Fayette Draft Board Quits Over Firing
West Union reports the Fayette county Selective Service board resigned in protest of the dismissal of secretary Leon Layton. Gov. Hoegh named a new board including N. W. Kilburn, Leonard G. Luloff, and Samuel Mazziotti, with Layton’s offices to be relocated.
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West Union
Fayette County Selective Service Board
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Leo Hoegh
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Oelwein
Ray Fels
Buford Kimbrell
Hawkeye
N. W. Kilburn
Leonard G. Luloff
Dairy Workers Strike Hits Quad Cities Dairies
About 300 workers from nine Quad Cities dairies began a midnight strike over a contract dispute. Milk deliveries largely stopped except to hospitals. Local 371 of the AFL Hamsters Union seeks raises from 1.37 to 1.96 dollars per hour after July negotiations following union certification.
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Davenport
Quad Cities
Elvin Hughes
AFL Hamsters Union
Cancer Society Head To Speak at Cornell
MT VERNON Dr. S F Singer president of the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society and a national board member will speak at Cornell College morning chapel Tuesday November 29 He formerly directed X ray work in Vienna and taught radiology there He came to the United States in 1939 practiced in New Hampton and Ottumwa He was named a fellow of the American College of Radiology in 1949 After the chapel program he will show films in Main Hall AV room hourly until 4 p m and hold conferences with all interested.
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Ottumwa
American College of Radiology
Singer
Kilties Set for Halftime Televised Game Appearance
Decorah Kilties drum and bugle corps announced by manager Odlin Nelson will perform at halftime of the Iowa Hawkeyes versus Nebraska Cornhuskers game. The nationwide NBC telecast is expected to draw about 20 million viewers with a drill time of 8 to 10 minutes. The group, ages 6 to 14, travels by chartered bus to Iowa City and eats at a local cafeteria around noon. The corps is directed by Jim Heddens and A. P. Branne, with help from Kermit Hendrickson.
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National Broadcasting Company
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Baker
Paul Brechler
University of Iowa
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Kilties
Iowa City
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Kermit Hendrickson
Iowa colleges seek united enrollment standards plan
Representatives from 18 Iowa colleges agreed to pursue a unified plan on enrollment standards to address rising student numbers. A three-man committee will present the plan at the Iowa College Presidents Association executive meeting in January.
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Iowa
Iowa College Presidents’ Association
James Jordan
University of Iowa
A. O. Davidson
Luther College
Richard Pinney
Coe College
Olin Heads Toward Growth Amid Population Decline
Olin in Jones County shows a population drop from 707 in 1940 to 626 in 1950 while pursuing a construction boom. A $297,000 school addition, nine new houses, a Phillips 66 station, a Waggoner veterinary office, and a high school shop are underway. The Lions Club helped attract Dr. A M Findlater to the community.
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Phillips 66
N. R. Waggoner
Jones County
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A. M. Findlater
Halleck Former C R Railroad Worker Dies at 75 in Estherville
Alpha A. Halleck 75 retired Rock Island division freight agent died Tuesday after a two year illness. He moved to Estherville from Cedar Rapids in 1903 and served as stenographer traveling freight agent and division freight agent. He was an amateur photographer and member of the Methodist church Masonic Eastern Star and Elks. Survivors include widow a son Harold Halleck of Chicago and daughter Mrs Clarence Lewis of New Orleans.
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Cedar Rapids
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Methodist Church
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Elks
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Chicago
Clarence
Lucille) Lewis
New Orleans
Independence approves contracts for city power plant expansion
Independence officials authorize a $405,757 expansion of the municipal light plant. Worthington Engine Company of Buffalo will supply a 2 500 kilowatt engine, Hoffman Brothers Construction handles the new building, and Keith Electric of Des Moines covers electrical work. The project advances 200 days for engine completion and starts 10 days after signing for the building addition.
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N.Y
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Tama-Loren Sadler Named City Policeman
Tama-Loren Sadler succeeds Forest Schafer as city policeman while Schafer becomes Tama County deputy sheriff under Sheriff Pat Flynn.
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Tama
Loren Sadler
Forest Schafer
Tama County
Pat Flynn
Prison Park Crews To Get Fulltime Manager
DES MOINES AP Prison crews working in Iowa state parks will be supervised by a fulltime manager hired by the State Conservation Commission. The new post, with a salary range of 3600 to 4320, was approved by the State Executive Council. The 1955 legislature appropriated 75000 annually for park maintenance and improvements using prison labor. No hire has been made yet, said Conservation Director Bruce Stiles.
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Iowa
State Conservation Commission
State Executive Council
Bruce Stiles
Community service theme set for PTA meeting
Iowa briefs report PTA members in Maynard gather Monday at 8 p.m. in the school for a program centered on community service. Decorah notes new Quill and Scroll charter members Sylvie Anderson Elizabeth Field Edith Rae Groustra Marilyn Monson Rosemary Tofte.
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PTA
Decorah
L. Dale Ahern
Quill and Scroll
International Honorary Society For
Sylvie Anderson
Elizabeth Field
Edith Rae Groustra
Marilyn Monson
Rosemary Tofte
Eleven Prisoners Paroled Before Thanksgiving, Iowa
Eleven Iowa inmates were released on parole in the two weeks before Thanksgiving. The parole board noted no holiday-only parole practice but said releases occur when eligibility, employment, and good conduct are met. Parolees, from counties statewide, faced monitoring and travel restrictions.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Winners Named in Winneshiek Junior Chamber Voice Contest
The winning entries in the Voice of Democracy contest for Winneshiek County include Leilani Howden Ridgeway James Barthelme Osian DeSales Joyce Blumhagen Ossian Public School and Elizabeth Field Decorah.
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Voice of Democracy
Winneshiek County
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Ridgeway
James Barthelme
Ossian DeSales
Joyce Blumhagen
Ossian Public School
Elizabeth Field
Decorah
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