D B Stoufer Considered for Iowa Toll Road Post
D B Stoufer 72 of Council Bluffs a Kimball Bros. president and engineering finance expert is being considered by Gov. Leo Hoegh for a seat on the Iowa Toll Road Authority. Stoufer meets Des Moines Friday for talks amid no commitments as younger prospects also loom. DES MOINES — labor leader Fern Atwood heads a Cedar Falls delegation meeting Gov. Hoegh on toll road plans emphasizing labor input and open policy.
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D. B. Stoufer
Council Bluffs
Leo Hoegh
Iowa Toll Road Authority
Des Moines
Stoufer
Kimball Bros
Kimball and
O’keefe Elevator Co
Authority Board
Drake University
Henry G. Harmon
Edward Frick
Phillip T. Hedin
Davenport
Missouri
Iowa State College
Iowa State College Alumni Assn
Canada
United States
South America
International Harvester Co
Council Bluffs and Water Co
Kimballs
Bluff St
Fern Atwood
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Atwood
Hoegh
Lad Hit By Car in Critical Condition
A three year old boy named John H B Park remains in critical condition at Jennie Edmundson Hospital after being struck by a car Wednesday evening. The driver is Gorton B Elkins aged 38 of 1818 Sixth Ave. The incident occurred near Knudsen's Garage on West Broadway when the child darted into heavy traffic and could not be reached by his father Harold Park. Police say it is undetermined whether the wheels passed over him.
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Jennie Edmundson Hospital
John HB. Park
Harold Park
Stutsman St
Gorton B. Elkins
Sixth Ave
Knudsen
W. Broadway
No Steering Wheel Found in Muskegon Heights Car
A safety checkup in Muskegon Heights Michigan revealed Harry Bacon’s car lacked a steering wheel, having only a missing wheel cover. Bacon said the sheet came off and he could not steer, was ordered to Grive until a new wheel was installed.
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Muskegon Heights
Mich
Harry Bacon
Bacon
Grive
Manufacturers Reach Agreement on Salk Vaccine Standards
Three vaccine makers Eli Lilly Wyeth and Sharp Dolme said they would comply with new government testing and production standards. Pitman Moore remained opposed while Parke Davis indicated agreement. Some firms may face retesting and production delays as the DPI policy shifts proceed.
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Washington
P—Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Pitman-Moore Co
Zionsville
Ind
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
Sharp & Dolme
Philadelphia
Zionville
Parke, Davis & Co
Detroit
E. N. Beesley
Eli Lilly
H. W. Blades
Wyeth
Eugene Barclay
Biologic
Sharp & Dohme
Barclay
Blades
Beesley
Valentine
National Institutes of Health
Rain expected as southwest Iowa braces for Thunderstorms
Weather expects more showers and thunderstorms across southwest Iowa Thursday night into Friday with mild Friday highs. Thursday night lows near 55, while Wednesday’s highs reached the upper 60s to 70s. Rain totals include 1.95 inches at Red Oak and about 1 inch at Hamburg, as a bolt of lightning destroys a barn on the William Wenig farm near Audubon, delaying spread with local fire crews.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Red Oak
Hamburg
William Wenig
Audubon
Audibon
Dubuque
Burlington
Sioux City
Storm Sewer Would Cost $250,000
City officials survey north side drainage and estimate a trunk storm sewer line from Thirteenth Street to the Missouri River would cost about 250000, including a pump station but excluding sewer laterals. The line would run from Illinois Central Railroad tracks to the river, discharging south of the bridge. Government participation unlikely. proposal sits with the City Council for future consideration.
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Thirteenth St
Missouri River
Avenue 6
L. M. McConnell
Henningsen, Richardson and Durham
Omaha
McConnell
Ilinois Central Railroad
Des Moines Couple Married By Long Distance Call
Polk County District Judge C Edwin Moore presided as Army Captain John W Crew of Stuart Iowa and Lt Janet Green of Sorristown Pa were married by long distance telephone between Des Moines and Massachusetts. The groom remained at his base in Massachusetts while the bride traveled from Camp Carson to complete the ceremony. The couple had previously married informally but now formalized their union.
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Des Moines
Polk County
C. Edwin Moore
Massachusetts
John W. Crew
Stuart
Iowa
Janet Green
Sorristown
Crew
Camp Carson
Senate panel rejects cut to military aid allocation
Washington The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday refused to slice 317 million dollars from the Exenhofer administration's 32 billion mutual program for the year, effectively preserving the entire request for direct support of U.S. military forces abroad.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Exenhofer
Amshekd
U.S
Chuckle on Square People and National Help
A playful line argues that more square shaped people per mile may aid national effort than merely increasing population density. The remark frames a humorous contrast between geometric diversity and civic contribution, suggesting creative minds support national resilience.
Conductor Mitropoulos Praises Iowa Music Audience
Iowa City reports conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos of the New York Philharmonic praising Iowans eagerness to hear symphonic music. He leads 350 musicians in Berlioz Requiem at the SUI Field House at 8 p.m. Thursday and notes strong university arts activity while criticizing state funding priorities for arts in schools.
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Iowa City
Dmitri Mitropoulos
New York Philharmonic
Iowa
Mitropoulos
Hovever
Iowa Falls Flotilla Nearing Its Goal
The Iowa Falls flotilla rivermen near their goal of meeting Gov. Leo Hoegh in Iowa City for a centennial ceremony. After a 35 mile river journey from the Amana colonies they arrived at North Liberty on Wednesday and planned to reach Coralville Thursday, then a final 21 mile leg to the destination by 4 p.m. Friday.
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North Liberty
Iowa Falls
Iowa City
Leo Hoegh
Iowa River
Coralville
Explosions Hit Publicker Industries Alcohol Plant
Massive blasts rocked a Publicker Industries Inc. alcohol distillery unit on the Philadelphia waterfront on Thursday, triggering fires and widespread damage along the riverfront facility.
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Philadelphia
Publicker Industries Inc. Alcohol Distiflers
Highway 6 Not To Be Widened In Two-Year Plan
Town Highway Commission engineer John G. Butter states there will be no widening of Highway 6 between here and Oakland for two years due to lack of detours and poor terrain. He notes plans to pave No. 100 from Council Bluffs to Carson by fall 1956 and from Carson to Griswold the next year, creating a detour via Griswold to No. 71 to Atlantic. Butter adds about 1,000 miles of Iowa primary highways will be widened to 24 feet before winter.
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Here
Oakland
Town Highway Commission
John G. Butter
Butter
Hotel Chieftain
Highway Commission
Council Bluffs
Carson
Commission
Griswold
Booth and Olson Construction Co
Sioux City
Council Bluffs Construction Co
S_ 17th St
Indian Creek
Sixteenth Ave
Paulson Construction Co
L. M. McConnell
David Stuart
Four Appointees To Accompany Hoegh To Denver Meeting
Gov. Leo Hoegh plans to take four new State Highway Commission appointees to a governors road meeting in Denver next Tuesday. Invitees include Russel F. Lundy, with appointees Robert Beck Centerville Chris Larson Sioux City and Emory Loomis Waterloo. They will join the commission July 1 as federal road programs and road specifications are discussed.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
State Highway Commission
Denver
Hoegh
Russell F. Lundy
Robert Beck
Centerville
Chris Larson
Sioux City
Emory Loomis
Waterloo
National Guard
Basil O'Connor Named Father of the Year
Basil O'Connor president of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis was named Father of the Year by the National Father's Day Committee. The committee hailed him as architect of the polio battle that led to the Salk vaccine. O'Connor, who has two daughters, was a law partner of the late President Franklin D Roosevelt and led the Warm Springs Foundation since 195.
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New York 2
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
O'Connor
Franklin D. Roosevel
Warm Springs. Ga
Tax claim settled by Mayiaz with government
Washington report states 3 L B Mayiaz of Colorado Springs Colorado, a member of the Maxing washing machine family at Newton Iowa, has reached an agreement with the government to settle an original income tax claim of 119 013 for 33 388.
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Washington
L. B. Mayiaz
Colorado Springs
Colo
Maxing Washing Machine Company
Newton
Iowa
Chamber and Scouts to Run Lincoln Park Historical Cabin
The Chamber of Commerce and the Boy Scouts plan to operate the Pottawattamie County Historical Society's log cabin in Lincoln Park. The Chamber executive committee favors taking over, with Scouts staffing Sunday visiting hours. Henry Peterson, society president, notes the museum's value to the city and lack of a curator since J. Printt retired in July 1952.
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Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Pottawsttamie County Historical Society
Lincoln Park
Chamber
Howard Bessire
Southwest Iowa
Robert E. Dorr
Henry K. Peterson
Societv
Peterson
J. Printt
Soviet Accepts Big Four Invitation
MOSCOW says it formally accepted the invitation to join a Big Four summit parley while accusing the United States of preconditions that would doom the conference. The note charged Washington with pursuing “positions of strength” and opposed discussing Eastern European affairs. Separate notes to Britain and France urged support for Soviet views against the U.S. stance.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Washington
Europe
Great Britain
Delays Opinion On Mixed Drink Issue In Iowa
DES MOINES The Iowa attorney general's office will not issue a ruling now on the legality of mixed drinks in private clubs that also hold beer licenses. The question stems from raids in the Tipton Stamwood area and a possible court test looms. The law concerns keeping liquor in private clubs where beer is sold and whether mixing drinks on the premises violates the Class B beer permit. The AG notes it withholds opinions on issues awaiting court decisions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tipton Stamwood
Mslang
Attorney General
Des Moines Plans Safety Film Viewing Initiative
Gov Leo Hoech inaugurated Thursday a plan to make a safety film available for viewers. The effort aims to promote public safety awareness and provide accessible instructional content to residents through local channels and broadcasts.
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Des Moines
Leo Hoech
Wiewrmz
North American waterfowl study sparked by CS Fish official
Albert Day an official of the CS Fish and Wildlife Service has resigned triggering a study of North American waterfowl for the Arctic Institute of North America.
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Albert Mr Day
CS Fish and Wildlife Service
Arcts Institute of North America
Downers Butts Scores Stymie in Ambiguous Meet
A cryptic OCR fragment shows partial names and numbers with late closure. Key terms include Downers and Swale, with no clear date or event details. The readable bits hint at a sports or scoring note but lack coherent facts.
Tornado Toll Climbs as Kansas Oklahoma Hit Hard
Udall and Blackwell bore the brunt of a spring tornado outbreak that killed 94 and injured 700 plus across south central Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Red Cross, National Guardsmen, and police aided rescue efforts as towns faced widespread destruction and power outages.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Blackwell
Udall
Oxford
Kan
Sweetwater
Raymond King
Weather Bureau
Roy Harris
Sumner County
Bank Building
Wichita
Winfield
Wellington
Mulvane
James Willis
Gouda Springs
Southcentral
Erick
Durant
Shattuck
Mayfield
Camargo
Leeder
Taloga
Cheyenne
Deer Creek
Strong City
Bradwell
Remanpg Siandog Op Udall
Blackwel
Harel Aine Glass Co
Names USAF Officer As Taker Of Bribes
Washington senators released excerpts from the diary of Leon M. Levy and Levy’s testimony in closed session. Air Force Capt Raymond Wool is identified as a bribe taker who had a girlfriend. Levy, in hospital after a heart attack, said he gave about 7000 dollars to help an associate pay off government workers supervising contracts for Army clothing purchases.
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Washington
Leon M. Levy
Levy
Air Fierce
Raymond Wool
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Subcommittee
New York
Marvin Rubin
Cant Handle All Her Scholarships
Pawtucket report on Jam L Balizell receiving numerous scholarships and fellowships. The piece lists various awards, study plans in England, and family background including father’s occupation in the Biacasiene Valley Gas & Emine.
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Pawtucket
Ryp
Jam L. Balizell
Postmaster Washington 2 Ta Thurday
Postmaster Washington 2 Ta Thursday continued President Eisenhower's and seat of ticks Steenbork as postal news item.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Steenbork
Pos al Neaitom
Toaa
Riva Becinhcanan announces loan to Plymouth Electric Coop
Washington official reports a twenty thousand dollar loan to the Plymouth Electric Cooperative at Le Mars Iowa. The action, announced Thursday, supports local power service expansion and infrastructure upgrades.
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Washington
Riva Becinhcanan Admiristratea
Plimmouth
Electrc
Aen
le Mars
Iowa
Soviet Leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin Arrive in Belgrade
In Belgrade two Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin arrived from Moscow for talks with President Tito. They were met at the airport by Tito and Yugoslav leaders amid tight security and newly repaired facilities.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Nikita
Khrushchev
Nikola
A. Bulganin
Moscow
Tito
Communist Party
Bulgania
Ruling Applies to All Iowa Hospitals in Test Case
District Judge C Edwin Moore ruled the hospital doctor suit is a test case and binds all 172 Town hospitals. He denied adding Jackson County Public Hospital Maquoketa to the 34 Iowa hospitals in the action seeking to bar laboratories and medical specialists as illegal practice. Hospital officials from Spencer testified as the trial entered its second week.
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Des Moines
C. Edwin Moore
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Towa
Philip H. Cless
Iowa State Board of Medical Examiners
Iowa Assault Pathologists
Iowa State Medical Society
Cless
A. A. Herrick
Iowa Hospital Assny
Iowa
Moore
Herrick
Spencer i
Centennial Marks Burlington Service
A six day centennial program opened in Burlington to markrail service beginning in 1855. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad hosted exhibits and a pageant with historical cars and locomotives, including a river crossing scene and a parade. Notables and speakers joined the event as crowds gathered for the celebration.
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Burlington
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Missis- Deesippi
Amj
Othartares Armas
Burhneton West
Sienum
Rlington
Urand
Dar
Innietad
Tss
Sosa
Dandas
Boras
Burimzon
One Graduate at Ferski and Consomiatead School
The record notes that only one graduate, Finchford 3 Freda Yount, attended ceremonies at the Ferski and Consomiatead School cemetery complex. A speaker, G Semth, recalls four seniors moved away from the year that previously had five.
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Finchford
Freda Yount
Tes Ferski
Isaptor
G. Semth
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USAF
Jane
Pembrat
Cabsday
Follermont
Pete Feq
Rviary Fondant
England
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