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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
4
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State executive council advances broad state employee pay up offers the first since 1952 but budget limits limit boosts to about 10 to 15 dollars monthly for those who receive raises. Iowa income tax data shows 66,314 taxpayers earned over 5,000 dollars in 1954 from 448,414 filers. More polling places will exist for the June 4 primary with 2,515 precincts. Des Moines hosts a traffic safety conference on April 8 chaired by Gov. Hough to plan proposals.
Governor Hoegh names a state Indian affairs committee to plan long term support for Native population. Iowa students, four Democrats and four Republicans, named to a Washington study visit. Also, Albert Detjie named to the Town aeronautics commission and a March 27 hearing set on Iowa rail freight rate increases. A fatal bus collision ends a man’s careful travel plan as he steps into the road.
The Highway Story Frank was a planner who valued punctuality and precise timing. At 51 he rarely acted impulsively, often pulling out a worn watch, checking it, and nodding in quiet accord with an old friend. His love of tightly timed plans shaped his travels across the state.
August Klatt has retired as assistant cashier at the bank in New Hampton after 42 years with the institution. He began his career at the same bank and ends a long service record in the community banking role.
Mrs Bertha ickuhr reaches her 100th birthday on March 9 at West Union born in Guelph Canada in 1856. Also notes seed oats: low test weight lowers germination and suggests increasing planting rate to 3 bushels of high weight seed with good germination.
A reader notes that the word crippled is misused as H E L P and urges proper care for a chick brooder house. The letter stresses cleaning and disinfecting the brooder several days before chick arrival to ensure a healthy start for Easter chicks.
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