Budget to Exceed President's Asking, Economist Declares
A private economist with Budget Bureau data says federal spending for the new fiscal year will rise at least one billion dollars above President Eisenhower's estimate of 71.8 billion. Gerhard Colm of the National Planning Assn., testifying before a Senate House subcommittee, warns the economy drive may fail to prevent higher spending. The House postal subcommittee also plans a tough session with Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield over a request for 149.5 million dollars more in postal funds.
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Washington
LLP
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
Gerhard Colm
National Planning Assn
Senate House
Congress
House Postal Appropriations Subcommittee
Arthur E. Summerfield
Republicans Seek More Funds for 1958 Campaign
Meade Alcorn, Republican National Chairman, told President Eisenhower that fund raising was difficult because many Republicans thought the 1958 budget was too high. He cited six regional meetings and said gains in 1957-58 could boost governorships and possibly House control, with Senate still uncertain. Eisenhower ready to play a vital role, but Alcorn did not specify his level of involvement.
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Washington
Meade Alcorn
Eisenhower
Alcorn
Congress
House
Senate
How To Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
A quick tip for denture wearers suggests sprinkling FASTEETH powder on plates to keep false teeth from slipping. The alkaline non acid formula aims to hold teeth firmly with no gummy taste and even helps reduce denture odor. Available at drug counters.
Carolyn Waldschmidt Honored At Riverside Shower
A Riverside pre nuptial shower for Carolyn Waldschmidt was held at St Marys with sixty guests. Blue and white decorations reflected the bride to be. Separate Richmond event May 19 honored her ahead of the June 17 wedding to Clifford Joseph Shalla.
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Clifford Joseph Shalla
St. Mary’s Church
Riverside
Household Goods Sale Held At Brighton
A sale of Mrs. E. C. Cook's household goods occurred Saturday in Brighton. Attendees included Mrs. Earl Smith and Gerald Cook of Fort Madison, plus visiting relatives and local residents. Several townspeople visited, and local events included a Brighton Fire Department call for a chimney fire near Germville.
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Edna S. Crile
Brighton
E. C. Cook
Richard Reeder
Morrison, Colo
Harold Gertzen
Cedar Rapids
Joe Keegen
Keegan
Lawrence Hooks
Margaret Cuddy
Alberta Crow
Kathleen
Michael
Rock Island
Enda Crile
Hooks
Oskaloosa
Penn College
Harry Bagby
Dorothy
Elwood Jordan
Chester Teeter
Ottumwa
Clock Face Painting In Ramblings Town
Washington's court house tower clock, stuck at 2 45, is being repainted after 80 years. Contractor William Leasure of Burlington, with one helper, will restore the seven foot diameter faces at a cost of 225 dollars. The work should finish within two days with the clock kept out of service during painting.
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Washington
Court House
Board of Supervisors
William Leasure
Burlington
Washington Academy
Academy
YMCA
Fever Road Deaths Rise On Washington County Highways
Until the first of June last year four persons had been killed in accidents on Washington county highways. This year in the first five days similar patterns emerged with several severe collisions reported.
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Washington
County Auto Fatalities Steady Through June Signals Improvement
The county reports one automobile death in February at Brighton and no highway deaths in five months. Through June first, 32 crashes have occurred, down from 41 last year, with more traffic likely. Last June saw 17 accidents and two deaths. 1956 total fatalities reached 14.
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Brighton
Sheriff's Office
County Clerk Reports Marriage Licenses Trend
The clerk of court issued 32 marriage licenses by June 1, down from 45 by the same date last year. June is expected to bring many weddings. county records show 19 licenses in that month last year.
English Is Really A Meaty Language
English language phrases draw on meat and livestock with roots stretching back centuries. The piece notes colorful expressions like hog and bacon, beefing, and cold shoulder, tracing origins to antiquity and 300 years of usage.
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Alfred Leech
United Press
Chicago
National Live Stock Producer
Slang origins from horns to hogs.
A compact tour of old time American and English phrases with their roots from horn carved soup strainers to prices and insults. It traces hell for leather, whole hog, cut a hide, hammy, bring home the bacon and the Dunmow bacon oath, noting social contexts and shifts in meaning.
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Dido
Carthage
Dunmow
Essex
England
South Dakota to plant 6000 acres of trees this year
Woodland conservationist A. L. Ford reports more than 6,000 acres of trees to be planted on South Dakota prairie lands this year. He notes better conditions in 1956 could have raised planting by 20-25 percent, but poor weather reduced high quality nursery stock.
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Huron
S. D
A. L. Ford
South Dakota
Ford
Gay Nineties Theme Marks Alumni Banquet in Ainsworth
Alumni banquet at Ainsworth gym featured Gay Nineties costumes and decor. German band and Broadway style acts entertained as generations of graduates attended and new officers were elected.
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Ainsworth
Ainsworth Gym
Diamond Jim
Larry Trotter
Vernon White
Robert
Jim Quinn Sr
Dave
Jim Stephens
Mac Wallace
Diamond Jim Brady
Flo Ziegfield
Herbert Rich
Brown Derby Harry
Gene Stephens
Tandem Bike Charlie
Dave Stephens
Playboys of Broadway Quartet
John Quinn
Ed Koehler
Millard Chambers
God Be With
Blanche Stephens
Lola Coon
Mariin Henderson
Ethyle Henderson
Sam Stephens
Bill McConnell
Floyd Edmondson
Raymond Coon
Kenneth Ornduff
Clarence Richards
Lillian Simpson
Floyd
West Chester
Musicians Union of the American Federations of Musicians of
Local visitors attend Hunt-Holmes wedding and social calls
Ainsworth residents Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wortman and two daughters from Pella Iowa spent the weekend with Rev. Dale Brehmer and attended the Hunt Holmes wedding. George Wiegman of Des Moines visited the Al Hazelette home. Past Falls Idaho visitors stayed with Lawrence Wilson in Washington. A discussion supported asphalt as road binder with a film shown by Mr Bliss. Curtis Smith of Britt survived a mishap after being catapulted from a car at 70 mph with minor injuries.
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Harold Wortman
Pella
Iowa
Dale Brehmer
Hunt-Holmes
Maynard Marshall
Past Falls, Idaho
Lawrence Wilson Home
Washington
Highway No. 1
Mr. Bliss
Asphaltic concrete paving advantages highlighted by Iowa official
Robert L. Bliss, executive secretary of the Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa, spoke to the Washington Rotary Club on Monday. He praised asphaltic concrete for low construction cost and wear resistance, explained its difference from cement concrete, and contrasted it with common blacktop surfaces.
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Robert L. Bliss
Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa
Washington Rotary Club
Bliss
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Gop
Carolyn Waldschmidt
Mrs. Marge Luckey
By Bruce Cowden
Mr. Leasure
Mrs. Homemaker
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
S.D. Trees
George Wiegman
Des Moines
al Hazelette
Curtis Smith
Britt
Sewereamer
Carson
Witchery
Isber
Jarvis Appliance
Square
Harold Jarvis
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