Cross-Over Barriers Tested on Interstate Median Fences
Ames highway officials test chain fences at interstate cross-overs to curb use by motorists. Chairman Harry Bradley notes widening safety studies while critic George Brown calls for better design and eye level standards.
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Webertown Daily Press Assn
Ames
Highway Commission
Weber
Harry Bradley
The
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Des Moines
George Brown
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa City
Brown
Commission
Legislature
Iowa
Luther College Breaks Ground for Eight Story Women’s Hall
Ground breaking at Luther College for an eight story women’s residence hall during Homecoming weekend. Contracts awarded by the board of regents. The tower will adjoin the existing men’s dorm, overlooking the Upper Iowa river valley near the new fieldhouse. President E. D. Farwell officiated with campus leaders and student officials turning the dirt.
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Luther College
Luther
Board of Regents
Upper
Iowa River Valley
Luther Fieldhouse
E. D. Farwell
Sigrid Harrisville
Gordon Smedsrud
Ivy Tupy
Luther's
Associated Women Students
Erling Naeseth
Paul Hanson
Barbara Welgos
Suit Seeks to Bar Clear Creek High School Plan
A Johnson county Iowa suit seeks a perma injunction preventing the Clear Creek Community School District from buying a 25 acre site near Tiffin for a new high school. Six district residents ask temporary relief while challenging the May bond election and alleging legal defects in the petition and notice. A hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday before District Judge J Paul Naughton.
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Clear Creek
Iowa City
Johnson County
Tiffin
William C. Harney
Walter E. Portwood
Alfred Scheetz
Lois Bechcka
Frank W. Novak
William R. Spratt
Naughton
Bonding
Strike Settled at Hoerner Waldorf Box Co
KEOKUK AP A nine week strike at Hoerner Waldorf Box Co ended as Local 280 members voted to accept the latest company offer.
Want Ads Highlight Local Needs and Offers
Classified listings show residents seeking jobs, housing, and services while sellers advertise furniture, vehicles, and seasonal needs. Shoppers scan multiple pages for deals, job openings, and community notices amid small-town announcements.
Luther College awards contracts for second dormitory tower
Luther College trustees let contracts for a second eight story women’s dormitory on theDecorah campus. Black Hawk Construction Co. of Waterloo won the general contract with Schammel of Austin electrical Kinseth Plumbing and Heating of Belmond mechanical and Kimball Bros Elevator Co. of Council Bluffs handling the elevator work. The total exceeds 1.5 million dollars and work will start soon. The new dormitory mirrors the first tower housing about 368 students with dedication for the men’s building and ground breaking for the women’s tower held the previous day.
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Decorah
Luther College
Luther Board of Regents
Black Hawk Construction Co
Waterloo
Electrical
Schammel
Austin, Minn
Kinseth Plumbing and Heating
Belmond
Kimball Bros. Elevator Co
Council Bluffs
Upper
Iowa River
Luther Fieldhouse
Algona Youth William Kern Killed in Vietnam
Mr and Mrs Melvin Kern of Algona were notified that their son Sp William Kern 21 was killed in action in Vietnam Lt Col Elsworth Nelson Humboldt informed the Kerns he died at 145 pm Saturday Kern had served 18 months in Vietnam and was wounded by a sniper earlier this year He returned to combat after three months hospitalization The Kern brothers Kenneth Frank also served in the military with Kenneth in the army and Frank in the air force The family has a history of military service and a Bangkok reunion referenced in the report
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Algona
UPI
Melvin J. Kern
Korea
William Kern
Vietnam
Retired Iowa Chief Justice Henry Peterson Dies
Services for Henry Peterson 82 former chief justice of the Iowa supreme court were held Monday at the First Baptist church in Council Bluffs. Peterson died Friday aged 82. He was appointed to the supreme court in 1955 and retired after ten years on the bench.
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Council Bluffs
UPI
Henry Peterson
Iowa Supreme Court
First Baptist Church
Peterson
Supreme Court
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