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Newspaper
Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1957
Page
4
Local advertisement for Trautler Refrigeration invites customers to see them for air conditioning and refrigeration services and lists the phone number 346 for contact.
The Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa argues modern Asphalt lowers costs for Iowa's Interstate Highway compared with concrete. Citing New Jersey Turnpike data, they claim $514 million savings and equal load capacity, with high traffic smoothness and safety. note 1955 figures show 98 percent of new state highway construction used modern Asphalt.
Babson Park Mass August 15 a store owner discusses a $20,000 jury verdict that wiped out life savings and drove toward bankruptcy. He urges retailers to obtain comprehensive liability coverage, including for homes and wives, and to compare prices on policies. He notes state premium controls and stock market views on insurers.
Brunsville residents hosted a pinochie card club at a picnic dinner with guests including Far rell Harrington and sons Vernon and Loren, John Willer, Jack Borchers, Art Groneme, Katherine Dickman, Harms, Ed Eilers of Le Mars, Fred Qualtman and Barbara, Dar ell Luken and Cheryl Linda Gregory, John Luken, and others. Nearby visitors included Rawleigh Hecht of Chicago and Robert Earley of Anis. trips to Black Hills, Silver Lake fishing, and a Spencer funeral accompanied weekend gatherings. Lucille Plueger hosted Lutheran Ladies Aid after a business meeting with lunch.
St. Peters Lutheran Church advertises a bake sale on August 31 starting at noon. Fr iday events are listed for August 30 at 1:00 PM and August 31 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
A Iowa family tale unfolds from Le Mars and West Des Moines as Mrs. M S Joynt visits California relatives in North Hollywood and Arcadia while planning a San Diego trip with her son Michael and daughter in law. A Chicago style city clock at Los Angeles Union Station and memories of home pepper the narrative. A separate column notes broomcorn production, a McCarthy era recall, and local community updates including a boat capsizing near Okoboji and a pullet egg curiosity.
Official federal data show Plymouth County had 34 cancer deaths in the year ending January 1 1956 with lung cancer causing 4 deaths about 1 7 percent. National rate 12 4 percent state Iowa 9 0 percent. Local toll higher than many areas but cancer overall 240 681 national deaths. Public Health Service and American Cancer Society urge research and early treatment. Harold Binnebose of Hinton shows crops at Iowa State Fair Des Moines August 23 to September 1 with Field Corn sweet corn pop corn grains seeds Sheaf Grain and more in a large prize contest.
An OCR derived radio and news program list outlines a full day timetable with morning to evening segments. It includes Breakfast Call, News In Brief, Market Reports, Weather, Farm News, and various talk shows along with music programs and community features.
A dense listing of daily radio program slots and local news briefs from Le Mars Globe-Post dated Thursday August 22 1957. Includes morning to evening lineups with programs such as Top Of The Morning Breakfast Call Sioux City Markets News In Brief Organ Reverie Mid Morning News Party Line Market Round Up and Afternoon Farm Edition along with local notes from Plymouth Ministerial Association Beiween Commercials and Traff ic Jam entries.
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