Gas Tax Revenue Could Rise With Stricter Iowa Enforcement
Iowa Gas Tax Director George Marchi told the Legislative Investigating Committee that tighter enforcement could net the state several million dollars more in fuel tax revenue. He cited uncollected thousands due to inefficiency and irregularities and urged a standard operating procedure and loyal staff to close the tax gaps. Deputy Treasurer Clayton reported fuel taxes of 14.24 million in early 1958, up from 13.33 million the previous year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Marchi
Marchi
Iowa Legislative Investigating Committee
Clark McNeal
R-Belmond
McNeal
Missouri Transit Co Inc
Macon
Hole Marchi
Charles Clayton
Cuban Rebels Retreat From Northern Oriente Province
Rebel forces abandon the Crystal Mountains band in northern Oriente and fall back toward Guan tanamo as government troops intensify attacks causing heavy civilian losses. A new operations zone forms among Manzanillo Bayamo and Victoria de las Tunas to meet current military needs.
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Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Oriente
United Press
Crystal Mountains
Guantanamo
Crystal Mountain
Fidel Castro
Raul
Manzanillo
Bayamo
Victoria de Las Tunas
Boy Scout Troop 237 to Hold Bicycle Road-e-o
Boy Scouts of Troop 237 will participate in a bicycle road-e o at Stewart School Saturday at 10 am. They compete in events and follow with written exams Monday evening. Prizes go to the top riders in the two events. Parents and others are invited to observe this bicycle safety event.
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Boy Scouts of
Stewart School
75 Attend Meeting On Electric Motors At Court House Here
About 75 Washington County 4-H boys and fathers attend a Thursday night session in the county courthouse. Clarence Rhodes of Iowa Southern Utilities demonstrates motor types and care while the Jackson Boys 4-H Club performs a skit on electricity. Alan and Duane Stout display a home-made motor. John Beranek wins a quarter horse electric motor door prize from ISU.
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Washington County
Court House
Clarence Rhodes
Iowa
Southern Utilities
Jackson Boys
Record Heat Across Midwest Hits New April Highs
Cooler air from the West chased a late April heat wave across the Midwest with Chicago reaching 84 and Lansing 83, while Des Moines also tied a date heat record. Northern wind shifts bring seasonal cooling toward Chicago. Pacific Northwest storm drives cooler air eastward, with strong winds and scattered storms from Montana to Texas.
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Midwest
New England
Mercury
Chicago
Lansing
Mich
Des Moines
Chicago Weather Bureau
Windy City
Pacific Northwest
Plains
Upper
Washington Coast
Northwest
Continental Divide
Nevada
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Central Plains
Texas
Fmr
Municipal pool near completion with water test underway
The west edge of Washington hosts a newly constructed municipal swimming pool filled for testing. Co owner Gene Laren urges caution as bulldozer work prevents fencing while backfilling continues. Construction aims for finishing gutters sidewalks and drainage next week with potential June opening if weather remains favorable.
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Washington
Gene Laren
Laren
Nixon presses defense overhaul on Capitol Hill
Vice President Nixon works to rally support for Eisenhower’s Pentagon reorganization plan. He met GOP senators at lunch and kept in touch with House members as the proposal aims to place the defense secretary under Joint Chiefs of Staff authority and streamline the chain of command.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
House
Senate
Pentagon
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Organization
American Society of Newspaper Editors
International Press Institute
Army Association
Charles A. Halleck
R.ind
GOP
Winga's Cafe Celebrates 30th Anniversary in Iowa
Winga's Cafe marks thirty years in southeastern Iowa, once North Side Cafe then Cooks Cafe and Bakery. John Winga heads the business with John Jr. managing after army service. The cafe hosts early air conditioning, modernized facilities, and a daily Coffee Club founded there twenty years ago.
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Winga
Washington Coffee Club
North Side Cafe
Iowa
John Winga
Cooks Cafe
Winga’s
John Winga Jr
John Jr
Michigan State University
Coffee Club
Woman Loses $500 In Job Swindle
Mrs Livia Neal told Des Moines police a man who called him a banker and a woman swindled her out of 500 dollars. She withdrew funds at a bank and handed the money to the woman who then disappeared with the cash and left only a blank envelope. Police were notified after she found a stack of writing paper in the envelope.
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Des Moines
Livia Neal
Smitty
Russia to protest U N over U S H bomb flights
Moscow announced a formal protest to the United Nations Security Council against U S H bomb flights. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko cited a United Press report of SAC radar drills and warned the world could face a new atomic war from American actions. He urged immediate stoppage of bomber flights toward the Soviet Union as a summit seeks to ease tension.
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Moscow
Russia
United Nations Security Council
United States
Andrei Gromyko
U.N
United Nations
New York
Security Council
Gromyko
United Press
U.S. Air Force Command
U.S.S.R
U.S
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Bartholomew
Strategic Air Command
Gromykov
Sonet
East and West Move Toward Summit Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko announced diplomatic exchanges with Western powers to hasten a heads of state conference. U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson cautioned that current talks are not the start of summit negotiations.
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Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
Llewellyn Thompson
Gromyko
Thompson
Soviet Union
Maurice Dejean
Patrick Reilly
Dejean
Foreign Office
Nikita Khrushchev
Willis P. Wittmer 44 dies after surgery in Renwick
Willis P. Wittmer former Renwick schools superintendent died at 1 a.m. Friday April 18 1958 after an ulcer operation at Ft. Dodge hospital Funeral services were planned for Renwick Sunday with burial at Eicher Mennonite Church Noble at 3 p.m. Monday He lived in Renwick with wife Nelle and two sons Larry 14 and Jerry 10 He is survived by his father OC Wittmer of Washington and three brothers Virgil Dwight and Dr Sam Wittmer.
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Willis P. Wittmer
Wittmer
Ft. Dodge
Renwick
Iowa
Eicher Mennonite
Noble
Willis Wittmer
Washington High School
Nelle
Larry
Jerry
C. Wittmer
Washington
Virgil
Fairmont
Minnesota
Dwight
Quincey
Illinois
Sam Wittmer
Springfield
Missouri
SUI Students Protest Housing Rent Increase
Iowa City students protest a $10 monthly rent hike for barrack style University of Iowa housing. A three man delegation met Gov. Loveless and sought a hearing before the Board of Regents as the university plans an elaborate housing project.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Herschel C. Loveless
Richard Clark
Lamont
David Jones
Linwood Frederickson
Harlan
Des Moines
Loveless
Board of Regents
Gerald FE. Burke
Tractor accident claims South Dakota man in Iowa
Anthony Call, 35, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was fatally injured when a tractor being unloaded from a truck transport buckled the ramp and fell on him near Sibley, Iowa. He died three hours later at Sibley Hospital. Call was to deliver one of eight tractors on the shipment to his farm, per Ray Williams of Williams Implement Co.
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Russia
Dejean
Gromyko
Sibley
Iowa
Anthony Call
Sioux Fall
South Dakota
Ray Williams
The
Williams Implement Co
Marble Tournament Set for 2 P M Saturday
Boys planning to compete in the city marble tournament should meet at the west edge of Sunset Park at 2 p m Saturday Officials will judge the play and explain the rules Three prizes are offered in each of two age groups sponsored by the YMCA and the Y s Men s Club
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Sunset Park
YMCA
Transient Cistern and Tank Cleaners Warned by Sheriff
Local sheriff officials warn county residents about traveling septic tank cleaners who overcharge by square foot or pound. A spokesman says totals can reach $500 or more, and urges contacting a local county business for septic work.
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Sheriff's Office
Sales Clinic At Washington High Friday Evening
Chamber members and employees are urged to attend a sales clinic at the Washington High School auditorium Friday April 25 at 7 30 p m. Philip R Jacobson publicity manager for the Iowa Retail Hardware Association will speak assisted by master of ceremonies L J Adkins. Over 400 tickets are available to local business employees and a special award for clerks will be announced that evening.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington High School
Philip R. Jacobson
Iowa Retail Hardware Association
L. J. Adkins
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Jacobson
Mrs. Irene Darbyshire Dies In Washington
Irene Darbyshire 77 of Washington died this afternoon at Washington County Hospital at 2 30 p m Funeral services will be at the Methodist Church here Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery with Jones Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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Irene Darbyshire
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Methodist
Elm Grove
Jones Funeral Home
Northern Iowa May Get Light Showers
A few showers might fall in northern Iowa tonight while otherwise warm and sunny weather continues across the state through Sunday. Cooler air moved in Thursday night lowering temperatures from recent records, with Des Moines Davenport and Council Bluffs reaching 84 while Spencer hit 76.
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Iowa
Mercury
Des Moines
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Waterloo
Weather forecast from United Press Iowa
Partly cloudy tonight cooler with a few showers in the north. Lows 38 northwest 48 southeast. Saturday partly cloudy cooler with highs 65 northwest 75 southeast. Sunday partly cloudy mild. Five day forecast shows 8 to 14 degrees above normal with normals 60 to 65 and 36 to 42. Some cooling early then warming. little or no precipitation indicated.
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Iowa
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