Voter Turnout in Iowa Varies by County and Year
Iowa studies show about half of eligible voters turn out in any off year like 1950s. Davis Howard Allamakee and Chickasaw counties lead with 69 percent, while Scott and Boone lag at 39 44 percent in five off year elections. Presidential cycles yield higher participation nationwide.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Institute of Public Affairs of the
University of Iowa
Robert F. Ray
SUI Public Affairs Institute
Linn
Davis
Howard
Allamakee
Chickasaw
Wayne
Decatur
Scott
Boone
Marshall
Pottawattamie
Woodbury
Black Hawk
Lyon and Story
Linn, Muscatine and
Page
Benton, Chero
Shelby
Cherokee
Boone and
Mills
Page Counties
Lyon
Mahaska
Muscatine
Butler
Franklin
Drowned Duck Hunter O Sivadge Dies Accidentally
Scranton bulk oil station operator Douglas O Sivadge aged 27 drowned while duck hunting on Goose Lake north of Scranton. He reportedly stepped into a deep hole a quarter mile from shore. body recovered from 10 feet of water. Coroner's jury ruled accidental death. Survived by wife and six week old daughter.
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Scranton
INS
Douglas‘o. Sivadge
Goose Lake
Here
Sivadge
James Jones
Greene County
Clyde Place
Census Bureau Revises Iowa Population Gain After 1950
The Census Bureau reports Iowa's civilian population excluding military personnel rose to 2,636,000 as of July 1, revision to 2,587,000 then 2,605,000 and now about 15,000 above the 1950 actual count. The revised estimate reflects a small population gain since 1950 and adjusts prior figures.
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Washington
INS
U. S. Census Bureau
Iowa
Bureau
Linn County Band Festival Set At Mt Vernon High School
The Linn County Schoolmasters Association sponsors the annual festival to be held Tuesday in the Mt Vernon high school. Participating schools include Viola Troy Mills Springville Coggon Center Point Central City Lisbon Alburnett Walker and Mt Vernon. University of Iowa band director Charles Ebbs will direct rehearsals starting at 1 p.m. A 70 member concert band and a mass 300 member band will perform at 7:45 p.m. in the school auditorium. the event is open to the public.
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Gazette
Mt, Vernon
Linn County
Linn County Schoolmasters Association
Viola
Troy Mills
Springville
Coggon
Center Point
Central City
Lisbon
Alburnett
Walker
Mt. Vernon
Charles Ebbs
University of Iowa
Nine high schools at Clayton county band festival
Nine high schools will take part in the Clayton county band festival on Tuesday, November 1, at the consolidated school in Garnavillo. Participating schools include Monona Elkader Guttenberg Marquette-McGregor Luana Volga Edgewood Strawberry Point and Garnavillo. Stanley Vesely Jr. will direct the festival. he also leads the Coe College band in Cedar Rapids. Rehearsals occur in the afternoon and a public concert is scheduled for the evening.
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Garnavillo
Clayton County
Monona
Elkader
Guttenberg
Marquette-McGregor
Luana
Volga
Edgewood
Strawberry Point
Stanley Vesely, Jr
Coe College Band
Cedar Rapids
Gillette protests open surplus sale to Eisenhower
Senator Gillette of Iowa urged President Eisenhower to rescind a defense department directive allowing open market sale of federal war surplus property. He argues schools and hospitals will lose access and face higher prices as surplus items are no longer channeled to tax-supported and tax-exempt institutions.
Four Die in Iowa Weekend Crashes
Four people died in weekend traffic crashes across Iowa. Albert Aiken 31 of Marengo Denny Hartsock 17 of near Muscatine C W Holder 40 of Sioux City and Lizzie Anderson 60 of near Osage were killed. The toll for 1954 rose to 509. Funeral arrangements were announced for Aiken. Hartsock died after a high speed crash near Wapello. Holder died when his car left Highway 71 south of Storm Lake. Anderson died in a collision near Osage.
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Iowa
Albert Aiken
Marengo
Denny Hartsock
Muscatine
C. W. Holder
Sioux City
Lizzie Anderson
Osage
Young Hartsock
Wapello
Robert L. Lewis
Hartsock
Highspeed
Holder
Storm Lake
Miss Anderson
Tragedy Strikes Iowa Family in Michigan Crash
In Bad Axe Michigan a two car collision killed seven year old Mary Margaret Page from Madrid Iowa and also claimed the life of a Michigan woman. Her parents were injured in the crash during a family visit.
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Bad Axe
Mich
Iowa
Michigan
Mary Margaret Page
Madrid
Harbor Beach Couple Involved In Southeast Bad Axe Crash
Elvira Holdwick 42 and Raymond Page 33 were driving cars that collided at an intersection 20 miles southeast of Bad Axe. Holdwick’s husband Anthony 53 was critically hurt and Mary Margaret’s grandfather David Page 60 was injured.
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Elvira Holdwick
Harbor Beach
Anthony
Mary Margaret
David Page
Holdwick
Raymond Page
Bad Axe
West Union Spook Day Parade Highlights Annual Event
West Union will celebrate Spook Day this Saturday as the Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event. Businessmen in costume, along with children and pets, will march in a 2 p.m. parade featuring bands and both rural and commercial floats. The day also includes a window decorating contest.
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West Union
Chamber of Commerce
Halloween Party for the Youngsters Stirs Laughs on Spook Day
A Halloween gathering for children features a playful theme Laugh with us and at us on Spook day inviting youngsters to enjoy costumes games and light frightful fun in a community event.
Car Plows Into Herd Injuring Two Near Victor Iowa
Two people were hospitalized after a car struck a herd of 25 to 30 cattle on highway 6, three miles east of Victor. Mrs. John Mahoney, 20, suffered a head injury and Tobias Mahoney, 89, a chest injury. driver John Mahoney, 26, was uninjured. One cattle herd animal was killed. Owner of the herd not identified.
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Aiken
Amana
Marengo
West
Clarence Bennett
Jim Buswell
Bennett
Ladora
C.F
Hoover Funeral Home
the Gazette
Victor
John Mahoney
Tobias Mahoney
Des Moines
Watts Hospital
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Towa
Kee
Des Moines and
Polk
Cal
Houm
The
Subevest of Public Affairs
State University of Iowa
ABC Glass Company
Dial
Third St. SE
U.S
Frozen Food Center
Second Street
Mayiag
Maytag
A. W. Peterson CO
First Street
Lowan
Census Bureau
En Linn
Clayton Festival
Gillette
Iowa News
Towan
Westinghouse
16Th Ave
16Th Avenue
Newman
Nelly
Nelly Don
Aurelia Fleming
Culver Motors
Second Avenue
Pontiac
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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