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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1952
Page
3
Mr and Mrs B L Tibbitts marked their golden wedding with a Sunday family dinner at their East Mainz street home and an open house at St John’s American Lutheran church. Roy Tibbitts and Amanda Baumgardner wed March 16 1919 in New Hampton.
A state auditor report shows the 1951 Iowa state fair earned 239764.54 in profit with receipts 741597.58 and expenses 501833.04, flagging a year end cash balance of 213194.18 and a 678244.30 balance as of Dec 1 1951 alongside 297000 in bonds held by the fair board. The audit notes operations, presence of bond holdings, and calls for continued financial clarity.
Governor hopeful Otha D Wearin 49 of Hastings a former state legislator and congressman announced his candidacy on the Democratic ticket to oppose Herschel Loveless mayor of Ottumwa He is a member of the state Democratic central committee and has two terms in the Iowa legislature plus three terms in Congress He faced a 1938 primary challenge from Sen Guy Gillette and lost a bid for the U S Senate two years ago Lester Gillette of Fostoria also filed for state secretary of agriculture Beardsley defeated him two years ago in the gubernatorial race Freight rate increases about five percent were set by the Iowa Commerce Commission acting under interstate trends with 30 days notice to railroads and the public Also Iowa Democrats plan county presidential conventions on March 24 to pick delegates for the Des Moines state convention May 28 Republicans have already named delegates for Des Moines April 4 An accident at Storm Lake left Ray Dowdey of Linn Grove seriously injured when a gust of wind blew him from a moving freight car he was opening the door of</final>
Sieko Luchtenberg of near Grundy Center was thrown to the pavement and badly bruised when an automobile tore a wheel from the tractor he drove on the highway last week.
The stork delivered three leap year babies at Clarinda Hospital last week, all born on February 29.
Kramer Keglers maintain six point edge in the Wapsie league at New Hampton with six games remaining. They dropped four points to Schueths Hardware after a rally, as Blatz moved closer in second. Fink rolled a 222 high game and tied for high series with Kane. totals show a 757 794 898 sequence and Peacock 510 series lead.
Sterling Vifquain of Belle Plaine suffered burns to his face arms and hands when a gas heater exploded as he attempted to light it at a motor court near Austin. He was hospitalized for about two weeks.
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