Senate Notes On Reconsions And Budget Talks
A Senate press gallery sign marks days in session as April 18 shows 200th day. The piece discusses motions to recon and the impact of appropriations bills in Iowa government urged by Senate Chair Joseph Coleman and Rep. Ray Cunningham, with Andrew Frommelt and Leroy Petersen leading Ways and Means and Tax Revision.
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Senate Press Gallery
Markes
Senate Pro
Senate
Iowa
Joseph Coleman
Webster County
Ray Cunningham
Story
Andrew Frommelt
Ways and Means
Leroy Petersen
Frommelt
Dubuque
Petersen
Dallas County
Post Office Critique of Rail Passenger and Mail Service
A letter argues railroads should retain mail trains and passenger service, warning mass abandonment harms mail delivery. It contends the Post Office Department bears responsibility but cannot subsidize all transport, urging a balanced use of rail for regular mail movement and questioning air or truck alternatives. The piece cites Sumner and outdated practices as examples of deteriorating service.
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Mion
Counin Department
Federa Transportation
McNee Migor
Post Office Department
Sumner
Amail
End of an era for Sumner second grade Miss Wescott
Olive Westott, longtime Sumner Community Schools second grade teacher, closes a 50 plus year career marking the end of an era. The article honors her gentle teaching style, memories of sandbox days and chalk Indians, and her lasting influence on generations of students and the community. It notes her retirement, then a stroke and subsequent illness before her death.
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Sumner Gazette
Sumner Community Schools
Olive Westott
Sumner School
Éise
Hiawatha
Miss Wescott
Supreme Court
Sumher
Olive Wescott
Two county 4-H officers named from Waterloo district
Susan Carroll of Frederika and Richard Dewey of Waverly were chosen as State 4-H Officer Candidates from the seven county Waterloo Extension District. They were selected after interviews held Monday April 17 in Waterloo, with ten members interviewed by an eight person committee. Susan belongs to the Wapsie Whirlwinds 4-H Club and is in her third year as a Junior Leader, one of two county 4-H presidents.
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Susan Carroll
Frederika
Richard Dewey
Waverly
Waterloo
Susan
Richard
Wapsie Whirlwinds
Maurice Baringer
Senate
Andrew Frommelt
House
Iowa Assembly
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Gordon Smith
Des Moines
ISU student body president resigns amid impeachment push
Donald R. Smith resigns from engineering school amid nationwide furor over his leadership. He planned to leave Iowa in a Volkswagen bus as impeachment charges loom, following petitions by about 1,900 students. Mary Lou Lifka, a 20 year old senior, elected with him, will become president as the first female ISU student body president. James Spenster, 20, Sioux Falls, S.D., elected vice president.
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William L. Lindsey
Keen Journal-Reporter
The
Press Association
Neil L. Maurer
Laurens Sun
Hollis J. Nordyke
Ames Daily Tribune
Lewis C. Kimer
Indianola Record-Herald and Tribune
Smith Donald R. Smith
Iowa State University
Smith
Voldswagen
Iowa
Mary Lou Lifka
Berwin
Miss Lifka
ISU
James Spenster
Sioux Falls
Legislature Vetoes Deer Bill and Advances Fair Housing Measure
Busch reports Governor Hughes vetoed a deer hunting bill sponsored locally. The bill cleared the House 109 to 5 and the Senate 46 to 0, backed by Conservation officers, to curb illegal deer shooting. He also notes passage of the Fair Housing Bill, now headed to the Governor, with concerns about housing discrimination and property rights.
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Hughes
House
Senate
Bremer County
Notable Deaths and Local Events in Sumner Area
Albert A. Lienau dies at 60 after illness at Sumner Memorial Hospital. Bremer County welcomes 81 kindergarten enrollees for fall 1966. Mrs. Henry Kirchhoff, 74, dies in Bremer County. Sumner High tracks crush rivals for 100 points in Triangular meet. Mrs. Emilie Giloede, 86, passes away at her son’s farm home. Julia Traeger named to attend Girls State June 6 12. Thieves steal $600 in Sumner businesses. Mary Jean Hay among 50 Iowa girls earning $500 nursing training grants. Funeral for Viola J. Billmeyer, 85, held. Albro Overton sets Summer school broad jump record. Summer wins Upper Iowa Conference title. Fire damages roof of R B Jones residence. minor damage. Mrs. Herman Wittenburg, 56, dies after year and a half illness. Donald Kerr arrives in Ireland with the AEF. Mrs. J P Murphy attends NCCW convention in Hollywood and St Augustine. Herbert Platte attends grandmother Anna Engelke’s funeral. St Paul’s Lutheran starts digging cellar for new parsonage. Seaman Baker passes away unexpectedly at home near Westgate. HF Zupke ships hay to Chicago. Frances Blunie suffers burn from celluloid comb. Mr and Mrs V S Eggleson celebrate 14th anniversary. Ed Fortsech ill with lockjaw after tooth extraction. Henry Levig returns from Richmond College for extended visit.
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Albert A. Lienau
Fredericksburg
Sumner Community Memorial Hospital
Dunant
Donald Gosch
Henry Kirchhoff
Bremer County
Hillcrest
Sumner High
Postville
South Winneshiek
Emilie Giloede
Fred
Julia Traeger
Lawrence Traeger
Hawkeye American Legion Auxiliary
Girls State
Sumner
Mary Jean Hay
Iowa
Viola J. Billmeyer
Albro Overton
Upper Iowa
Overton
R. B. Jones
Herman Wittenburg
Bethel Township
Fred Kerr
Donald
Ireland
AEF
J. P. Murphy
Hollywood
St. Augustine
Fla
N.C.C.W
Herbert Platte
Anna Engelke
Hawkeye
St. Paul’s
Seaman Baker
Westgate
HF. Zupke
Chicago
Frances Blunie
Ed Fortsech
Henry Levig
Richmond
Ind
Henry Nieman
Poet's Corner features Lilian Dirksen weekly in Sumner Gazette
Lilian Dirksen, a renowned Sumner poet and Midwest poet laureate of the Chaparrel Poetry Society, has poetry featured weekly in the Sumner Gazette. The excerpt includes a selection of quotations and reflections on truth, death, and the pursuit of meaning, closing with a hopeful line about a future dividend for truth seekers.
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Lilian Dirksen
Sumner
Midwest
Chaparrel Poetry Society
Sumner Gazette
Social Security tax reports for household workers due April 30
Earl T. Johnson of Waterloo urges employers to file IRS Form 942 and quarterly Social Security reports for household workers such as maids cooks and nannies. Payments of 50 or more in a calendar quarter require reporting and include 4.4 percent tax withholdings. late filings incur penalties. The district office offers extended hours Monday evenings and Saturdays openings.
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Earl T. Johnson
Social Security
Waterloo
Mr. Johnson
Internal Revenue Service
Johnson
Internal Revenue Service Office
Waterloo Social Security District
Home Show and Heyers Promote Local Building Supplies
April promises growth as Heyers advertises Weyerhaeuser Four Square lumber and Sul-Seal Mule hide Shingles for home improvements. The Sumner Merchants highlight a recent Home Show with 600 clock radio registrations, prize won by Alfred W. Nuss, and urge shopping first from local merchants.
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Heyers
Weyerhaeuser
Alfred W. Nuss
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Iowa State Education Association
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Vere
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Hardin County Times
Town Falls Citizen
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Elthon
Leo Elthon
Fertile
Gay
William S. Beardsley
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Dwight V. Purcell
Hampton Chronicle and Times
Purcell
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Unionville
Busch
Sioree
Pargabay
the ‘Poet's Corner
Bulwer
Habbington
Socrates
W. Milford
Hee Haw News
W. H. Heyer
Heyer
the Legion Hall
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Shee
H— Trene
Sumner Merchants
Sid
Hwe
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