Per Student Cost at SUI Drops $94 in 1956 Audit
Des Moines reports the University of Iowa’s per student cost for the year ending June 30, 1956 was 944 dollars, down 94 from the prior year, aided by enrollment growth. The audit covers hospitals and teaching services, notes weak internal auditing, and lists total income 39.84 million with expenditures 39.30 million.
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SUI
DES Moines
University of Iowa
Chet B. Akers
Iowa State College
M. B. Belsem
Lakeside Laboratory
Rites Saturday for Ronald Siegele 19
Services for Ronald E. Siegele 19 of near Waukon who died in a Tuesday night auto crash will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the First Presbyterian church. Burial follows at McGregor. Martins Brothers funeral home is in charge. Surviving are his parents and sister Joan of Cedar Rapids.
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Waukon
Ronald E. Siegele
First Presbyterian Church
McGregor
Martin Brothers Funeral Home
Siegele
Walter Siegele
Clayton County
Allamakee County
Joan
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Youth Named to U.S. Air Academy
Airman Earl N. O'Rear age 19 and 1955 Iowa City High School graduate received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. He now serves in Landshut Germany after taking the March entrance exam and is the son of Mr and Mrs Doyle O'Rear of Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Earl N. O’rear
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
O’rear
Landshut
Germany
Doyle O’rear
Scout Leader Named for Montego District
Craig H. Mosier of the Wapsipinicon Area Council announced the appointment of William R. Kephart as Montego district executive. The post covers 53 Scouting units in Buchanan and Fayette counties. Kephart, from Kansas City, will report June 1 and reside in Oelwein.
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Waterloo
Craig H. Mosier
Wapsipinicon
Boy Scouts of America
William R. Kephart
Buchanan
Fayette
Richard D. Denzler
Kephart
Kansas City
Oelwein
Employee Takes $2000 From Grocery Store Safe
MARSHALLTOWN Iowa AP Bob Van Dalen 22 was held to the grand jury on larceny charges for stealing 2000 from a grocery store safe where he worked. He surrendered after turning the cash over to a fellow employee and signed a statement admitting the May 15 theft. He said he was mad at management for promoting another man to assistant manager.
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Marshalltown
Bob van Dalen
Grand Jury
Grocey
van Dalen
Finley Turner
Turner
Ban on Freshman Cars Tabled at Iowa U
Iowa City AP The University of Iowa Parking Committee tabled a proposal to ban underclassmen cars on campus and will study the issue next fall. Dean Hull said emphasis will be on student need for cars. freshmen would face a ban next fall, sophomores in 1958, despite a student council recommendation.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
M. L. Hull
Pool Opening Delayed by Weather
The Manchester Gazette reports the municipal pool opening is postponed to at least June 8 due to cool wet weather. Painting of the pool floor could not be completed on the original May 30 opening date.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Iowa professors take Iowa religion program abroad
Three University of Iowa professors from the School of Religion travel to Europe to explain the Iowa inter religious instruction program. The trio, a Jew, a Protestant, and a Catholic, will visit 12 or more universities across Germany Switzerland France Italy and The Netherlands under the Organization for Christian Jewish collaboration. They describe their mission as exchanging ideas rather than crusading.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa School of Religion
SUI
University of Hamburg
Germany
Frederick P. Bargebuhr
George W. Forell
Robert W. Welch
Switzerland
France
Italy
Netherlands
Organization For Christian-Jewish Colaboration
Father Welch
Chicago
Dublin
Eire
Hamburg
Bargebuhr
Forell
New York
Europe
Fine Arts Head Says Rock n Roll Is Okay
Dr Earl E Harper director of the University of Iowa school of fine arts told a Des Moines women’s meeting that rock and roll is acceptable for youths as long as they explore broader tastes. He added youngsters should move from rock to finer aesthetics and broaden their musical range.
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Des Moines
Earl E. Harper
Harper
School of Fine Arts
University of Iowa
Arlington approves 25 year gas franchise vote
Arlington voters approve a 25 year natural gas franchise with 116 yes and one no. The franchise is granted to the Peoples Natural Gas Company of Omaha.
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Arlington Gas
Arlington
The
Peoples Natural Gas Company of
Omaha
East Iowans To Get Degrees at Wartburg
Wartburg College in Waverly hosts 74 graduates for commencement at 10 a.m. May 31 with Dr. Gerhard E. Lenski as speaker. Notables include Diana Budzine, Karen Kleinroth, Carolyn Adix, Erna Adix, Rose Stadtmueller, Beverly Sorenson, and Robert Cornwell, earning two-year and bachelor degrees. Baccalaureate follows Sunday at St. Paul’s Church with ground breaking for a new men's dormitory at 5:15 p.m.
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Beverly Sorenson
Oelwein
Robert Cornwell
Independence
St. Paul’s Church
Four Eastern Iowans Honored at Iowa State
Twenty-one Ward System members at Iowa State were honored for outstanding service during the last year. Don Moen of Decorah received an honor key, while Roy Hougen Decorah Harry Potter Marion and William Husak Toledo were awarded life memberships.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Don Moen
Decorah
Roy Hougen
Harry Potter
Marion
William Husak
Toledo
Hruby To Report at West Point July 2
Kenneth Lee Hruby has been appointed to the United States Military Academy and will report to West Point on July 2. He is the son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Joe W. Hruby of Tacoma Washington and grandson of Joe Hruby Jr of Oxford. He attended Oxford schools in 1946 47 and is a Tacoma high school senior. Kenneth has studied in Japan and Germany as well as the United States. His older brother Dale Eugene is in his third year at the academy.
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Oxford
Kenneth Lee Hruby
United States Military Academy
West Point
Joe W. Hruby
Tacoma
Wash
Joe Hruby, Jr
Kenneth
Japan
Germany
United States
Dale Eugene
Academy
West Union Awards Well Drilling Bid to Hoeg Ames
Hoeg and Ames of Lincoln won the West Union city well project with a bid of 1 470 dollars for drilling and testing a 16 inch water well. The site is at Walnut and Railroad streets, with 42 feet of 16 inch casing and 37 feet of 24 inch casing plus drilling work. If the test succeeds, bids will be sought for a pump house and related facilities.
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West Union
Hoeg and Ames
Lincoln
New City
Walnut and
Railroad Streets
Whitney to Install City Well at Fairground
Louis F. Whitney of Cedar Rapids won the contract to install a new city well at the fairground with a bid of 6498 dollars.
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Waukon
Louis F. Whitney
Cedar Rapids
Whitney
Iowa Sales Tax Take Slips From Year Ago
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Tax Commission shows first quarter receipts set a record for the period but total so far this year trails 1956 by 1.26 million dollars. 2 percent tax from Jan 1 to Wednesday totals 34.32 million versus 35.58 million last year. First quarter revenue for the Christmas quarter was 20.46 million. Since April 1 revenue is nearly two million dollars below 1956.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
Brooder House Burns At Chelsea Farm
Fire destroyed a brooder house housing 250 two month old chicks on the Albert Wilkinson farm Tuesday. The blaze caused total loss with no injuries reported. Fire crews contained flames to the structure and birds perished in the fire.
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Chelsea
Albert Wilkinson
For Athlete's Foot Use T-4-L Because
An advertisement promotes T-4-L as a remedy for athlete's foot. The copy urges readers to choose T-4-L for fast relief and clear symptoms.
Simpson College Holds 90th Commencement Ceremonies
Indianola Ninety seven graduates receive Simpson College degrees June 2 at the ninetieth annual commencement. Bishop Fred Pierce Carson will address the baccalaureate service at 10 45 a.m. in Hopper Memorial gym. John Cowles president of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune will speak at 3 p.m. during the commencement in the gymnasium.
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Indianola
Simpson College
Fred Pierce Carson
Philadelphia
Methodist Church
Hopper Memorial Gymnasium
John Cowles
Minneapolis
Library Board Names Prominent Local Appointees
WAUKON named to the city library board are Dr. L. L. Shurtleff, Mrs. Arthur Jacobson, Mrs. W. C. Decker, Mrs. J. H. Hager, Mrs. H. E. Taylor and L. W. Morrow.
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Waukon
L. L. Shurtleff
Arthur Jacobson
W. C. Decker
J. H. Hager
H. E. Taylor
L. W. Morrow
Clarence Seniors Set 10 Day Trip to East Coast
Clarence High School seniors depart for a 10 day tour to New York City Washington DC and Virginia funded by 2500 raised by the class. The trip marks the fourth consecutive class to take the journey with faculty members Lee Coppess Greg Dorseth Jerry Elijah Karen Gendelmann Kay Hasselbusch Elmer Kenny Leonard Kruckenberg Judy Kleppe Mary Ann Meyer Kent Neimeyer Gladys Rouse Donald Sheldon Dorothy Turner Barbara Witte Eugene Wennndt Steve Story Raymond Parks Ruth Reid.
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the Gazette
Clarence
New York City
Washington
D.C
Virginia
Lee Coppess
Greg Dorseth
Jerry Elijah
Karen Gendelmann
Kay Hasselbusch
Elmer Kenny
Leonard Kruckenberg
Judy
East Iowans Honored At Teachers College
Three East Iowans were among 31 students honored at Iowa State Teachers College honors convocation. Patricia Maxwell of Toledo received Furniss and Mary Lambert scholarships. Janet Bausch of Cedar Rapids won Ann Moline organ scholarship. Faye Renner of Hiawatha received Tau Sigma Delta scholarship. East Iowans also joined Delta Beta chapter Phi Delta Kappa at ISTC. Names include Duane Furrman Oelwein William Hatfield Independence Dale Johnson West Union Thomas Gibney Belle Plaine Dan Magee Marion Duane Ohl Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Falls
East
West Union
Thomas Gibney
Belle Plaine
Dan P. Magee
Marion
Duane Ohl
Cedar Rapids
Leinen Slated To Be Onslow Postmaster
Ons low election notes state Jones county Republican Central committee recommends Donald Leinen as temporary postmaster to succeed C. J. Lightfoot who retires July 1.
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Leinen
Onslow
Jones County
Republican Central Committee
Donald Leinen
C. J. Lightfoot
Cancer Drive Total Reported at Calmar Event
Mrs. Harry Shipton reports a cancer drive total of 282.64 raised at the Calmar event. The amount reflects funds gathered from residents and local supporters.
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Calmar
Harry Shipton
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U.S. Air Academy
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Fine Arts Head
Iowa State
Hruby
Brooder
May’ Drug Store
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Pioneer
Sondrol’s
Library Board
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Westinghouse
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