Mother Kills Son and Then Ends Her Life Near Council Bluffs
A 43-year-old Council Bluffs mother shot and killed her 16-year-old son Harvey Roy with a shotgun Sunday, then asphyxiated herself in the garage after leaving a note for her husband Roy Farrow. The note reportedly advised him not to go upstairs alone. Police believe she discarded the shotgun after the killings.
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Council Bluffs
Leonard Murray
Cora Farrow
Harvey Roy
Roy Farrow
Farrow
Chief Murray
Murray
Sudhrinda Bose Dies Longtime University of Iowa lecturer
Sudhrinda Bose, lecturer in Oriental politics at the University of Iowa since 1921, died Sunday night. He was the first East Indian to join an American university political science staff, having joined the department in 1915 and gaining wide recognition as an authority on Oriental politics.
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Iowa City
Sudhrinda Bose
University of Iowa
American University
OPA Opens Drive Against Illegal Killing Plants
Des Moines Iowa OPA director Walter D Kline says the agency has launched an enforcement drive to channel limited livestock shipments to large established slaughtering plants. Twenty nine federal court actions seek injunctions against Iowa markets for illegal slaughter of live cattle hogs and dressed meat. About 1350 new Iowa slaughterers ordered to quit killing meat April 28 some continued slaugh tering due to information gaps or skepticism over enforcement. Investigators will visit every Iowa plant slaughtering cattle or hogs and the agency will seek injunctions against all violators.
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DES Moines
Iowa Office of Price Administration
Walter D. Kline
Iowa
OPA
Kline
Over 6 000 Cars Tested in Week in Iowa Check
Des Moines report shows 6 008 vehicles tested in week one of Iowa traffic safety survey led by Highway Patrol Chief S N Jesperson. Of tested cars 2 022 had defects including 1 778 deficient lights 439 poor brakes 114 no horn 82 bad wipers 55 unlicensed drivers and 37 tires in dangerous condition. Jesperson aims to see improvements in upcoming weeks with more tests through the summer.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Highway Patrol
S. N. Jesperson
Jesperson
Two Iowa Couples Witness Birth of a Geyser
Two Iowa couples, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Albinger and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Albinger of Lyt ton Indiana observed the creation of a new geyser in Yellowstone Park. Steam appeared through a paving crack, the pavement broke up, and within six hours the outlet widened to eight feet with a mud cone 36 feet in diameter.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Iowa
L. F. Albinger
G. H. Albinger
Lytton, In
Is Found Dead in Des Moines Shooting Case
Charles Lester McCoy Jr., 34, was found dead on a bathroom floor Sunday night with a gunshot through the heart. Coroner A E Shaw said the wound suggests a direct heart shot, but investigators must clarify whether the victim could have moved the gun after being shot.
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Des Moines
Charles Lester McCoy, Jr
A. E. Shaw
Dr. Shaw
Pierce Elected President at Numismatic Meet
The Numismatic association elected Dave Pierce of Ottumwa president at its fifteenth annual meeting held here Sunday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Numismatic Association
Dave Pierce
Ottumwa
Blue and Olmsted Clash At Polk County GOP Picnic
Gov. Robert D. Blue touted his record as quarterback of the Republican team while George Olmsted accused state leadership laxity at a Polk County GOP picnic. Olmsted criticized housing shortages and moving veterans barracks to Wisconsin, citing 90 000 veterans families lacking housing. He faulted understaffed state institutions with 1800 mental patients in one hospital, no registered nurses, three doctors, and wards operating underfunded care. urged use of state surplus funds for such needs.
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Des Moines
Robert D. Blue
George Olmsted
Polk County
Republican Party
Olmsted
Algona
Wisconsin
Industrial Development Commission
Osage Highway Crash Kills Three Members Of Family
Three people died in a Mitchell county highway collision five miles north of Osage on Sunday. Emma Bork and his daughter Ruth died at the scene and Bork's wife and two sons were injured. Bork swerved to avoid an oncoming car while attempting a pass, the vehicle rolled three times and was ejected. The family was en route to Minnesota for a fishing trip.
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Osage
Here
Mitchell County
Emma Bork
Ruth
Bork
Charles City
Phillip
John
Minnesota
Car Crash Injures Four In Des Moines Family Near Marengo
A Des Moines family of four was hospitalized after a Sunday night crash on highway 6 seven miles east of Marengo. Richard Baldwin 27 his wife Beulah 27 and their 3-year-old daughter suffered serious injuries while their 6-year-old son was unconscious with back injuries. The car left the road swerved through a fence plunged 250 feet across a field into a small stream and did not overturn.
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Marengo
Des Moines
Richard Baldwin
Beulah
Milford Engelbert
Rock Island Man Critically Hurt In Collision Near Independence
Three people injured in a head on crash four miles north of Independence. R. V. Darnell of Rock Island was critically injured after being thrown through the windshield while riding with Seaman E F McCourt of Western Springs Va. Maj. Richard Henderson of Independence also sustained injuries.
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Davenport
Here
R. V. Darnell
Rock Island
Seaman
E. F. McCourt
Western Springs
Ottumwa Naval Air Base
Darnell
McCourt
Maj
Richard Henderson
Independence
Courtland Hancock Injured in Horse Riding Accident
Clinton Herald president and co publisher Courtland Hancock suffered serious injuries when a horse he rode fell and pinned him. He was taken to a hospital in shock with possible internal injuries.
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Clinton
Courtland Hancock
The
Clinton Herald
Rail service in Iowa returns to normal after strike
Rail service in Iowa neared normal levels after a 48 hour strike with trains largely on time and businesses reopening. John Deere Tractor in Waterloo said it would stay closed and move its inventory forward three weeks, giving workers a June vacation.
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Associated Press
Iowa
John Deere Tractor Company
Waterloo
Vinton Girl to Receive Drake Degree in Music Education
Norma Stall of Vinton daughter of Mr and Mrs Tilford H Stall will be among 134 Drake University graduates on June 3 She majors in piano in the college of fine arts and earns the bachelor of music education degree She participates in the Drake band orchestra chorus Sigma Alpha Iota and Beta Gamma Kappa sororities noting her professional music and service memberships.
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Specis
Gazette
Des Moines
Norma Stall
Tilford H. Stall
Vinton
Drake University
Miss Stall
College of Fine Arts
Drake
Sigma Alpha Iota
Beta Gama Kappa
Des Moines Liquor Raid Nets 38 Arrests
In Des Moines a city liquor squad raided three sites including two private homes. Thirty eight people were arrested on liquor charges with 26 pleading guilty and paying fines while the remaining defendants pled innocent and were released on bond.
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Des Moines
Centennial Events Planned for July 4 in Iowa
At least 15 Iowa cities will combine Fourth of July celebrations with observances of the state’s 100th year of statehood. Newton Des Moines Storm Lake Iowa City Lewis Emmetsburg Perry Sioux City Elkader Belle Plaine Grinnell Logan Missouri Valley Muscatine and Keokuk will hold centennial events.
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Des Moines
Newton
Storm Lake
Iowa City
Lewis
Emmetsburg
Perry
Sioux City
Elkader
Belle Plaine
Grinnell
Logan
Missouri Valley
Muscatine
Keokuk
Conference on Safety At Teachers College
Fifteen experts in safety education will meet at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls on Tuesday to plan drivers education courses in Iowa public schools. Safety leaders will discuss the possibility of constructing an ex-
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa
Teachers College hosts driving range safety training program
Miss Jessie Parker and officials from the public instruction department, state safety council, and highway commission will attend a meeting at the Teachers College to establish a training ground for teachers who will deliver highway safety courses in schools.
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Teachers College
Jessie Parker
Public Instruction
State Department of Public Safety
Highway Commission
State Safety Council
Commerce Commission
Education
Erin
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