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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1957

Page

6

State Unit Faces Emergency Dilemma in Funding Debates

Iowa lawmakers grapple with what constitutes an emergency for spending. Interim committee approved 195 000 for a Town State college computer while deferring 60 000 for atomic fallout and Asian flu studies. The piece notes tensions over when funds can be allocated and cites related budget moves, personnel shifts, and a student essay contest win.

Attorney General's Office Town State College Ames George Paul R Brooklyn Interin Committee State Bacteriological Laboratory Iowa City Funda Board of Regents

Iowa Democrats Name Second Field Worker

Edsworth Hays of Hamlin has been named a state fieldman for the Iowa Democratic party. The Audubon county farmer will work in the western state in preparation for the 1958 campaign and attend a regional training school in Huron South Dakota November 28 to 30. More said the fieldmen will aid county organizations statewide in organizational work. Hays, 35, owns a 120 acre farm and operates a 180 acre farm, and serves on the Audubon county Farm Bureau board and chairs the Davids Creek Watershed Association.

Des Mgines Edssworth Hays Hamlin Iowa Hays Audubon County Jake More John F. O'Connor More Huron Nays Greeley Township Audubon County Farm Bureau Board Davids Creek

Des Moines Forms Auto Wreckers Association

Isadore Tucker was named the first president at the charter meeting in Des Moines. Al Wolfe of Iowa City is vice president and Charles Riggs of Sioux City is secretary treasurer. Directors include Carney Fort Dodge Chinitz Atlantic Jones Waterloo Campbell Burlington Spilman Bloomfield Kahl Davenport Vander Haag Jr Sanborn Freyhage Dubuque.

Des Moines INS Isadore Tucker Towa Auto and Truck Wreckers Association al Wolfe Iowa City Charles Riggs Sioux City Don Carney Fort Dodge Ben Chinitz Atlantic Gene Jones Waterloo Wayne Campbell Burlington Charles Spilman Bloomfield George Kahl Davenport John

West Branch To Vote On Bond Issue Dec 28

West Branch will hold a special election on a proposed 392000 bond to build a new high school and expand the present building. If approved, the new school will be erected west of the existing school on ground recently purchased from Albert W Morvis.

West Branch Egover School Albert W. Morvis

National Guard To Continue Its Training Program

The Iowa Nebraska National Guard S4th Infantry division says economy cuts will not stop its training objective. Maj. Gem Warren Wood of Gering Neb said after a two day planning conference the division will still participate in Operation Big Blast though pay and travel allowances were cut. Other guard and reserve units have declined due to funding withdrawal. Operation Big Blast, an atomic conditions drill, is planned for February 15 and 16 at Fort Riley Kan.

Omaha UFI Iowa-Nebraska Nationals Guard S4th Gem Warren CL Wood Gering Neb Wood Towa Fifih Fort Riley Kan

Hick Visits Formosa Confers with Chiang Kai-shek

Senator Rourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa and Senator Milton Young of North Dakota met Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek at his Formosan lake retreat to discuss the 39 million dollar American aid program for Nationalist China. They arrived after a tour of Nationalist mill installations with U S Ambassador Karl Rankin, continuing a Far East tour to review overseas aid.

Waipei Rourke B. Hickenlooper Iowa U.S Chiang Kai-shek America China Hickenlooper Milton Young R-N.d Chiang Lake Formosa U. S Karl Rankin Young Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senate Appropriations Committee

Five College Students Injured in Auto Crash

Five college students were injured in a one car crash Saturday night en route from a debate conference in Illinois to Northwestern College in Minneapolis. The vehicle rolled over on an icy highway at the junction of highways 1B and 52 west of Froelich. Injured were John Hoeldike 21 driver Sharon Hazark 18 Del Sanders 23 John Geier and Paul Bergson 20, all taken to Postville hospital.

the Gazette Eleader Here Ilinois Northwestern College Minneapolis Postville John Hoeldike Sharon Hazark del Sanders John Geier Paul Bergson Froelich

Escapee Nabbed in Iowa City After Near Montrose Flight

Kenneth Shaver twenty, an escapee from the state prison near Montrose, was captured Sunday in Iowa City. The report notes Shaver, once a trusted inmate, was taken to Union hospital after the incident. Casualties include an injured farmer and a separate corn picker accident in Calmar leading to Josephine Huber Krumm’s obituary. Lester Larson, twenty five, linked to a car theft, remains under investigation. Services for Mrs Krumm are set in Huron.

Iowa City Towa City Towa Montrose Kenneth Shaver South Dakota Real Osstian Lester Larson the Gazette Calmar Josephine Huber Satur Krumm Calmar Res Huron Union Hospital

Carl Meyer 82 Dies at Calmar in 1952 obituary

Carl Meyer aged 82, longtime owner and manager of Calmar Manufacturing Company from 1897 till retirement, died Monday morning in Calmar. Survived by three sons Kenneth Donald Meyer and Howard of Los Angeles, daughters Mrs Ralph Hogers Waterloo and Esther Neste Woodriver, a brother 3 4 Meyer of Lincoln Nevada, and two sisters Mrs J F Conover Culmar and Mrs Paul Appleby Albany New York. Services set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Community church.

Charette Calmar Carl Meyer Calmar Manufacturing Company Kenneth Donald Calmar Howard Los Angeles Ralph Hogers Waterloo Esther Neste Wood Fiver Lincoln Nev J. F. Conover Culmar Paul Appleby Albany N.Y

Five year old boy dies in hunting accident

In Waterloo, Steven Gardner, five, of Evansdale died from a bullet wound suffered while hunting with his father and two uncles. The rifle in the back of a hog wagon discharged, apparently while being unloaded, as they headed home after a hunting trip.

Waterloo Steven Gardner Evansdale Pita Heleva

Jaycee Yule Program Set by Iowa City Jaycees

Iowa City Jaycees announce a four part Christmas program with a home decoration contest and a Christmas party at the Children's Hospital. Food baskets in the business district collect for the needy while Vern Naggatz chairs the Jaycee unit.

Geecal Che Gazette Iowa City Jay-cees Children’s Hospital Vern Naggatz Che Jaycees

Elderly Couple Injured In Crash Near Oelwein

Elmer Elvidge, 72, and his wife from Sioux City were injured returning from a funeral. Their car slid on ice on highway 3 west of Oelwein and crashed into a ditch. They were listed in full condition at a Waverly hospital.

Oelwein Elmer Elvidge Sioux City Elkader Highway 3 Here Waverly

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