Three state buildings condemned by fire marshals
Des Moines brief reports fire marshal Wilbur Jon Sa condemning three state buildings as unsafe due to age and construction. The Amos Hiatt building, the vocational rehabilitation section, and the state archives building are slated for vacating or replacement amid cost concerns and alleged life hazards.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Wilbur Jon- Sa
Rex McMahill
Buildigs and Grounds
Johnson
Amos Hiatt
State Archives
Iowa Commerce Commission
Vocational Rehabilitation
Water Works Short Course at SUI
The 1964 Water Works Short Course and Training Course was held at the Iowa Center for Continuation Study, State University of Iowa, Iowa City, April 13 to 15, sponsored by the Iowa Department of Health and the Iowa Section of the American Water Works Association. 108 water works men attended from across the state as 18 speakers, including national and state commissioners and engineers, discussed water resource protection, treatment advances, and policy actions to meet rising demand. R.B. McAllister and Glenn C. Yoder were among attendees from Washington.
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Water Works
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa
American Water Works Association
Iowa Center For
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Washington
R.B. McAllister
Glenn C. Yoder
Katie Kinsinger 80th birthday noted in Wellman event
A Wellman dinner at Serve You Well in Kalona honored Miss Katie Kinsinger on her 80th birthday hosted by her niece Miss Evalyn Kinsinger. Attendees included Ira Kinsinger and family. well known local residents attended and preparations funded by community groups. Proceeds from a later fashion show support the Wellman Girl Scouts program.
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Wellman
Evalyn Kinsinger
Katona
Katie Kinsinger
Ira Kinsinger
Pleasant View
Kalona
Lewis Dept
Girl Scouts
Youth bridge officers elected by B Jay Becker
A fragment from a 1940s bridge column notes the election of youth group officers by B Jay Becker. The text then shifts to a 1942 Syracuse national women’s team championship hand led by Mrs Phyllis Gardner of Brooklyn, detailing a diamond and heart sequence and a winning trick with a 5 4 3 2 hand.
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Contract Bridge
B. Jay Becker
Syracuse
Phyllis Gardner
Brooklyn
West
Gardiner
East
South
Gardner
King
Women’s bridge teams duel in state championship match
The article describes Mrs Gardner and Mrs Solomon in a women’s team championship, detailing heart and diamond plays, a tie on the deal, and the prowess of the players as identical hands produced the same result at another table. It also notes a 1964 YMCA Youth in Government Model Legislature in Des Moines with delegates from across Iowa.
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Sears
Fifth and Walnut
Des Moines
Atty
Evan Hultman
GOP
East
West
Gardner
State House
YMCA
Iowa
Harold E. Hughes
Highway painting starts this week in Ames
The Iowa State Highway Commission begins spring road marking with six crews painting about nine thousand miles of primary highways and extensions at ten mph. Crews will apply center lines and no passing lines then edge lines, urging motorists to heed flagmen and avoid crossing wet lines marked by red wooden blocks. Completion target is July 1 with 89 645 gallons white paint 83 585 gallons yellow paint and 705 950 pounds of glass beads.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State Highway Commission
76 club meets for breakfast in Keota
Mrs. Boyd Sanders reports the 76 Center Community club held a 9 30 breakfast in Keota with six guests. Officers Margaret Bower Mary Roberts and Ethel Winegarden were reelected. May breakfast planned at the 76 Center building with hostesses Clara Flading Ethal Stoutner and Theresa Conrad. Members shared cookies and recipes after the meeting and roll call featured a favorite Mothers Day poem.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Myra Flynn
76 Center Community Club
Kathryn Romine
Frances Greiner
Dorthy Dickenson
Karen Dickenson
Tracy
Erma Boyer
Maquoketa
LuAnn Palmer
Margaret Bower
Mary Roberts
Ethel Winegarden
76 Center
Clara Flading
Ethal Stoutner
Theresa Conrad
Mixed bowling results from Bowl-a-deres league week
Friday results show Splitters 2, Hawks 1, Niners 2, Busters 1, Sleepers 3, Hits and Mrs 0, Aces 2, Combers 1. High scores include team Sleepers 2004 and Sleepers 71 Splitters 686 in team game. Individual top series Cloyce Zieglowsky 562 and Maxine Zieglowsky 599 with individual game Cloyce 24 and Maxine Zieglowsky.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press
Fort Madison
Rank
State Board of Control
State Safety
State Safety Department
Walter Hetzel
Sui
Wayne Davis
Burton Kent
Washington Concrete
Town State College
Phil G Miller
Aerospace Engineering
Weldon Miller
Wellman Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Keokuk
All Systems Go
Sharon Brown
Michele
David Droz
Stephenie Edmondson
Linda Harras
Larry Maxwell
Debbie Romine
Claudine Miller
Emma Swartzendruber
Phil Roth
Sonsors
Billie Mbree
Paul Mundt
Arthur Ulrich
Mrs. C.R. Fritz
Falls Church, Va
Orie Gingerich
Kathy
Roy Teets
Denver
Colo
Mable DeFrees
Dorothy Swain
Donald Teets
Kenneth Hughes
Palmer
Alaska
Ira Huber
Dennis Netser
Colorado
Lillian Glan
American Legion and Auxiliary
Farmers Savings Bank
Ka Jona
Nixon
Gostress
Sith
Ces F
B. Nixon
Mulls
Eds
BUY Direct
New Washington Mill
Nixon & Company
Omaha
Movnes
Pening
Diana
North Ageon
House
Senate
Mike Wolfe
Marshalltown
Thermogas
Thermogas Company
Petal Lowa
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Hvening Journal
Washington, Towa
Holmes Ainsworth
D. C. Fisher
Joe Tebockhurst
Lloyd Meyer
Riverside
Corn Pfister Associated Growers. Inc
Lloyd Plecker Washington
John P. Jeppries Washington Theodore Meyer Washington
William B. Conwayland
Harold L. Groff Wellman Rad
Dixie Dugan
McEvoy
Ebel
Xie Een
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