Loveless Attacks Iowa School Efficiency in Speech
Iowa Governor Herschel C. Loveless criticized public school procedures as highly inefficient, noting Iowa employs more teachers per population than most states. He argued expenditures exceed national averages and outcomes, calling for reform during a Summer Workshop address.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
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Iowa Public School System
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Iown
America
Human Torch Case Seen As Likely An Accident
Prosecutors say Frank Kierdorf's tale of being burned by two men may be a lie as police find evidence suggesting an accident or possible bombing link. Tests show the fluid on Kierdorf’s clothes was water and authorities investigate a fire near Flint as Kierdorf, a former Teamster official, arrives at a Pontiac hospital with severe burns.
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UPI
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Pontiac
Robert Lyon
Detroit Crime Laboratory
Flint
Latriell Cleaners
Center
Davidson Roads
Teamster Local 332
Jerry O'Rourke
Genesee County
Detroit
Norman Gehringer
Iowa Panel Urges Change In School Aid Financing
A three member panel from Drake University urged Iowa to replace the ox and cart funding method with definite educational goals for elementary and secondary schools. Dr. John H. Harris emphasized the need for goal setting, with funding still primarily from taxes and responsibility shared by state residents. Separately in Vermont, residents complained of sonic booms from jets disrupting farm life and poultry.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Drake University
John H. Harris
Imon Bartley
Drake College of Education
Edmund Groomes
Menlo
Iowa Assn
Harris
James Miksch Chosen for Iowa Farm Youth Tour
James Miksch son of Mr and Mrs Robert Miksch of Dutch Creek township has been chosen to join the Eighth Annual Iowa Farm Youth Tour September 2 to 5 as a leadership reward. The tour sponsored by the Iowa Development Commission visits nine state industries in eight cities to show farming and industry interdependence.
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Robert Miksch
Dutch Creek Township
Iowa Farm Youth Tour
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Des Moines
Loveless
Farm Bureau
4-H
FFA
Boy Scouts
The
Development Commission
UPI
Iowa Farm Boys
Iowa Farm
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Inflation Fears Rise as Congress Debates Spending
Congress faces inflation worries as lawmakers echo concerns of a new price surge. Steel price hikes and a record peacetime deficit influence debate over several pending spending programs. The Finance and inflation risk shape votes on the debt authority request.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Governor Loveless to speak at Washington County dinner
Governor Herschel Loveless will headline a Washington County Democrats dinner at the Washington Country Club on August 21 at 6 30 p m. The pre election event includes candidate Ed McManus for lieutenant governor and Tom Dailey for Congress. Tickets cost 3 with Alex Gevock Doyle Gray on the ticket committee and Mr Levy handling inquiries.
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Herschel Loveless
Washington County Democrats
Washington Country Club
Harry Levy
Washington County
Democratic Central Committee
Ed McManus
Tom Dailey
Congress
Alex Gevock
Doyle Gray
Levy
Two Washington landmarks torn down this week
Two buildings in Washington are being demolished this week. The Fox Theater building is removed to make way for improvements at the Jones Funeral Home, leaving only the shell after work by Reschly workmen. The Bailey home is torn down to clear space for a new Benner Food Store.
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Washington
Fox Theater
Jones Funeral Home
Benner Food
Reschly
Harold Bohr Crowned Champion Baby Beef at Local Fair
Harold Bohr and Dick Soukup won top honors at the Washington County 4 H and FFA fair as baby beef entries judged. Harold's light heavy Hereford earned grand champion with Dick's Angus reserve in the heavyweight class.
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Ellen Sperner
Kalona Klippers
Washington County
Harold Bohr
Dick Soukup
Fairgrounds
Harold
Angus
Ellen Spenner
Don
Larry Lauderman
Rosann Crayne
Washington Hustlers 4-H Club
Bill Crayne
Washington
Rosann
Eisenhower Says He May Attend UN Middle East Assembly
President Eisenhower said he would attend the United Nations special assembly on the Middle East if necessary or desirable. He urged a broad discussion beyond Lebanon and noted willingness for a summit with Khrushchev if workable. He also signaled troop withdrawal from Lebanon when security is assured and implied U.S. attendance depends on the situation. Britain announced a General Assembly start next week in New York.
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UPI
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United Nations Special Assembly
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Lebanon
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
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Mideast
Jordan
New York
Britain
Hoffa Denies Payoff Ties in Senate Hearing Row
Hoffa testifies before Senate rackets investigators denying any part of a 17500 payoff from Detroit laundry owners to influence a Teamsters contract. He argues with Sen. Irving Ives as lawyer Edward Williams appeals for calm and the hearing continues amid disputes over labor reform and wage standards.
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Washington
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Detroit
Irving M. Ives
R-N.y
Hoffa
Edward Bennett Williams
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Ives
Joseph Holtzman
Holtzman
Two Teens Die in Iowa Highway 13 Crash
Two teenagers Saundra Mesch nineteen and Calvin Holthouse seventeen were killed when their car struck a bridge on Iowa highway 13 just north of Manchester. The driver David Becker eighteen suffered a broken arm and cuts. Two other teens Eugene White and Thomas Glen, both seventeen, had minor injuries.
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Manchester
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Highway 13
Here
Saundra Mesch
Calvin Holthouse
David Becker
Eugene White
Thomas Glen
Delhi
Wreckage Found of Plane Missing with Four in Iowa
Wreckage of a private Navion plane missing since July 11 was found in a heavily wooded area near Montezuma Iowa. The four San Francisco residents Lester Weber Lorraine Weber Richard Weber and Frances Weber were found dead in the scattered debris.
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Montezuma
Iowa
UPI
San Francisco
Here
William Welsh
Lester W. Weber
Lorraine
Richard
Frances
Milwaukee
Wis
Des Moines
Midwest
Will Leydens
Welsh
Leydens
Mayme Squire Named Superintendent at Washington Home
Mayme Squire will be superintendent of the Washington retirement home joining the trustees in planning management. She will move in when the building is ready next spring and oversee operational details. Squire, a Washington native with hospital nursing training, has taught nursing aid in Iowa and Michigan and will serve a one year term after opening. Construction proceeds on a living room addition and residential wing with a target occupancy around March or April next year.
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Mayme Squire
Washington
Squire
University of Iowa
Iowa
Michigan
Earl Wood
Asphaltic Concrete Work To Start On South Iowa Avenue
Clear warm weather speeds city street work as Laresen Construction Co. plans asphaltic concrete surfacing on South Iowa Avenue starting soon. Plant likely mid next week with pouring a few days after, if conditions hold. Crews also active on Ninth Avenue. North Second Avenue remains untouched.
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Washington
South
Iowa Avenue
South Iowa
Laresen Construction Co
South Ninth Avenue
North Second Avenue
Iowa Weather Forecast Shows Cloudy Skies and Scattered Storms
Considerable cloudiness with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly south and central areas through Thursday. Cooler tones in the southeast tonight, otherwise little temperature change. Highs Thursday near 80, lows tonight in the 60s. Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures with minor day to day changes and about an inch of rain from showers and storms.
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Iowa
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