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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1962
Page
4
For sale a mahogany finish drop leaf extension table with two leaves and pad plus six chairs. Listing by Mrs. Robert Chapin in Tripoli.
For Rent ads list a modern 3 bedroom house at 709 Indiana St Waterloo with phone AD 3-0134 plus a farm house rental near Jet 63 and 93, one mile north and two miles west. Contacts include Albert Everding and 15-F21 Tripoli.
Mrs. Leland Alcock thanks relatives friends and neighbors for cards gifts and visits during hospital stay at Allen Memorial Waterloo and after returning home Special thanks go to Rev. Lloyd Bair for visits and prayers The family also appreciates the food delivered and will long remember these kindnesses.
Ralph A. Oliver, senior member of the Iowa Supreme Court, will retire effective Oct 1 citing ill health. Governor Norman Erbe praised his service and said a successor will come from three nominees chosen by a committee led by Chief Justice Theodore Garfield. The governor noted reforms require legislative action before filling vacancies.
Iowa Heart Association reports three month memorial gifts totaling 6234.02 for July through September. Harold E. Jacobsen of Sioux City notes donations fund heart research and urges gifts to local chair or the Des Moines office. Gifts are credited to the deceased's county. Bremer County memorials totaled 76.00 for Herman Sohle Gerald Guenther Wendell Kerm Nuss.
Marvin Schmidt of the Iowa Development Commission urged Iowa to ally with Minnesota North and South Dakota Nebraska Missouri and Kansas to attract aerospace industry and defense work. He said a regional research park linking public culture education and private projects would draw firms and retain scientifically trained youths.
The Iowa Employment Security Commission reports 4,000 fewer unemployed between July and August bringing the August total to 27,000 or 2.4 percent of the workforce. Agricultural sector decline helped reduce the workforce while total employed rose to 692,000, up 1,500 from July and manufacturing added 2,200.
Harold Hughes, Iowa gubernatorial candidate, demands the legislative committee on state revenue release its findings before the November 6 election. Committee chair Richard Stephens, an Ainsworth Republican, opposes releasing the report prior to voting. Hughes says voters have a right to the information beforehand.
Allen Whitfield spoke to the County Officers Association arguing against exporting a large share of Iowa’s trained workers, urging focus on nurturing Iowa’s own people and opportunities rather than seeking green pastures beyond state borders. He emphasized developing the state’s human potential as a treasure.
Iowa highway officials report sixty two million dollars in road construction contracts awarded in the past year, bringing postwar totals to eight hundred fifty five million. Chairman Jo Stong defends an open door policy and explains informal Tuesday pre-meetings precede the regular Wednesday sessions without any final action or votes. Governor Erbe said the practice would be changed.
Local newspaper page from October 17 1962 covering TriPoli Iowa events. Brief items include community notices, school updates, and regional happenings with names and places identifiable in the readable text.
Reports describe adding no passing zones and additional ones to lanes as autos grow lower. Changes rely on yellow lines and pennant signs along highways. In some cases the zones extend by about eight feet to improve safety.
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