Iowa primary results and key GOP races highlighted
The 1962 Iowa primary ended with light turnout under 300000 voters. Sonja Egenes of Story City became the first woman nominated for Congress by Iowa Republicans. Hickenlooper defeated Hoover for Senate. Erbe and Hughes won governor bids. A judicial amendment passed, shifting judge selection to nominating commissions. Additional notes cover agriculture, legislators, colleges, and a war‑era conference in Des Moines.
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Iowa
Sonja Egenes
Story City
Erbe-Nicholas
Norman A. Erbe
William H. Nicholas
Erbe
Nicholas
Highway Commission
Cerro Gordo
Ese
Iowa State Bar Associaion
Agriculture
L.B. Liddy
Loyd van Patten
H.lr. Gross
Waterloo
Ernest Seemann
Congress
Seemann
Neel Hill
Webster City
John Stephen Patin
Hill
Gross
Ed Peters
Denison
Fred Watson
Bagley Farmer
Pete
U.S
Merwin Coad
Boone
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Iowa Civil War Centennial Commission
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Mississippi
Ross W. Barnett
Iowa Liquor Commission Eyes Three New Stores
The Iowa Liquor Commission plans to open three new liquor stores in Nashua Evansdale and Keosauqua. Preliminary surveys are done and additional surveys on locations and public sentiment will follow.
Hawkeye Horticulture Advice on Dahlia Pests and Tree Repair
The guidance notes Dahlias may suffer from Corn Borer or Common Stalk Borer, best controlled with DDT or Malathion spray per package directions. Apply 3 to 4 applications at 10 day intervals starting mid June, and monitor for heavy rains requiring more treatments. Rabbinish? damaged fruit trees should be graft- waxed or taped to protect wounds and bridge grafted if girdled, with next spring pruning to favor a new trunk.
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Wm. W. Marshall
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Marshall
ASC State Committee
Orber
ASCS
Riverton Youth Enlists in United States Air Force
Tommy E. Miller 19 son of Mr and Mrs Harry E. Miller of Riverton enlisted in the U S Air Force May 28 1962 per T Sgt Harry Barton local recruiter. He attends basic training at Lackland AFB San Antonio with post training placement in one of 400 airman career paths. Miller is a Riverton High School graduate of 1962.
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Tommy E. Miller
Harry E. Miller
Riverton
United States Air Force
Harry Barton
Air Force
Federal Building
Council Bluffs
Miller
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Muller
Plane lands rough in Albia injures no one
A small plane piloted by George Gasper of Albia blew off the Albia air strip during landing. The craft nosed into the ground bending the propeller and wing struts and twisting the landing gear. Neither Gasper nor his passenger were injured.
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George Gasper
Albia
Gasper
Violets collector from Alta boasts vast Af rican violet variety set
Mrs. Frank Hill of Alta preserves a vast collection with more than 500 named African violet varieties and over 400 slips that will soon mature into established plants.
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Frank Hill
Alta
Wound Painting Advice and Fungus Prevention for Pecans
The note advises applying a good tree paint to wounds and checking for Botrytis Wilt in pecan trees. It recommends spraying emerging plants now with Captan or Ferbam, then repeating in two weeks to prevent the fungus.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capitol News
Jeown Press Association
Hick-Hoover Bourke B. Hickenlooper
U.S. Senate
Herbert Hoover
Oska- Joosa Farmer
Hoover
Hickenlooper
E.B. Smith
Ames
Hughes
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Harold Hughes
Ida Grove
Lewis Lint
Winterset
Lint
Iowa State Tax Commission
Senate
Mills
Fremont
Page Counties
Frank Hoxie
Shkenandoah
Spezcer
Washburn Steele
Cherokee
Weichman
Fred Woegtt
Vinton
Rockwell
Azabaska County
Mahaska County
O'Reilly
Orville Freeman
Maurice O'Reilly
Towa
John Henderson
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
J. Raymond Chadwick
R. Sidney Rand
Luther College At
Decorah
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Mlss
20Th
Iowa Infantry
Yazoo City
Miz
191H
Fox
Edwin J. Rex
Indonesia
Agency For International Development
State Safety Department
Ivwan Allen
William Timmons
Timmons
National Bureau of Casualty
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Federal Savings .and Loan Association of
Harlan i
Aslande
Savings and Loan Associations
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Junket
State Legislative Interim Committee
National Guard Association of the US
Las Vega
Dad
Iowa State Bank
Hamburg
Sie
Lee
Hamburg Oil CO
S. C
Red” Haun, Jr
Nichol Paint Co
WWE
Morgan Optical
West Delmonico
Shenandoah
Fremont County
Harold Omer
Board of Supervisors
Fremont Co
Vernon C. Marshall
Trail Drive
Nebraska City
Stacy
Pacita
Jatroaveing
Erika Peters
Scott Borland
Robert Getz
Lewis
Rachel Cade
Angie Dickinson
Peter Finch
Thur
Jane
Rae
Jeff Richards
Kerr the
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