Cornell Career Talks for Cornell College Students
Cornell college hosts a two day career conference with eighteen panels and nearly fifty speakers to guide students in choosing a field. Professors administrators and professionals from geology public service business religion libraries education art social work and more present insights to Mountain Vernon attendees.
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Gazette
MT. Vernon
Cornell College
Elmer Bergmann
Northwest Life Insurance Company
Richard Miller
Craemers
Cedar Rapids
Dan Krumm
Maytag Company
Newton
Earle A. Baker
Hazel Meyners
Louane L. Newsome
SUI
Arthur Hamlin
Association of College and Research Librarians
Chicago
Marijean Doherty
Moser Secretarial School
Himie Voxman
SUI Music Department
A. A. Johnson
Muscatine
C. B. Vernon
Marion
George Horner
Iowa City
Jean Harris
Cornell
Ambro Advertising Agency
Thomas Powers
Ambro Advertising
Jeanette Ringland
Coe College
Eleanor K. Taylor
YMCA report outlines national student council session on campus
The schedule lists sessions on creative writing radio journalism with Douglas Grant and Paul Engle from SUI and Cornell instructor Robert Dana, plus panels on physical science engineering with Collins Radio staff, home economics with Lois Lund, merchandising with John Tuthill and George Owen, and several other panels led by industry and academic leaders. Cornell faculty aid noted. prior conferences held in 1949 and 19.
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Douglas Grant
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Paul Engle
SUI
Robert Dana
Cornell
R. L. McCreary
Collins Radio
John McElroy
Collins
Ralph Schriner
Jack Bishop
Smulekoff’s
Lois Lund
John Tuthill
George Owen
Maytag Company
Newton
Ivan Powers
Chica
Branniff Airlines
O. Selindh
Bell Telephone Company
Son Reports Murder Suicide in Davenport Home
In Davenport, 35 year old William Edward Michaeel fatally shot his wife Audrey then killed himself after his 8 year old son Bruce called police saying Daddy was beating Mommy. Neighbors reported Mrs Michaeel on the back porch. a .32 revolver was recovered with three bullets found in the kitchen.
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Davenport
William Edward Michaeel
Audrey
Michaeel
Michael
Bruce
Daddy
Mommy
Vern Durkin
Jeffrey
Mrs LaVerne Bauer Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs LaVerne Bauer of Brandon has returned home from a Waterloo hospital where she was treated for an illness. Detailing doctors notes, she is reported to be in satisfactory condition and recovering at home with family.
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Brandon
Mrs. LaVerne Bauer
Waterloo Hospital
Iowa
Stock Horse Association Awards Listed in Independence
INDEPENDENCE The Iowa Stock Horse Association announced awards in Independence last week. Stock Horse class winners include Carroll Watters Waterloo Bill Ratliff Evansdale Bill Lundry Knoxville Dick Monahan Waterloo and Bob Buck Evansdale with Western Pleasure won by Marion.
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Independence
Iowa Stock Horse Association
Carroll Watters
Waterloo
Bill Ratliff
Evansdale
Bill Lundry
Knoxville
Dick Monahan
Bob Buck
Western
Annual banquet awards honor top winners in show events
The association awarded trophies to all first place winners and ribbons to others at its annual banquet. Participants included Watters Waterloo Connie Peck Winthrop I W Fortune Water loo Donna Scott Buckingham LuAnn Richards Hudson Clover Leaf-Charles Coch Solon Ralph Carson Row ley Allen Neustral Central City Carroll Watters Waterloo Paul Starry Central City Pole Bending-Ralph Carson Rowley Stanley Forsyth Bran don Dick Monahan Waterloo Don Stark Central City Paul.
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Watters
Waterloo
Connie Peck
Winthrop
I. W. Fortune
Donna Scott
Buckingham
LuAnn Richards
Hudson
Clover Leaf
Charles Cochran
Solon
Ralph Carson
Rowley
Allen Neustral
Central City
Carroll Watters
Paul Starry
Stanley Forsyth
Brandon
Dick Monahan
Don Stark
Association
Postville Hardware Store Fire Causes Thousands in Damage
A fire at Hill Hardware in Postville gutted a display and storage room around 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, with damage estimated in the thousands. The blaze started in a floor heater, then spread to a TV set overhead, igniting the room and destroying over 10 television sets along with radios refrigerators and freezers. The basement first floor and roof also suffered damage. The display and storage room sits across the street from the hardware store and houses TV and appliance display and storage.
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the Gazette
Postville
Hill Hardware Company
Postville Fire Department
Group Takes Iowa Hospital Dispute Under Advisement
A joint AMA and AHA commission took under advisement the dispute between Iowa hospitals and affiliated pathologists and radiologists. Iowa Medical Society and Iowa Hospital Association leaders outlined the issue after Attorney General Hoegh's February opinion on salary hires. Outcomes could prompt a test case or push to the next Iowa Legislature.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
American Hospital Association
Iowa
Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa State Hospital Association
Leo A. Hoegh
Hospital Association
G. V. Coughlan
Council Bluffs
Iowa Medical Society
Louis B. Blair
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Hospital Association
Writ Denied in Reformatory Plea by Judge
Anamosa judge Buell Maxwell refused Terry Lee Sims a writ of habeas corpus. Sims, an inmate serving 40 years for rape, claimed new evidence and mistreatment by officers after arrest. He was sentenced in 1949 to Fort Madison from Woodbury county and later transferred to the local reformatory.
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Anamosa
Buell Maxwell
State Lets Road Jobs Ahead of Fund Income
Mel M. Graham of Audubon told the Iowa Good Roads Association that the Iowa Highway Commission has outstanding primary road construction contracts totaling 17.8 million with only 8.7 million in the primary road fund and 4.55 million more in farm to market contracts than cash. He said future income will cover the obligations, despite the current funding gap.
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DES Moines
Iowa Highway Commission
Mel M. Graham
Audubon
Commission
Iowa Good Roads Association
Graham
Fast Acting Iowa Man Helps Avert Train Derailment
Boone farmer Fred Wilcox spotted a ripped up track left by a tractor on Saturday. He tried to reach the dispatcher by phone and then ran along the line to flag a 58 car freight train with his hat. Railroad officials warned the damage could have derailed most of the heavily loaded cars.
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Fred Wilcox
Boone County
Wilcox
Legislators To Caucus Jan 3 In Bid For Speakership
Bloomfield Republican Rep. Dewey E. Goode says a caucus of Republican legislators will be held Jan 3 unless objected. The meeting seeks to name the speaker of the house and set early dates for patronage and committee selections before the Jan 10 opening.
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Bloomfield
Dewey E. Goode
Bloomfield Republican
House
Goode
G.O.P
Jhouse
Rehearing Sought in Iowa Indian Burial Suit
Sioux City case involves Evelyn Rice of Winnebago Neb who sued Memorial Park cemetery for 180000 damages after it refused burial for her husband Sgt John Rice an American Indian killed in Korea The US Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the cemetery and a request for rehearing may be filed citing a recent segregation decision
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Sioux City
Evelyn Rice
Winnebago
Supreme Court
High Court
Rice
Arlington National Cemetery
Truman
Truck Hits Pole Fatal for Lineman Elwin Knapp
Chester Iowa AP report says Interstate Power Company lineman Elwin Knapp 40 Adams Minnesota was killed when a hog truck struck the pole he was working on. Driver Martin Jones Lime Springs Iowa was slightly injured. Chester near Minnesota border Howard County.
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Chester
Interstate Power Company
Elwin Knapp
Adams
Minn
Martin Jones
Lime Springs
Howard County
Minnesota
Funds Urgently Sought to Repair Iowa State Historical Building
Claude Cook, curator, urged the 1955 Iowa legislature to fund extensive repairs to the Iowa State Historical Building. In his biennial report he said most windows need sash replacement and two front columns are crumbling. He proposed an L shaped north addition to expand space for the traveling library history and archives departments.
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Des Moines
INS
Claude Cook
Iowa State Historical Building
Cook
Mrs Paul Werndt A Patient At St Luke's Hospital
Mrs Paul Werndt is a patient at St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. The brief item notes her admission and current status as of the report.
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Ruby Harris
R.N
St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
Cedar Rapids
William Simon
SUI
Ruth Fisher
State Service For Crippled Children
Mason City
Frank Endicott
Northwestern University
Robert Wray
Iowa National Insurance Company
Marjorie Camp
Dean Mason Ladd
SUI Law School
Ray McConlogue
Mt. Vernon
Lowden
Paul Werndt
St. Luke’s Hospital
Directors Edward Burchett Bloomfield Mrs Leaming Newton
Community directors Edward Burchett of Bloomfield and Mrs J W Leaming of Newton hold positions on the local board. Their appointments reflect governance roles within the town.
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Edward Burchett Bloomfield
J. W. Leaming Newton
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Charles W. Brown
The
Town Geological Survey
Fred Dorheim
B. L. Anderson
Harold T. Smutz
St. Louis
Frank T. Nye
Ymca National Student Council
Rex Conn
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Chuck Worcester
Watson Hartbeck
Earlville
Phyllis Hogel
Conrad
Gilbert Dawes
Estherville
Barbara Dungfelder
la Grange
Evlyn Fisher
Wesley Ward
J. B. Culbertson
Robert Meyners
Wilbur West
Son
Lowan
Olin
Stock Horse Assn
Reformatory
BOONE
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway Company
Saysa Farmer
Bey
Hursday
Thursday
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Grand Avenue, Des Moines
Harold O. Benson
Zane Tone, JR
Presit
Paul Tornquist
Davenpo
Curtis Yocom
Chariton
J. R. Astley
Des Moines Ethan Akin Waterloo
Walter Barnes West
Robert Bush
Wendell Johnson
J. H. Nesmith
Clyde Reid Boone
H. Harold Hymans
Mrs. Ward Folsom
Everett M. George, M.D
Donald H. Gerdom
Burlington
David Kruidenier, JR
Ted H. Little
Robert Lounsberry McCalisburg
Robert J. Mandelbaum
Harold
Martin Hamburg
Lee R. Martin
M.D
George Mewhort
Virgil Meyer
Peter B. Narey
Spirit Lake
Ernest Palmer, JR
Fort Madison
J. Warren Pattie
Marshalltown
A. T. Pleune
Louis F. Kurtz
Clifford Powers
Oskaloosa
R. R. Rembolt
Martin van
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