Iowa editors laud gasoline tax approval for roads
Iowa editorials welcome the legislature's approval of a 10 gasoline tax increase. They note the driver cost will average about six dollars yearly and urge the revenue be spent on primary routes, safer highways, and modern road needs, citing the Iowa Good Roads Association. They caution against fatal crashes and reckless driving while praising progress. The consensus favors directing funds to better primary roads and road safety.
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Toll roads and highway funding in Iowa debate
Editorials from Davenport Times Des Moines Tribune and other papers argue toll roads as solutions to traffic growth across Iowa. They discuss private versus public funding, gas taxes, and state law changes shaping toll road authority amid legislative probes.
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Pacific
Robert L. Cochran
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Clarion Monitor
Stand by me lesson in parental support and responsibility
A Bayard family helps their son Jim and his friend Bob pay for a broken hall window. They choose to stand by them, arranging jobs to earn the thirty dollar repair, teaching responsibility without lecturing.
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Landscaping Should Go With Remodeling Advice
Margherita Tarr of Town State College extension outlines how planning the home site first influences farmstead efficiency and curb appeal. She urges facing the house away from the main road, placing the front door on the drive side, and adding a walkway from the driveway to the entrance for practical daily use.
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House design hints and hand skin care advice blend
A house plan suggests room placements to view lawn and farm court while a terrace could shade the front. The piece shifts to a cautionary note for housewives about dermatitis from constant hand exposure to water soap and detergents and recommends protective practices.
How's Your Health in the Modern Home
The piece argues that housewives face daily hazards rivaling frontier danger. It notes safety diagrams reveal countless kitchen risks and urges women to heed doctors warnings about household dangers.
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Ernest Hemingway
Cancer and polio tolls in Towa from 1953 data
In 1953 Towa recorded 4 200 cancer deaths and 27 polio deaths, showing cancer's overwhelming impact that year. The figures highlight the disease burden contrasting polio's lower mortality.
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Towa
College president digs first dirt for new men’s dorm
John Fisher, newly installed president of Buena Vista College, helped break ground on a $300,000 men’s dormitory at Storm Lake. The event marked his first day in office as construction began.
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Buena Vista College
John Fisher
Graduation Play Hopes Center On Weideman Return
At Martello the senior class awaits the return of John Weideman after he vanished shortly after May 2 play practice, casting uncertainty over the graduation performance.
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Martello
John Weideman
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