Teenagers Doing Good Deeds Contrast With Bad News
An Iowa editor notes teen-age problems receive heavy attention while good deeds go underreported. In Eldora, high school students sponsor a foreign student and work to make the program a success. Dowling students celebrated a basketball win responsibly, with adult guidance aiding conduct. Des Moines youths attending a movie behaved orderly, surprising some observers. Most teens are basically good and motivated when steered rightly.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Eldora
Dowling
Southern Iowa road fund raid eyed by governor
The Eagle Grove Eagle argues Governor Loveless seeks to raid the farm to market road fund to build streets and highways in Des Moines Ottumwa and southern Iowa claiming need basis favors the south. It criticizes the plan noting past allocations and warns funds should stay protected from political manipulation.
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Loveless
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Iowa
Towa
Davis County
Wright County
South
Eagle Grove Eagle
Eldora election passes quietly with main contest in two wards
City ballots show no contest except in the second and fourth wards while the Eldora Mutual Telephone company wins a street franchise by a wide margin. Other items note liverymen Cook and Williams, a newborn girl for Robert Todd and wife, plans for Carnegie library funding, and various local developments including paving, fairs, and political nominations.
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Eldora Mutual Telephone Company
Cook and
Williams
Nevada
Texas Panhandle Rain Brings Farmers Joy Amid Senate Contenders
Amarillo readers note spring rain lifts spirits after seven years of drought as farmers celebrate soaking skies. In politics, about 20 Democrats and two Republicans vie for Texas US Senate in April 2 election, with Thad Hutcheson urging a two party state. Eldora merchants use giveaways to draw shoppers, including cars and a jet plane, while Amarillo expands with homes and business growth.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas
Elarcay
Thad Hutcheson
Eldora
Golden Spread
Panhandle
Eldora election second ward growth and new construction
Eldora voters re-elected Charles O. Ryan mayor by 28 votes in a tight city contest as a record 1,386 ballots were cast. Builders in all four wards report houses or porches rising on sites of former structures while local officials announce a V8 Ford arrival within weeks. Defense stamps fund a school concert and 10 Eldora high students attend the state forensic tournament with debaters and speakers in multiple events.
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Eldora
Charles O. Ryan
Wyatt Johnson
D.W. Dickinson
H. Lundy
H. H. Nazette
Des Moines
Iowa
Nazett
Eldora High School
Iowa City
Jacky Howell
Wayne Blankenship
Helen Yarwood
Dean Wiesner
Betty Risse
John Wood
Don Olson
Eden van Tiger
Arlyn Soli
Jane Schmidt
Drs
All American Family Contest and Local News Bits
Local notes report Bramwell wedding couple on Caribbean cruise and apartment readiness in Marshalltown. Snow details from Eldora, Gifford, and Union. mention of All American Family Search contest with travel and prizes including an $11,000 home and a $5,000 Esther Williams pool. Also cites a humorous Congressional Record poem, Grace Potter Miller’s radio appearance, reader complaints on truck license fees, and highway funding taxes.
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William
Bil) Bramwell
Marshalltown
Bill
Hardin County
All ~ American Family Search
Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
Fla
Iowa
Florida
Esther Willams
Grace Potter Miller
Ackley
George B. Dewey
Betty Baker
Mrs. Miller
Dewey
Congressman H R Gross Warns Of Payroll Increase
Congressman H R Gross criticizes federal payroll growth, claiming 30,009 new positions are planned for the next year amid 241,846 federal employees. He cites Agriculture Interior Health and Welfare and Treasury as major growth areas while urging a 300,000 cut. The piece also notes state finance moves and public support for Eisenhower's health and continued presidency to 1960.
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H. R. Gross
Washington
Executive Branch
Department of Interior
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Treasury Department
Humphrey
Congress
Truman
Gross
Local Social Roundup at Lawn Hill and Surrounding Homes
A dense wrap of informal visits and dinners across Lawn Hill and nearby towns. Floyd Beasley hosts and hosts again as friends and relatives from Marion Shore New Providence Yadkinville Marshalltown Collins Collins Waterloo Eldora Hubbard Des Moines Des Moines Des Moines Des Moines attend birthday surprises dinners and weekend visits. Several households, including the Beasleys and Crosser Mitterer Bachman and Balvant, are listed among the guests and callers.
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Ray Mullihan
Marion Mullihan
Collins
John Bogue
Lyle Neimeier
Waverly
Gene Hagan
Ed Nassen
Theodore Crosser
Fred Crosser
Theo
Crosser
Floyd Beasley
Lawn Hill
Cottage Hall
Elmer Mitterer
Lester Mitterer
Roy Hammermeister
Harold Knavel
Sandra
Ralph Balvant
Lewie Powgras
Ernest Beecher
Terer
Carl Steinfeldt
Patty
Eldora
Adrian Bachman
Hubbard
Mark Ryerson
Otis Waldo
Frank Ross
Kempton Smith
Des Moines
Bob Smith
Marshalltown
Dean Smith
Becky
Tax Without Friends Exposes Wartime Transportation Taxes
The 1067 editorial laments transportation excise taxes imposed to deter travel and raise revenue during war. It traces increases from 1941 to 1942 and into 1954, noting no relief since and arguing the levy harms for hire transport and the economy. It cites a round trip train ticket from Iowa to California costing 40 to 50 dollars in tax and questions when the tax will end.
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Germany
Japan
Iowa
California
Washington
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Eldora, Iowa
Iowa Press Association
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Herald-Leedger
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Clarence Sallen
Katharine Piper
Lisher
Stauffacher Business Promotion
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Board of Supervisors
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A. D. Davis
Thos. Walsh
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R. R. Swallum
T. &. Thorson
C. E. Butler, E A, Gregory
G. A. Bump
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Dearborn Construction Company
Hardin County League
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Nomarsh Horens
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Will A. Pye
Miss Staines
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Sherriff
Martin Dies
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C. i A. Rumba
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Congressional Record
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Yadkinville
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Mrs. BE. B. Reece
Mrs. ©. &. Reece
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Radcliffe
Leo Hutchens
Sean Hutchens
Linda
Debbie
Ieee Ee
Shry
Hardin County Savings Bank
Consumers Loan Department
F.D
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Steamboat Rock, Iowa
Main St
Steamboat Rock
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Hoover
Mrs
Alle Jaspers
Dwight Seltibridie
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