G.O.P. Strategy Meetings Expand Roads Emphasis in Iowa
Iowa Republicans launch district chairmen conferences to align state and national issues. Governor Hoegh’s highway program and the highway department leaders Lundy and Moyer will join top officials including U.S. Senators and congressmen to discuss campaign strategy and fundraising. Meetings run Oct. 24 to Nov. 2 in multiple cities.
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Robert Hogan
Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Iowa
G.O.P
Don Pierson
Washington
Pierson
Storm Lake
Russell Lundy
Iowa Highway Commission
Clinton Moyer
State Department of Public Safety
Lundy
Leo A. Hoegh
Moyer
Eisenhower
Hoegh
U. S
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Thomas E. Martin
Ludy
Oyer
Meyer
Council Bluffs
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Waverly
Homecoming Weekend at Cornell College Mount Vernon
Cornell College prepares its sixty fifth homecoming with pep rally in King Memorial Chapel and a busy slate including reunions, a homecoming play double feature of Kind Lady, cross country races, greased pole contest, alumni barbecue, a big parade, and the football game between Cornell Rams and Coe Kohawks. Queen Mary Helen Miller of Sterling Ill leads the festivities.
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MT. Vernon
Cornell College
King Memorial Chapel
Cornell
Little Theater
Mt. Vernon’s Methodist Church
Ram
Coe
Ash Park Stadium
Cornell Ree
Rams
Kohawks
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Mary Helen Miller
Sterling, Ill
Joy Seidel
West Des Moines
Margery Klontz
Oak Park
Ill
Barbara Johnson
Hawarden
Safer Route Planned For Rock Island Underpass
Iowa Highway Commission approves measures on U S 6 west of Stuart to reduce fatalities near the Rock Island railroad underpass. Plans include sloped banks for better visibility reflectors warning signs and a lowered grade after eight deaths in the year.
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Commission
Dodd Pleads Guilty in Tavern Killing Case
Thomas A. Dodd 33, a former convict, pled guilty to a general murder charge for the fatal shooting of Elmer Comstock 47 during a holdup at Comstock's Happy Corner tavern last June 2. A district judge set Friday for sentencing and also to address the attempted murder counts from the same shooting spree.
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Comstock
Waukon father and son banquet set for Oct 25
Local notices list a father and son banquet to be held October 25 at Zion Reformed church in Waukon. The item notes community scheduling details alongside other brief community updates from nearby towns.
Woman Dies After Highway Crash In Charles City
Dorothy Demorwo 21 of Charles City died in a hospital Thursday night from injuries from an early Wednesday crash on highway 218 four miles north of Charles City. Four others were injured including driver Chuck Necht 19 of Greene who was in critical condition with head injuries fractures of both legs and a broken arm. Robert Popes 24 of Nashua and Beverly Watkins 19 of Charles City were hospitalized and recovering. Draper Spratt 20 of Greene was released after treatment.
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Charles City
Dorothy Demorwo
Chuck Necht
Greene
Robert Popes
Nashua
Beverly Watkins
Charles ‘City
Draper ‘Spratt
Walter E. Leo Services To Be Friday at Dysart
Funeral services for Walter E. Leo 53 who died Tuesday of leukemia will be held Friday at 4 p m in the Dysart Methodist church. Burial will be in Dysart cemetery. Leo born October 1 1902 on a farm east of Dysart was a former Benton county supervisor and school board member. He married Rhoda Clause in 1931 at Grand Junction. They farmed near Dysart. Survivors include his wife a son Don a student at the U S Naval Academy a daughter Ann four brothers and two sisters.
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Dysart
Walter E. Leo
Leo
Benton County
Dysart High School
University of Southern California
Don
U. S. Naval Academy
Ann
Charles
Richard
Elden
George
Denver
June Grundy
Oklahoma City
Robert L. Wilson
Nurseryman Richard M Gwynn Dies at Mt Arbor Nurseries
Richard M Gwynn longtime secretary treasurer of Mt Arbor Nurseries died Wednesday at age 60? The text notes his role at the Mt Arbor business since 1909 and marks his passing, with local obituary notice expectations.
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Richard M.gwynn
Mt. Arbor Nurseries
One Day Friends of Scouting Campaign Opens For Iowa Towns
Kick off set for October 25 as a dawn to dusk drive in non Community Chest towns across Iowa. Hawkeye Area Boy Scout council mobilizes over 2,500 volunteers for the single day campaign led by General Chairman John Tutnell. The effort is part of a statewide coordinated finance drive with more than 15,000 volunteers, focusing on towns without Community Chests.
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Friends of Scouting
Iowa
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
John Tutnell
Scouting Advocates Call for Expanded Program Reach
Community leaders statewide emphasize the high regard for Scouting and push to maintain and expand the program so every boy who wants to participate has the opportunity. Tuthill stresses the value of Scouting for youth and communities.
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Tuthill
Cornell Homecoming Play To Open Friday
Cornell college presents Kind Lady by Edward Cnodorov as the 1955 Homecoming play directed by Chester J. Webb. Performances are Friday and Saturday October 21 and 22 at 8 15 p m in the Little Theater Armstrong hall with a cast including Jon Reynolds Sigourney Neema Ritter and Marilyn McKim among others.
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MT. Vernon
Edward Cnodorov
Cornell College
Chester J. Webb
Cornell Director of
Dramatic Arts
Webb
Little
Armstrong Hall
Mary Herries
Jon Reynolds
Jon Reynolds, Sigourney
Neema Ritter
Sae City
Betty Jo Dykstra
Murdo
S. D
Marilyn McKim
Clinton
Shirley Smith
Mt. Joy
Robert Penn
Marvin Adams
Loves Park
Susan Morton
Eagle Grove
Pete Coffeen
Decorah
Joseph Svee
Berwyn
Ill
Shirley Dalzie
Traer
Doreen Griffiths
Counc! Bluffs
Leigh
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DIAL
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Waukon
Zion Reformed Church
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Ben Quillin
Harpers Ferry
Allamakee County
Webster
Dennis Gent
Quasqueton
Ruth Franck
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Center Point
Manchester
Explorer Scouts
Lions Club
Earlville
George Wilson
Der
Ernest Sachs
Ben Philippson
Dela Ware County
Board of Supervisors
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Richard Cutler
Robert Olson
Harold Lindblom
M. H. Goode
Delhi — High School
Chrysler
America
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Baxter Motors
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