Moyer outlines highway safety plan at Iowa officers meeting
At Marengo the East Central Iowa Peace Officers Association heard State Safety Commissioner Clinton H. Moyer announce a forthcoming highway safety education program with eight training centers. Farmers protested truckers on Highway 6 after a tractor incident near Marengo. The group elected officers and heard from R. W. Nebergall on crime trends as a Marengo quartet entertained.
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Marengo
Clinton H. Moyer
Iowa Peace Officers Association
Iowa
Legion Hall
Fred Koenig
Koenig
Moyer
Carter Lake
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Harry Cloud
Marion
James Smith
Toledo
Glenn Plattenberger
Lisbon
Corwin Berry
Danny Patterson
Bob Wieland
Mike Cooney
Gazette
Tom Merryman
Iowa Eyes New Rules for Contract Truckers
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Commerce Commission plans to announce rules within three weeks to curb contract haulers. Commissioner John Ropes cites widespread records, argues contract haulers skim profits, and says legislation may be needed to fix the system. Regular carriers warn towns risk losing service as rail declines.
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Des Moines
LLP
Iowa State Commerce Commission
John Ropes
Sears and Roebuck
Iowa
Commission
Iowa Legis- Ropeslative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Ropes
Hawkeye Scout Board To Meet For Friends Of Scouting
The Hawkeye Area Boy Scout council plans a Thursday meeting of its six county executive board at Amana to finalize details of the one day Friends of Scouting fund appeal set for 40 communities next Tuesday, Oct. 25. Dr. M. D. Marr urged full attendance to enable completion of plans and noted the fall and winter agenda includes the council’s largest enrollment. District leaders and delegates will attend with each district having a special section. districts include Wauhawk, Wapsi-Keta, Beneolin, and Cedar Rapids.
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Hawkeye Area
Johnson
Washington
Iowa
Wapsi-Keta
Jones
Linn
Beniolin
Benton
Cedar Rapids
Kalona Man Severed Fingers After Cornpicker Accident
Harry C. Jirsa of near Kalona is hospitalized at Mercy hospital Iowa City with injuries from a cornpicker incident. His left hand suffered the amputation of the little and ring fingers.
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Kalona
Harry C. Jirsa
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
District G.O.P. Conferences Set
Des Moines Iowa Republican chairman Don Pierson announced a series of district chairman conferences starting Thursday in Storm Lake. The events mirror a Washington Campaign Strategy Meeting with national panel attendees including Iowa U S senators Bourke Hickenlooper and Tom Martin and district congressmen. Gov Leo Hoegh and other state officials will join a state panel. Meetings span several districts with dates in October and November including Iowa City Cedar Rapids Waverly Des Moines Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Don Piersson
Iowa
Storm Lake
Pierson
Washington, D. C
Bourke Hickenlooper
Tom Martin
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Waverly
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
McGregor Election Has Single-Ticket Slate
McGregor voters face no contests on November 8 as Glade Butterfield leads a mayoral ticket with six council candidates including Roger Halverson Paul Patel Jack Peterson Paul Kueter and Dayton Dyke incumbents Frank G Huebsch and Virgil Staples withdrawal. Park commissioner hopeful Mrs E C Schroeder seeks re election joined by Virgil Staples and C I Yount and J J Goheen runs for town treasurer.
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McGregor
Glade Butterfield
Roger Halverson
Paul Patel
Jack Peterson
Paul Kueter
Dayton Dyke
Frank G. Huebsch
Virgil Staples
E. C. Schroeder
C. I. Yount
J. J. Goheen
Any G.O.P. Candidate Tops Adlai Hoegh Says
In New Orleans Governor Leo A. Hoegh of Iowa said the Republicans can defeat Adlai Stevenson with any GOP candidate if Eisenhower cannot run. Hoegh criticized Stevenson for talking down to the people and avoided naming a likely nominee at the seventy seventh general conference of the national guard.
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New Orleans
INS
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Eisenhower
G.O.P
Adlai Stevenson
Hoegh
General Conference
The
National Guard
Adlai
Bids Being Taken on SUI Generator Work
Bids for heavy duty stationary and emergency diesel generators for the University of Iowa Medical Center project will be accepted until 1 30 p m October 26 in the Old Dental Building office of George L Horner SUI superintendent of planning and construction Copies of plans and specifications may be obtained at Horner s office The bids will be opened publicly at 2 p m October 26
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Iowa City
Medical
University of Iowa Medical Center
Dental
George L. Horner
SUI
Horner
Strawbery Point Chamber Dinner and Elections Planned
In Strawberry Point the Chamber of Commerce will host its annual dinner and elect officers Wednesday at Emanuel Lutheran church basement. In Earlville a Halloween dance is sponsored by the Legion post at the Town hall. Several local residents are noted for recent moves and events including births and moves in Onslow and Marengo.
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Strawberry Point
Chamber of Commerce
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Earlville
the Legion Post
Kalona
Joe Allen
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Lillian Powell
Mae Shearer
Onslow
Francis Taylor
Kenneth Leggett
Thornburg
Raymond Edmundson
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Marengo
Maytag Meeting Set for Wednesday
Federal mediator Robert E. Hall said Maytag Company of Newton and the CIO United Auto Workers agreed to a 9 am Wednesday meeting for labor talks. Three federal conciliators will be present as about 3,000 workers at Newton and Hampton plants remain on strike since September 1. The union seeks a guaranteed annual wage, while Maytag offers a wage increase without GAW.
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Des Moines
Robert E. Hall
Maytag Company
Newton
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Hall
Maytag
Hampton
Tot Killed in Car Crash at Service Station
Rickey Lynn McIntosh, 22 month old son of Mr and Mrs Roger McIntosh, was killed Monday night when struck by a car at a service station operated by his father in Council Bluffs. Driver was Robert Fischer Jr, 17, of Council Bluffs.
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Council Bluffs
Rickey Lynn McIntosh
Roger McIntosh
Robert Fischer, Jr
Iowa Nursing Director Picked for Public Health Training
DES MOINES AP Miss Mattie Brass Iowa public health nursing director has been called to active service with the U S Public Health Service for special disaster training. She is one of six nurses nationally chosen for a program tied to wartime and disaster public health work. Brass, a senior nurse officer in the Health Service Reserve, holds the rank of lieutenant colonel level. She graduated from the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing Sioux City.
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Iowa
DES Moines
Miss Mattie Brass
Iowa Public Health
U. S.public Health Service
State Health Department
Miss Brass
Health Service Reserve
Army
Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
Sioux City
Independence approves bonds for Jefferson wing project
Independence voters pass a 50 000 bond to fund a Jefferson high school wing with 179 for and 33 against. They also approve selling the fire damaged senior high building for the wing fund by 175 to 35, including 281 000 fire insurance payments from February. The new wing cost is expected between 300 000 and 350 000 dollars.
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Independence
Jefferson
Jefferson Wing
Frederik Vole Ischow Patient At St Luke s Cedar Rapids
Fred Vole ischow is listed as a patient at St Luke s hospital in Cedar Rapids, outlining a local health status update with emphasis on the patient’s hospital stay.
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Earlyiile
Fred Voleischow
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
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