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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1958
Page
4
Iowa legislative investigation committee probes gas tax collections. Gas Tax Director George Marchi fires two employees who say they will not consider themselves discharged until notified by State Treasurer M L Abrahamson.
Mrs Cowden resigned after announcing her candidacy for the party nomination for congress in the third district. She has served as seventh district GOP committee woman on the state central committee since 1952. Speedy Erbe, town attorney general Norman Erbe Boone, paid a 14 dollar fine after pleading guilty to speeding 70 miles per hour at night. He also received 4 demerits for the fast drive. The state tax commission says it will pursue criminal prosecutions for tax law violations impartially and the governor asked the commission to publish its delinquent tax policy.
Willard D Archie Shenandoah publisher becomes president of the Town Press Association succeeding J C Moore Winterset publisher Archie also runs the Shenandoah Sentinel and Iowan magazine and is a former state highway commission member Gordon Aasgaard was named vice president of the IPA and Leslie K Hull of Waukon was named treasurer with M B Crabbe of Eagle Grove as recording secretary
Governor Loveless repeats he will not call a special session of the state legislature. A Weldon Walsh of the state board of regents urged by the board to convene to submit a bond issue for building at state educational institutions. Iowa State Teachers College staff to receive about 4 percent salary increases. Polio shots available with two doses before summer, hospital report notes. Only one polio case reported in Iowa so far this year.
Cautioning note urges drivers to slow near playground zones as spring brings playing children. It explains reaction time, stopping distances at various speeds, and stresses that keen eyesight and quick braking save lives. Warns about eye defects increasing accident risk and calls for strict vigilance in warmer months.
Dr Karl Keyes of Monticello has concluded a 47 year optometry career. He spent 37 of those years practicing in Monticello and is 72 years old.
Horseman Dick Paustain of Toledo was injured when a horse he rode slipped and fell on his foot, resulting in a broken bone.
Mrs. Earl E. Bess Cowden of Sydney is chosen as state vice chairman of the Iowa Republican central committee, succeeding Mrs. Enid Robinson of Hamp. The appointment marks a leadership shift in the party organization within the state.
Nearly three quarters of drivers involved in crashes in Iowa last year lived within 25 miles of the crash location. Fifty three percent of fatal crashes occurred within a short distance of the incident site.
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