Christmas in a Florida trailer park lights up Tampa town
A Florida trailer park near Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa creates a festive mood with decorative lighting, music, and neighbor gatherings. The piece notes 2000 residents sharing holiday cheer, Christmas carol broadcasts, and public displays like Christmas Carol Lane. It mentions mail volume rising with seasonal music and a local franchise hearing set by the Iowa Commerce Commission.
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Florida
Bayshore Boulevard
Bay
Tampa
Trailer Park
Park Post
Spruce Street
Veterans face debts on GI mortgage after sale warns committee
House Veterans Committee chair Olin Teague cautioned thousands of veterans who sold GI mortgaged homes remain liable if the loan defaults. He noted about a quarter of 3.35 million GI home purchases no longer belong to veterans and urged legislative fixes. The panel also discussed scholarships for orphans and hospital repairs, and whether to extend the GI loan program beyond 1957.
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Washington
House Veterans Committee
Sam
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Korea
Teague
League
Iowa Southern Utilities petitions for electric franchise rights
Notice to Washington County residents that the Iowa Southern Utilities Company has filed with the Iowa State Commerce Commission a request to erect and maintain poles wires towers and other fixtures for electric transmission to provide lighting power and heating across specified routes. The petition seeks the right to construct operate and maintain the transmission line over and along designated public areas.
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Washington County
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Des Moines
Carl W. Reed
John M. Ropes
John A. Tallman
Geo. L. McCaughan
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Centerville
Gunmen Rob Elderly Couple of Savings in Minnesota
Two gunmen robbed three elderly relatives of their life savings in Warren Minnesota on Christmas Day. The victims, Herbert Hagman 64 Minnie Hagman 63 and Carl Johnson 62, were locked in a 3 by 4 foot closet for 11 hours while the bandits ransacked the home and distributed help messages. Police seek the $10 000 loot and the suspects.
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Warren
Minn
Marshal County
Herbert Hagam
Minnie
Carl Johnson
Johnson
Hamans
Haman
Miss Hagman
Iowa Women Set For Active Role In 1956 Elections
Iowa politics see women taking broader roles in campaigning and voting. AFL CIO labor leaders predict more female workers and a push for a 100 percent voting record. Enid Robinson heads Iowa GOP women toward a Washington workshop and further door to door canvassing.
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Afl-Cio
Texas
Oregon
Mills
Iowa
Enid Robinson
Hampton
Iowa Democratic Women Plan 1956 Campaign Drive
State Democratic chairman Jake More says women will play a larger role next year in a nationwide Thank you Mr President campaign, an offshoot of the Happy Birthday Mr President program. Mrs Herbert Arthur of Ames becomes state president of the Iowa Democratic women's clubs in January and outlines an extensive 1956 program.
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White House
Jake More
Herbert Arthur
Ames
Iowa Democratic Women's Clubs
Arthur
Iowa League of Women Voters
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Jores
Joe Palooeka
REAL
Little Max
Max
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Ham Fisher
Dixie Dugan
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