Local and Personal News From Greene County
Local notes list funeral attendance in Madison Wisconsin and visits by residents to Danbury Cedar Rapids Mason City and Tama. Families travel for weddings hospital stays and vacations including 4 H demonstrations and Girl Scout camp. Several residents return from trips to Spirit Lake Evansville and Washington D C with updates on relatives and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mianlow
Waterloo
Bert Pootes
Vernon Rottler
Madison
Wisconsin
Charles Murphy
J.T. Tinitt
Danbury
Mary Roitler
Diane Steere
Camp Garwood
Diane DeBerg
Marys Wells
Bennedette Farmers Daughters
Dairy Cattle Congress
Greene Ares
Patty Walker
Sheila Tsaacson
Coldwater Country
Marjorie Brass
Gail Cutler
Bennevette Farmers
Sue Brinkman
Nancy Hamilton
Marcie Murphy
Terri Rutz
Dayton Willing
Herman Stubbe
B. W. Dutton
Martin Heist
Clear Lake
Vin
Fred Fowler
Ato
Arvid Lindell
Everett Shatzer
Ren
Pamela
Penny
Lesa
Mike
Vera Davis
Gene Viers
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Helen Kock
Hilda Lund
Mason City
Sam Crooks
Clyde Skillen
Roy Martzahn
Robert Kock
Dale Crosby
Woman's Club
Miss Lund
Kock
Richard Withers
Wabasha
Minnesota
New Books at The Public Library Overview
Connie Clausen presents True Story I Love You Honey but the Sea and a circus tale of six weeks of rehearsal. A Madison opening and a two year stand frame discourse with editors and authors. Includes The Travels edited selections on communism and non-communism writings. Elizabeth Cadell continues The Six Impossible Things about the Wayne family, highlighting missteps and a hopeful ending with warmth and humor.
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Connie Clausen
Madison Late Garden
Harty
Elizabeth Cadell
Wayne
Social Tales From Iowa City to Minnesota and Nearby
Visitors and dinner guests populate the week across Iowa, Minnesota, and Ontario. Gerald Stalin and Jane join Mrs. Witwer in Chicago to visit relatives while Wiegand siblings host in Nashua and Eagle Bend. Summers, birthdays, and travels weave through Wabasha, Plainfield, Waverly, Des Moines, and West Okoboji Lake with professionals from Farm Tractor Company and Dr. W. R. Clark visiting Dr. H. G. MacLeod in Welland Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Stalin
Iowa City
Helen Witwer
Jane
Chicago
Ulinois
Harry Drew
Paul Bennett
Carl Wiegand
Nashua
Albert Wiegand
Eagle Bend
Minnesota
Helen Kock
Wabasha
John Fritcher
Plainfield
Herbert Barnett
Omer Hubbard
Eldora
Vern Wilkins
Richard Timmer
Waverly
Des Moines
Ford Tractor and Implement Division
Ronald Schukneent
Kevan Bogess
Lu Bogess
Carl Bogess
Greene
West Okoboji Lake
W. R. Clark
Wellmand
Ontario
Canada
H. G. MacLeod
Dr. Clark
MacLeod
Miss Iowa Patricia Whalen To Represent Iowa At Atlantic City
Patricia Lynn Whalen of Clinton was crowned Miss Iowa at Clear Lake, earning a chance to compete for Miss America in Atlantic City. She stood 5 feet 7 inches, weighed 118 pounds, with measurements 34 23 14 36, and tied for first with Melinda Jean Baker of Cresco before talent scores broke the tie.
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Clinton
Iowa
Atlantic City
N. J
Patricia Lynn Whalen
Clear Lake
Miss Whalen
Melinda Jean Baker
Cresco
State names new personnel director Bill Algood
The state has appointed Bill Algood of Fort Dodge as the new personnel director succeeding L. B. Liddy. Algood previously served as the state car dispatcher and will earn a salary of $8,000 a year, up from $6,000.
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Bill Algood
Fort Dodge
Property tax take tops 280 million statewide
The state tax commission reports that state and local taxing bodies levied more than 280 million dollars in property taxes last year payable in 1961. The levies applied to property with a total valuation exceeding 5 billion dollars.
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State Tax Commission
Capitol News Weekly Iowa release notes editorial policy
Capitol News presents a weekly Iowa Press Association release noting that its material does not necessarily conform to the editorial policy of the newspaper. The notice emphasizes policy independence and jurisdiction over content.
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Iowa Press Association
Suit Tests Constitutionality of 1961 Redistricting Act
A suit filed in Marengo by Iowa City attorney William L. Meardon on behalf of Charles Seizer challenges the senate redistricting act passed by the 1961 legislature. It argues Iowa County would be split from Johnson to form a new district with Poweshiek, affecting representation in the 1963 legislature. The petition names Secretary Melvin Sny horst and County Auditor Gordon Willis as defendants and notes possible appellate action to the state supreme court. Also reported is Russell Ross’s planned resignation as executive assistant to Governor Erbe to teach at the University of Iowa, with James Maggert expected to replace him.
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Marengo
Iowa City
William L. Meardon
Charles Seizer
Amana
Iowa County
Johnson County
Poweshiek County
Melvin Synhorst
Gordon Willis
Johnson
Iowa
D. C. Nolan
Iowa - Poweshiek
District Court
State Supreme Court
Iowa produces the fewest failing mental tests for draft
A survey by the army surgeon-general shows Iowa has the lowest draft test failure rate at 5.6 percent, far below South Carolina’s 61.9 percent. The report highlights Iowa’s comparatively high selectivity in the mental examination.
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Iowa
Army
South Carolina
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