Iowa Senate Sets Picks for Leaders as 1955 Session Opens
Republicans will select a new majority floor leader to succeed Sen. Ralph Zastrow while J. Kendall Lynes or Duane E. Dewes vie for the post. Sen. DeVere Watson draws support for speaker pro tem. Sen. George O Malley may yield the minority floor leader post to Sen. Thomas Dailey. Governor-elect Hoegh appears set to push agriculture promotion and a tax structure study by a legislative citizen panel. Democrats face a cash deficit with Klein’s departure. the Camp Dodge liquor warehouse project runs six weeks late with $40,000 in unneeded funds likely.
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Robert Hogan
Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
G.O P
Senate
Ralph Zastrow
Charles City
Duane E. Dewes
Algona
J. T. Dykhouse
Rock Rapids
J. Kendall
Buster” Lynes
Plainfield
DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
Stanley Hart
Keokuk
Edward J. McManus
Hart
George O’malley
Thomas Dailey
Burlington
Leo A. Hoegh
Hoegh
Iowa
Legislative Liquor Warehouse Committee
Camp Dodge
Iowa Democratic Party Hires Klein as Publicity Director
The Iowa Democrat state central committee says Cort Klein, hired in July on a permanent basis as publicity director, will seek another job while remaining in the post.
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Iowa Democrat State Central Committee
Cort Klein
Klein
Mrs. Crane Dies in Central City at 84
Arabella Crane 84 widow of Chauncey Crane died Saturday night at University hospitals Iowa City after a Friday heart attack. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Federated church with burial in Mt. Clark cemetery. She taught school before marriage in 1895 and was active in Eastern Star, the Women’s Literary and Musical club, and Federated church. Survived by daughter Mrs. Stanley Niermann, a granddaughter, two great grandchildren, brother L. O. Hatch and sister Mrs. Ellen Brookman.
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the Gazette
Central City
Arabella Crane
Chauncey Crane
Federated Church
Mt. Clark Cemetery
Marion
Brooklyn
Cranes
Crane
Eastern Star
Women’s Literary and Musical Club
Stanley Niermann
Budget Raised for Manchester Church
Community Congregational church in Manchester reported a new high for pledges as 27 two man teams visited homes and returned with 215 signed pledges totaling 11 160 for local expenses and missions 1 142. The effort marks the best subscription during Rev. David Davids eight year tenure.
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Manchester
Community Congregational Church
David Davids
Iowa Shoe Travelers Re-elect Oelwein Man
Walter Martin of Oelwein was re-elected president of the Iowa Shoe Travelers Association at the opening of a three day exhibit. Warren Crandall of Des Moines was re-elected secretary treasurer and new vice presidents named are Robert Mulcahy of Cedar Rapids and Paul Creger of Maquoketa. About 350 retail shoe dealers attended.
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Des Moines
Walter Martin
Oelwein
Iowa Shoe Travelers Association
Warren Crandall
Robert Mulcahy
Cedar Rapids
Paul Creger
Maquoketa
Iowa Helicopter Pilot Fired On At Fort Worth
Des Moines AP reports Max Nebergall 34 a test pilot for Piaseki Helicopter Corporation said he was fired on while landing at Fort Worth Texas after dark. He described a rifle shot piercing a cockpit windshield during the landing pattern at the first Civil Aeronautics Authority licensed heliport. Nebergall cited a local resident opposed to the heliport as the shooter.
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DES Moines
Fort Worth
Texas
Max Nebergall
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Nebergall
Piaseki Helicopter Corporation
Morton
Army
Signal Corps
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Walter R. Albert 70 dies in Brandon
Walter Ray Albert aged 70 died Sunday in Peoples hospital Independence. Services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Brandon Church of Christ. Born March 10 1884 in Benton county he married Viola McCall in February 1907 at La Porte City and lived on a Brandon area farm. He was a director of the Brandon Telephone Company. Surviving are his wife four sons Raymond Cedar Rapids Nicholas Ivan and Clarence all of Brandon a daughter Mrs. B G Hopkins of Rowley and 14 grandchildren.
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Gazette
Brandon
Walter Ray Albert
Peoples Hospital
Independence
Brandon Church of Christ
Mr. Albert
Benton County
Viola McCall
la Porte City
Albert
Brandon Telephone Company
Raymond
Cedar Rapids
Nicholas
Ivan
Clarence
B. G. Hopkins
Rowley
Couple from Iowa Killed in Arkansas Traffic Crash
Frances Torkelson 68 and Torkel A Torkelson 80 of Davenport were killed in a crash near North Little Rock while en route to Little Rock for Frances Torkelson to speak at the Arkansas Fraternal Congress. State Trooper W A Tudor said their car failed to negotiate a curve and struck a tree. The Royal Neighbors of America, an insurance society for women, was led by Frances Torkelson.
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North Little Rock
Ark
Frances Torkelson
Royal Neighbors of America
Torkel A. Torkelson
Davenport
Here
Torkelsons
Little Rock
Torkelson
Arkansas Fraternal Congress
Royal Neighbors Organization
Insurance Society
W. A. Tudor
Four Die In Iowa Weekend Auto And Hunting Accidents
United Press reports four people died in Iowa weekend accidents including a pedestrian collision near Fort Dodge Henry Siebels 82 killed. John Hatteberg 27 of Havelock died after colliding with a tractor. Keith Flick 16 of Laurens killed in a Pocahontas area crash. Carl Gochee Fort Dodge driver identified. Additional injuries include Dale Downey 13 Indianola with scalp wounds and Floyd Anderson 23 of Sioux City shot accidentally while hunting near Sheldon.
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United Press
Iowa
Henry Siebels
Douglas Crone
Laurens
Floyd Anderson
Sioux City
Sheldon
Dale Downey
Indianola
Here
Des Moines May Get National Convention
Vic S. Hansen of Atlantic Iowa district meeting said Des Moines is one of four possible sites for the 1955 national convention of Disabled American Veterans. He added the city has a good chance and urged each DAV chapter in Iowa to appoint an employment chairman to aid veterans in finding jobs.
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Des Moines
Vic S. Hansen
Atlantic
Hansen
DAV
Iowa
Brake Seal Invented By Iowa Auto Dealer
New Hampton inventor G Mikkelson, a longtime local auto dealer, devised a floating brake seal to reduce dirt and water wear. After years of work and a 1949 ankle fracture that spurred the project, he built a machine capable of producing 3,000 seal sets in an eight hour day from his garage workshop.
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NEW Hampton
INS
G& M
Appointment of Executors for John Johanek Estate
Notice is given that on November 12 1954 the undersigned were appointed and qualified as executors of the estate of John Johanek late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly and those having claims must file them duly authenticated with the Linn County Iowa clerk. Loecher Strittmatter attorneys for executors WENJOMANEK AND USEF tO ANEK periodhei Locher cal Strittmatter
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
John Johanek
Disa Wenjomanek
Usef
Anek
Periodhei
Locher
Cal Strittmatter
Attor
Mensing Seeks Iowa Speakership for 1955 Session
Rep A L Mensing of Lowden announced his candidacy for Iowa house speaker in 1955. He emphasized personal initiative and fairness, after winning a third term on November 2. Hanson of Inwood and Miller of Cedar Falls also entered the race, with others rumored to be interested.
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Rep
Mensing
Lowden
Iowa
A. L. Mensing
Monday
Iowa House of Representatives
A. C.’ Hanson
Inwood
Earl A. Miller
Cedar Falls
W. H. Tate
Mason City
Vern Lisle
Clarinda
Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
George L. Paul
Brooklyn
Dewey E. Goode
Bloomfield
Four Safe Burglars Held at Des Moines
Four Des Moines residents face charges of breaking and entering after a two week joint probe by city police Polk County sheriff state agents. Jerome Roy Osborne Albert Shoemate Sadie May Modlin and Ruth Helen Rosenberg are named as suspects with extensive criminal records. Police say the ring netted over $2 000 in three months and statements admit four safe burglaries and thefts of cash registers.
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DES Moines
Polk County
Robert E. O’brien
Jerome Roy Osborne
Albert Shoemate
Sadie May Modlin
Ruth Helen Rosenberg
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau
Rosenberg
Bank Break-In Triggers Alarm. Nothing Stolen
A break in at the Cedar Rapids area bank on Monday November 15 1954 set off the alarm but Sheriff John H. Wallerich of Sigourney said nothing was taken.
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Cedar Rapids
Iona Bries Quasqueton Garden Club Elects Officers
Iona Bries Quasqueton Garden club elects Mrs Bernard Ball as president with officers: Mrs Andrew Lange vice president Mrs David Ball secretary and Lulu Boies treasurer. Buckingham family to move to Vinton to operate a tavern. Wheelesses travel to Orlando Florida for winter. Highway 38 resurfacing from 64 to Center Junction completed.
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Quasqueton
Bernard Ball
Quasqueton Garden Club
Andrew Lange
David Ball
Lulu Boies
Albert Buckingham
Vinton
Buckingham
Delhi
A. R. Wheeless
Orlando
Fla
Center Junction
Highway 38
Highway 64
History repeats for woman in hospital
Mrs. George Lingelbach, who earlier learned of her sister in law Mary Weller death in San Francisco, returned to St. Francis hospital in Waterloo for an eye operation and was later notified of Herman A. Weller of South San Francisco has died.
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Waterloo
George Lingelbach
St. Francis Hospital
Mary Weller
San Francisco
Cyanide Blamed for Slaughter of Fish
Des Moines reports thousands of fish killed by cyanide poisoning in the Mississippi River below Davenport last week. Paul J. Houser, director of the state health department’s public health engineering, announced the finding.
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Des Moines
Mississippi River
Davenport
State Health Department
Paul J. Houser
Department
Public Health
Engin
Cyanide source traced to Illinois river area
A department official said on Saturday that the cyanide likely originated on the Illinois side of the river, possibly from the Rock Island Arsenal or an industrial plant. The Illinois Water Board has been notified of the findings.
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Neering
Illinois
Rock Island Arsenal
Illinois Water Board
Mrs. Fred Wiltsey 45 Dies at Walker
Mrs. Fred Wiltsey aged 45 died Sunday at her Walker home. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Walker United Church, burial in Urbana cemetery. She leaves husband, two daughters, a grandson, a brother Delbert Baldwin of Palo, and sisters Fern Burkhart of Walker and Gussie Wright of Central City. Memorials to cancer control fund requested.
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Fred Wiltsey
Walker Walker
Walker
Walker United Church
Urbana
Gussie Wright
Central City
Cancer Control Fund
Bank burglar alarm draws South English crowds
In South English the burglar alarm at the White State bank rang around midnight Saturday and most of the town's 248 residents rushed out to watch the scene. Witnesses reported a man fleeing from the bank and running down an alley as police investigated.
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South English
White State Bank
Andient
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