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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1956

Page

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Linn county voters face nine races and key contests

Linn county voters decide nine races in Tuesday's general election. County Attorney Willis A. Glassgow leaves after six years. Richard F. Nazette faces Robert F. Wilson for the post. Several GOP incumbents seek re election with little opposition. Close battles loom for state representative and third district supervisor. A feature recalls Edison's early voting device and lists bios of Nazette Wilson and others.

Linn County Linn Willis A. Glassgow Ernest Kosek Emil Novak Demos John M. Ely, Jr Frank Martin

State Senator Byers Leads In Iowa Senate Return Bid

Cedar Rapids attorney Frank C. Byers 73 seeks a seventh term in the Iowa senate and holds the all time record for continuous service. His rival slate lists L M Hullinger Jr 28 and other Linn county Republicans in a crowded field for state representative and county offices.

Polling places listed for Linn County precincts

Auditor Hanzlik announced locations for Linn County's 50 precincts for Tuesday's general election. Cedar Rapids has 25 precincts open 7 AM to 8 PM. other areas run 8 AM to 8 PM. Precincts include Bertram Prairieburg Boulder Viola Clinton Fairfax and many more with polling venues such as town halls schools and public buildings.

Linn County Otto F. Hanzlik Cedar Rapids Gordon Hatchery Marion Public American Legion Stuber Monroe Hiawatha Water Works Otter Creek Alburnett Putnam—Ely Spring Grove IOOF Troy Mills Washington Eldon Dennison’s Center Point

The AP Election Night Story and Its Precision

A look at how the Associated Press covers elections with speed and accuracy on election night. The piece recounts APs extensive 65 000 person team and wired workflow from precinct to national tally. It highlights restraint under pressure with past examples from 1916 and 1954 showing how initial leads can shift as more votes are counted.

Three Linn County Republicans Run Unopposed

No opposition blocks three Republican incumbents Coroner Robert Brosh Auditor Otto F Hanzlik and Recorder Dempsy Jones in Linn County. Miles P Sutera of Robins resigns seeking no re election as Second District Supervisor since his term runs through 1958.

G.O.P Otto F. Hanzlik Dempsy Jones Robert Brosh Hoglan Henderson Mr. Hood Martin Wiley Theodore B. Hlubucek Linn Miles P. Sutera Robins

Longtime Clerk Arthur Axmear Seeks Eighth Term

Clerk of Court Arthur Axmear 75 of 357 Twentieth Street NW seeks an eighth term after being appointed in 1942 and repeatedly re-elected. Born in Keswick Keokuk County, he has long resided in Linn County and has worked with a bank at Walker and served as deputy clerk before the principal post. Also running is B L Hale 30, a schedule clerk at Allis Chalmers who runs a book keeping and tax service and is a World War II veteran with two others. He is a Calvary Baptist Church member and father of three. Sweetbreads should be simmered in boiling water 20 to 30 minutes.

Frank Byers L. M. Hullinger, Jr Frank F. Bates Robert C. Conner Arthur Axmear B. L. Hale Jim Smith George Engelmann G.O.P Dudley Henderson Henry J. Hood Glenn Hoglan Richard F. Nazette Country Club Parkway SE Ellis A. Glassgow Cedar Rapids University of Iowa College of Law Chamber of Commerce Optimist International Westminster Presbyterian Church Robert F. Wilson Regent Street Windsor Colo Wilson Rockwell City University of Iowa Federal Trade Commission Linn County Iowa Lions Club St. Paul’s James Smith Linn Smith Iowa Sheriffs Association Republican Central Wash- Rosekington Emil L. Novak Fairfax Iowa House Council of State Linn County Farm Bureau Novak Republican Farm Council Linn County United Cerebral Party Fairfax High School Iowa State College John M. Ely, Jr Twenty-third Street Quaker Oats Company Ely Princeton University Merchant Marine Public Health Nursing Association Cedar Rapids Council On World Frank L. Martin Twenty-second Street Lisbon St. Ambrose College Martin Cedar Rapids Law Club American Legion Knights of Columbus Keokuk Sixth Avenue SE Tama Cedar Rapids Savings Bank Bates el Kabir Shrine The Odd Fellows Iowa Consistory Martin Wiley Clinton Township Lost Wiley Edgewood Wiley Theodore B. Hlubucek Thirty-second Street Iowa Memorial Company Hlubucek Czechoslovakia Europe Mt. Herman Lodge AF and the Elks South Side Civic Club Eagles Sokols CSA WBFA Federation of Czech Central City Henderson Coggon Center Point Washington Township Hoglan Seattle AAA Twentieth Street Keswick Keokuk County Axmear Walker Boy Scouts Republican Party Arthur, Jr Third Street Allis - Chalmers Wilson High School Industrial Training Institute of Chicago Milwaukee Railroad Hale Calvary Baptist Church

Boy Rides Horse To Drive-in Bank

In Columbus Ohio a 15 year old boy named Pete and a horse named Betsy caused eyebrows to rise as they arrive weekly at the drive-in bank window. Pete says he deposits two or three dollars a week depending on how much he leans spare.

Columbus, O Pete Betsy Harold Haberman

Columbia Certifies U S Journalists From Institute Seminars

New certificates will be mailed to 1,578 newspaper men and women who attended American Press Institute seminars at Columbia University. The 10 year program has held 67 seminars across the United States and Canada with participants from every state and five Canadian provinces.

New York INS American Press Institute Columbia University Alaska Hawaii Columbia J. Montgomery Curtis

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Pat McPartland Nazette Democrat Thomas A. Edison Pat Belitz Edison Henry Ford Museum Dearborn Mich National House of Representatives Alice Funk Osage James, Jr Iowa Highway Patrol Toledo Kadesh St. Paul's Methodist Church George K. Engelmann Ellis Boulevard Ce- Engelmann Dar Rapids Englemann Republican Byers Frank C. Byers Iowa Senate Senator Byers Senate Alden Grinsnell College Council Street Upper Iowa University Fayette Hulflinger Cumberland University le Oebanon Tenn Jones County Mt. Hermon, Lodge Iowa Consist Civil Air Patrol American Bar Associations Mullinger Twenty-seventh Street Ieat Victoria Democrats Linn County Democratic Central Committee Boy Scout Community Chest Eleventh Avenue Champaign Ill Jackson First Christian Church Conner Ann Brown Clinton, College and Fairfax Townships High Twelve Club Iowa Good Roads Association Boulder Brown Buffalo Grant Maine Washington Townships Lawrence Welk Channel 9 Stevenson - Ford Company Second Avenue Second B Avenue Third — Great Electric Company Center Point Road Fourth — Franklin High School Fifth Arthur School Sixth First Avenue Seventh—Jackson School Fourth Avenue Nineteenth Street First Second Avenues Ninth Seventeenth Street Bever Park Buchanan Mt. Vernon Road Twelfth McKinley High School Tenth Street Thirteenth City Water Works Fourteenth Fifteenth—Hayes D Street Sixteenth van Buren Fourteenth Avenue Seventeenth — Taylor School Sixth Street Eighteenth — City Barn Seventh Avenue H Street Nineteenth Secland Avenue Twentieth Harrison School Eleventh Street Cedar Rapids Pump Company G Avenue Roosevelt High School Thirteenth Street Kingston Stadium Garfield School Maplewood Drive Lincoln School Eighteenth Avenue Ninth Street U.S. Senate House Associated Press Din Inez Ae AP Charles Evans Hughes Woodrow Wilson AP J California Hughes New Jersey Charles Howell Clifford P. Case Howell Newark Case Town & Country American Industrial Mnkers Association First Street James Jewelers & Trade Third St. SE Ase Samy Rey Ay Seee Dial Empire Eric Dahl U. S
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