Hunters Held In Kidnaping Terror Probe Near Ames
In Nevada IA two Des Moines men were held for questioning after a farmyard shooting and a hitchhiker kidnapping. Sheriff Hall said the suspects matched descriptions from victims, with a car tied to the incident identified by license. Police later arrested the men in Des Moines.
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Nevada
B. M. Soper
Clinton Summers
St. Louis
Des Moines
Ames
Soper
Carl Robinson
Railway Express Company
Donald Stansal
G. A. Hall
Ackerman House
Wansaker
Iansaker
Mhamasaker
Summers
Hall
Hansaker
Christian Churches Favor Local Option Resolution Adopted at Iowa Convention
Des Moines AP delegates at the state convention of Christian churches urged a local option law and stricter liquor laws. They condemned political maneuvering that blocked the 1945 local option, and called ministers and lay leaders to oppose liquor and end the liquor traffic. Rev. Fred Sawyer of Bloomfield elected president succeeding Rev. Dwight Walker of Oskaloosa.
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Des Moines
State Convention of Christian Churches
General Assembly
Fred Sawyer
First Christian Church
Bloomfield
Dwight Walker
Oskaloosa
Finances and taxes dominate Iowa governor race remarks
Gov. Robert D. Blue touted Iowa’s strong finances at a Clinton rally while Frank Miles urged a tax cut on food clothing and medicine and a stronger veterans housing program in a radio address. Blue called for living within income and keeping Iowa a top place to live as the campaign nears its end. Miles warned of a low turnout benefiting reactionaries and forecast more than a million Iowans voting next Tuesday.
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Robert D. Blue
Frank Miles
Blue
Clinton
Miles
State of
Iowa
Towa
Motive Found in Slaying of Dr McKeown
In Muscatine Iowa State Agent Dwight Bender and Sheriff Fred Nesper report quarrels over cattle ownership between Dr A R McKeown and George Brown mayor of Conesville led to the doctors shooting. Brown is jailed without bond and has waived to the grand jury after McKeown died Tuesday at University hospital in Iowa City.
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Muscatine
A. R. McKeown
Conesville
McKeown
George Brown
Dwight Bender
Fred B. Nesper
Brown
Cedar County
Dr. McKeown
University Hospital
Iowa City
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers Opens 3 Day Meet
About 700 delegates were expected to attend the twenty fourth annual convention of the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers, which opened its three day convention here Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers
Bobby Sox Ban Sparks Student Protest at Marycrest College
In Davenport AP report 33 senior women students circulate a petition protesting a bobby-sox ban by Marycrest college authorities. The order allows leg makeup but prohibits bobby-sox and bans class attendance for wearers. Protesters say stockings are unaffordable and wearing leg makeup in winter leaves legs too cold while anklets would keep feet warmer.
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Davenport
Marycrest Women’s College
Taxpayers Association To Hear Survey Chief
Francis Johnson former speaker of the Iowa house and now chairman of the Iowa tax study committee will be a principal speaker at the twelfth annual Iowa Taxpayers association meeting on November 15 in Des Moines Johnson, ex state Farm Bureau president, will outline the committee program for the governor and the Fifty-second general assembly The committee report is expected to be filed with the governor by November 15 enablingJohnson to present the recommended changes in Iowa tax laws.
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DES Moines
Francis Johnson
Iowa House of Representatives
Iowa Tax Study Committee
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Johnson
State Farm Bureau
General Assembly
Iowa
Large Waterloo Fire Wrecks Wood Stock at Herrick
A $100,000 blaze destroyed or damaged about ten carloads of fine lumber at the Herrick Refrigerator company warehouse in Waterloo. The fire Tuesday night adds to October losses area wide, with investigations under way by the state fire marshal into other major fires at the Iowa Warehouse company Flour City Box and Manufacturing and more. Edward H. Northey, firm official, says much wood was stored last week and lost in the blaze.
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Waterloo
Herrick Refrigerator Company
Iowa Warehouse Company
Flour City Box and Manufacturing Company
Dairy Cattle Congress
Feldman
Edward H. Northey
Ceilings Off Liquor Prices Expected to Rise
DES MOINES AP reports state liquor authorities foresee higher prices for straight whiskies and bottled in bond as OPA ceilings are removed. Wholesale costs may jump to seven or seven and a half dollars per fifth, with blended whiskies rising from about three dollars and twenty five cents.
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Des Moines
Bond
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