Iowa Toll Road May Be Hottest Issue Next Year
Iowa lawmakers face a heated debate over a proposed 298 mile toll road from Davenport to Council Bluffs. Feasibility depends on debt service revenue. bonds may require state general obligation guarantees. The issue parallels party calls for self financing and tests bond terms amid governor races and campaign planning.
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Iowa
Highway Commission
Republican Party
Davenport
Council Bluffs
State Supreme Court
GOP
Fort Dodge
Allen Shepherd
Des Moines
Loren M. Hullinger
Cedar Rapids
Frank F. Messer
Iowa City
Leland Forrest
George J. Dugan
Perry
John L. Donahey
Panora
Juste Robert Larson
Larson
Readlyn social notes hint at community life and visits
Readlyn residents and visitors gather at multiple homes in Readlyn and nearby towns. The notes list extended families from Waterloo Cedar Falls Tripoli and Denver along with births travels and local events. A Red Cross First Aid class runs in the Readlyn town hall and local residents attend funerals and birthdays.
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John Strumpel
Martin Licht
Kenneth
Jeffery
Dennis
Londen
Arlin Maas
Joan
Carol
Ruth
New York
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Tripoli
Readlyn
Irma Licht
Maas
Herman Maas
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
London
Theo
Sick
Jerome
Idaho
Wm. Seegers
Sumner
Anna Griese
Marie Richmann
John Piehl
Ruby
Fred Westendorf
Sophia Homeyer
Denver
Ed Zars
Zars
Dorothy
Vincent Lacy
Chicago
John Vincent
Allen Memorial Hospital
Lacy
Berdine Tiedt
Edwin Tiedt
Martin Piehler
Erwin Bruns
Wayne C. Sauerbrei
A.F.A
c/o
San Francisco
Cal
Amanda Wehling
Frank Bohle
Colorado
Caroline Griese
Elda
Adella Buhrow
Roger Kollman
Lynn
LaPorte
Ind
James Scroggins
Festus
Ray Thoms
Barbara
Orville
Kay Kaufmann
Rapid City
S. D
Carol Thran
Raymond Wehling
Barbara and
Allen
Cedar
Winfield
Kan
Boone
LaVern Wehling
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
LeeAnn Schumacher
George Scherer
Kansas City
George Diercks
Scherer
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Ray Booze
Darlin Meyer
Old Style Lager Brewing Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Ruben Wittenburg
Laura Buhr
Junior Lobeck
Art Huebner
Anna Hoppel
Dan Buhr
Danny Jr
Carol Huebner
Paul Huebner
Teachers College
Seward
Nebr
Wisconsin
David Swank
Red Cross
Readlyn Town Hall
Jumping Cow Injures Child in Plainfield Crash
A cow jumped a fence and landed in a Plainfield car injuring three year old Janice Baclmann who was seated inside. She suffered a broken collar bone as the frightened animal hurtled into the vehicle.
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Plainfield
Janice Baclmann
Ten-year-old injured by fall from ladder
A 10-year-old boy named Bernard Mulder near Rock Valley fell from a ladder landing on a broken pitchfork handle. The fork penetrated his back about four inches, causing a serious injury.
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Bernard Mulder
Rock Valley
Man loses prized self-winding watch in odd tale
A man with a waterproof shock-proof unbreakable anti magnetic watch faced misfortune when he lost it, a snippet echoing the era's humor about personal tech and sanity.
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Iowa Toll Road
Congress
Clyde Herring
Des
Fountain
National Guard
Camp Ripley
Minn
Ray C. Fountain
Warren C. Wood
Gering
Carlton Smith
Glenn Sarsfield
Highway Patrol
Statehouse
Saylorville
Rock Island
St. Louis
Board of Engineers
B. L. Robinson
Herman Lenius
Mary Diercks
Martha Rathe
Fred Kimball
Hilda Widdel
Fred Hartmann
Evonne
Neil
Melvin Warneke
Hilda Prestien
Bertha Nolte
Sumner Hospital
Les Cozart
Vicky Lynn
Tommy
John Urben
Olin
Merlin Franzen
Happel
Vic
Virgil Peters
Main Street
Muhlenhaupt
Henry Stick
Henry Jr
Omaha
John Meier
Gene Autry
America
Cass County
Rieti Betes Une
Affersocn
Ase
Tre
Spa
State Farm Automobile
Howard Renwick
Mate Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Wess
Kuhrt’s
Western Saddle
Clothiers
Tripoli, Iowa
Ford Tudor
Ford
Wm. Ambrose Auto Company
Ford Sales and Service
Ford Dealers
F.D
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