Fishbaugh Named as Possible Insurance Commissioner Hope
In Des Moines the pursuit of the Iowa insurance commissioner post, a $7,500 yearly appointment, centers on Samuel E. Orebaugh with Shenandoah attorney Earl Fishbaugh as a potential candidate. Reports tie Fishbaugh closely to Gov Hoegh and campaign manager Russell Lundy, while others discuss acting commissioners and senate confirmation.
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Robert Hoganstown
Daily Press
Des Moines
State Senate
Samuel E. Orebaugh
Charles Fischer
Earl Fishbaugh
Shenandoah
Fishbaugh
Iowa
House of Representatives
Leo A. Hoegh
Lucas County
Iowa Senate
Fischer
Senate
Lundy
Insurance Commissioner
Hoegh
Three contenders in Iowa lieutenant governor race
Observers name three center of interest in the GOP lieutenant governor contest. Wendell Pendleton has announced his candidacy in letters to legislators. Alan West and former lieutenant governor W. H. Nicholas are viewed as serious contenders, with Stanley Hart discussed as a possible candidate though not yet active.
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Leo Elthon
Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
Iowa House
Alan West
Sac City
Senate
W. H. Nicholas
Mason City
Stanley Hart
Keokuk
Why highways are widened on both sides
Highway engineers explain they add three feet on each side to widen an 18-foot road to 24 feet. This approach uses the same right of way and costs less than a six-foot extension on one side, which would require buying additional land.
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Highway Commission
Missing Plane Found By Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol pilots searched during their annual exercise and found a missing plane in Creston, returning a craft from Salina Kansas to Des Moines. Capt. W. W. Hartsock had landed the light plane Saturday night due to darkness. CAP pilots Risdwick and Yaeger located the plane and simulated wreck about ten miles north of Pella near the Skunk river. the wreck was planted by Lowry Air Force Base officers.
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Creston
Civil Air Patrol
Salina
Kan
Des Moines
W. W. Hartsock
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
CAP
John Risdwick
Ottumwa
Hartsock
Chet Yaeger
Emerson
Pella
Skunk River
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Polio Shots Planned Across Several Iowa Districts
Schools in Fayette county West Union and surrounding districts schedule second polio injections Tuesday and Wednesday for Dover Union Windsor township Donnan and Hawkeye area pupils. Other notes cover student government elections at Williamsburg Stuart Blythe and Maynard high schools, plus activity updates from Vinton Decorah Columbus Junction and Whittier.
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West Union
Lloyd Witte
Kay Fetzer
Dale Gerard
Marilyn Werner
Sharon Roehrkasse
James Newcomb
Kathleen Lillis
Susan Durian
Maynard
Dean Odekirk
Wayne Odekirk
Beverly Windenburg
John Arthaud
Egg Grading Law Prosecutions Rise in Iowa
DES MOINES AP The Iowa department of agriculture pushes prosecutions under the 1955 egg grading law as legal challenges loom. Six cases filed since July 4 with five fines of 25 dollars plus costs. one pending. Prices for grade A eggs reach about 48 cents a dozen, above receipts. The department seeks funds to hire an enforcement team, but the interim committee defers action until the supreme court rules.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Polk County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Producers’ Organization
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
Jowan Elected President at Omaha Reunion
Jowan Elected Russell Law of Camp Dodge was elected president of the National Association of the 34th Infantry Division at the reunion closing session in Omaha on Sunday. The group chose Chicago as its 1956 convention site.
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Jowan
Russell Law
Camp Dodge
National Association of the 34Th Infantry Division
Omaha
Chicago
School Conference at ISTC Explores Education Challenges
Cedar Falls Iowa ISTC hosts the sixth annual elementary and junior high school education conference on Saturday. Dr May Hill Arbuthnot opens with a talk on Broadening Social Understandings Through Books for Children and Youth, followed by 25 sectional meetings. After lunch she discusses Poetry from Mother Goose to T S Eliot.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
May Hill Arbuthnot
Iowa Women to Participate in Democratic Conference Panel
Democratic Women Iowa headquarters announced four Iowa women chosen for panel discussions at the seven state Democratic women conference in Kansas City on September 27 and 28. The participants are Mrs Herbet Arthur of Ames Renona Young of Bloomfield Catherine Murray of Chariton and Mary Davey of Ames.
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Iowa
Democratic
Kansas City
Herbert Arthur
Ames
Renona Young
Bloomfield
Catherine Murray
Chariton
Mary Davey
Funnybone Follies at Community hall this week
MAYNARD A home talent show Funnybone Follies will be presented in the Community hall Thursday and Friday nights. It is sponsored by the American Legion post. SOUTH ENGLISH H W Raplinger has returned home from an Iowa City hospital. BROOKLYN Fire caused considerable damage Friday to one room in the Roger Clayton farm home seven miles northwest of Brooklyn. Fire departments from Brooklyn and Malcom helped save the house.
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Maynard
American Legion Post
H. W. Raplinger
Iowa City
Nellie Trusler
Brooklyn
Roger Clayton
Malcom
Bandit Robs Woman Taxi Dispatcher in Mason City
In Mason City a bandit stormed the Yellow Cab Company stand and demanded all the money. Dispatcher Marion Ficks surrendered her wallet and about 41 dollars of firm funds after seeing a silver revolver. Police note three men in a red cream car circling the stand earlier and suspect one of them may be the robber. The gunman wore a brown hat, faded shirt and trousers with white gloves, estimated age 40 to 55.
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Mason City
Yellow Cab Company
Marion Ficks
Davenport Man Heads Isaac Walton League
L. H. Benesh of Davenport was elected president of the Iowa division of the Isaac Walton League at the close of its annual three day convention. Henry Fire of Reinbeck was elected vice president, William Biaski of Guthrie Center second vice president, and Clark Mahr of Indianola treasurer. J. N. Ding Darling of Des Moines was chosen honorary president.
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Waterloo
L. H. Benesh
Davenport
Iowa
Izaac Walton League
Henry Fiie
Reinbeck
William Biaski
Guthrie Center
Clark Mahr
Indianola
J. N. “Ding” Darling
Des Moines
Durant Man Killed by Rock Island Train
Herbert John Waack 25 of Durant was killed when a Rock Island freight train ran over him at the west edge of Walcott. Engineer Charles Schatti of Moline said he saw a man on the tracks but could not stop the 86 car train in time.
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Durant
Int
Rock Island
Walcott
Herbert John Waack
John Waack
Charles Schatti
Moline
Driver Sleeps and Youth Dies in Iowa Crash
Five persons lost their lives in Iowa highway crashes over the weekend. Richard Schick, 20, an Iowa State College student near Whittemore, died when his car left Iowa 3 east of Humboldt after its driver Jerry Hobbs, about 19, Algona, apparently fell asleep. The car sailed 78 feet, struck a tree head on as the occupants headed to Algona after visiting Cedar Falls. Ed Weaver, 40, near Moville, was killed Saturday when his car veered into a ditch on US 20 in Woodbury County. Also listed are Edward Hildebrand, 30 Des Moines, Thelbert Arnold, 41 Cottonwood Arizona, and Douglas Freiberg, 2 LeGrand.
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United Press
Iowa
Richard Schick
Iowa State College
Whittemore
Iowa 3
Humboldt
Jerry Hobbs
Algona
Fort Dodge
Cedar Falls
Ed Weaver
Moville
U. S. 20
Woodbury County
Edward Hildebrand
Des Moines
Thelbert Arnold
Cottonwood
Ariz
Douglas Freiberg
LeGrand
Notice of Probate of Will No 24457 in Linn County Iowa
Notice is given that on September 22 1955 at 9 o clock M an instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Joseph Fischer deceased will come for hearing before the District Court at the Court House in Cedar Rapids Iowa for proof and admission to probate Arthur Axmbe ar Clerk District Court Joseph Mekota Attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Joseph ‘Fischer
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Tese
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