Job Unit Building Gains Support In Des Moines
Des Moines AP report says Frank L Engel of Davenport a Democrat on the State Employment Security Commission told senators the panel should not renew its lease. He cites a $70 000 yearly offer for 10 years or $38 500 yearly for space elsewhere, arguing building its own facility with federal help could cost about 1 085 million over a decade. Engel quoted Sen Frank Byers opposing 70 000 rent and questioned the building's assessed value of 73 800, noting the governor is informed. High School Band Day to be held at ISTC Cedar Falls features about 540 musicians from fourteen northeast Iowa bands performing at ISTC Hastings game.
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Des Moines
Frank L. Engel
Davenport
State Employment Security Commission
Engel
Commission
Frank Byers
Cedar Rapids
ISTC
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Iowa
Istc-Hastings
He Falls
Oelwein
Allison
Jones
Nowsville
Shell Rock
Geneseo
Iowa considers alternative plan for state government buildings
Engel says the federal government would support a single office building for the commission funded from unemployment compensation taxes. He notes several states including Missouri have pursued similar building arrangements, with Iowa exploring the same option.
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Engel
Missouri
Iowa
Iowa Widow Loses 103913 in Sheriff Search
Iowa Sheriff Paul Hodgson began a methodical hunt for 103,913 cash and two farms taken from Grace Potter Muller a 77 year old widow. Suspect George Blumeren Dewey 57 faces trial in Eldora on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. Dewey traced to Los Angeles rented a box July 28 and later vanished. box found empty. Authorities plan further bank searches to locate the missing funds.
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Los Angeles
Iowa
Paul E. Hodgson
Fldora
Grace Potter Muller
George Blumeren Dewey
Eldora
Miller
Hodgson
Dewey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pony Kicks Farmer in Head. Skull Fracture Reported
New Hampton reports Marvin Tonn, 36, was kicked by a yearling pony Tuesday near New Hampton, suffering a skull fracture. He was taken to a local hospital as witnesses said the pony escaped from a barn on Glenn Wood farm and men tried to corral it back inside.
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New Hampton
INS
Marvin Tonn
Tonn
Glenn Wood
Tom's Place
Lowell Reed named admissions director at Cornell College
Mt Vernon Iowa March new college appointment Lowell Reed of Joliet Illinois was chosen as director of admissions at Cornell College replacing J M Macaulay who continues as director of public relations Reed a 1946 Cornell graduate holds a master's from Iowa taught in Burlington and has seven years at Joliet junior college He and his wife Marion and three sons Tommy Danny and Gary will move to Mt Vernon and he plans to assume duties around September 20.
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Tre Gazette
MT. Vernon
Lowell Reed
Joliet
Cornell College
Russell D. Cole
Reed
Cornell
J. M. Macaulay
Mr. Macaulay
Corned
Macaulay
Iowa, Association of Admission Counsilors
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
Columbia Univrsity
University of Iowa
Burlington
Joliet Junior College
Marion
Tommy
Danny
Gary
Ito
Loss Tops $20,000 in Luther Froth Farm Fire
Decorah fire officials report a Tuesday blaze at Luther Froth farm fifteen miles north near the Minnesota line caused 20 000 to 25 000 in damage. Fifty hogs four cattle a large hay filled barn farm machinery hog house and double corners burned. Cause undetermined. Loss partly insured. Decorah fire department fought the blaze.
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Garete
Decorah
Luther Froth
Here
Minnesota
Birth or Death Certificate Fee Increased to One Dollar
Des Moines AP reports the state health department now requires a $1 fee for birth or death certificate applications. Applicants have been sending 50 cents, but the legislature raised the price effective last July 1, with many envelopes still bearing the old amount.
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DES Moines
State Health Department
Lone Tree Merger Victory Clears Fourth Vote Trial Ahead
Voters approved the Lone Tree school consolidation on its fourth try after three prior defeats in May 1954 May 1955 and June 1955 The merger affects Lone Tree independent district and parts of Fremont Pleasant Valley and Lincoln townships in Johnson county The Tuesday tally shows Lone Tree 195 9 Fremont 143 5 Pleasant Valley 15 5 Lincoln 70 9 A court challenge to legality is set with a hearing in Johnson County district court next Tuesday The state supreme court recently overruled an injunction blocking the election
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Lone Tree
Johnson County District Court
Fremont
Pleasant Valley
Lincoln Townships
Johnson County
Fremont Township
St. Pleasant Valley
Lincoln Town Chip
Eastern Iowa News Briefs in scattered gossiping notes
Regional briefs report hospital stays recruit visits and local notes. Verna Me Elmed and Clair Me Elmed are patients in Mercy hospital Dubuque. Melvin Remington assigned to Delaware county navy recruit at courthouse Fridays 1 to 2 30 pm. Mrs Anna Likes 83 had surgery after a fractured hip. Robert Beach discharged and staying with relatives. John Young of near Sigourney injured in mid June auto accident. John Alden convalescing in Shellsburg. Victor Dvorak moved to Ames to study agriculture. Dr Robert Sauer of Troy Mills to visit after a Minneapolis lecture. new houses built near Troy Mills. Mrs Tillie Brentner completing a new house south of Lowden. William Ham and Harlan Walders patients in St Luke’s hospital. Wallace return from Canada trip. Wanda Cannon completed radio electronics course in Omaha and joins Cargill in Cedar Rapids. Brooklyn club discusses highway signs and solicitors. Anna Gray moved to Waterloo nursing home after a stroke. Jones county grand jury returns indictments for assault with intent to commit rape and drunk driving. Rob ert Gotrnath welcomes daughter born Sunday De Witt. Mt Vernon Krause parents of a son born Sept 10.
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Niing
J. Dick Snnkenberg
Sigourney
John Young
Troy Mills
John Alden
Shellsburg
Ira Aiden
Victor Dvorak
Ames
Dvorak
State college agriculture/ ‘department
Robert’Sauer
O. C. [Sauer
Iie
Minneapolis
General Electric Company
Tillie Brentner
Lowden
William Ham
Harlan Walders
St. Luke's Hos
Troyspital
Cedar Rapids
Mills
Art Mulla
el Ler
Here
Quasqueton
Reme Wallace
Canada
Wanda
Cannon
Omaha
Cargill
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Commercial Club
Maynard
Anna Gray
Waterloo
Anamosa
Jones County
Donald D. Mossberry
Chester W. Saunders
Charles F. Lambert
Robert Gotnrath
Dubuque Men Killed in Crash Near Deere Plant
Two Dubuque men died in a head on collision in front of the John Deere plant early Wednesday. Thomas J. Lyons, 22, died at the scene. Elmer Manders, 52, died later in a hospital. Two Manders passengers, Edmund Didesch, about 50, and Ralph Boardman, 22, both of Dubuque and Deere plant workers, were hospitalized in serious condition. Deputy Frank Matz said Lyons appeared to be driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Dubuque
John Deere Company
Thomas J. Lyons
Elmer Manders
Lyons Ware
Manders
Edmund Didesch
Ralph Boardman
Deere
Frank Matz
Lyons
Foreign Visits Irritate Job Unit
DES MOINES Iowa Employment Security Commission Tuesday asked federal labor officials for a rest from entertaining foreign employment service delegations In a letter to Arnie Solem regional federal labor official at Kansas City Mo the commission asked that delegations from the Philippines and Thailand be sent to other states The delegations were scheduled to visit Iowa Oct 10 for four days Commissioners Claude M Stanley and J C Blodgett said the Iowa office cannot take time off from work to prepare for the visit Stanley pointed out Iowa has
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Des Moines
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Labor Department
Foreign Employment Service
Arnie Solem
Kansas City
Philippines
Thailand
Iowa
Claude M. Stanley
J. C. Blodgett
Stanley
Towa
Commissioner Engle Endorses Visits by Asian Delegations
The commissioner released a minority statement from last November noting support for visits by representatives from the Philippines and Thailand, and acknowledging delegations from India and Mexico since that time.
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India
Mexico
Frank Engle
Thailand
Rural Carrier for Blairstown Sought
Blairstown post office seeks rural carrier applicants for the Blairstown delivery area. Applications available at the Blairstown post office must be filed by Oct 11 and require residence within the delivery area and a minimum age of 18.
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Blairstown
United States Civil Service Commission
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