Iowa sees steady rise in college enrollment statewide
Our view argues Iowa's higher education growth reflects a multi year trend. The piece cites a 12 percent rise in 1954 55 enrollments ranking Iowa among top states and notes factors including youth share veterans outmigration and farm mechanization. It urges students to invest in higher education for better opportunities.
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U.S. States
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Delaware
Louisiana
Minnesota
West Virginia
Mississippi
Right Barn Wrong Owner Clarification to Express Readers
A reader demands correction after a report about a barn fire misidentified the farm owner Mrs Albert Vochoska. The letter states the barn burned and the owner is not correct and requests the newspaper to set the record straight.
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Albert Vochoska
Democrats Rally in Jones County for November
Democrats in Jones County plan renewed grass roots efforts ahead of November elections. Herschel Loveless and Lawrence Plummer will speak at the courthouse to meet voters and discuss issues and goals.
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Iowa
Neck of the Woods
Jones County
Young Democrats
Herschel Loveless
Lawrence Plummer
Hopkinton Baccalaureate and Commencement Plans
Hopkinton high school outlines baccalaureate services on Sunday May 13 at 8 pm in the school gym with Rev H E Morrow. Commencement follows Tuesday May 15 at 8 pm with Robert Johnson of WMT and WMT TV Cedar Rapids as speaker. Valedictorian is Janaan Sackett 95.7 average. Salutatorian Gail House 95. two tied for third at 54.3.
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Hopkinton
Hopkinton High School
H. E. Morrow
Robert Johnson
WMT
WMTTV
Cedar Rapids
Janaan Sackett
Gail House
Berdina House
Donna Schuman
Beverly Appleby
John Max Beitz
John Digman
Lyle Dunkel
Wilfred Feltes
Glenn Harris
Lloyd Huggins
Ralph Joseph
Betty Kelchen
William Kelchen
Robert Melchert
Donald Mesch
Glorene Milroy
Rosemary Payne
Maxine Smith
Marilyn Thompson
William Lux
Slausons mark 44th anniversary on Hopkinton farm
Mr and Mrs Roy Slauson long time Hopkinton residents observed their 44th wedding anniversary with relatives at their home. They were married April 30 1912 at Sacred Heart Monticello and have eight children and 33 grandchildren. A separate note mentions John P Grieff’s relapse and hospital care, plus a CY O sponsored dance at Immaculate Conception hall with Bud Freeze orchestra drawing about 100 attendees.
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Roy Slauson
Sand Springs
Hopkinton
Slauson
Marion Egan
Sacred Heart Church
Monticello
John White
Joe Gudenkauf
Louis Gudenkauf
Louis Slauson
Louis Stevens
Dyersville
Donald Slauson
Cedar Rapids
Duane Slauson
Greeley
Russell Tenley Morley
Zeuch
C.Y.O
St. Luke’s Parish
Immaculate Conception Hall
Bud Freeze
Parental Murray Home Sees Moves and Visitors
Mrs Jennie Parker moved her household goods to Center Junction to live with her son Loren. Visitors from Illinois and Monticello joined Mrs Dell Green and Mrs Josie Smith hosted relatives in Delhi. George Vesey and wife from Renton Washington arrived to visit relatives for several weeks.
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Jennie Parker
Center Junction
Loren
Leslie Smith
Table Grove
Ill
Lester Gearhart
Monticello
Dell Green
Josie Smith
Dyersville
Donald Falconer
Floyd Wall
Monte Theater
Iowa Theater
Hopkinton
Washington
George Vesey
Renton
Wash
Vesey
Bert Miller
Delhi
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National Hditorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
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Iowa Press Advertising Service
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Cedar
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Ion and Linn Counties
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Agme Electric
John Behn
Marvin TerVeen
St. Luke’s
Father O’connell
Juanita DeShaw
Kathryn Haas
Sheryl Jaeger
Sandra Hageman
Diane Kramer
Pat Britt
Michael Murray
First Presbyterian
Lucy Beitz
Fannie Hogg
John Wilson
Rhoda Bacon
Margaret Miles
Louis Herington
Rosalyn
George Herington
Alice
Elizabeth Herington
William Herington
Rowley
John P. Grieff
Mercy Hospital
Grieff
Marvin Pesek
Maurice Nebel
Rita
Fred Minney
Douglas
William Minney
Cedar Boaids
Dance
Bible School
Firestone Supreme
Freese Impl
Eslie
Paul Revere Life Insurance CO
Massachusetts Protective Assn., Inc
Iowa Electric
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Corbet
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