Interstate Network Plans 703 Miles Through Iowa City Area
Iowa officials announce final location for 300 miles of the interstate system in Iowa over 13 years. Routes extend from Davenport north of Des Moines to Williams burg and east of 69 to Lake Mills, with 90 percent federal funding. The plan promises four-lane, access-controlled highways with wide shoulders and no traffic signals, serving Des Moines, Davenport, Sioux City, and other points while limiting roadside services.
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Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Iowa Highway Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Iowa
Hamburg
Sioux City
State Commission
Federal Bureau
Davenport
Iowa City
Williamsburg
Grinnell
Newton
Dexter
Atlantic
Neola
Council Bluffs
Honey Creek
Loveland
Lamont
Osceola
State of
Lake Mills
Saylorville Dam
Bureau of Public Roads
Daven
E. M. Duesenberg
Mason City
U.S. 20
Missouri
Warehouse Destroyed In Fire Near Dubuque
Dubuque area fire destroyed a Frith Rendering Company warehouse on the outskirts of the city. Damage was unofficially estimated at 60 000 dollars. The blaze began in the south end where farm machinery was stored. No city fire equipment responded.
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Dubuque
Frith Rendering Company
Jurist Judge Wheeler Dies at 95 in Council Bluffs
Judge W. D. Wheeler, age 95, died Sunday in Council Bluffs. He retired in 1934 after 32 years serving in Iowa district courts, marking a long career on the state bench.
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W. D. Wheeler
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Iowa Tipton theft at Thummans tavern noted in brief
Iowa briefs report a break in at the Thummans tavern in Durant with six cartons of cigar ets and a small amount of change stolen. An attempted break in was also made at the Roehlk tavern. Quasqueton reports Garden club officer slate with Lange Kimball Schumann Boies in leadership roles. Waikon adds two lay teachers to St Patrick's school faculty, DeSotel and Michels.
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Tipton
Thummans
Durant
Roehlk
Garden Club
Andrew Lange
Ralph Kimball
Levi Schumann
Lulu Boies
Waulkon
St. Patrick’s School
Margaret DeSotel
Guttenberg
Donna Michels
Stanley
Gowrie Man Will Seek Minority Leadership
Gowrie attorney State Rep Willard M Freed announced his candidacy for minority floor leader in the 1957 Iowa house. He is the first to formally enter the race to replace Rep Casey Loss of Algona as the Democratic minority leader with Republicans presently holding 73 seats to 35.
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Gowrie
Willard M. Freed
Iowa
Good Roads Essay Winners Named
A 17 year old St Josephs academy senior from Dubuque Joy Hingtgen won the Iowa Good Roads Association essay contest out of nearly 400 submissions from 39 counties. She received 200 in U S savings bonds plus 50 in cash and a pen and pencil set. Congressional district winners include Jerrie Schrader 15 Buckingham sophomore who gets a 100 savings bond. County winners receive a pen and pencil set Rita Carpenter Lamont Fredrick Joseph Pins Earlville Carl Rechtfertig West Union Nancy Ann Ely Cedar Rapids Louis Bruening Fort Atkinson
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Des Moines
St. Joseph’s Academy
Dubuque
Iowa Good Roads Association
Joy Hingtgen
Association
U. S
Jerrie Schrader
Buckingham
Buchanan
Rita Carpenter
Lamont Delaware
Fredrick Joseph Pins
Earlville
Fayette
Carl Rechtfertig
West Union
Linn
Nancy Ann Ely
Cedar Rapids
Winneshiek
Louis ‘Bruening
Fort Atkinson
More Persons Leaving Iowa Than Moving In
DES MOINES AP The state health department vital statistics division estimates that for every eight born in Iowa in the last 15 years five have moved out. From 1940 to 1955 births were 843,480 and deaths 387,430, implying a potential gain of 456,050 without migration yet the population rose only 164,938, meaning 291,112 left Iowa more than moved in. The 1955 population was 2,705,276 with a 1940 census of 2,470,939 and an estimated 2,707,750 for Oct 19, 1956.
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DES Moines
State Health Department
Vital Statistics Division
Iowa
Delaware Cancer Unit Meeting Tuesday in Farm Bureau Office
The Delaware county chapter of the American Cancer Society will hold its annual meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Farm Bureau office. Mrs Mon-Ann Wilson of Dubuque is the speaker. Officers will be elected. A field day follows at 7:00 on Channel 9.
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Manchester
Delaware County
The
American Cancer Society
Farm Bureau
Mon-Ann Wilson
Dubuque
Channel 9
Independence Girl Y-Teens elects Saterlee president
Sharon Saterlee of Independence was chosen president of the Northeast Iowa Y-Teens at the fall conference in Waterloo. About 125 teenagers attended. Saterlee succeeded Joann Tessman of Cedar Rapids. Jeanette White Cedar Rapids was named vice-president, Linda Butler Oelwein secretary, and Jane Lynch Marshalltown treasurer.
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Waterloo
Sharon Saterlee
Independence
Northeast Iowa
Miss Saterlee
Joann Tessman
Cedar Rapids
Jeanette White
Linda Butler
Oelwein
Jane Lynch
Marshalltown
Tipton High Centennial Invites 1500 Graduates
Invitations mailed to about 1500 Tipton high graduates for the centennial Friday program at 2 pm Registration precedes the event with Attorney Max Werling presiding The Rev Louis P Penningroth will give the invocation followed by student music A dramatization Nestlerode's Struggle for a Free High School will be staged Century of Memories features graduates and dignitaries Centennial dinner at Moose hall at 6 pm toastmaster James Castelline Evening program opens with invocation by Rev A C Long Robert D Wells will address One Hundred Years of High School Education Benediction by Rev Howard Dukelow
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Gazette
Tipton
Tipton High School
Max Werling
Louis P. Penningroth
Iowa City
C. C. Nestlerode
Gertrude Cottrell
Mildred Yule Phelps
Charles Penningroth
Bernice Pfarr Oaken
John Fields
Moose Hall
James Casterline
C. S. Miller
A. C. Long
Nestlerode
Robert D. Wells
State Board of Public Instruction
Howard Dukelow
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Minnesota
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Toledo
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Iowa Briefs
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Good Roads
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Shelton
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