Des Moines Riot Arrests Target Parole Violators
Police rounded up more than a dozen youths including four girls as ringleaders of a riot after a high school football game at Drake Stadium. About 250 teens damaged cars and shops with estimated losses of 8000 dollars. Eleven youths faced parole-violation charges and could face jail terms up to five years for riotous conduct.
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Des Moines
Swan
Morej
Nersane
Drake University Stadium
Mitchellville
Iowa Health Chief Urges Air Pollution Law Now
Iowa should enact an air pollution control law, says State Health Commissioner Arthur P. Long. He told the Iowa board of health that a program is being prepared for action by the next meeting, and noted federal grants could cover up to three fourths of survey and control costs.
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Iowa
DES Moines
Arthur P. Long
Iowa Board of Health
P. J. Laube
Dubuque
Long
Speed Limit on Interstate 80 Bridge Is Cut
The Iowa highway commission set new I 80 speed limits near the Mississippi bridge north of Davenport. Maximum 60 mph from the bridge to Highway 67 interchange. minimum 40 generally, with a proposed 45 minimum to aid traffic flow after the bridge opens October 27.
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Ames
UPI
Mississippi River
Davenport
Iowa Highway Commission
Harold Schiel
Illinois
Quad Cities
Scott County
Schiel
Two Doctors' Bags Stolen in Waukon
Waukon police reported two doctors' bags stolen early in the week from cars parked in front of the Rominger clinic. The bags belonged to Dr. C. R. Rominger and Dr. L. B. Bray and appear to have been taken in an attempt to obtain narcotics.
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Waukon
C. R. Rominger
L. B. Bray
Rominger
West Union Farmer Loses His Left Arm
Donald Oldenburg, 24, of near West Union, lost his left arm above the elbow in a farm accident shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday. He was changing a field chopper blade in a shed with workers when a tractor started for more light and his arm was drawn into the chopper. He is hospitalized at Palmer Memorial Hospital. Oldenburg, married with one child, farms land with his father about four miles west of town.
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West Union
Donald Oldenburg
Near West Union
Oldenberg
Oldenburg
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Contracts Let for Clayton Road Projects
AMES Iowa The Iowa State Highway Commission opened apparent low bids totaling 8 210 894 for Clayton area projects. The largest bid 1 833 217 by McCarthy Improvement Co Davenport to pave about a mile of Interstate 235 in Des Moines. Other bids include culvert extensions on route 13 and 18 by F A Moser Farmersburg and J C Costigan Elkader 24 955 and 34 994 as well as 0 482 mile segment on route 13 by Decorah firm Fred Carlson Co 142 086. Additional bids cover primary reconstruction on highway 18 1 479 877 Dallas and Louisa county route 141 93 659 and 40 153 respectively.
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Ames
Iowa Highway Commission
McCarthy Improvement Co
Davenport
Forty-fourth Street
Thirty-first Street
Des Moines
Clayton
F. A. Moser
Farmersburg
J. C. Costigan
Elkader
Fred Carlson Co
Decorah
Dallas
Moran
Granger
Reilly Construction Co
Ossian
Louisa
Wapello
Iowa River
Barker Inc
Towa City
Consumer Protection Hearing Set By Harrison Weber
The Iowa attorney general advisory committee on consumer protection will hold public hearings Oct. 3-4 in the Senate Chamber, Iowa Capitol, on truth in lending, auto mobile safety, insurance, and truth in packaging. Witnesses may be subpoenaed. Benevolent groups may come under insurance regulation. The hearings aim to scrutinize how these areas are governed.
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Harrison Webertown
State Insurance Department
Twenty Youths Nabbed At Benton Beer Party
Sheriff officials report 20 youths under 21 were found with beer at a party outside Vinton last Saturday night. Deputies gathered the names while some teenagers fled, driving through fences to escape. Cattle were reportedly released at the scene.
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Benton Beer Party
Gazette
Vinton
Vinton Area
Paul Berry
Ralph Moody
Memorial Fund for Dr. Stepp Planned
Contributions to a memorial fund for the late Dr. James K. Stepp who died Sept 3 after 55 years in practice and 33 in Manchester may be left at local banks. The fund is sponsored by doctors on the staff of Delaware County Memorial Hospital and the total donated will determine the memorial.
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Manchester
James K. Stepp
Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank
First State Bank
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
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D.M. Rampage
John Swan
Police Juvenile Bureau
Eldora
Two States
First Ave
S.E
Skay
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Clayton Road
Weber
Istate
Marvin Selden, Jr
State Banking Department
Certified Public Accountants
Cpas
John Chrystal
Hampton
Missouri
Dr. Stepp
Woolworth's
Holland
Double-Nosed King
Alfred
Daffodils
Marty Smith
People's
Zenith
Enith
First Avenue
Ely
Philco Radio
Edison Phonograph
Joe Kremenak
Iowa Auction Co
First Trust & Savings Bank
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