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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1951
Page
4
The governor halted the annual practice of employees giving cash gifts to him each Christmas citing hardship and pressure on division heads to follow the custom. The governor hosted state employees last Friday at a reception, signaling an end to the personal gift requirement.
The ECA Bulletin No 37 notes the Marshall Plan bought 270000 dollars of newsprint in Canada for Yugoslavia, provoking sharp remarks about editors and Tito. Congressmen return home unhappy, feeling on probation as the new session looms with pressure to defend American interests.
A plan to accelerate licensing for foreign medical doctors in Iowa is under consideration amid a postwar doctor shortage. Dr. A D Woods notes the state board of medical examiners faces citizen requirements and a five year path to citizenship, with calls to speed approvals for those who came under the displaced persons program.
Dean Torkelson and Francis Butikofer spent their vacation with parents in Elgin on Friday. On Sunday Dean traveled to La Crosse Wisconsin for a friend's wedding. Attending were Gordon Peterson Thos E Howard home and the families of Harold Landsgard, Mrs. Inez Shaffer, and Cliff, Robert D. Wilson, and Archie Howard.
Highway Patrol Chief N. Jesperson appealed Thursday for citizen assistance to identify drunken drivers in the final days of the Drive Right campaign. He urged reporting license numbers, highway, and direction to nearest law enforcement or state police radio outlet. He said drunken drivers deserve no tolerance or protection.
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