McGregor Buries Artesian Well After 75 Years Of Service
McGregor shut down its artesian well after 75 years. Holland Water Well Company poured about 12 000 pounds of concrete to seal it permanently while Warnerell Company sunk a pipe to receive the concrete. Geologists cited leakage in the casing as the contamination cause and advised plugging to protect upper water sources.
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Florence L. Clark
McGregor
Holland Water Well Company
Brookfield
Ill
Warnerell Company
Dubuque
Iowa Geological Survey
Iowa sisters Hendricks visit Washington and Iowa links
Genevieve and Marjory Hendricks, granddaughters of a former Iowa lieutenant governor and daughters of Cedar Rapids schools former superintendent, travel from the Midwest to Washington. Genevieve spoke at the American Institute of Decorators meeting in Grand Rapids and helped decorate the Great Lakes naval training center. The sisters own Watergate Inn and Normandy Farms in Maryland near Rockville.
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Gazette
Washington
Ashington
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Michigan
North Dakota
Genevieve
Marjory Hendricks
Genevieve Hendricks
American Institute of Decorators
Grand Rapids
Mich
Miss Hendricks
Renewed Talk of Parkway Along Mississippi River
Special to The Gazette McGREGOR renewed discussion of a Mississippi River Parkway extending from Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. A national survey by the parks service interior department and bureau of public roads outlines 24 foot to four lane widths, state administration with federal aid, and preservation of historic sites and scenery as core goals.
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Mcgregor
Lake Itasca
Gulf of Mexico
National Parks Service
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Public Roads
W. J. Kennedy
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Kraschel Visits Des Moines After Stroke Recovery
Former Governor Nelson G. Kraschel of Harlan made his first Des Moines visit since a light stroke on his farm last September. He appeared to have fully recovered from the illness.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
Grinnell College Speaker Set for Thursday Commencement
Marshon DePoister of Grinnell College will deliver the commencement address at the exercises to be held Thursday evening in Marengo.
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Marengo—Marshon DePoister
Grinnell College
Quotable Homemakers And Local Anecdotes From Iowa Papers
A collage of light quotes from Anamosa Journal Belle Plaine Union Independence Bulletin Journal and Marion Sentinel pieces. Topics include well kept lawns as sign of grown children, domestic routines, husbands and sons, a Seattle cat nursing a rat, and a service club hat joke.
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Anamosa Journal
Seattle
Leslie Weston
Independence Bulletin-Journal
Girl 14 Killed by Heavy Clothesline Pipe Collapse
In Sioux City a heavy metal pipe fell from a clothesline post, killing Ruth Ann Bryans, 14, as four girls swung on it. The 18 foot pipe weighed about 80 pounds and struck her chest and abdomen. she died on arrival at a hospital. Coroner Thomas L. Corden indicated the incident.
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Sioux City
Ruth Ann Bryans
Thomas L. Corden
Bryans
Belle Plaine begins new street light pole installation
Belle Plaine started installing new light poles on Main Street with steel bolted concrete bases in commercial areas and wooden poles in residential zones. Completion is expected in two to three weeks.
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Belle Plaine
Iowa Bankers Restricting Their Loans
Des Moines AP reports Iowa has not had a state chartered bank failure in nearly 12 years and bankers are tightening lending. State superintendent Newton P. Black says capital positions are strong with 556 banks, 48 insured by FDIC, and deposits near record levels. He notes banks hold about 58 percent of deposits in cash and government securities, while loan volumes remain high but are directed toward self liquidating, non inflationary uses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Newton P. Black
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC
Black
Government Securities and Commodity Credit Corporation
Marshalltown Seeks To Halt Auto Races
Marshalltown city council seeks a temporary injunction to stop the Central Iowa Fair Association from staging auto or motorcycle races except during the fair. The action targets races scheduled for July 4 and July 11 after neighborhood dust complaints.
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Marshalltown
Central Iowa Fair Association
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