Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 200 in Christmas Shutdown
United Press reports a Christmas traffic toll exceeding 200 with estimates near 180. Ned H Dearborn of the National Safety Council urged safer highway behavior as 212 deaths were tallied in a 6 p.m Tuesday to midnight Wednesday window. Ohio led states with 26 fatalities. fires and other accidents brought total deaths to 267 nationwide.
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Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
United Press
Ohio
New York
Michigan
California
Washington
Oklahoma
Chicago
Bradford
Tacoma
Wash
Indiana
Quincy
Mass
Assessments Up Millage Down In Washington City 1957 Figures
The 1957 total assessed valuation for Washington city rose to 6 838 601 from 5 291 666 in 1956 while the millage fell from 26 073 to 21 546. Outside firms revalued property last summer and county officials praised the work though business valuations were adjusted downward. Rural county totals and nine city valuations also rose with varied budgets and millage rates.
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City of
Washington
Fred FE Bourgeois
Walter Kiesey
Washington County
Ainsworth
Brighton
Coppock
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Riverside
Wellman
West Chester
Six Added To Iowa Auto Mishap Toll
Six people died in Iowa traffic crashes over the Christmas period, pushing the 1957 toll toward the 1956 mark. The Christmas fatalities included two deaths on Christmas Eve and four on Christmas Day, plus earlier injuries. The report lists names and places from Eldridge to Creston, Mount Pleasant, Council Bluffs, and Sioux City, noting a fatal fire in Jefferson and other accidental deaths across the state.
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Iowa
Jefferson
Ricky Brock
Laverne Rathjen
Eldridge
Davenport
U.S
Benjamin Turner
Betty
Cedar Rapids
Walford
Turner
Louis
Donald Griffin
Williamsburg
Griffin
William Rimmer
Mount Pleasant
Henry County
Hugh Dalmer
Robert A. Perry
Council Bluffs
Creston
Union County
Robert Kuhl
Perry
Richard McGarrigle
el Monte
Calif
Jewell
McGarrigle
Albert Rother
Farmington
Minn
Jack Brown
W.A. Fisher
Brown
Maurice Glass
Arcadia
Gene Terrell
Laurens
Woodbine
Helen Kay Pas
Sioux City
Miss Pas
Wesley Pas
Sigourney Democrat Seeks LeCompte's Post
Dale Kramer of Sigourney today obtained nomination papers from the Secretary of State to run as the Democratic nominee for Congress in Iowa's fourth district. He is the first candidate to file for the post now held by Republican Karl LeCompte of Corydon. Kramer previously sought the nomination in 1956.
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Des Moines
Dale Kramer
Sigourney
Secretary of State
Kramer
Karl LeCompte
Corydon
Eisenhower to Visit Gettysburg Farm for Budget Work
President Eisenhower plans a week at his Gettysburg PA farm to draft the 1958 budget and State of the Union message. He aims to propose a roughly 40 billion dollar military budget plus increases in economic aid and science training funding.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Congress
State of the Union
U.S
Brundage
Tysburg
Percival Brundage
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Boy, 10, Dies In Fire At Jefferson Home
Ricky Brock, 10, was killed in a fire that gutted his mother's home in Jefferson Iowa. The blaze started on a rear porch and raced up a staircase trapping him in his room. His mother and three siblings escaped downstairs as firefighters reached him. A new Christmas toy lay in his hand.
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Jefferson
Iowa
Ricky Brock
Loveless Committee to Review School Bus Safety Measures
Iowa Gov. Herschel Loveless says a special traffic safety committee will study school bus operations at its next meeting with goals to tighten safety rules. The panel will break problems into areas and may discuss radio networks for highway maintenance and protocols for pull off areas and emergency vehicle access on limited access interstates.
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Des Moines
Herschel
Loveless
Iowa Highway
Highway Commission
J Knox Dunn 92 Pioneer of Wyman Dies
James Knox Dunn died Wednesday December 25 1957 at Washington County Hospital after two weeks of illness. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev M W Daugherty and FE O Dirks. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Dunn born June 25 1865 near Louisa County. married Mary Melissa Podds July 21 1902 at Wyman. Survived by three children Wallace Evans Crawfordsville William D Dunn Columbus Junction James K Dunn Wyman and 12 grandchildren. Mrs Dunn died 1948.
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James Knox Dunn
Wyman
Washington County
Jones Funeral Home
Rev. M. W. Daugherty
FE. O. Dirks
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Dunn
Louisa County
Thomas G. and
Jane Daugherty Dunn
Morning Sun
Mary Melissa Podds
Wallace Evans
Crawfordsville
William D. Dunn
Columbus Junction
James K. Dunn Wyman
Scientist urges basic research exchange with Soviet Union
At the AAAS annual meeting in Indianapolis Dr Paul B Sears of Yale called for a free exchange of basic research ideas with Russia and other Iron Curtain nations. He emphasized theoretical science and warned that withholding science secrets among NATO members raises American peril.
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Indianapolis
American Association For the Advancement of Science
West
Russia
Iron Curtain
Paul B Sears
Yale University
Sears
Association
NATO
America
Hammarskjold Meets Nasser in Cairo Talks Middle East
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold meets Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo for a broad review of Middle East issues. The talks cover compensation for Suez Canal Company shareholders, Arab-Israeli tensions, and wider regional problems.
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Cairo
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
Hammarskjold
United Nations Emergency Force
Gaza
Mahmoud Fawzi
Egypt
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Snow falls statewide defying forecast in Iowa
Des Moines forecaster C E Lamoureux states a high-altitude jet stream caused up to five inches of snow in Iowa on Tuesday night. He admits forecasts did not predict the snow and notes the public enjoyed the mild Christmas weather and snowball fun. In South Dakota, Howard officials give free light bulbs to electric customers prompting state complaints.
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Des Moines
Lowans
C.E. Lamoureux
Lowa
Toledo
Clutier Lamoureux
Howard
S.D
South Dakota
John Penne
Davenport Boy Displays True Christmas Spirit
Davenport youth Chuck Van Fossen now 15 sent a Christmas gift to the University of Iowa hospitals. The present included an oil painting and 12 dollars in cash and checks from his paper route. Painting will be hung in a children’s area and funds used for toys and gifts. Hospital superintendent Gerhard Hartman praised his generosity as an inspiration and called his conduct the true Christmas spirit.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Davenport
University of Iowa
Chuck van Fossen
Gerhard Hartman
Hartman
van Fossen
Interim Committee Faces Legal Snarl In Money Matters
Des Moines reports the Legislative Interim Committee faces a legality question over whether it can appropriate state funds during the off session. Atty Gen Norman Erbe says they may act only on emergencies unseen during the regular session, raising doubts about any authority to allocate funds at all.
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Des Moines
Norman Erbe
Glenn Sarsfield
Erbe
Sarsfield
Brown vows toughest Iowa traffic crackdown
Acting Public Safety Commissioner Russell Brown announced a record push to curb highway deaths in Iowa. He will mobilize 250 patrolmen during the peak 3 pm to 3 am period and deploy supervisors on the roads as part of a legislative push for stricter traffic laws after a Christmas toll that set a record since 1941.
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Des Moines
Russell Brown
Iowa
Brown
Iowa Highway Patrol
David Herrick
Lowa
Iowa 1958 highway plan announced for 1958 funding
The Iowa Highway Commission unveiled a 55.56 million dollar primary highway program for 1958 to improve 1,187 miles of roads. It excludes inter state and farm to market routes to be released later. The plan covers grading and bridging, gravel surfacing, paving, and widening, with notable projects in Dubuque Fremont Green Harrison Kossuth counties.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Chris Larsen Jr
Sioux City
Larsen
Herschel C. Loveless
Loveless
Dubuque
U.S. 20
Iowa 136
Fremont
Iowa 59
Missouri Line
U.S. 30
Scranton
Grand Junction
Harrison
Missouri Valley
Woodbine
Kossuth
Iowa 9
Emmet County
Lakota Junction
Local Road Projects Planned for 1958 Contracts
The State Highway Commission released plans listing 58 tentative 1958 contracts including railroad crossing signals on highways 1 92 west of Washington and highway 218 in Crawfordsville. Washington County highway 218 widening 14 miles and 7.5 miles of widening plus resurfacing of North Second Avenue are noted.
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Washington
Crawfordsville
North Second Avenue
State Commission
Washington Street
North Second
Third Street
Washington County
Henry County
Special Schedule At YMCA Friday For Vacation Day
Washington YMCA announces a special Friday schedule on December 27 due to school recess. Activities include a ping pong tournament and lobby games while grade school boys use the gym 9 to 10:30 am and 1 to 3 pm, junior high 9:30 am to noon and 7 to 8:45 pm, and older students 2 to 5:30 pm and 7 to 8:45 pm.
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Washington Ymca
Paul McLain
Iowa Weather Tonight and Friday Forecast
Partly cloudy conditions persist tonight across Iowa with warmer air moving in from the west and lows in the 30s. Friday brings warmer conditions in the south and east with highs between 42 and 52 degrees.
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United Press
Iowa
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