Iowa Finds Heart Disease Remains Top Death Cause in 1958 Half-Year
The Iowa Heart Association reports heart and blood vessel diseases were the leading cause of death in Iowa for the first nine months of 1958, accounting for 57.7 percent of all deaths. The nine month rate rose 0.7 percent from 1957. County variations and pending full-year 1958 figures are noted.
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Iowa
Iowa Heart Association
Division of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Iawa
Union County
Taylor County
van Buren
Lucas
Monroy
Crawford
Allamakes
Association
Sunday Dinner Guests in Clermont and Surrounding Visits
Clermont residents hosted numerous relatives and friends in weekend gatherings. Guests included James Henderson Franz Appelman and others. Lyle Gunderson attended an Iowa Grain Dealers Association meeting in Des Moines with Arthur Helgerson. Deborah DeSart visited J A Erickson kin in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Betty Burnas traveled to Marengo. Jim Durr and Judy Durr visited Indianola. many others joined dinners and suppers with local families across Clermont, Elgin, Durant, and nearby towns.
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Lee Palmer
James Henderson
Bertie
B. O. Henderson
Franz Appelman
Douglas
Lyle Gunderson
Arthur Helgerson
Des Moines
Iowa Grain Dealers Association
Gordon Hoopman
Lloyd Meier
Len Simek
Keith Thoma
Jim
Judy Durr
Indianola
LeRoy Durr
Leo Arthur
Mellen Loftsgard
Millard Bear
Bettina Burnas
Marengo
Richard OQ
Olson
Elliott
Richard H. Meyer
Bruce
Eldorado
LeAnna Frieden
Elgin
Millard Larson
Joyce
Leland Probert
Louise Miller
Oliver Hansen
Tom
Durant
Clara Helgerson
Lyle Olson
William Wede
Ernest Holt
David Jacobin
Fred Schave
Post- Ville
Roger Staake Olgin
David Jacobia
State primary date change brief discussed
State News reports a plan to shift the state primary election from the first Monday in June to the first in August. The change aims to shorten campaigns and adjust the electoral calendar.
Republican Confab Proposes Big GOP Expansion Plan
Meade Alcorn outlined a nine point program to the Republican National Committee meeting in Mayines aimed at boosting precinct manpower by 1960, launching weekly telecasts, and publishing a monthly magazine while exploring a TV show. The committee backed Alcorn amid party criticism of his face lifting idea by Katharine Brown and Barry Goldwater.
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Meade Alcorn
Republican National Committee
Maiines
Alcorn
Republican Party Rifts and Convention Bid Contention
Goldwater pressed Eisenhower on party direction calling the elephant to vote its stance while the GOP site committee weighed bids from New York Miami Beach Los Angeles San Francisco Philadelphia and Chicago for the 1960 convention. State Treasurer M L Abrahamson denounced a vicious slander campaign and accused Gov Loveless of implying he would falsify gas tax records, with a three member CPA commission appointed to audit the division.
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New York
Miami Beach
Fla
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Chicago
Anwahamaon
M. L. Abrahamson
Herschel Loveless
Commission of Certified Public Accountants
Abbrahamson
Abrahamson
George Marchi
Marchi
Loveless
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Clermont
Bess Blake
West Union
Marvin Staake
Roger Staake
Elmer Nelson
Fayette
Charles Becker
Mary Olson
Glen
Leonard
California
G. D. Grimes
Seavisget Soft Water Service
Pe Liptie Mhs Bilahe Foo Fs A
Servisoft
Postville, Towa
Goldwater
Eisenhower
National Committee
Fayette County
Lincoln
Washington
Marianna Propane CO
Philgos
Postville, Iowa
Iigia
Towa
Smith-Corona
Valve Plus
Smith
Corona
Smith- Corone
Pope Quickselbergian
Bey
Smith- Corona
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