Half Way Point In 1955 Legislature Recesses
The Iowa legislature reaches mid session with a recess tomorrow and resumes March 7 for final weeks. Bills may be introduced only by committees. Senate confirms several appointments but rejects some highway nominees. Wade McReynolds sworn in. other items cover homestead credits cuts, lobbying views, judge needs, and audit proposals. Governor Hoegh hosts Herbert Hoover Jr. at the mansion. Parole law study panel plans changes. Traffic toll for Town in 1954 noted as high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Press Association
Des Moines
House
Senate
Iowa Senate
J. C. Wright
Keokuk
Public Instruction
Burin van Oosterhout
State Board of Ahieeewedens
William P. Housel
Humboldt
Town Liquor Control Commission
Robert Beck
Centerville
Highway Commission
Commerce Commission
L. L. Caffrey
Cresco
Russell Lundy
Desi
Hoegh
Paul Parker
Parker
Iowa Governor’s Mansion
Herbert Hoover, Jr
U. S
Hoover
Allan
Herbert Hoover Foundation, Inc
West Branch
Iowa
Leo Elthon
Elthon
Iowa Traffic Death Toll Rises From 1963 Level
The National Safety Council notes Iowa recorded 612 traffic deaths in 1964, two percent higher than 1963, with a 1954 rate of 5.9 per 100 million vehicle miles. The national average was 6.5, and Iowa fared better than three of six neighboring states, while still exceeding 1951’s all‑time high.
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National Safety Council
Iowa
Milk-Feed Price Ratio Stays Below Average Says USDA
USDA economists forecast the milk to feed price ratio remaining well below average this year at least until harvest. The 1954 January to September ratio was 7 percent under the 1952-83 average, with butterfat feeder ratios also below. In Iowa September 1954 wholesale farm milk prices were 7 percent lower than a year earlier, butterfat prices 13 percent lower, and demand for milk products expected to stay strong while government buys the surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Two Swea City Brothers Serve Aboard USS McGinty
Merlin and Richard Waterbury, brothers from Swea City, are serving together in the engine room of the USS McGinty, an escort vessel deployed in the Far East to duties related to naval operations.
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Swea City
Merlin
Richard Waterbury
McGinty
Far East
Attitudes Shape Children Across Social Classes
A study finds children mirror their parents' self-image and status. High status families’ kids know their standing, are ambitious, while low status families’ children seem resigned to inferiority and avoid striving in studies or activities. Direct teaching and daily parental talk both matter, with attitudes louder than words.
Parents Talk And The Children Listen
Parents place faith in do and donts but children learn more from indirect attitudes. A farmer named Mr Brown models pride in land, soil conservation, crop yield, and cattle care, shaping children who imitate his integrity in daily talk and actions.
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Mr. Brown
Upright Trefoil Strains Yield More Hay in Iowa Trials
Trials by C P Wilsh of Iowa State College show upright birdfoot trefoil strains Viking Cascade Granger and Italian out yielding Empire in hay production. Over two years harvests occurred three times yearly revealing Iowa selection favors plants with greater foliage than New York Empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Wilsh
Iowa State College
Iowa
New York
Empire type hay plant praised for pasture use
The spreading low set crown of the Empire type makes it especially valuable for pastures, where it withstands close grazing better than the upright type.
Quote from patrolman on fatal accidents and a bedridden woman
A highway patrolman remarks that victims of crashes may be the lucky ones, noting a bedridden young woman in a nearby old farm house who will never get up. The grim metaphor contrasts mortality with a stationary, suffering civilian in a decaying setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hullihan
Silent patrolman recalls a wrecked wife and lost shoe
A patrolman drives past a house where a woman, badly injured years ago, lies in a parlor bed watching children through a door. He recalls the wreck, the missing shoe found later, and the difficulty of accepting death while noting a nearby house and the family's grief.
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Bones
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Wade McReynolds
Ottumwa
McReynolds
Otto Armstrong
Wapello County
Herman Knudson
Clear Lakeublican
Knudson
Waate
Wendell Pendleton
Storm Lake
Harry E. Watson
Sanborn
Trafic
Aol
Rist
Kelty Ryan
Lowa Cqild Welfare Research Station
Aston Smith
Pella
On the
Klyn Tire & Battery
Tan
America
Ford
Ulrich Motor. CO
Stanley Gardner
Hickory Grove School
Peoria
Titer, Geeaner
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