Iowa Road Bill Estimated At 842 Million Over 20 Years
INES-UP Chief Engineer Fred B lowa Highway Commission announced an estimate for reconstruction and widening over the next 15 to 20 years totaling about 842 million dollars. The plan uses existing bridges and aims to meet minimum standards, with superhighways and additional measures included. The projection, based on construction rates and future price levels, lists several specific regional costs and notes the figure could change with price shifts.
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Ines
Fred B. Lowa
Stow
Lowa
Igineers Associae
Buchanan
Community event on freezing foods at Unity Rural Youth
The International company and R. International company sponsor a Monday evening program in Independence Assembly Room. Speakers present service units and talks on foods. Home nis from the county participate. Special services for Hazie to be held Sunday with Rev. F. E. speaker. Exercises and sermon on May 13 at Me with reflection.
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Wildcock
Interna Company
Internati Company
Unity Rural Youth
Independence
Oni Company
Hazie
Rermon
Nercises
Socialists May Draft Thomas For 1964 Bid
Reading, Pa. The Socialist Party opened its national convention amid reports it might draft Norman Thomas, its five time presidential candidate, to head the ticket again. Eight state delegations arrived with orders to press for the 64 year old Thomas. Others proposed Maynard Co. Krueger of the University of Chicago. Gossip also favored Mary Donovan Hapgood of Indianapolis for the vice presidential nomination, potentially making her the first woman on a major party ticket.
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Norman
Thomas
Hedd
Ket
Maynard
Co. Krueger
University of Chicago
Mary
Donovan Hapgood
Indianapolis
Gov Blue To Speak At Elkader Airpark Event
Elkader air circus Sunday May 16 features Flite breakfast for plane owners from daybreak to 10 am. Flyers Frolic 10 am to noon with Prairie du Chien and Elkader bands performing. Governor Robert D Blue scheduled to speak from 2 to 2:30 pm followed by parachute jumps, stunt flying, spins and comedy airplane ads by Ray Henry's troupe 2 to 4:30 pm.
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Elkader
Airpark
Sease
Prairie du Chien
Elkader High School
Funeral services set for John K Fleming in Waterloo
Special notices announce funeral services for John K Fleming age 68. The service will be Saturday at 1 p m at Kearns Garden chapel Waterloo. Burial follows at Grove Hill cemetery in Waterloo. Fleming died Wednesday at 2 10 p m at Presbyterian hospital in Waterloo. he was from Fayette.
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Fayette
Kearns Garden Chapel
Waterloo
John K. Fleming
Presbyterian Posta
Grove Hill Cemetery
Fleming
Clermont P T A Plans Last Meeting
Clermont Special report announces the Clermont Parent-Teachers Association will hold its last regular meeting of the school year on Wednesday May 12 at 7 30 p m in the Larrabee grade building auditorium. Musical selections will be performed by grade students under Joyce Amundson. Harold Palmer from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls will speak. Officers to be elected and installed. Refreshment committee named M H Moore George Lorber Louis Olson B Biegel and The Latiseant.
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Berliene
Clermont
Parent-Teachers Association
Larrabee
Joyce Amundson
Harold Palmer
Industrial Arts Department
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Mesdames
M. H. Moore
George Lorber
Louis Olson
B. Biegel
Police Use Teargas On Student Mob in Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska police used a teargas bomb to disperse a student mob after university police and wreckers removed double parked cars from downtown streets. Gov. Val Peterson urged direct talks with the university and the dean of student affairs to address parking, as seventeen students attended a conference at the state capitol.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Val Peterson
T. J. Thompson
City Hall
State Capitol
Peterson
Joe Carroll
State House
Maynard Kindergarten Registration Urged by Officials
Maynard school officials seek to know how many kindergarten pupils to expect next fall. Parents in the Maynard district should notify Mrs. Bernice Patton by card note or phone as soon as possible, and before May 21. A child must be five by September 1, 1948 to enter. Officials warn against recent publicity changing this rule and urge pre school health checks.
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Maynard
Bernice Patton
Board of Education
System Loses to Roulette Wheels in Las Vegas
Two college boys Hibbs and Walford tried a roulette system in Las Vegas and lost 200 in 24 hours after a $30 start and an $800 fall in the last two spins. They claimed to have won 12000 in Reno last year and decided to quit gambling forever to buy a Caribbean cruise.
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Hibbs
Walford
Jury Rules Mrs Braun Died by Strangulation
A coroner's jury at Independence found that Edna Braun died April 25 at the Leonard Thom farm northeast of Independence from strangulation caused by a rope around her neck. Jurors were Paul Spener, Kenneth Miller, and Richard Ruffcorn. Coroner Fay Ruffcorn of Buchanan County led the inquest.
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Edna Braun
Leonard Thom
Paul A. Spener
Kenneth H. Miller
Richard C. Ruffcorn
Buchanan County
Fay Ruffcorn
Hazleton School to Broadcast on Iowa State Teachers College
Hazleton area residents can hear a 9 15 Monday morning broadcast from KAYX 1090 featuring Hazleton High School interviews. Superintendent E C Mason, Kathryn Muller, and students Leonard Harrington Mary Jane Sanborn Dorothy Beckner Jo Ann Mebus Melvin Oakes plus the high school cheer participate with John Kunkle as recording engineer.
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Hazleton
Iowa State Teachers College
Hugh Muncy
Radio Farm
Hazleton High School
Kayx
E. C. Mason
Kathryn Muller
Sentor
Leonard Harrington
Mary Jane Sanborn
Dorothy Beckner
Jo Ann Mebus
Melvin Oakes
John Kunkle
Five-Day Interval In Twins Births In Wyoming
In Cheyenne Wyoming Mrs Jack Ross delivered a daughter last Friday at Memorial Hospital and Wednesday another daughter followed. Doctors called the five day interval between the twin births most unusual with the girls born exactly 114 hours apart. The first, Sharon Lynn, weighed five pounds nine ounces and the younger Karen Lynn weighed four pounds ten ounces. Dr Everett Ellis attended the births and said the interval is rare.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Jack Ross
the-Memorial Hospital
Sharon Lynn
Karen Lynn
Everett Ellis
Sumner Girl Featured in Waterloo Band Jubilee Contest
Sumner High School band member Ramona Johnson represents the Sumner group in the Amiss Melody contest held with the Waterloo Band Jubilee. The focal high school marching band will participate in the Saturday event.
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Waterloo
Laval Laws
Den
Ramona
Johnson
Amliss
Focal High School
Taft Signals Moderate Backing for Draft Law
Washington Usa Taft Republican policy chief says he will vote for the draft if no alternative can meet wartime manpower needs He prefers peace time conscription only if necessary and notes a combined UMT draft bill will reach debate after pending preparations The story also reports on anti Red River funds in a bill and debates over the reciprocal trade act plus a farm deferment proposal by Sen George Wilson to exempt farm workers from draft由于 text truncation
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Robert A. Taft
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Committee For Econommmec Development
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George A. Wilson
Military Funeral For Sumner Navy Pilot
The body of Aviation Pilot First Class Thomas Oelberg will arrive in Sumner on Saturday May 8 for re burial. He was killed July 12 1942 in Trinidad and was temporarily buried in Fort Reed British National cemetery. Full military rites will be held Sunday at 1 15 PM at the Legion hall in Sumner with Father William P Mullen of Fayette Legion post officiating.
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Thomas Oelberg
Oelberg
Trinidad
Fort Reed
British National Cemetery
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William P. Mullen
Fayette Legion Post
Business Leaders See Continued Boom
Northwestern National Life Insurance reports a partial survey showing 27 of 55 responding colleges expect further economic growth. Only two foresee a downturn. The survey queried placement services at 170 colleges and universities on firms’ views of the near term, indicating optimism across most respondents.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern
National Life Insurance Company
Family Economics Bureau
W C T U Plans Institute At Sumner
SUMNER Special The Women s Christian Temperance Union will hold a county institute at the home of Mrs Irma Humence Tuesday May 21 It will be an all day meeting beginning at 4 30 p m A basket lunch will be followed by a program of musical numbers and talks including My Duty and My Vision for Better Service Membership Building and Program Planning and Safeguard Our Nation by members of the Waverly and Sumner Union.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
County Institute
Irma Humence
Waverly and
Sumner Cancer Drive Falls Short of $500 Goal
The Sumner Cancer fund drive closed with a final count of 466.74 dollars, according to local chairman Mrs. George Gersonde. The amount falls just short of the five hundred dollar goal set by the drive.
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Sumner
George Gersonde
Stolen Evinger Licenses Used To Cash Checks
Local officers and highway patrol with the FBI are searching for the person or persons who stole the drivers licenses of W. W. Evinger, Mrs Evinger and Irene Evinger. The licenses have been used to cash checks in Oelwein and Mason City.
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Irene Evinger
Oelwein Bank
Mason City
Closing Activities At Fairbank School
FAIRBANK Special Bac calaureate services for Fairbank high school will be Sunday May 9 at the school auditorium. The program includes: Processional invocation responsive reading graduating class prayer special music scripture reading benediction and recessional. May 12 a band concert and school exhibits at 8 pm. May 14 graduation program with Hugh Muncy Waterloo as speaker at 8 pm. May 15 last day picnic on the school lawn. dinner at noon. A sports program will follow in the afternoon.
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Fairbank High School
Leland Ford
F. W. Cass
Fairbank Methodist Church
King of Glory
Cass
Maxyne
Mardene Gallup
Hoy City
Doris Waligorski
Mildred Braun
Frances Braun
Darlene Fratzke
Joan Kerns
Helen Frederick
Ford
Hugh Muncy
Waterloo
Lifetime Stanley resident W H Damge dies at 69
W H Damge, lifelong Stanley resident, died at his home after a weeklong stroke. Born October 10, 1871, in Stanley, he lived there his entire life and is survived by four daughters Helen Merkel Irene Skinner Mabel Arthaud Sister Mary Clement and three sons Leo Debert and Raymond Damge and one sister Mrs Gertrude Gleason. Funeral services set for 10 am Monday at St Marys church Hazleton. Burial in St Marys cemetery.
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St. Mary's Church
Hazleton
W. H. Damge
Bunal
St. Mary's Cemetery
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Helen Merkel
Oxford Junction
Mary Clement
R.S.M
Independence
Irene Skinner
Mabel Arthaud
Oelwein
Leo
Cedar Rapids
Debert
Raymond Damge
Gertrude Gleason
Scientists Prove Virus Is Air Borne
Three California researchers announce conclusive proof that contagious virus diseases contaminate the air. The finding raises alarm for public health and the military as viruses, tiny and complex, underlie diseases such as infantile paralysis and influenza and have potential use as a biological weapon.
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California
Clermont Seniors Stage A Case of Springtime Play
Clermont high school seniors presented a three act play A Case of Springtime directed by Mrs. DeSart at the high school Wednesday evening. Cast included Franklin Shipton Millard Nelson Ruth Anderson Norene Amundson Carmen Loftsgard Marjorie Westphal Neva Jean Durscher Vernon Loftsgard Belly Suckow James Martin Hazel Entwistie Helen Gerner Irene Wede Gordon Meyer and Eileen Weds. Marjorie Westphal awarded a corsage to sponsor Mrs DeSart. The girls, joined by Joyce Amundson Sangi the Bam Dance and Barbara Appleman, performed two songs during intermission.
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Clermont
Clermont High School
Tym
Dean DeSart
Franklin Shipton
Millard Nelson
Ruth Anderson
Norene Amundson
Carmen Loftsgard
Marjorie Westphal
Neva Jean Durscher
Vernon Loftsgard
Belly Suckow
James Martin
Hazel Entwistie
Helen Gerner
Irene Wede
Gordon Meyer
Nation Industry Plan to Meet Strike Amid Railroad Crisis
John R. Steelman met leaders of dissident unions seeking to avert a nationwide railroad walkout next Tuesday morning. Government options include seizure under 1916 wartime authority if talks fail. Railroads issued embargoes on livestock and perishables. workers face potential layoffs if the strike proceeds.
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John R. Steelman
Trumeau
White House
Steelman
Truman
Tom Clark
Mr. Truman
Post Office Department
Teelman
United Press
Air Force Plans Major Expansion of Bomber Power
Washington reports the Air Force will nearly double its offensive power by ordering 2 727 planes for 18 months to two years, expanding to 70 groups. The move, tied to a $3.198 billion aircraft appropriation, adds 15 groups focused on long range bombers and reconnaissance, shifting balance from defense to offense.
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Air Force
Senate
Navy
Congress
House
Ar Force
Car and motorcycle crash near Hazleton injures rider
Dank LeRoy Brockmeyer was admitted to Mercy hospital this afternoon with severe lacerations to the left leg after a collision on the south edge of Hazleton. Brockmeyer rode a motorcycle with a side car when it collided with an Illinois car on a curve. Further details of the accident were not immediately available.
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LeRoy Brockmeyer
Mercy Hospital
Hazleton
Brockmeyer
Illinois
Czech Refugees Fly To U. S. Zone
An airliner carrying seven people including crew landed at Erding air base near Munich in the U.S. zone, as announced by the United States air force.
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U. S. Zone
Frankfurt
Erding
Munich
United States Air Force
Pioneer Days In Elkader July Fourth And Fifth
Elkader will host Pioneer days on July 4 and 5 with a gala celebration organized by the local service club. The Elkader Vets baseball team will feature both days, with negotiations under way for top competition. last year's roster plus new additions are expected. A fireworks display, platform acts, parades, and a quest for the oldest Pioneer will accompany the events.
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Elkader Service Club
Crack Elkader Vets
Iowa
Waterloo
Wire Recording To Be Made at Sumner
A wire recording will be made by radio station KXEL at Sumner high school tonight. The program will be broadcast in the near future. Faculty leadership includes Mr Bechter, with athletic and commercial staff contributing as noted.
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KXEL
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