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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1954
Page
8
Iowa Republicans claim the state will vote for Leo Hoegh for governor, citing proven executive ability, WW II service, and extensive legislative experience. They contrast Hoegh’s record with his opponent’s lack of state office or legislative service.
Ohio Secretary of State Ted W. Brown urged Kiwanis clubs to find the Buckeye State’s tallest corn stalk challenging Iowa official Melvin D. Synhorst. Iowa Kiwanis clubs help Synhorst as both states’ entries will be measured at halftime of the October 16 Iowa State football game in Columbus.
AP reports 54 Iowa servicemen from Korea arrived in San Francisco aboard Gen. E. T. Collins. Eastern Iowans listed include Sgt. Howard E. DeCamp Mt. Vernon Sgt. Larry J. Jasper Hopkinton and Cpl. James A. McMurrin Cedar Rapids.
Clayton County awarded road and bridge contracts to several bidders. J. C. Costigan Elkader received a concrete slab bridge in Giard township for 9932.09 dollars and a concrete box culvert in Monona township for 9566.11. R. M. Wilson Guttenberg got a concrete box culvert in Buena Vista township for 12007.15. E. M. Duesenberg Inc Clear Lake firms gained grading in Mendon and Sperry townships for 14175.99 and 10590.82 respectively. H. Leslie Leas Monona had surfacing 17.73 miles in Farmersburg and Giard townships for 32361 dollars. Aulwes Bros Guttenberg awarded surfacing work.
Reverud Construction Company of Spring Grove Minnesota surfaces 2.34 miles in Read, Boardman and Cox Creek townships for 4247 dollars. A separate project adds 4.37 miles in Clayton, Farmersburg, Garnaville and Read townships for 7684 dollars.
A reunion of former Coralville school students will take place at the Town hall on Sunday with a dinner planned for 1 p.m. Local organizers invite all alumni to attend and reconnect.
Three district chairmen were named for the Hawkeye Area council one day Friends of Scouting fund drive on Tuesday October 19 in 40 communities. Buster Davenport Everett Beatty and Melvin Witte to lead the drives in Wapsiketa Benjolin and Warhawk districts. C C Birr is six county council finance chairman with Art Lindquist as campaign assistant. Dr M D Marr says the lone day aims to fund Scout programs and training with volunteer workers recruited for communities.
Iowa City police suggested removing objectionable comic books and magazines from newsstands. Detective Harlan Sprinkle said a spot check showed very few books featuring sex or violence remain. dealers appeared unaware of contents of many books.
Donald Woods of Des Moines earned the Iowa Motor Truck Association driver of the month honor for October. He has driven 12,025,000 miles without an accident, logging 27 years in trucking and 16 years with Meadows Transfer as an over the road semi-trailer driver. Earlier he helped extinguish a pump fire at a service station near Winston Missouri using his fire extinguisher.
A Johnson County meeting of fire chiefs led to plans for a countywide fire safety drive aimed at reducing fire losses. The effort will continue through the year and targets rural homes and smaller towns with identified hazards.
Des Moines police arrested Rex Kane after bartender Ralph Higgins chased and detained him following a tavern holdup at the Mulberry Tree. Kane, 37, fled with $96, later found in a store doorway nearby. Higgins had been forced to the floor by a man who pretended a salt shaker was a gun.
Ron Ross of Public Power said Iowa could be an ideal site for an experimental atomic power plant under the new atomic energy act. He urged the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities to pursue obtaining a smaller demonstration plant. He noted private utilities spend heavily to oppose public power and urged clear communication with customers.
Davenport city clerk Frank Hass urged raising the voter registration closing period to 20 days at the Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association meeting. The 10 day limit in cities with permanent registration was deemed insufficient. A 1953 bill proposal by Hass passed the house but died in a senate committee. Otto Paulson and Lillian Clemons were named to fill vacancies on the association board.
Virgil Smith, 36, had a drunken driving charge dropped after his attorney argued the arrest occurred on a privately owned toll bridge. Judge Arthur Jensen ruled Iowa law requires arrests on public roads, despite a preselected jury.
The Iowa legislative interim committee and Iowa State College officials opened a two day meeting on the Ames campus. They discussed a 12.6 percent general operating budget increase and funding for new buildings repairs and alterations. The panel talked with the Highway Commission about speed limits toll roads and highway widening with future legislature action anticipated. The commission agreed to survey costs for replacing roads to six state institutions.
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