Iowa's Budget Improves With $31 Million Balance
Iowa faces a brighter financial outlook for the current biennium with an unencumbered balance near $2 million above prior estimates and an overall $31 million balance, per state comptroller Glenn Sarsfield. The figures reflect a cash surplus despite the balance being largely paper items. Sarsfield and Governor-elect Herschel Loveless will lead budget hearings to set two-year requests starting July 1, 1957.
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Robert Hogas
Yuwa Daily Press
Des Moines
Towa WI
Glenn Sarsfield
Coas
Sarsfield
Herschel Loveless
State Departments
Democratic governor election shifts aid to More forces
A fragment notes a Democratic governor candidate not aimed at replacing More as state chairman, a stance described as strengthening More's influence within the party. The text suggests party tensions and alignment dynamics affecting state leadership.
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Pierson
Jake More
More
Harriman
New York
Adlai Stevenson
Midwest
Stevenson
Iowa
Woman Killed in Auto Crash near Ankeny
ANKENY AP Minnesota born Mary Woolhether 81 of Ozema Saskatchewan Canada died in a Thanksgiving day auto crash after visiting Boone relatives. Her son Ernest Woolhether and wife from Des Moines were injured when their car left the highway one mile north of Ankeny. Granddaughter Nancy Hall 4 escaped injury. The elder Woolhether 61 driver suffered shock and was kept overnight for observation at Des Moines hospital. His wife 52 was treated and discharged. The elder Mrs Woolhether who had planned to winter in Des Moines was thrown from the car when it skidded on ice and plunged down a 10 foot embankment.
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Ankeny
Mary Wool 4Ether
Ozema
Saskatchewan
Canada
Boone
Ernest 2
Wool‘hether
Des Moines
Highway
Here
Nancy Hall
William Hall
Woolheather
Des Moines Hospital
Lora
Woolhether
Free Thanksgiving Dinner Held for 600 in Des Moines
More than 600 people attended a free Thanksgiving meal in Des Moines provided by Mr. and Mrs. William Sargent. The meal began at 10 after early lines formed at 9, featuring turkey dressing potatoes and cranberry sauce.
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BES Moines
INS
Des Moines
William Sargent
Burglary at Varsity Theater Des Moines Leaves About $906 Missing
In Des Moines between Wednesday 2 pm and Thursday 8 pm thieves ransacked the Varsity theater filing cabinet taking about $906 with no forced entry found. A radiator heat triggered a sprinkler at Arnigd’s Fashion Center causing water damage. A boy on a sled, Richard Morgan, 34, crashed into a car after losing control on a hill, suffering head injuries.
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Varsity Theater
Des Moines
Arngid
Fashion Center
Walter
Richard Morgan
Iowa Briefs: births and hires in small towns
Wallbeer Floyd Mitchel patient at University Hospitals Iowa City. Dale Karr and family return from Cedar Rapids hospital. Mr and Mrs Robert Smith parent of a son born Nov 15 at Keokuk County hospital. Mr and Mrs Cell BD Glick parent of a son born Nov 15 also at Keokuk County hospital. Miss Sandra Ja Dickson hired as second grade teacher at Cedar Falls effective Dec 10. Post office moved to ground floor of Odd Fellows building in Belle Plaine for 10 year lease. Judge W H Antes to speak at Kiwanis meeting in V and J dining room.
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Sandra Ja Dickson
Cedar Falls
Norma Halsteadt
Belle Plaine
Odd Frilows
Postville
W. H. Antes
West Union
Kiwanis Club
V and J
Hope to Save Eyesight of 10 Month Old Girl
The parents of Gloria Weber return their 10 month old daughter to Mayo Clinic with hope eyesight can be saved without surgery. Doctors now say the eyes may be saved through radium treatments at Rochester Minnesota. If unsuccessful, surgery remains possible.
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Waterlooap
Gloria Weber
Mayo Clinic
Elmer Weber
Gloria
Rochester
Minn
Record Property Tax Rate Slated in D M
Des Moines property owners face a record 97.089 mills in property taxes next year, according to County Auditor Homer R. Adenck. The total may rise slightly with two special levies for the Morean veterans' bonus and a Poll counts conservation board added.
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Des Moines
Homer R. Adenck
Conservation Board
International Students Tour Osage With Thanksgiving Visit
About 44 University of Iowa foreign students from 22 countries joined Osage families for the seventh Osage International Thanksgiving. They enjoyed a turkey dinner and a weekend of tours and entertainment before traveling to Iowa City for the Iowa Notre Dame football game.
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ISUI
Osage
University of Iowa
Iown City
Iowa-Notre
Refugee family celebrates first Thanksgiving in Des Moines
Dutch refugee Nicholas Moons and his wife and 11 children marked their first Thanksgiving in America. They joined a church service, found local customs puzzling, and asked for guidance on traditional foods, noting they chose chickens over turkey for clarity.
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Trigvisiah Sel
Nicholas Moons
Decorah Family Injured in Crash
A traffic accident on highway 9 seven miles west of Cresco involved two trucks and two cars. The Bruland family from Decorah and Mrs Bruland and child Martha were taken to Des Moines with head injuries. five-year-old Leo returned to kindergarten claiming his teacher spoke poorly English. Drivers Steve Dotzler and Robert Webster, Cresco residents, plus William Benson of Luana, escaped with minor injuries. authorities reported the crash when one truck struck a bridge abutment and the other truck swung across the road.
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Cresco
Highway 9
Cresca
Decorah
Nicholas
Clifton Bruland
Marjorie
Ereniel
Martha
Moons
Rbenland
Ankeny
Beniign
Des
M. Arnland
Moines
Kathryn
Leo
Ltloosly Mucl
Steve Dotzler
Robert Webster
Cres- 20
Bruland
William L. Benson
Luana
Benson
Train delayed after car blocks tracks near Keokuk
Keokuk police say the Mark Twain zephyr was two hours and 10 minutes late Friday after a car driven by Fort Madison youths Forest Lee Woods and Donald Gutting blocked the track about a mile from a bluff. The train stopped but a conductor had to walk over a mile to summon a clearance crew. Woods and Gutting were held in jail.
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Keokuk
INS
Fort Madison
Forest Lee Woods
Dona’d Gutting
Union Station
Kéokuk
Woods
Cutting
Church Conference For Young Iowans At Grandview College
About 50 young men from Iowa Lutheran churches attended a conference at Grandview College in Des Moines on Friday to learn about ministry as a vocation. Sponsored by the Iowa District of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Iowa Synod of the United Lutheran Church, the session welcomed high school seniors juniors and recent graduates invited by their pastors. The meeting continues Saturday.
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Des Moines
Grandview College
Iowa
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Iown Synod
United Lutheran Church
Rail Agency Merger Hearing Set For December Third
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Commerce Commission fixes December 3 for a hearing on the proposed merger of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad with the North Western line. The hearing location is listed as Humboldt county courthouse, Dakota City.
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Beck
Chris Larson
Sioux City
Russell Lundy
Des Moines
Don Pierson
G.O.P
INS
Towa State Commerce Commission
Dakota City
Minneapolis and St. Louis and North Western Railroad
Humboldt County
Three Teens Escape Injury in Fiery Car Train Crash
In Webster City a car collided with the Hawkeye Limited leaving three teens unharmed after leaping from the vehicle before the train. Four or five other youths escaped from the rear of the car as the crash occurred on a gravel road slick with ice and snow near the town’s west edge.
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Webster City
Hawkeye Limited
Dick Hahne, Jr
Jim Baldwin
Lee Ovitt, Jr
Pistol Accident Injures Des Moines Man in Backyard
Des Moines man Robert Cockayne, 26, sustained a gunshot wound and was listed in satisfactory condition Friday after his .22 caliber pistol discharged accidentally in his backyard while in a holster. Police said the weapon fell and fired.
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Des Moines
INS
Robert Cockayne
Cockayne
Des Moines Fight Victim Disturbs Hospital in Berserk Incident
Frank Martin, 34, attacked a Broadlawns Hospital treatment room after arriving for injuries from a key club fight. He reportedly threw oxygen tanks, damaged an electrical unit worth 1000 dollars, and scattered surgical instruments. A police guard was posted as he was held for investigation.
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Hospital Des Moines
Frank Martin
Des Moines
Broadlawns Hospital
Martin
NEC
Lowa
Linn County
Betty Jean Notlee
Elven
Lhal
Bruce
Ceunea
Baz Rey
Spears
Ute
Linn
Jowes
peFacma
Guide Atnte
Iowa
Liletric
Ae Goure
Notice of Appointment of Administrator
On November 26, 1964, Tom J. Eben was appointed administrator of the estate of Stacy Steamek, deceased, Linn County, Iowa. All persons indebted must pay promptly and claims should be filed with the Clerk of Linn County, Iowa District Court.
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Lowa
Linn
Bodock
Esther Smith
Anid District
Ceedar Rapids
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Dowa
Hov
Atiur
Aximear
Jloward McLaughlin
Atkocnes
Ling
Woltce
Stacy Steamek
Linn County
Tows
Sali
Pope
State of Love
Liin County
Weticela
Ohio
Jay E. Kelson
Pole County
Laws District Court
Frank JM. Nelson
Kenneth GL
To Observe Her 101st Birthday
Special to The Garxerite. Jennie Heininger of Harper will observe her 101st birthday Saturday. Born near Metamora, Illinois, she and her late husband Henry lived in Metamora where Heininger was a funeral director. In November 1947 she joined her daughter Anne Besser in Harper. Ill for several weeks, she plans a quiet day. at 190th birthday dinner, a family gathering was held at the Besser home. She has a son Edward Heininger of Roanoke, Alabama, eight grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
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Psigourney
Jennie Hein' Aeet
Harper
Metamora
Henry
Heininger
Anne Besser
Vets Memorial Erected in Keota Park
A veterans memorial is being erected in Keota City Park. A six foot ten inch chip proof stone will bear inscriptions honoring those who gave devotion to the country. Fundraising for the memorial comes from last year's community donations.
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Keota
Learn to Dance to Make Friends and Boost Confidence
Arthur Murray offers a threefold plan to ease social shyness through private lessons, group ballroom sessions, and student-teacher parties in hotel supper rooms. He claims thousands of shy people become confident extroverts and that many pupils double their number of friends after a few weeks. Studio hours are 10 AM to 1 PM daily at 11914 Averhile S.B next to the Paramount.
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Arthur Murray
Inatructora
Jesson
Aver Hile S.B
Paramount
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