Newspaper Staff Lineup at Stauffacher Ad Office
The listing shows George R. Stauffacher as Advertising Manager with Don McMillen as Editor and Society Editor Max Van Derveer Grace Protheroo as staff members. Katharine Piper and Marcella Parker serve as bookkeeper and proof reader while Paul Mason heads mechanical staff. Linotypes are managed by Dale Peshia and Charles Davis.
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Mgr
Don McMillen
Max van Derveer
Grace Protheroo
Katharine Piper
Marcella Parker
Paul Mason
Linotypes
Dale Peshia
Charles Davis
Farm Prices in Iowa Rise Small 1 Point in January
The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service shows the all farm products index up 1 point for the month ending January 15, with no major shifts across components. Meat animals rise 2 points lifting livestock index. dairy declines 2 points due to lower wholesale milk prices. eggs and butterfat fall. hogs and lambs up. calves gain. beef cattle down. crops mostly steady with minor changes in corn oats rye soybeans flaxseed barley wheat hay.
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Iowa
Iowa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Senator Martin Discusses Farm Bills and Gas Tax Exemption
U S Senator Thomas E Marlin of Iowa City reports on meetings with the G I Farmers of America delegation in Washington DC and two farm issues likely to head to the Senate in 1956 The farm bill efforts follow President Eisenhowers agriculture message and include a proposal to exempt farmers from the federal gasoline tax with action anticipated in the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee
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U. S
Thomas E. Marlin
Iowa City
G. I
Washington, D. C
Senate
Martin
White House
Iowa
Sherman Adams
Washington
Farmers of America
Webster City
Neri Hill
that_srou
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Robert Ladd
Jack Johnson
Wayne Brinton
The
Senate Agriculture
Hickenlooper
Eisenhower
House
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
Congress
Library Scenes and Sunday School Chatty Memories
A personal reminiscence unfolds at a public library and courthouse area, recalling librarian Nina McVeety and Allee Vary Derveer. The piece mixes library life with a visit, a courthouse view, and a bustling Sunday school scene where children and grandparents interact amid coat piles and papers. It ends with a quip on the messiness of Christmas cards.
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Ubrary
Nina McVeety
Nbrary
Atums
Teens Run Bank Loan Fund For Other Teens
A novel lender program features a Teenage Loan Fund at First Commercial Bank of Chicago run entirely by two 17 year old boys and a 16 year old girl with a 3 percent interest rate and no collateral. The program aims to prove teens can be responsible borrowers as similar efforts emerge in Ann Arbor and Kansas.
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S. R. Edgington
Eli Perkins
New Providence
Eldora
John Bruce
Dr. Gethman
Engstrom
Debbie
Ann
Rene Potgeter
Berg
Avere
Ted
George
First Commercial Bank of
Chicago
Stout
An Arbor Bank
An Arbor
Mich
Kansas State Bankers Association
Laurel
Miss
Before Cheering On Debt Reduction Policy
A fragmentary editorial urges reassessment of federal fiscal policy arguing that sound government costs and functions must precede reductions. It criticizes reliance on subsidies and world friendship as federal spending drivers and calls for a shift in thinking before meaningful budget discipline can take hold.
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Ana
Calif
Kans State students seek donations to become rich
Three young men at Kansas State University wrote letters to telephone directory names asking for cash donations to speed their path to wealth. They admitted their goal and offered no returns or threats. Postal authorities found no law broken. The Herald notes a broader trend of youth aiming for easy success over hard work.
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Kansas State University
Kansas Boys
Circleville (O,) Herald
Beaverbrook Chats on United Nations Fifth Column Claim
Canadian-born publisher Lord Beaverbrook labeled the United Nations a fifth column center, arguing it hosts subversives within its ranks in New York. He urged that the US and Britain fund an organization aiding espionage while fighting internal fifth column threats, citing Soviet subjugation as peace. He warned leaders must confront the danger within the UN.
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Lord Beaverbrook
United Nations
Russia
Beaver
Beaverbrook
United States
Kingsville
Tex
Editor's quip on public opinion as mule like steer
An Arizona Daily editor quotes Galino New Mexico noting public opinion acts like a mule. The remark suggests to watch the mule’s gait to gauge the driver’s control and appearance of leadership.
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Neat Flaystall Camments
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Suan
Speed traps and slow zones spark touring town debate
A Reinbeck Courier reader laments 20 mph slow zones labeled by authorities and flicker warnings at town boundaries. Out-of-towners argue such measures are speed traps, while residents defend roadsafety. Similar grievances arise in Morrison as arrests prompt complaints about highway signage and motorist behavior.
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Reinbeck
Grundy Avenue
Morrison
Reinbeck Courier
Congress in 1956 Faces School Highway Aid Debate
The 1956 congressional agenda likely centers on financing methods for school and highway aid, with potential expansion of hospital construction and medical research. Expect partisan clashes over farm policy, defense spending, foreign aid, and a push for possible tax cuts after clarifying fiscal plans. The Democrats seek 90 percent crop price supports. Republicans may delay until the budget picture clears.
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Congress
Government Printing Office
Congressional
Eisenhower
Russia
Logan
W. Va
Polite Los Angeles Traffic Cop Makes Morning Intersection Shine
James C. Ingebretsen praises a tall courteous traffic policeman at Fifth and Los Angeles Streets in Los Angeles. The officer greets drivers with a bow and wave, especially charming to women in small cars, lifting commuters with a smile and a belief in the goodness of the world.
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Los Angeles
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