Budget Hearings Start For Beardsley Budget
About 9 000 man hours are devoted to assembling departmental requests for Gov. William S. Beardsley’s budget hearings in December. Comptroller Glen Sarsfield notes the process covers two years and leads to the 1953 Iowa legislature session opening Jan. 12.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Glen Sarsfield
Sarsfield
Beardsley
Iowa
Dwaine Wicker
Wicker
Elper
SUI final fall enrollment reaches 7213 students
University of Iowa president Virgil M. Hancher announced final fall enrollment totals 7 213. Engineering medicine and nursing show gains while other units report slight declines. College counts include commerce 389 dentistry 206 engineering 340 graduate 1615 law 183 liberal arts 3460 medicine nursing 381 and pharmacy <numbers truncated>
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hancher
Retired Iowa Farmer Dies in Post Office
Lester G. Doran 74, a Boone county landholder and former elevator operator, died of a heart attack in Beaver post office. Survived by wife four sons and a daughter. sons A. V. and Ted are Boone attorneys, George W. of Ogden, Justin R. of Grand Junction, daughter Mrs. Robert Espe of Radcliffe. Funeral set for Friday afternoon in Beaver.
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Beaver, Ia
Lester G. Doran
Boone County
Beaver
Boone
Doran
Lant Doran
A. V
Ted
George W
Ogden
Justin R
Grand Junction
Robert Espe
Radcliffe
Italian Paintings at Iowa Campus Exhibit
Italian brick manufacturer Giuseppe Verzocchi organized a study of labor in a display at the Iowa Memorial Union, University of Iowa, through December 15. Each canvas includes at least one brick as Verzocchi linked art to industry and work.
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Iowa City
Iowa Emorial Union
University of Iowa
Giuseppe Verzocchi
United States
Time-Life International
Educators Stress Key Role at Iowa Conference
Francis S. Chase of the Kellogg project urged Iowa educators to view educational administration as vital and difficult amid shifting roles. The 37th annual education administration conference at the University of Iowa drew 200 plus schoolmen with focus on legislation, health education, and democratic leadership skills.
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Iowa City
America
Francis S. Chase
Kellogg
Iowa
University of Iowa
Chase
University of Chicago
Jailed for Pushing Car While Drunk
Waterloo motorist John Caughton 24 pled guilty to a drunk driving charge and is serving a 60 day jail sentence. He said he was attempting to push a stalled car off railroad tracks when police arrived and arrested him.
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Waterloo
INS
John Caughton
George C. Heath
Des Moines Trucker Wins Driver's Award
Glen Thomas of Des Moines has been named the Iowa Motor Truck Association driver of the month for November. A 19 year safety and courtesy record, he has logged over 1,500,000 miles without a chargeable accident while with Bruce Motor Freight.
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Des Moines
INS
Glen Thomas
Iowa Motor Truck Association
Thomas
Bruce Motor Freight
Centerville
L. E. Crowley
The
Truck Association
SUI Gets 3750 for Scholarship Research
The State Board of Education finance committee accepted nearly 4000 for University of Iowa scholarship and research. President Virgil M. Hanlcher announced the gifts including 1200 from Cc. O. Kalman for a creative music scholarship and 2500 from Strong Cobb and Company of Cleveland for the college of medicine metabolic ward and research into nutrition metabolism and liver disease.
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Iowa City
State Board of Education
University of Iowa
Virgil M. Hanlcher
Cc. O. Kalman
St. Paul
Strong, Cobb and Company, Inc
Cleveland
College of Medicine
Hargrave Construction Wins $240,000 Judgment in Tipton
Tipton Cedar County district court morning session awarded Hargrave Construction Company of Cedar Rapids a $240,000 judgment against the city of Tipton. The ruling clears the city's share of a street paving program funded by general assessments and aligns with plans to sell $64,000 in special assessment bonds next Tuesday.
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Tipton
Hargrave Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
Iowa Projects Population Rise by 1960 Census Figures
Iowa's vital statistics division predicts the 1960 state population at 2,703,878, up 82,805 from 1950. By Jan 1, 1953, the population is forecast at 3,243,844, a 4.2 percent rise since 1940. Growth concentrates in under five and 75 plus groups, while 20–24 year olds show a 26.3 percent decline due to migration and demographics.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa
Division of‘ Vital Statistics
United States
Convicted: Beer Truck Theft Involves Muscatine Man
Charles LeRoy Eickmeier of Muscatine was found guilty by a federal jury of interstate transportation of a stolen beer truck. The theft on Sept. 20 involved 80 cases of beer, sold in Rock Island to two tavern operators. Co-defendant R. Carl Miller received a three year sentence after pleading guilty. Judge William F. Riley sentenced Eickmeier to five years and a $1000 fine.
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Des Moines
Charles LeRoy Eickmeier
Muscatine
Eickmeier
Rock Island
R. Carl Miller
Terre Haute
Ind
William F. Riley
Says Oleo Will Up Milk Prices Des Moines
Iowa Creameries Association secretary John Quist told the East Des Moines club that removing state bans on colored oleomargarine would raise milk prices. He argued 70 percent of Iowa farm families produce milk and 66 percent of fluid milk goes to butter, urging inspectors to curb butter floggers who might substitute oleo for butter.
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DES Moines
INS
Iowa Creameries Association
John Quist
East Des Moines Club
Iowa
Four Eastern Iowans Return from Korea
The naval transport General John Pope arrived at Fort Mason with 1,534 Marine and Navy veterans of Korea aboard. Among the passengers were thirty Iowans including Sgt. Duane E. Fry of Cedar Rapids, Cpl. Richard F. Drees of Earlville, Sgt. Don E. Killen of Mt. Vernon, and Sgt. James A. Poulsen of Iowa City.
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San Francisco
General John,Pope
Fort Mason
Duane E. Fry
Cedar Rapids
Richard F. Drees
Earlville
Don E. Killen
Mt. Vernon
James A. Poulsen
Iowa City
County Auditor Files $86,120 Claim for Rural Land Credit
Decorah based county auditor Darwin Ellingson has filed a claim with the state comptroller for 86,120 dollars. The amount is the refund due Winneshiek county rural taxpayers for agricultural land credits.
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Decorah — County
Darwin Ellingson
Winneshiek County
U S Bond Sales Totals See Rise in Iowa in October
Government savings bonds sales in Iowa for October totaled 8,079,788 dollars, up 145,238 from September. The U S Savings Bonds division in Des Moines set last quarter goals about 15 percent higher than October 1951 to 1952 quarter totals, with October figures and quarter goals listed by county.
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Iowa
U. S. Savings Bonds
Des Moines
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Johnson
Tama Speed Analyzer Traps 16 Motorists
Tama city officials used a speed analyzer over the weekend and nabbed 16 speeding drivers, including prominent residents. Each offender faced a $7.85 fine in Mayor E. C. Carnal's court. In related notices Justice H. E. Fox fined H C Anderson Waterloo for loading a gun in a car, Edward R Badger Rochester Minn for hunting without a non resident license, and J T and B D Chapman Dysart for assembling guns in a car, $12.50 each.
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Tama
E. C
Carnal
H. E. Fox
H. i C. Anderson
Waterloo
Edward R. Badger
Rochester
Minn
Huntling
Jay Fordyce Chosen To Succeed Van Metre
Jay A. Fordyce I elected vice president and director of Mt. Vernon Bank and Trust Company. He succeeds the late D. A. Van Metre and has 17 years in banking, living in Mt. Vernon since 1910 and starting at Lisbon Bank in 1935.
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MT. Vernon
Jay A. Fordyce I
Mt. Vernon Bank and Trust Company
D. A. van Metre
Fordyce
Springville
Cornell College
Lisbon Bank and Trust Company
Ben C. Neal
Don K. Hunter
Eloise Stuckslager Thomas
Fort Dodge
S. W. Wilder
E. A. Janson
Cedar Rapids
Frank Cole
R. A. Nelson
R. C. Mallie
Neal
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Comptroller’s
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SUI
U. of Iowa
Farmers Insurance Group
McLean
Barmers Insurance Exchange
William Setzer
Charles Selzer
J. V. Lastuvka
J. E. Franey
Amana
Eastern Iowa
Rose Wendler
Edna Randall
Clara Hall
Marie Zimmerman
Richard Staples
Charles L. Selzer
Henrietta M. Ruff
W. C. Heinze
Elden Moon
Amanas
William Swim
C. B. Luvaas
Ray Churchill
Clyde Parker
W. L. Paxson
Marengo
Shirley Carver
Marion
Gary Corey
Martello
J. Harvey Smyth
Lyle Kehm
Mechanicsville
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
W. W. Isenberger
John R. Davis
Norway
A. A. Kaskadden
Oelwein
Ferne L. Halverson
August Disterhoff
South Amana
Lestiern N. Gill
Des Moines Trucker
Bishop Coferuc
Lowan
Mary Lou Mortensen
Highlanders
George A. Anderson
Aberdeen
Scotland
Oleo
de Li
AAA
Second Street
Tan
Korea
U. S
Jay Fordyce
van Metre
Iowa University
Fatrh
Aah
Shipl
Hawkeye Downs
6Th Street RD
Reddy
Iowa Electric
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