Bremer County plans 50c cut per $1000 valuation
County Supervisors propose a 0.50 decrease per thousand in Bremer County property taxes for 1959 covering rural, city and town areas. Expenditures are set at 1,204,000 dollars, about 3,000 more than this year, with 548,200 dollars to be raised by tax. Public hearing to discuss the budget set for August 11 at 10 a.m. in the county courthouse, Waverly.
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Bremer County
Court House
County Board of Supervisors
County Court House
Waverly
Interstate Power Seeks Customer Opinions in Mail Survey
Interstate Power Company has mailed seventh survey in 16 years to measure customer satisfaction with service value and employee attitude. Questionnaires are tabulated by towns to identify troubles or complaints across the company’s territory.
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Interstate Power Company
Interstate
Local social notes from Pinhook and surrounding towns
Residents and visitors from Hawkeye New Hampton Sumner and Ionia gather for family and community events. Attendance includes Mr and Mrs Howard Van Brocklin Sr Mrs Clyde McConkey and extended relatives. A funeral in Sumner and a major surgery in Waterloo are noted along with a New Hampton golf tournament attended by Eldon Shriver John Mullen and others.
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Lillian Boie
Hawkeye
Howard van Brocklin
Harry McConkey
New Hampton
Clyde McConkey
Larry Seery
Herman
Irene O'Day
Kenny Seery
Ethel Griffin
Jean Rochford
Allen Kroblin
Sumner
Emil Matthias
Harry Pingre
Oelwein
Dan Shannon
Patrick
John Donnelly Sr
John
James
George Banwell Sr
George Banwell Jr
Donna
Ionia
Fred Waskow
Albert Petratz
Leslie Huck
Waterloo
Herman Frahm
John Nerge
Allen Rieck
Janesville
Albert Rieck
John Sevkow
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Kuethe
Tom McCue
Bud
Lucille
Don Dilley
Will Flanscha
Carol
Don
Howard van Brocklin Sr
Lilly Boie
Howard van Brocklin Jr
Gary
Don Wilharm
Baby
Robert Fagenbaum
Eldon R. Shriver
John Mullen
L. B. Shriver
T. A. Shriver
Eight Iowa counties eyed for severe disaster status
Eight Iowa counties Audubon Guthrie Shelby Montgomery Page Cass Fremont and eastern Pottawattamie may receive severe disaster status following western Iowa floods. Governor Loveless urged the move in a cable to Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson, seeking authorization to allow grazing on land removed from production under federal programs.
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Iowa
Loveless
Audubon
Guthrie
Shelby
Montgomery
Page
Cass
Fremont
Pottawattamie
Ezra Benson
Iowa News Briefs Include Dam Plans And Resignations
Disaster area status granted for eight Iowa counties with federal grants and low interest SBA loans. Clarinda to build a four foot Nodaway river dam, Alton to repair a three foot Floyd river dam, protests from upstream farmers. Vernon Steva charged for reckless flying tied to a highway crash near Waterloo. Republican pre convention hearings in Des Moines shaping a tentative state platform. Rev Blandau resigns as Eldora state training school chaplain after eight years citing discipline disputes. Mrs John Crabb of Jamaica named chair of the Iowa conservation commission.
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Eisenhower
Small Business Administration
Clarinda
Nodaway
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Sioux County
Alton
Floyd River
Vernon Steva
Waterloo
Steva
William Pearson
la Porte City
Belmond
W. H. Harbor
Henderson
Clark Hughes
Primghar
Eldora
Howard Blan
Former Iowa conservation leader to lead group
A former Iowa House member will succeed George Jeck of Spirit Lake as head of the conservation group. Iowa hunting season dates will be set at the August meeting. Firecracker injuries persist in Iowa, including a 15 year old, David McConkey, slightly injured by a spherical firecracker. Firecrackers still arrive via other states despite bans from twenty years ago.
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Iowa House
George Jeck
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Ed David McConkey
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Jamaica
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Warner
General Electric Home Appliances
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Oscar Mayer
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ESSEX
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Angel Food Mix
KRAFT
Waterloo Daily Courier
Colt
Charleston
Robin Hood
Rinso Blue
Comet Cleanser
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Okig
California
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