Nixon Draws Large Crowds in Iowa Campaign Tour
Capitol Capsules recount Nixon and wife Pat rallying crowds in Ottumwa Cedar Rapids Waterloo Fort Dodge and Sioux City as he tours Iowa. The piece contrasts with Democrat VP candidate Sparkman’s quieter stops and notes Eisenhower campaign planes and a broad GOP push. Also covers toll roads draft calls and party fundraising efforts.
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Bremer County Farm to Market Roads Progress Report
Bremer county's farm-to-market road construction program advanced 470 758.57 dollars toward its good roads goal over the last three fiscal years per figures from the Iowa state highway commission. The data show 35 more miles graded and 13 added miles surfaced, with 95 percent of the system All Weather Surfaced as of January 1, 1959. Funding distribution includes 15 percent for farm-to-market roads and the remainder allocated to secondary routes, primary roads, cities and county roads.
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