State News Highlights Iowa Road and Liquor Crackdown
State News reports rising property damages and injuries while deaths drop from 172 to 164 and injuries rise to 5 626. Gerald Bogan cites Bureau of Public Roads standards for four lane highways with traffic counts above 4 000 and forecasts Iowa will expand to 1 500 miles of four lane roads in 15 years. Attorney General Dayton Countryman asserts Iowa can be cracker dry by stamping out illegal liquor by the drink sales after seven months in office.
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Bureau of Public Roads Standards
Gerald Bogan
Town Goods Roads Association
Towa
Bogan
Bureau of Public Roads
Iowa
Dayton Countryman
Countryman
Busy Schedule for Iowa Tax Study Committee Chairman
State Sen. X. T. Prentis of Mt Ayr, Republican, heads a tax study panel authorized by the last legislature. The committee will meet at least twice a month for 18 months to study Iowa's tax system and propose recommendations to the governor. a special session could be called to act on them next year.
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X. T. Prentis
Mt Ayr
Iowa
Iowa Youth Poll on Night Speed Limits and Air Route Changes
A Hawkeye Boys State poll of about 700 Iowa high school juniors shows 9 percent favor night speed limits and driver training in high schools to cut highway fatalities. The same era notes airline service changes by the civil aeronautics board affecting United Braniff and Ozark routes with shifts among Chicago Sioux City Fort Dodge Mason City Waterloo Dubuque Rockford.
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Iowa
American Legion
Earl Nau
Mt. Pleasant
Leo A. Hoegh
Civil Aeronautics Board
United
Braniff
Ozark Airlines
CAA
Ozark
Chicago
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Rockford
Town reports over two thousand brucellosis free dairy herds
The town announces rapid progress in eradicating brucellosis with 913 herds certified as disease free, reflecting a significant expansion of certified dairy operations.
Iowa Ruling Delays Korean Veteran Tax Exemption
The attorney general ruled the $500 annual property tax exemption for Korean War veterans will not take effect until taxes payable in 1957. A new law for annual filing also delays until prior to July 4, 1956. The changes push both exemptions to apply on 1957 taxes, preventing earlier transfer to ineligible persons.
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Attorney General’s Office
Iowa
Anthrax dangers to livestock and prevention steps
Anthrax poses a serious hazard to all livestock with cattle being most vulnerable. It kills quickly and may be mistaken for lightning. Spores persist in soil, spreading via contaminated pastures. Humans can be affected. dispose of carcasses carefully and call a vet if suspected. Vaccination protects herds in affected areas. GeneraI questions not addressed due to space limits.
Worker killed as culvert breaks loose in Plymouth county
Victim William Feller of Remsen was killed when a concrete culvert section broke away and rolled into the ditch where he worked. He was employed by the highway department in Plymouth county.
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William Feller
Remsen
Highway Department
Plymouth County
Lamoni Man Marks 70 Years Planting Corn
John Damitz of near Lamoni has planted corn every spring for seven decades, starting with his first kernel on a hill 70 years ago and continuing as a long running farming tradition.
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John Damitz
Lamoni
Damitz
Pay-Per-View TV Sparks Free Press Debate
C WILSON HARDER notes that FCC delays on pay-as-you-see television reflect a larger battle between free enterprise and regulation. Zenith and other manufacturers advocate viewer-paid access, while critics fear undermining sponsored programming and press freedom. The piece ties broadcasting control to Nazi-era press suppression.
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Nation
Independent
Federal Communications Commission
Uit
FCC
Zenith
Artificial breeding boosts Iowa dairy sire reach in 1964
The article notes Iowa ranked sixth in artificial insemination cows in 1964 due to cheaper access to better sires and wider influence beyond natural mating. It warns 1955 months mention disease and pasture lime issues, and advises 4 H club lambs be shorn before hot weather.
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Four-H Club
Iowa
United States
Bridal Suite and Young Trees Then a Dreamy Night
A clerk laments only the bridal suite remains as a tourist complains after 45 years of harrying while the host teases about the ballroom The guest notes the place looks bare yet Frank explains the trees are young hoping they’ll mature by a future visit Betty recalls a terrible dream about animals in a fragmentary, evocative exchange
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Frank
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