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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1956

Page

4

Richardson linked to Iowa commerce panel bid history

State News notes Richardson a Republican long associated with the commerce commission. He served 20 years before resigning in 1951 after an arrest and conviction for driving while intoxicated. Once Cedar Rapids resident, he failed in the 1954 bid for the commission nomination.

Ment Fias Iowa Commerce Commission Richardson Commerce Commission Ais Cedar Rapids Commerse Commission

Labor head Brill to direct prison labor in Iowa parks

Joe Brill, newly named state conservation officer, will direct prison labor in Iowa state parks. He will coordinate projects and supervise work, with inmates from Fort Madison state prison and Anamosa reformatory involved at Goode, Shimek, and Wapsipinicon parks. The state plans to buy two airplanes for law enforcement with the highway patrol and public safety department.

Joe Brill Iowa Brill Lake Nanawa Fort Madison State Prison Goode and Shimek State Reformatory Anamosa Marshalltown Wapsipinican Iowa Highway Patrol Department of Public Safety State Executive Council

Iowa Officials Plan Aircraft Purchases For Patrol Use

Iowa Public Safety Commissioner Clinton Moyer says bids will be invited for aircraft to aid highway patrol and enforcement tasks including manhunts. He notes 14 other states already use planes for patrol work. The Red Book edition 1955-56 is released with 31,500 copies, detailing state officials and operations.

Iowa Red Sherman Needham U. S Needham State Printing Department

Will Win Town chairmen set early 1990s era hopes in Iowa

Both state party chairmen in Will Win Town issued New Year statements reiterating standard lines. They claimed Democratic chances in Iowa are as strong as since the 1990s and projected victory of a president, a U.S. senator, and the statehouse.

Jake More Democratic Party Eisenhower GOP Don Pierson Iowa U. S

Christmas Guestsand Social News from Wadena Area

Christmas guests at the Robert H Bond home include the Marcus Petche family from West Union the William Shea family Volga Mr and Mrs Otto Anderman Arlington and the Merl and Robert Bond families A Sunday school party was held at the Presbyterian church basement with games and lunch Dinner guests at Mrs Robert H Bonds 8th birthday dinner included the Otto Anderman and William Shea families Ensign Loren Everett San Diego California visited after Christmas and New Year’s with his parents Pvt Keith Gage Fort Knox Ky spends ten days home C D Bond and family and the Melvin Bond family of Arlington were dinner or supper guests during the period

Robert H. Bond Marcus Petche West Union William Shea Volga Otto Anderman Arlington Merl Robert T. Bond Charles Winter Presbyterian Church Mike Tynan David Omaha Nebr San Diegd Hbis Cecil Everett Paul Crandall Randy Luther Crandall Howard Walter Crandall Oelwein Merl Bond Pete Jacobsens Randalia Flossie Voshell Ruth Hall Manchester Ruth Voshell Clyde Bond Five Hundred Club Johnnie Erickson Darry’ Johnson Pearl Johnson Keith Gage Fort Knox McKinley Gage Henry Kupers Maynard Melvin Bond Robert Bond

Cattlemen Push Voluntary County Brucellosis Controls

Town cattlemen move to establish county wide brucellosis controls on a voluntary basis after the state legislature failed to pass legal provisions in the last session. Local programs will be implemented without mandatory state mandates.

Learning to Think at Home and In Child Guidance

Parents should treat the home as a key educational setting shaping thinking from birth. Children learn by doing and interacting with others, gaining curiosity, broad information, and problem solving, not by passive instruction. Encourage curiosity, broaden knowledge, seek different solutions, and assign problems over tasks.

Time-Managed Practice Inspires Girl’s Progress

A nine year old girl with a unit guitar learns to fit practice into her day by her father mapping daily activities. He guides her to see open time blocks she can choose for practice, turning it into a solvable problem she handles herself and makes steady progress.

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