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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1952
Page
7
The Magyar Nemzet notes discontent as a nationalized factory funds a purchase of communist literature while workers at the Soroksár textile works and the Pest side stocking factory instead spend funds on football equipment and trumpets.
Colesburg defeated Glidden 9 to 5 to win the Iowa high school summer baseball championship in Dysart. Colesburg advanced to the finals by edging Marengo 3 to 2 in an extra innings semifinal on Wednesday.
Des Moines reports Patty Westfall of West Des Moines, 17, in her first finals appearance, against Phyllis Otto Germain of Atlantic, a two-time state champion, in a 36 hole Iowa State final at Des Moines Golf and Country Club. Westfall beat Mrs Staats 1 up. Germain defeated Mrs Mason 4 and 3.
Fort Madison officials announced a rodeo ticket selling contest for youths 18 and under with a $350 prize pool including a $100 top prize. The Fort Madison Chamber will mail contest kits, and the September rodeo will feature Roy Rogers Liberty Horse Act plus six acts and Colborn's regular rodeo. Reserved seats cost $2.70 with half price for children twelve and under.
Leslie G. Moeller of the University of Iowa urged photographers to stress social responsibility in news images. He warned against overusing disaster shots and urged planned, contextual pictures that prompt reader action. Jess Gorkin criticized editors’ picture editing while noting widespread low-imagination work in 58 Iowa newspapers.
Des Moines reports four new runoff erosion stations across Iowa in Lucas Audubon Green and Johnson counties. Robert L. Smith notes the network measures rainfall erosion and soil loss for future flood control and design. First sampling at Ralston creek near Iowa City yielded 1190 tons of soil moved from 3 square miles during a one hour, heavy rain.
In Denver Archie Moore aged 81 and from San Diego halted Clint Bacon of Denver in the fourth round. The bout was held amid multi city boxing results.
Authorities seek a motorist after Donald Rudnick 16 was struck and killed while sitting on a narrow road at Blue Lake in Lewis and Clark state park near Onawa Iowa. Coroner says the hit likely occurred between 1 p.m. Thursday and 1 a.m. Friday with the body found at 1 a.m. by Fred Stangel. The mother had left him fishing at 11 p.m. remaining watch.
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