State News level Toll Death Toll Tops Previous Year
The new Iowa governor outlines steps to curb highway fatalities, ordering daily reports from safety officials after noting the year’s death rate exceeds 1954’s peak. Appointments include J. C. Wright as state superintendent and Earle E. Smith for commerce counsel pending senate confirmation. About one third of patients at state mental screening centers are cured or improved, with others stabilized. The Iowa Natural Resources Council reviews a Beaver Slough improvement project near Clinton, funded by federal money, totaling about 233000 for initial construction and related costs.
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Foegh
Hoegh
Iowa
Senate
State
Commerce Commission
J. C. Wright
Keokuk
Jessie Parker
Earle E. Smith
Des Moines
Commerce
State Board of Control
Charles C. Graves
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Beaver Slough
Clinton
Army Chief of Engineers
Demand Blue Card Permit from solicitors at your doorstep
A reader is advised to require sight of the Blue Card Permit when solicitors call at home or business. The notice promotes Bolen's chain saws at Nelson's Shop Clermont and advertises a subscriber mail postcard offer and a 30 cent minimum want ad rate for three lines.
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Bolen’s
Nelson's
Clermont
Administrator Named for Minnie Deceased Estate in Iowa
On January 11 1955 the Fayette County District Court appointed L L Knudtson as Administrator of Minnie Vashell Deceased s estate. Creditors must file claims in the Court and debtors should pay the administrator. Attorney Leon R Layton represents the estate, at First National Bank Building West Union Iowa. 21-23¢
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District Court of
Fayette County
Iowa
Minnie Vashell
L. L. Knudtson
Leon R, Layton
First National Bank
West Union
Estate of William Kohler Deceased Notice
Notices announce that on January 24 1955 Lyle Light is appointed administrator of the Kohler estate in Iowa. C W Antes serves as attorney for administrator. West Union.
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District Court of
Fayette County
Iowa
William Kohler
Lyle Light
C. W. Antes
West Union
Special Session Eyed for 1956 Iow Tax Changes
A special session of the state legislature may be held in 1956 to consider major changes in Iowa's tax structure. The proposal was recommended before the 1955 session began by the state legislative budget and financial control committee, a state tax study committee.
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State Legislative Budget and Financial Control Committee
Legislature Proposes Tax Review Committee
The legislature proposes a committee of 10 lawmakers to study the tax picture in the state. Governor Hoegly backs a stinty committee and urges action on tax matters to meet needs in the next two years. The panel would report back in the regular session in 1857.
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Hoegly
Watershed Conference in Des Moines announces Iowa meet
Iowa hosts its first watershed conference February 11 and 12 in Des Moines with conservation and watershed leaders to study and discuss regional watershed areas. State parks attendance reached a record 4,898,627 in the just-past season, led by Lake Manawa with 722,265 and Clear Lake Park with 270,930, reflecting postwar growth in park use since 1946.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Towans
State Conservation Commission
Iowa Parks
Lake Manawa
Council Bluffs
Clear Lake Park
National Institute of Human Relations to be Held in Des Moines
The first National Institute of Human Relations will take place in Des Moines February 21 and 22 during Brotherhood Week. Gov. Leo A Hoegh, general chairman, announced more than 50 Iowa citizens have accepted invitations for the general committee. The institute aims to provide a public forum for open discussion of current human relations problems at world, national, state, and community levels. New Iowa Utilities Association officers for 1955 include J. T. Schilling as president, C. P Conrad as first vice president.
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National Institute of
Iowa Utilities Association
J. T. Schilling
Des Moines
C. P Conrad
Davenport
L. G. Hawkins
Masons City
Ben A. Webster
Carroll Worlan
Len Hummel Week in Arthur Hermen Home
Len Hummel spent Wednesday and Thursday in the Arthur Hermen home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gernand visited in the Carl Nus home Sunday afternoon. Raymond Oldnither, at Athes, spent Saturday with his parents. Pvt DL Whitford, US 55390595, HQ Cord Bn, Bist Reg, 7th Div APO 7, care PM, San Francisco, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Hummel visited in the Arthur Hermen home Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ostrand and Ledti Lievens of Rock Island, a girl, and Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Huacre and daughter of Billings, Mont., visited in the Lyman Meats home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Hazel Adams and Ronnie were callers in the Frank Olds father home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kruempel are the parents of a girl, Diana Ruth, born Jan. 19, at West Union. Mrs. Walter Everitt was taken to the Manchester hospital Friday night and operated on for appendicitis and other complications. Her sons, Sidney of Anamosa, Warren of Cedar Falls, and Leroy of Detroit, Mich., with their wives, were at her bedside on Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. John Smith of Arlington, and Mrs. E. T. Smith, drove to Dallas Center Wednesday where the women spent the day in the Tom Smith home while John attended a state veterinarian meeting at Des Moines. Attended the meeting of section 1 of the Iowa Creamery Operators at Monona on Wednesday. Also section 2 at Strawberry Point on Thursday.
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Volga News
Len Hummel
Arthur Hermen
Fred Gernand
Carl Nus
Raymond Oldnither
Athes
Korea
Pvt
San Francisco
Calif
Clark Hummel
Ostrand
Ledti Lievens
Rock Island
Cyril Huacre
Billings, Mont
Lyman Méats
Hazel Adams
Ronnie
Frank. Olds
Harold Kruempel
Diana Ruth
West Union
Walter Everitt
Manchester Hospital
Sidney
Anamosa
Warren
Cedar Falls
Leroy
Detroit
Mich
John Smith
Arlington
E. T. Smith
Dallas Center
Tom Smith
John
Des Moines
Iowa
Monona
Strawberry Point
Son
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