College Heads and GOP Lawmakers Hit Loveless Vetoes
College leaders and Republican legislators denounced Gov. Loveless vetoes of the 244 percent sales tax and 16 million dollars for college construction. Iowa State and University of Iowa officials warned of enrollment and facility impacts, while lawmakers urged a swift bipartisan solution and debated alternatives to road fund transfers.
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Town Row
Herschel C. Loveless
J. W. Maucker
Town State Teachers College
Loveless
Dr. Nolan
R-Ia
G.O.P
Nolan
K. T. Prentis
R-Mt. Ayr
Prentis
Robert Carson
Farm hand injured in tractor accident near West Liberty
Alfred Schwerdtiger, 35, the farm hand at Walter Barnes farm a mile and a half south of West Liberty, was seriously injured Friday afternoon when a tractor threw him, his leg caught in a wheel, fracturing his pelvis. He was taken to Mercy hospital in Iowa City.
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Gozette
Iowa City
Alfred Schwerdtieger
Walter Barnes
West Liberty
Mercy Hospital
Fort Dodge Girl Wins Union Essay Contest
Fort Dodge high school senior Pamela Vorres won the Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO essay contest earning 500 dollars for her piece on The Role of Organized Labor in Our Democratic Way of Life. She also took first place and 100 dollars in Webster County federation competition. Honorable mentions went to Anne Sledman Burlington Mary Fessler Dubuque and Rita Ludwig Des Moines.
Tornado scatters bank checks to Iowa
Two canceled checks blown from Missouri by a tornado that damaged Hickman Mills last Monday were found in southern Iowa. Meteorologist C. E. Lamoureau said winds after the twister carried light items up to about 200 miles. one check was from a Hickman Mills bank and the other from a Kansas City bank.
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Missouri
Iowa
DUS Moines
Hickman Mills
Breakins in One Night End With 5 Year Sentences
SPENUbE AP report details Robert B. Thomas 27 Albia and his 15 year old bride Phyllis receiving five year penitentiary terms after an all night spree of 23 break ins across five northern Iowa and southern Minnesota counties. Phyllis received bench parole.
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Spenube
Robert B. Thomas
Albia
Thomas
Iowa
Minnesota
Phyllis
Water control expands in Iowa as council takes charge
The Iowa Natural Resources Council moves to regulate water use for the first time under a new law effective May 16. Forms to apply for water use permits cost 16 dollars with no renewal fee. The council plans to hire about four staffers and increase membership from seven to nine. appointments by Gov. Loveless are pending.
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Resource Council
Des Moines
Iowa, Natural Resources Council
Statehouse
BR. G. Bullard
Council
Bullard
Herschel Loveless
Bonus Act Passes First Court Test for Korean War Veterans
Des Moines AP report states District Judge Tom Murrow ruled the Iowa bonus act constitutional as 90 000 veterans would receive a 20 million bond funded payment funded by a one cent tax on money and credits with the case to go to the state supreme court on appeal. Al Faber of the Towal Legionnaire led the test case recognizing the moral obligation to veterans.
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DES Moines
Tawa
Tom K. Murrow
Tawa Supreme Court
al Faber
Towal Legionnaire
Iowa
Murrow
Hydroelectric Suit Dismissal Upheld by Appeals Court
The U.S. Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling dismissing a 120 million dollar damage suit by First Iowa Hydroelectric Cooperative against 16 private utilities in Town. The suit claimed a Sherman Act conspiracy, seeking treble damages of 40 million dollars.
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ST. Louis
U.S. Eighth Circut Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court For
Southern Tews
First Iowa Hydroelectric Cooperative
William F. Riley
First Iowa Hygroelectric
Work Stoppage Halts Tire Production Line
DES MOINES INS Production lines at the Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company in Des Moines were idled today by a union workers walkout following the firing of a member who refused a machine reassignment. nearby, Theodore Gordon and his daughter Susan were injured in an incident about a half mile north and are reported in satisfactory condition at a Fort Dodge hospital.
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Des Moines
INS
Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company
Les Moines
Theodore Gordon
Fort Judge
Susan
Fort Dodge
Brain of Missile Guidance Now in Regular Production
At Sperry Gyroscope plant technicians assemble an advanced inertial guidance system described as the brain of the missile guidance device. The system, first disclosed by MIT researchers weeks ago, is in regular production, highly guarded, and tested on a 1000-mile route with extreme precision requirements.
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Wassans
Sperry
Howver
Final high precision electronics chamber readied for production
The text describes a sterile polished container system sealed for long storage, built to inches in length, tested in a super clean chamber with a three ton weighing instrument and sensitive devices. Sperry officials say the aim is to anticipate military needs and discuss production scope only as a voluntary move.
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Sperry
Fmaly
Coalville Man Killed in Webster County Crash
William I Ray Marsh, 4, of Coalville died Friday night after a two car collision in Webster County. Investigating details unclear as report summarizes fatal crash.
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Coalville
Coalville (Ap
William I Ray Marsh
Webster County
Notice of Executors Appointed in Edith Myrtle Fonte Estate
Notice is given that on May 16 1957 Willlis Orin Whiting and Roy Eyemett Whiting were appointed and qualified as executors of theestate of Edith Myrtle Fonte of Linn County Iowa. All debts and claims must be presented for authentication in the office of the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Attorneys Donnelly Lynch Lynch and Dallas handle the matter.
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Capitol Stock of Corporation
Iowa
Shell Holdings
Go Merorily Vale of the
Mol Lesa
Ali
Nd Teasurer
Flock
John Dartman
AML
Unt
Revery
Berta
Nim
Perron
Dtory
Excel
HK Dorfman
Linn
Edith Myrtle Fonte
Jawa
Aac
Wil Fle Chen
Dule
Girrk
Lith County
Lowe
District Court
Wyllis Orin Wiiting
Roy Eyemett Whiting
Xecturd
Donnelly, Lynch, Lynch and
Dallas
Vandals Toss SUI Design Show Sign Into River
In Iowa City a sign advertising the University of Iowa design show was found floating in the Iowa River on Friday. Professors call the act vandalism and juvenile prankery, noting strong cables and earlier incidents last year. A crew may need to retrieve the sign from the river.
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Speciad le Theater
Iowa City
West Amik
Iowa River
University of Iowa
Oaling
Sun
Calles
John Schultze
SUI Are
Schultze
Gardiner
Brechler Wife Seeks Divorce Cross Petition
Mrs Paul Brechler wife of the University of Iowa athletic director asks the court to deny a divorce petition by her husband and to grant her a divorce on cruel treatment grounds. She seeks custody of two sons William 16 and Joan Steven 5. The couple married in Des Moines June 1947.
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Brechler
Iowa City
Paul Brechler
University of Iown
FBI Takes Over California Youth Delinquent
A 16 year old, Willis Westcott of Inglewood California, was taken into custody by FBI agents Friday afternoon on a charge of violating the Dyer Act in the interstate transport of stolen vehicles. He was arrested by Sergeant Fred Lewis of the Iowa City police and turned over to federal authorities in Davenport.
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Deciat
Ionaa Coiry
California
FBI
Willis Westcott
Inglewood
Calif
Fred Lewis
Iowa City
Inex
Davenport
Political quotes and policy quips from 1950s figures
The collection repeats remarks from Ezra Taft Benson and President Eisenhower on agriculture and wartime command. It also cites a Chamber of Commerce critique of aid transfers and Rep. Alvin E. O’Konski and State Rep. Joby Orr defending or opposing censorship and welfare policy.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Alvin E O’konski
R-Wis
Gazette Want Ad Rates and Classifieds Snapshot
A fragment shows Gazette classified listings with want ad rate notes, Lost and Found notices, personal requests, business services, and repair ads. It mentions pricing per line and word limits, with examples of items like lost dogs, memorials, and watch repair services. The page reflects a busy late 19th or early 20th century classifieds section.
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Wang
Tr Lake's
Privar Biohr
Willman Co Septic Tanks Served by Dial Numbers
Concrete for foundations recommended with spotities fill ey ane and ar vea. Willman Co advertises septic tanks pumped and installed. Water trenching dial EM 5-459 Kraus.
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Willman CO
Ned Seap
Kraus
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