicle theft after he confessed to stealing a car and questioned about three home robberies totaling 45 dollars. Lawrence Goodwin named valedictorian and Dorothy Ward salutatorian at City High. Dr Bruce E Mahan to attend National University Extension convention in St Louis. Lions club pledges 300 to aid 4 H Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts this summer. Juvenile thefts of brass fixtures investigated at American Legion building. Byron D Cochran funeral held. survived by four sons and four daughters. Iowa Supreme Court names William R Hart as extra bar examining board member. 93 Iowa City high students head to Columbus for national music contest with orchestra broadcast. Aeronautical club receives incorporation papers. directors named. City and county officials tour Ames on Highway 261 paving plans. Tenor Thomas Muir to join University of Town music faculty for summer session. Washington county rural schools to graduate about 140 eighth-graders. exercises June 4.
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Veishea Begins at Iowa State College with Fountain Dedication
Special to The Gazette Ames Iowa State College marks the sixteenth Veishea with a $7,000 fountain dedication by Allen Whitfield at Memorial Union. The event draws hundreds, with 5 000 to 10 000 visitors expected. Activities include the high school agricultural congress and homemaking congress, a vodvil stage show, a spring concert, polo and baseball matches, and open house with 50 000 in machinery on display for Agricultural Engineering day.
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County Exhibits Egg Turkey Poultry Cake Cookies
The agriculture department shows eggs and poultry items while the dairy division hosts a Dairy Day event Friday featuring dairy products and related displays.
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Wealthy McGregor Farmer Dead At 90
John Wiegand McGregor 90 wealthy farmer died Wednesday night unmarried lived on the same farm near McGregor for over sixty years. A brother and sister survive. Funeral services will be held Friday.
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Kay Leib And Wood To Speak To Iowa Alumni
Three University of Iowa instructors Dean George F. Kay Prof. Farl E. Leib and Prof Grant Wood will lecture at Alumni college during commencement activities June 5 The program marks an innovation in Iowa with lectures on Ancient Seas Glaciers and Dust Storms in Iowa and Regional Art. Application text appears in the Want Ad section.
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College of Liberal Arts
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College of Commerce
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