Jackson County Republican Candidate Backs Two Democrats
Fred G Cornelius a long time county supervisor and Republican candidate endorsed Democrat Wayne Keel for Jackson County sheriff and Dr F J Swift Jr for state representative amid a split in the county GOP He accused party officials of skullduggery and said the audit of the board of supervisors prompted his action Democratic candidates Keel and Swift welcomed the support while Republican leaders called it unfortunate and declined further comment
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Maquoreta
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Fred G Cornelius
Cornelius
Lorin C. Felderman
Charles F. Hinchliffe
Baldwin
Marshall Hysell
Miles
Board of Supervisors
John Horning
State Auditor's Office
Andrew
Wilson
Dr. Swift
Jthe
Way
Keel
Asher E. Schroeder
Harold Millwright
Hysell
Wealthy Iowan Found Dead Under Tractor
Lester born August Maurer 77, a renowned northern Iowa businessman, was found dead under a tractor near Rock Rapids. An autopsy was ordered to establish whether a tractor accident or heart attack caused the death. Maurer directed Lyon County State Bank at Rock Rapids, owned the Lester elevator, managed a 2000 acre farm, and fed over 8000 cattle.
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Rock Rapids
IUS
Lester
August Maurer
Maurer
Germany
Lyon County State Bank
Tama man wins 1954 East Central Iowa Peace Officers Award
M A Pelham of Tama received the 1954 Annual Award for outstanding community service and safety promotion from the East Central Iowa Peace Officers Association at its fall meeting. He organized Tama county fundraising for a rescue truck, helped raise over 7500 dollars, and led equipment efforts. Pelham served as Tama rescue squad foreman, fire department member and constable, with a background in the Tama garage business and the U S Air Force. He and his wife have three sons.
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Amana
M. A. Pelham
Tama
East Central Iowa Peace Officers Association
Keith Mossman
East Central
Iowa
Pelham
Traer
Tama High School
United States Air Force
Tama County
Rites To Be Saturday For W. G. Alcorn 80
West Liberty special to The Gazette notes W G Alcorn 80 former Vinton resident died suddenly Monday in St Petersburg Florida Alcorn lived in Vinton until five years ago when he moved to West Liberty to live with his foster daughter Mrs L V Morris He retired from farming in 1915 and served on the Vinton city council He was a Presbyterian and member of the Masonic lodge and Knights of Pythias Services will be held Saturday.
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West Liberty
W. G. Alcorn
Vinton
St. Petersburg
Fla
Alcorn
L. V. Morris
Florida
Benton County
Lulu May Strong
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Burial service details at Miller funeral home
At 2 p.m. a funeral service will be held at Miller Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery to follow.
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Miller Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Creston Council Blocks Revocation of Two Licenses
Creston INL council votes 4 3 to keep licenses for two night clubs the American Legion club and the DAV after a July raid by state agents. A pinball machine and about 50 bottles of liquor were confiscated and state tax officials may seek license revocation. Witnesses at the hearing included state agents involved in the raids.
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Creston
INL
American Legion Club
DAV
State Tax ‘Commission
Henry Wormley
New Children’s Center Planned at the University of Iowa
Iowa City reports plans for a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed children. A statewide conference at the University of Iowa features Fritz Redl, co author of Children Who Hate and Controls from Within, as keynote. Participants span Iowa business civic education farm labor legal medical nursing and religious groups.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Fritz Redl
Citizens’ Committee
Iowa Mental Health Forum
Detroit
Pioneer House
Ridenour Rites To Be Saturday
Funeral services for Samuel Eli Ridenour 77 whose body was found near Farmington Utah after missing ten months will be held Saturday at 1 30 p m in Gill funeral home Burial will follow in Grand View cemetery Greeley He left Manchester by bus Dec 17 to visit his children in California Survivors include 11 children and 30 grandchildren plus a brother and sister residing in Iowa California and Utah
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the Gazette
Manchester
Samuel Eli Ridenour
Farmington
Utah
Gill Funeral Home
Grand View Cemetery
Greeley
Ridenour
California
Delaware County
Lona Jane Hatfield
Ross
Arlington
Ross Childs
Donald Glen
Mark Ridenour
Lyle
Monticello
George
Downey
Calif
Dean Roseman
Los Angeles
Willard
Claymott
Del
Lester Nield
Waterloo
Mervin Brown
Robert Yelden
Delaware
Frank
Davenport
Bert Huntington
Strawberry Point
Iowa PTA Drafts Tentative State Legislative Program
Sioux City AP A tentative legislative program from the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers seeks 25 percent state school aid about 35 million dollars annually plus a uniform 15 mill county tax levy for schools a statewide educational TV network higher education funding revisions to child labor laws and social welfare employment rules and a 60 mph day 50 mph night highway speed limit with flexibility to use federal funds for foster care and runaways.
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Sioux City
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
The
Congress
Joseph F. Smith
Norwalk
Board of Governors
Iowa State Education Association
State Board of Social Welfare
Iowa
Social Welfare Board
Des Moines TV Appeal Extended Between KSO and KRNT
Des Moines radio station KSO owned by Murphy Broadcasting extends its appeal deadline for the Channel Eight dispute with KRNT. The Federal Communications Commission’s broadcast bureau requested the extension to Nov. 2 after announcing it would file exceptions to the hearing examiner’s report that awarded the channel to KRNT. Murphy Broadcasting will file KSO’s exceptions and submit a full brief on Thursday.
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Des Moines
INS
KSO
The
Murphy Broadcasting Company
KRNT
Broadcast Bureau
Federal Communications Com
Mission
IKRNT
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Walter J. McCarthy
Forthcomng
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J. F. Shultz & Co
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Coder Rapids
M. A. Pelham and Rescue Truck
Armstrong
U. of Iowa
PTA Group
Iowa State College
Iowa State Teachers College
Newton's
Denier
Elegance of
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