Iowa highway program sees postwar rebound amid shortages
Iowa state highway commission reports a 20 percent rise in contracts for the last fiscal year with 22.87 million dollars spent on primary and farm to market roads. Despite gains many engineers and skilled workers remain scarce, while maintenance costs rise and aging pavement limits progress. Public notice on Cedar Rapids zoning ordinance hearings also noted.
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Dwight McCormack
Des Moines
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Williams S. Beardsley
Aevey Siven
Ie O'Clock
City of
Cedar Pavide
Ced
Local Iowa Briefs Highlight Community Picks and Plays
Manchester changes hands as Maurice E. Wendel buys a filling station from Harry Heiserman. Center Point forms a County Ministerial Association led by Rev. Chester Weber with Rev. Arnold Ashbrunner and Rev. R. M. Baker among officers. Earlville hosts a wedding at St Joseph Church, West Union holds homecoming events, and Tipton honors junior Legion players. Center Point and Delta feature school plays, Delta reports a festival fund surpassing 700 dollars, and Oxford announces a Masonic dinner with Don Carpenter as guest speaker.
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Manchester
Maurice E. Wendel
Harry Heiserman
Center Point
Christian Church
Chester Weber
Arnold Ashbrunner
Shellsburg
R. M. Baker
F. M. Marler
Coggan
Clyde Scott
Walker
Earlville
Jo Ann Hardin
Dyersville
Lawrence Greiner
Leo Greiner
St. Joseph’s
Postville
Frank Reinhardt
West Union
Maynard
Tipton
Junior Legion
Garey Whalen
Post
Ralph Bennett
Jerry Grishaber
Don Smith
Louis Oliphant
Roberta Cook
Patricia McFar
Joyce Weichman
Don Werning
Dick Thompson
Marlys Becker
Mary Wheeler
Richard Grovert
Roxy Rammelsberg
Ted Becker
Dorothy McClelland
Merion Kranz
Bill Wendel
Leroy Werning
DELTA
Earl Morrow
W.S.C.S
Keith Clark
Oxford
Don Carpenter
Council Bluffs
Grand Lodge
Eastern Star
MT. Vernon
John Blackford
Nancy Cole
Bud Bridges
Ron Meehan
Carol Croft
Ken Moore
Dick McKeen
Roland Heri
Ruth Thompson
Howard DeCemp
Ann Goodyear
Eunice Elias
Lorna Patchin
Joanne Wolrach
Sarah Strickland
Hughes
Mary Ann Studt
Vincent Newlis
University of Iowa
Manchester Girl Suffers Injuries
Shirley Graessle a 14 year old high school freshman sustained a brain concussion possible spinal injury shock and cuts when a rubber tired hay rack fell between a stalled truck and the vehicle during an accident near the school. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Graessle and was treated at Willard hospital with X rays expected.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Shirley Graessle
Shirley
Junior Faulkner
Willard Hospital
Harold Graessle
Three Iowans Injured In Two-Car Collision
Fairfield reports three people hospitalized after a Sunday two car crash on highway 34 at the east edge of Fairfield. Keith Johnson 23 of Fairfield drove one car to University Hospitals Iowa City. Passengers Edgar Franklin and Gerald Jerrell of Fairfield treated at Jefferson County Hospital. Keith Rathjen Parsons College student driver of the other car escaped injury. Johnson’s car left the road, hit a telephone pole and struck a tree.
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Fairfield
INS
Keith Johnson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Edgar Franklin
Gerald Jerrell
Jefferson County
Keith Rathjen
Parsons College
Johnson
Bleachers Collapse Injures Dozens At Jefferson Barn
A section of bleachers collapsed during a wrestling show at the R. E. Woltz sales barn near Jefferson injuring twelve. Two remained hospitalized Monday with fractures. others sustained lesser injuries. The 86 thousand dollar building had opened only days earlier and braces under the seating were reportedly removed before the incident.
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Jefferson
INS
R. E. Woltz
Frank Bowers
Bagley
Glenn Clipperton
Scranton
Jean Jongewaard
Waltz
Hospital Insurance for Ages 60 to 85
A promotion targets people ages 60 to 85 for hospital insurance at a few cents per day. The ad asks if hospitalization would exhaust savings and offers a free inspection policy with no obligation and no agent visit, requesting a penny postcard to receive details from Old.
Local notices from Traer and Delta area events
A Traer school report lists Mrs. Carolyn Hastings overseeing preschool classes and Virgil Corey leading a vocational agriculture talk on hybrid hogs. In Delta, Hazel Krewson announces Lucille Wiek Manion’s engagement to Edward Manion. Also, Arlene Visser reports her Sept special marriage to Russell Clendenon at the Little Brown Church near Nashua.
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Carolyn Hastings
Virgil Corey
TRAER
Don Buffington
Hudson
Fred
Paul Wieck
Firestone
Aksel Petersen
Mathew Manion
Arlene Visser
Russell Clendenon
Oskaloosa
Little Brown
Nashua
Randolph Blasts Taft Hartley Law in Iowa Speech
Des Moines AP Randolph Woodruff Randolph international president of the AFL Typographical Union tells 600 delegates at the Iowa typographical conference that Taft Hartley will destroy organized labor. He says it erodes collective bargaining and weakens the right to strike under National Labor Relations Board controls.
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Des Moines
Woodruff Randolph
AFL
Sun- Randolph
Iowa
National Labor Relations Board
Elaine Lindstrom Dies After Truck Collision
Services were held for Elaine Louis Lindstrom, seven, who died Saturday after being struck by a truck in Cherokee. The girl, daughter of Rev. H. W. and Mrs. Lindstrom, was taken to Visa, Minnesota for burial.
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Elaine Louis Lindstrom
Visa, Minn
H. W. Lindstrom
St Augustine Fla Oldest City Claim Highlighted
In St Augustine Florida officials emphasize the city’s status as the oldest continually inhabited European founded city in the United States, drawing on its early colonial history and historic sites.
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St. Augustine, Fla
United States
Food Business is Good Iowa Grocers Told
C B Cunningham of Council Bluffs was elected president of the Iowa Retail Food Dealers Association at the convention closing sessions in Des Moines. Carl W. Dippman forecast steady food sales while J T Miller noted high consumer buying power despite lower prices and tighter credit. debated topics included fair trade practices and a proposed five percent fee for collecting Iowa sales tax.
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J. T. Miller
Meredith Publishing Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Association
Dumond Elected President of Iowa Saddle Horse Association
Waterloo article reports Joe Dumond elected president of the Iowa Saddle Horse Association at a Sunday meeting. He succeeds Ray Deibert of Sac City. George Griffith of Cedar Rapids named vice president and Hope Hea of Des Moines re elected secretary and treasurer. A seven member committee was named to study the current judging point system.
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Waterloo
Joe Dumond
Iowa Saddle Horse Association
Dumond
Ray Deibert
Sac City
George Griffith
Cedar Rapids
Hope Hea
Des Moines
School Districts To Get 2 Million Supplemental Aid
Des Moines AP Gov Beardsley orders a $2,000,000 supplemental aid payment to Iowa school districts. The move aligns with the 1949 appropriation and confirms districts will receive an extra $1,000,000 this year beyond the older $1,000,000 baseline. The decision affects districts with low property valuations and clarifies funding disputes.
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Des Moines
William Beardsley
Jessie Parker
General Assembly
Kay Johnson
Assembly
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Beardsley
Charles Martin
Iowa Education Association
Ambiguous Loss Depends on Future Aid Legislation
The article notes that any actual loss hinges on legislative action. If supplemental aid remains unchanged in future years, the apparent loss would be only on paper and not tangible.
Librarian Mrs Halden, Grundy Center, Dies at 73
Waterloo report notes Mrs. W. R. Halden, 73, longtime Grundy Center librarian for 37 years, died in a local hospital from a heart ailment. She began library work when the Carnegie library opened in Grundy Center in 1912.
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Waterloo
W. R. Halden
Grundy Center
Carnegie Library
Car Crash Victim Dies In Marengo Hospital
W. Boslough aged 70 of Rock Island died in Marengo hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile crash Friday morning. He lost control at the intersection of highways 6 and 212 and crashed into a service pole while driving a 1949 Buick.
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Gazette
Marengo
W. Boslough
Rock Island
Marengo Hospital
Boslough
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