Celebration Of Century For Cornell
Cornell College marks its centennial with a three day celebration drawing officials from over 100 sister institutions. Governor Beardsley attends the convocation along with ten honorary degrees and an address by Rev Dr Harold A Bosley. A Town Meeting of the Air broadcast closes the program from Cornell fieldhouse.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Beardsley
Harold A. Bosley
Evanston
Don Ameche
Cornell
Iowa Schooltime offered for rebroadcast by commercial TV
The Iowa Joint Committee on Educational Television announced it would offer its Iowa TV Schooltime programs for free rebroadcast by commercial stations. The 50 half hour programs cover history landmarks art science and more produced by the University of Iowa Iowa State Teachers College Iowa State College and the State Department of Public Instruction.
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Des Moines
Iowa Joint Committee On Educational Television
Iowa TV
University of Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa State College
State Department of Public Instruction
Woi-Tv
Ames
IJCET
David A. Dancer
Iowa
NJCET
Towa
Amana
Herbert Hoover
Old Capitol
Iowa City
Teachers College
Irving H. Hart
Herbert Hake
Towa State College
Alice
Colege
Dorothy C. Matala
H. Seymour Fowler
Walter Gohman
Clifford G. McCollum
SUI
Vern Thompson
Mayer Defense Blocked On Two Trial Issues
In Bloomfield AP defense lawyers in the Walter Mayer murder case face repeated blockages as they seek to prove Wisdom’s trigger temper and gun habit. The trial center is the May 2 shooting on Wisdom’s 900 acre Bloomfield ranch where Mayer says he acted in self defense. Prosecution objections have kept nine of twelve defense witnesses from testifying.
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Bloomfield
Walter M. Mayer
John C. Wisdom
Mayer
Santa Fe
M. M
Wisdom J
Wisdom
R. E. White
Beardsley Will Decide in January on 1954 Campaign
Gov. William F Beardsley plans no early statement on 1954 politics and will likely announce in January, a pattern noted since his 1948 bid. He says duties as governor keep him focused, though observers view public appearances as campaign moments. The piece signals possible re election choices and hints at continued political speculation.
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Frank Nye
William 5. Beardsley
Gazette
Robert D. Blue
Beardsley
Blue
United States
Plane crashes near Tama after Minnesota game
A Fairchild CT-26 piloted by a University of Minnesota student crashed in a field on the east edge of Tama around 6 30 p m. The pilot Jim Zolenz 20 St Louis Park Minnesota and his passenger a fellow student survived though the plane was demolished and will be dismantled to tow it back to Minnesota.
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Toledo
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Tama
Jim Zolenz
St. Louis Park
Mina
Cen Ue Alaie
Mat City
Paner Septee
Zolenz
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Labor Slump Amid Seasonal Layoffs
The Des Moines area's labor picture worsened last week with 1,114 layoffs across ten major industries due to seasonal fluctuations and defense demand slack. Deere plants shed 400 and Wood Brothers about 300, while aviation and other sectors also faced cuts though some firms planned hiring in January.
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DES Moines
INS
Defense Department
International News Service
John Deere Company
Wood Brothers
John Deere
Robert Cowan
Drouth
Deere
Gowan
Michael Loehr
Ford Tractor Division
Holding
Corporation of Wood
Wood
Ford
Western Tool and Stamping Y
Western
G. D. Wells
Uary
Rubber
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Armstrong Rubber
John B. Hughes
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel
E. L. Chapman
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Morton Bookey
Bookey Packing Company
Iowa Packing Company
Supt
M. M. Wolf
Wolf
Iowa
Waterloo
Sioux City
Iowa City
Oelwein
Davenport
Muscatine
Quad- City
Quad-City
Mason City
Marshalltown
Two Families Live Together 31 Years and Like It
Sophia and Edith Stamy of near Robins have cohabited the same 12 room farm home with Edith as daughter-in-law and Sophia as mother-in-law for 31 years. They share cooking, cleaning, and social life, and say no quarrel has occurred. The family includes Elmer and their children Jean Richard Don and Mary Susan, with frequent visits from other relatives. The farm, pridefully marked with S on shutters and a printed truck, has endured times including a 1947 golden anniversary and a 1949 fire event that led to rebuilding and expansion.
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Linn County
Sophia
Edith Stamy
Near Robins
Edith
O. Stamy
Elmer
Mary Susan
Stamy
Jean
Sobek
Hammond
Ind
Richard Stamy
Norway
Don
University of Iowa
Stamy, Inc
Robins
S. O. Stamy
Sophia Stamy
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Iowa Conference
Old Sem
Iowa Conference Seminary
Leo W. Cornell
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King Conld
A. Grant
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Methodist Church
Russell D. Cole
Kenneth I. Brown
Danforth Foundation
St. Louis
F. Gerald Ensley
Des Moines Methodist
M. Willard Lampe
School of Religion
Virgil M. Hancher
Earle A. Baker
Brown
Ensley
Lamael
Merrimon Cuninggim
Perkins School of Theology
Southern M University
Dallas
Richard C
Cuninggim
Bishop Raines
Harmon
Morrill
Utah
Bernard M. Loomer
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Nathan A. Scott, Jr
General Education
University, Washington
Marion
Casette
Jean Strong
Lorinda Bailey
Bailey
J. C. Ferguson
James Jones
Vinton
White
R. IF. Hornady
Des Moines Matchinist
U.S. Treasury
Des Moines Labor
Nat Gilbert
H. J. Seiver
Solar Aircraft Legal Division
Washington
Henry O. Taille
U. S. Treasury
Congress
Keokuk
Atomic Energy Commission
Macomb
Mississippi
Burlington Railroad
State Employment Security Commission
CIO State Council
Kenneth Everhart
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Elmer Stamys
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