Iowa May Consider Educational Television Network
Iowa lawmakers face a decision on funding an educational television network proposed by the joint committee on educational television. The plan envisions a 12 station system costing about 4.03 million dollars, with stage one to establish four sites including Ames and Des Moines, and two follow-on stages adding Council Bluffs Sioux City and more northern and eastern cities.
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Iowa
Iowa Joint Committee On Educational Television
Ames
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Burlington
Dubuque
Davenport
Mason City
Ottumwa
Butter Roasted Turkey and Holiday Menu Sightings
A festive piece outlines a butter roasted turkey with rich gravy and sage dressing, plus sides like mashed potatoes, onions, green beans, cranberry salad and pumpkin pie. It also notes a broadcasting plan for a butter roasted turkey program from Iowa City and cites 1953 FCC channel deadlines and political results in Iowa including William S. Lynes’s victory and Eisenhower’s statewide win.
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Turkey
State agencies seek budget hikes as legislature approaches
The Iowa State Highway Commission requests 11.7 million dollars annually for two years to fund operations and maintenance of the primary road system, increasing by 2.5 million over current funding. The increase follows meetings with Governor Beardsley and State Comptroller Glen Sarsfield, with recommendations due to the 1953 legislature. The health department seeks a 70 percent boost, asking 684,945 from state funds versus 389,450 last year. The Iowa State Education Association backs seven changes to the state employees retirement program, including no salary contribution or benefit ceilings and early retirement eligibility, to be presented to the legislature. Longtime Republican A. C. Gustafson is again elected House chief clerk, effective Jan. 12.
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William S. Lynes
Waverly
Iowa House of Representatives
Lawrence Putney
Gladbrook
Lynes
Iowa House
A. C. Hanson
Inwood
Lynes and Putney
Putney
Hanson
Iowa
Iowa Legislative Budget Committee
Herman Knudson
Clear Lake
A. E. Augstine
Oskaloosa
Senate
House
Ike
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
State Highway Commission
Beardsley
Glen Sarsfield
State Health Department
Iowa State Education Association
Veteran Iowa official Gustafson's long service noted
Democrats in the house challenge the GOP majority as Gustafson’s political career spans from 1907 clerkship through chief clerk roles and senate service to the present. A state study committee recommends creating a nine member public utility commission to regulate all utilities and take over the commerce duties within a year.
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Gustafson
House
George W. Clarke
Gus
Senate
Iowa
Public Service Commission
Texas
Public Utility Commission
Iowa Commerce Commission
December deadly month warned in Iowa highway death count
State Safety Commissioner P W McMurry warned December is a deadly month as winter driving and the holidays heighten risk. He projected as many as 65 highway deaths in Iowa this month, noting 63 last December and 487 traffic deaths by December 1 this year, with traffic up about five percent from last year.
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State Safety Department
Iowa
P. W. McMurry
McMurry
Winter driving safety appeal aims to save lives
McMurry calls for continued careful driving through December hoping to save more than 60 lives compared with last year. S. N. Jespersen adds winter warnings: reduce speed and watch for ice and packed snow, use headlights in snow, ensure brakes lights defrosters wipers, and stay vigilant at railroad crossings.
Three Patrolmen Share Christmas Highway Tragedies
Three highway patrolmen were selected to record traffic safety radio announcements for the holidays. Each recalled a Christmas highway tragedy, with one officer noting he arrived first at a lonely night accident scene after the call came in.
Christmas Bells Guard Echoes of a Tragic Crash
In a grim December crash on a gravel road a young couple died in the front seat as a red paper Christmas bell swung from the rearview mirror. An injured woman grieved for her baby amid shattered plans and Christmas cards found among the wreckage. Patrolmen recall fatal season dangers and solemn duty.
Mumps Strikes Iowa Falls Doctor After Years of Practice
Dr F N Cole of Iowa Falls receives sympathy cards amid confinement to home with mumps. Dr John Herrick, extension veterinarian at Iowa State College, notes tragic Christmas losses for some dairy farms due to mastitis causing reduced milk production, quarter loss, poor milk quality, and occasional death.
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F. N. Cole
Iowa Falls
Cole
John Herrick
Iowa State College
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A. C. Gustafson
ARR
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H. W. Krueger
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ATT Colonial
Orville Naber
Tripoli
Lown
Elswhere
Bremer County
Lee O. Peacock
R. C. Allen Typewriters
R. C. Allen Adding Machines
R. C. Allen Cash Registers
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Remington Adding Machines
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Carter
Indiana
Heyer
Johnson
Haskell
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Blame Business Service
Mr. Rettig
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Meier Furniture and Funeral Service
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R. W. Rettig
Meier & Rettig
Win. H. Meier
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