Political announcements for Pocahontas county candidates
Guy G. Butler announces candidacy for State Representative in Pocahontas County subject to June Republican primaries. EB. Stahly announces candidacy for Sheriff of Pocahontas County on the Republican ticket subject to June primaries.
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Pocahontas County
Guy G. Butler
Rolfe
Iowa
EB. R. Stahly
Pocahontas
Office of State
Bena En Republican
Distric de Ginera Hema
Storm Lake, Ley
Aou
Bert Looney
Pocahonta
Joy
Experience Can Be Dangerous on the Highway
A national editorial warns that driving experience can breed overconfidence and indifference. The piece cites Travelers Insurance data showing 97 percent of last year’s crashes involved drivers with at least one year of experience. It urges humble, cautious driving even for seasoned motorists.
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Travelers Insurance Companies
End potato supports and controls say Wallace in 1951 plan
Wallace’s Farmer argues that after wartime surpluses and rising yields from DDT and fertilizer, potato programs waste government funds. He urges ending 1951 supports and removing marketing controls while protecting growers who planted, but shifting income help to other means.
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United States
Uncle Sam
Congress
Defense of Brannan Plan Promises Market Reform and Direct Prices
Democratic Senate candidate Albert J. Loveland explains the Brannan plan would preserve loans storage and acreage rules for storable crops while shifting meat milk and egg support away from government handling to direct consumer sale. He attacks current surpluses handling as wasteful and costly.
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Senate
Brannan
Kerr Gas Bill Veto Highlights Gillette Capitol Hill Report
Senator Guy M. Gillette notes President Truman vetoed the Kerr Natural Gas Bill seen as a consumer cost risk. He backs ongoing Hoover Commission debates and opposes blanket adoption of its full report while urging bi partisan inquiry into Germany and unemployment insurance changes.
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Gillette
Capitol Hill
Guy M. Gillette
Truman
House
Senate
Congress
Douglas
Production payment proposal to stabilize farmer income
A plan proposes that processors wholesalers and retailers charge what the housewife pays and balance any gap between farmer market price and support price for meat milk and eggs via a production payment. It aims to insure full price protection prevent waste and pass any surplus benefits to consumers without increasing the total food bill.
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Kansas
Brannan
Pocahontas County Supervisors Meet In Regular Session
Pocahontas County Iowa Board of Supervisors met April 18 1959 in the courthouse with all members present. Actions included approval of the Recorder and Clerk of Courts quarterly reports, bond approval for Minnie Fullerton Deputy County Superintendent, bid award to Fonda Times for printing the 1949 Financial Report, resignation of Lloyd L. Cox as Constable, transfers of funds between county accounts, policy renewals with Connecticut Fire and Employers Mutual, 10 percent drainage assessments in Districts 88 and 101, and audits of numerous county claims.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
Gilbert Ellis
J. M. Bush
G. C. Johnson
Floyd Clark
Henry Oaken
Bush
Johnson
Recorder's
Onken
Clerk of Courts
Minnie Fullerton
Oaken
Rolfe Arrow
Fonda Times
Lloyd L. Cox
Clinton Township
Clark
General County Fund
Apiary
Allen and Beneke
Connecticut Fire Insurance Co
Employers Mutual Casulty Co
Des Moines
Buena Vista County
Senate Plans for Social Security Benefit Rise
Senate Finance Committee proposes an average Social Security increase from 26 to 59 dollars a month, a 90 percent rise. The plan would keep the 141 percent payroll tax until 1956 then raise to 2 percent, differing from the House which set 2 percent after January 1, 1951. Officials argue Labrador iron reserves and St Lawrence Seaway could impact steel shipments to midwest mills.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Labrador
Minnesota
Mid-western
Pocahontas County Attorney Candidate Announces Candidacy
Donald G. Beneke of Laurens Iowa declares his bid for nomination as County Attorney of Pocahontas County subject to Republican voters in the June primary. He seeks to serve in the county seat and represents his legal experience to win the party’s nomination.
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WYH
Air Force
Henry H. Arnold
Hap Arnold
U. S. Air Force
Gladwyn
Pennsylvania
West Point
Signal Corps
Dayton
California
Arlington National Cemetery
Pocahontas County
Donald G. Beneke
Laurens
Iowa
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M. R. Soth
Robert Swan
Marion Bruce
Humboldt
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Onange
Albert J. Loveland
Germany
U. S
Hoover Commission
McClellan
Secretary of the Treasury
National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor
Post Office Department
Post Office
Bureau of Public Buildings
Board Proceedings
Irene Weber
Ben Fischer
Q.A.A
Diem
Fred Guderian
O.A.A
Madeline Butler Lee
Viola McCartan
Kenneth Richardson
Federal Laboratories
Iinc
Strathman Studio
Kimball Bros
H. B. Hopp
Donahue Implement Co
Quaker Oats Co
Inc. Pocahontas, Light, Power & Water
March
P.E.R.S. Fund
Mar
Ivan D. Rice, Co. Treas
Diebold, Inc
Burrough’s
Koch Bros
Standard Blue Print Co
Laurens Sun
Laurens Sun, Proc & Sched
Proc & Sched
Mach. Corp
W. F. Richardson
Pocahontas Dairy
B. E. H. Yager
M. Hol- Ferden
Hicks
Weaver
Gottschalk
E. O. Loxtemkamp
Broomer
Yorth
M. A. Armstrong
M. Dettman
Derpools
Eaton
Filley
Ford
Spencer Municipal
T. S. Clark
Harry L. Pitluck
Wm. W. Weber
A. Mercy
Moulton
Cook
Fidelity Abstract Co
Abcurb & Gutter
Joseph V. Hamilton
Mil & Janis
Duane Pederson
Aseeneenberg
Central States
Elec. Co. Archer
Arch F. O'Donoghue
Med Hauck
Raymond Weeks
Constance Pederson
Marcella Pederson
Soldiers Relief
Sanford
Griffin
E. O. Loxterkamp
Rolfe, I
H. G. Frigaard
Chiropractor
Rolfe, Low
Carl J. White
Jowa
D. C
Rolfe, Fa
F. H. Molyneux
Methodist Church
J. E. Hynds
Ritz Theatre
Kennedy Agency
General Insurance
T. J. Raynes Insurance
Acciden
T, M. Graham
Kl. W. Feldman
B. B. Ranney
Jeues
G. Fred Smith Automobile & Property Insurance Real Eos
Fuller Bloc
Harry Tyler
Rolfe State Bank
Fice
Vista
Pritt J.C
Clint
I Court
Pocahon 4
Katherine Bon
Toy
County
Sherif
Beth
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