Marble Rock Locals Update on Funerals and Politics
Marble Rock community notices funeral attendance in Nashua and Austin Minnesota. Includes Mrs. Dodds hospital stay after a fall, Dr. L. B. Hines burial, and references to Marian Wilson Hines. Mentions Walter Marsh hosting, Nicholson and Wedeking families, and Ruth Wilson Benny in Washington DC. Also notes political shift with Benny switching to Democrat and a 10 member bipartisan agriculture committee chaired by Senator Frank Hoxie. Norman Erbe appoints the new committee. party alignment and gubernatorial bid mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Marsh
Don Fluhrer
Charles City
Bill Fluhrer
W. N. Nicholson
Floyd
Arlie Wedeking
Wedeking
Glenn Parks
Nashua
Chapin
Nicholson
Ralph Bean
Ames
Edward Dodds
Hines
Marian Wilson
A. A. Wilson
Marble Rock
Krambeers
Wilson
Austin
Ruth Wilson Benny
Washington D. C
Loveless will not seek Iowa governor's race in 1962
Former Governor Herschel Loveless stated he has no plans to run for governor in 1962 if Democrats field capable candidates and avoid disunity. He argued Iowa faces fiscal issues rooted in Republican policy and criticized proposed sales tax as insufficient for balancing the budget. The Ottumwa Democrat, now on a federal board, noted his past fiscal actions and questioned revenue alternatives. Harold E. Hughes, a Republican, followed with remarks after Loveless's announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Loveless
Loveless
Washington, D.C
Democratic Party
Iowa
Iowa Democratic Party
Washington, D. C
U. S. Senate
Jack Muller
Sioux City Republican
Ottumwa Democrat
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa State's Veterinary College: A Century Plus Old
The College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames has graduated over 2,200 veterinarians since 1879, making it the nation’s oldest veterinary school. In 1910 it first required a high school diploma, and today students complete two years of college preprofessional work before entering the four-year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa State
Iowa county budgets soar past limits in 1961
County budgets rise by a record 77.1 million over statutory caps as 99 counties receive approvals. Additional increases are authorized for general, poor, and hospital emergency funds. Plans unfold for a state self-help program on health, hygiene, and disaster response amid rising Iowa population and policy shifts. Polk County Judge allows Iowa Power and Light to run transmission lines on interstate highways without highway commission consent. Traffic enforcement flags a drop in license suspensions from 1960 with drunken driving driving most revocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Selden, Jr
Iowa
Selden
Polk County
Tom Murrow
Iowa Power and Light Company
Highway Commission
State Safety Department
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Edward J. McManus
Norman Erbe
Frank Hoxie
Shenandoah
Capitol News
U. S. Census Bureau
Kansas
Arkansas
West Virginia
Census Bureau
Butler County Mutual Insurance Association
REC
Allison
ED Dekker
Dale H. Brinkman
Sec
Treas
H&g
Walleyes
Haddock
B&w Produce Dept
Greene
Washington A C
U. S
Folger’s
B & W Stores
Are
Your Cash Savings Stores
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