Television Today: Benny Faces Fading Viewers in Sunday Show
CBS sources reveal Jack Benny doubts Bachelor Father can hold Sunday 7 30 audiences, Paris-Hollywood TV talk notes touch on New Moon film plans, Julius La Rosa hypnotism show Oct 23 and Groucho Marx TV gimmicks. Jonathan Winters returns to Tonight with Jack Paar. Mati nee Theater to feature Ethel Waters. Sid Caesar Carl Reiner tease January return. Muir seeks original Howdy Doody kids for 100 reward. Focus shifts to documentary style ads as Filmways Martin Ransohoff cites Booneville dam shoot and broader shift to authentic jobs in commercials.
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Iowa Supreme Court Rules on City Immunity
The Iowa Supreme Court held that purchasing liability insurance for employees does not waive a city’s governmental immunity in damage suits. It reaffirmed immunity as an established principle in cases against city negligent acts. The decision reversed a Scott county ruling in McGrath Building Co. versus Bettendorf over a fatal gas explosion tied to alleged road-grader negligence.
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City’s 1951 Insurance Waiver Erodes Immunity Rule
The city, by purchasing liability insurance for its employees under a 1951 statute, effectively waived governmental immunity in damage suits. The change exposes the city to legal claims for employee actions while on duty and could affect future liability standards.
Bever Park Monkeys Move Indoors for Winter
Bever park's monkeys have gone indoors for the winter after a rainy day move from outdoor cages to heated indoor quarters. Parks Commissioner Don Gardner said this year's shift came later than usual due to last year's escaped monkeys showing no ill effects from cold weather.
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Wind in the South play by Garden City players set in Monona
The Garden City players present Wind in the South a Mo nona drama club production in the high school auditorium Thursday at 8 pm directed by The Rev. A W Ebert. Edward Staadt author born at Postville wrote the story about a German farm family near Monona after World War I.
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Television Listings Digest for Local Channel Schedule
A compact guide lists daytime and evening programs including This Is Your Life, Secret Storm, News, As World Turns, Mickey Mouse Club, Woody Woodpecker, and The Ed Sullivan Theater items with times and channels. Also shows Fight, Circle Theater, and Family features with cartoon and kids programming blocks.
Three Special Issues On Coralville Ballot
Coralville voters will see three special issues on the November 5 ballot alongside seven city races. Aimed at extending terms for mayor and council members, authorizing a $70000 storm sewer bond, and approving nine annexations, the measures stem from a petition by 45 residents led by Mayor Donald J. Anciaux.
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Mother and Daughter Hurt in Oelwein Crossing Crash
Mrs. Jerry Luke Lukeroth, 27, and her daughter Susan, 3, were injured when their car was struck by a Rock Island freight train at an Oelwein crossing. The car spun into a telephone pole. both were reported in good condition at Oelwein Hospital after the noon accident while en route to pick up other children.
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Former Oxford Man Takes His Own Life
The body of 27 year old Ronald W. Yenter formerly of Oxford Iowa was found hanging in his rooming house in Topeka Kansas. Police said death appeared self inflicted and he had been dead since Sunday. He was an accountant with Armco Drainage and Metal Products Company since July last year. His former home was Oxford Iowa. His employer alerted authorities after he failed to report for work Monday.
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Benson Cites Progress in Farm Program
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson defended the farm program citing gains in income prices assets and exports. He noted family farms dominance soil conservation growth and the soil bank aiding income while CCC surplus holdings fell and farm assets rose. Allegan fair offers 25 cent sledge hammer car-smashing activity.
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Supreme Court to Review Bremmer Kidnap Slaying Case
The U S Supreme Court will hear arguments in the 1954 kidnap and slaying of eight year old Jimmy Bremmer of Sioux City, Iowa. Ernest J. Triplett, 53, an itinerant salesman, was convicted and sentenced to life, with Iowa denying a rehearing last January. The court granted review on Tuesday with no date set for the term.
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Two Accused in Os sian Tavern Brawl Case
Decorah report: Henry Schweinefus died after a tavern brawl in Os sian. He sues Marvin Staake and Duane Nesvik for assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury. Staake and Nesvik released on $2000 bonds. both work in Cedar Rapids. DuWayne Schweinefus also filed assault charges.
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Vinton Marine Nabbed For Being Over Leave
Marine Cpl. William F. Bowers 20 of Vinton was arrested by the Iowa highway patrol at Independence and held in Oelwein for military authorities. He reportedly failed to return from a 30 day leave August 8 after re-enlisting for six years.
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Delaware Group Seeks Highway 38 Surfacing
A Delaware county delegation led by Rep. Floyd Hatch appeared at an Iowa Highway Commission meeting to push resurfacing 10 miles of Highway 38 between Highways 3 and 20. Commissioner Robert Brice said the project could be included in the next one to two years.
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