Iowa Tax Commission orders 13 county valuation changes
The Iowa Tax Commission moved to adjust property valuations in 13 counties and ordered county-wide revaluations in Harrison Linn and Marshall. Changes aim to equalize city rural assessments. Miller notes higher valuations may not raise taxes as millage rates could drop in unaffected counties.
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Des Moines
Iowa Tax Commission
Iowa
Commission
Appanoose
Kossuth
Winnebago
Harrison
Linn
Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Humboldt
Keokuk
Sigourney
Keota
Hedrick
Lyon
Mills
Monona
Monroe
Albia
Osceola
Sibley
Palo Alto
Emmetsburg
Shelby
Harlan
Taylor
Warren
Indanola
Leon Miller
Miller
Fewer Farms Seen By Purdue Expert
Earl E. Butz, dean of agriculture at Purdue University, told the American Meat Institute dinner that the next 19 years will see fewer farms and a blending of urban and rural areas. He noted top two million farms produce about 90 percent of agricultural products and predicted capital needs will rise. The talk highlighted a new animal agriculture award for Albert K Mitchell of Chicago.
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Chicago
Earl E. Butz
Purdue University
Butz
American Meat Institute
AMI
Albert K Mitchell
Davenport approves 3.4 million bond for new high school
In Davenport Iowa voters approved a 3.4 million dollar bond issue for a new senior high school in northwest Davenport by a wide margin 7621 to 1408. A second ballot granted the school board authority to use one million dollars from the school house fund for the same building program, 7371 to 1408.
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Davenport
Iowa
Stme
Britain Warns of Russian Arms Flows in Middle East
United Nations address by British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd warns Russia of massive arms deliveries to the Middle East and suggests they could pre stock forward bases for the Soviet Union. He urges Moscow to see the dangers of heightened tensions and notes limited progress on disarmament remains possible in weeks.
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United Nations
N.Y
Britain
Russia
Middle East
Lloyd
Riverside Woman Mary Heitzman Dies at 93
Mrs Mary Critz Heitzman of Riverside died at University Hospital in Iowa City at 9 p.m. Monday Sept 23 1957 after years in a wheelchair. Funeral at St Marys Catholic Church Riverside with burial at Mt Olivet Cemetery. Rosary prayers to be recited at Sorden Adams Funeral Home Riverside.
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Sorden & Adams
Heitzman
Richmond
John
Mary Jane Vorlaumont Critz
Joseph Heitzman
St. Mary's Church
Rosary Society
Senior Ladies Needie Club
Eva
E. T. McKernan
Montebello
Calif
Elmo
Ed Beranek
Colorado Springs
Colo
Riverside
Hospital Workers Begin Asiatic Flu Vaccine
An allotment of vaccine for Asiatic flu has arrived and is being administered to Washington County Hospital staff. Hospital employees are prioritized, and the shipment is designated for hospital worker protection only.
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Washington County Hospital
Harris Jones
4 H Leaders and Officers Plan Activities Thursday
Washington County 4 H youth committee and county officers meet at the extension office in Washington Thursday evening to plan activities for the coming year. The 4 H club year ends September 30. Last year 270 girls and 261 boys completed 4 H projects in the county. Farm project club leaders will meet next Monday evening at the extension office to draft plans for county clubs.
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Washington County
4-H
Washington
Jealous ex-husband plants dynamite with plan to scare wife
Fort Dodge Iowa police say Colonel F Hill 55 a dynamite expert became jealous after seeing ex wife Inez Puepke 40 with another man He planted two sticks of dynamite between the bed mattress and springs but fled before wiring them Investigators say an extension cord and dangling wire near a cut telephone line suggested a booby trap Hill was charged under Iowa law restricting dynamite in buildings He had stolen the explosive from Chantland Manufacturing Co Hill and Puepke divorced in February 1956 after five months of marriage
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
F. Hill
Hill
Inez Puepke
Gene Zenor
Zenor
Miss Puepke
Chantland Manufacturing Co
Humboldt
California
Kenneth A Coates Dies At Clear Lake Farm
Kenneth A. Coates a 51 year old banker in Crawfordsville died Monday at his farm near Clear Lake Iowa from a heart attack while digging potatoes He and his wife had been guests Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Donald Blankenhorn in Crawfordsville Survivors include his wife four children Audrey Curham Keith Janet Peterson and Carol Kelly and his mother Mrs John Biggs of Sheffield
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Crawfordsvile
Kenneth A. Coates
Crawfordsville
Clear Lake
Iowa
Coates
Donald Blankenhorn
Audrey Curham
Floyd
Keith
Mason City
Janet Peterson
el Paso
Texas
Carol Kelly
Conesville
John Biggs
Sheffield
Sale of Toys With Poison Paint Warning Issued
New York reports warn that Japan made toy trucks with high lead paint may kill or harm children. The Toy Guidance Council sent alerts to 30 states and 25 cities as New York City and state health officials launch independent investigations.
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New York
Japan
New York City
Toy Guidance Council
Melvin Freud
New York City Health Department
Health Department
Cedar Rapids Woman Paroled on Embezzling Charge
Clara Kindig, 62, of Cedar Rapids, widow and mother of two, was sentenced to five years in the Women’s State Reformatory for embezzling 22500 dollars from Collins Employers Credit Union where she worked as a bookkeeper and was later paroled.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Women's State Reformatory
Clara Kindig
Collins
Credit Union
Four State Flu Epidemics Reported By Health Officials
Health officials report serious Asian flu outbreaks in Utah Arizona Texas Iowa and Michigan with fatigue and high school absences. The Utah epidemic prompted school closings risk, and Pvt Kenneth N Rockstroth died in Fort Huachuca Arizona from influenza complications.
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Utah
Arizona
Texas
Iowa
Michigan
Joseph P. Kesler
Utah State Health Department
Salt Lake City
Kesler
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Kenneth N. Rockstroth
Danville
Rockstroth
Army Base
National Health Service
Texas A&m College
Clifton, Ariz
University of Iowa
Texas Aggie
Aggie
Clifton
Morenci
Port Huron
Detroit
Frankenmuth
Saginaw
William Apple
Madison
Wis
Apple
Pool bids come in below earlier offer in Washington
Bids opened for a city pool at Sunset Park with final decision delayed a week. F W Forst Construction Omaha bid 99750 and Red Ball Engineering Iowa City bid 104655 were low. other bids rejected. Bond issue covered $100,000. ground and bathhouse site secured.
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City of Washington
City Hall
Durant
F. W. Forst Construction Co
Omaha
Neb
Red Ball Engineering and Development Inc
Iowa City
Robert Boatman
Bloomfield
Gethman Construction Co
Ind
Gladbrook
Washington
Sunset Park
Coun
Select Numbers For Interstate Highways
The Iowa Highways Commission announced the new east-west Interstate 80 and the north-south Interstate 35 as part of a nationwide numbering plan. Interstate 29 will connect Council Bluffs to Sioux Falls, with routes from Kansas City to Sioux Falls. The system takes effect as sizeable sections are completed.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa Highways Commission
Duluth
Minn
Laredo
Tex
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Kansas City
Sioux Falls
S.C
Bankers Association Head Sees Prosperity
Erle Cocke, outgoing head of the American Bankers Association, told about 7,000 bankers at the ABA 83rd annual convention in Atlantic City that the U S economy will rise to new heights over the next decade though growth will not be uniform. He urged banks to adapt to changing home loan needs and to develop financing for education as the postwar baby boom grows, noting opportunities in loans for additions to homes and college tuition.
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Atlantic City
American Bankers Assn
Erle Cocke
ABA
Cocke
Atlanta
Big Three blame Reds for Middle East crisis
The Western Big Three accuse Russia of worsening the Middle East crisis by arming factions and spreading inflammatory propaganda. Britain and the United States rejected Moscow's diplomatic move, stating the Kremlin shows no sincerity toward peace and that its call to renounce force masks aggression.
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Big Three
Reds
Middle East
London
Russia
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Massachusetts farms yield over 170 million yearly
Massachusetts, though industrial in image, harvests farm products valued at more than 170 million dollars annually. The figure reflects the state’s agricultural output amid its industrial prominence.
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Massachusetts
College Course to Be Offered Here This Year
Lester B. Krabill announces in county plans for an accredited college course to be held in Washington this year. The three hour class in child guidance will be taught by Prof. Donald E. Sullivan of Iowa Wesleyan College. Sullivan will meet interested residents in the courthouse office Thursday evening September 26 at 7 o clock to discuss schedule and enrollment.
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Lester B. Krabill
Washington
Krabill
Donald E. Sullivan
Iowa Wesleyan College
Sullivan
President to Speak To Nation Tonight On School Crisis
President Eisenhower orders federalization of Arkansas National Guard and Arkansas Air National Guard to enforce federal court school integration in Little Rock. He plans a national TV speech tonight, outlining steps to end violence and remove obstruction of justice, with Charles E. Wilson empowered to deploy regular armed forces as needed.
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Little Rock
Ark
NAACP
Arkansas
Central High School
National Guard
Eisenhower
L.C. Bates
Central High
Newport
R. I
Arkansas National Guard
Washington
State National Guard
Arkansas Air National Guard
Ofense
Charles E. Wilson
United States
Nation
About & P.m. E.d.t
Federal District Court
Air National Guard
Wilson
District Court
James C. Hagerty
Herbert Brownell, Jr
White House
Southern Governors Deplore Federal Action in Arkansas Crisis
At SEA ISLAND Georgia the Southern governors condemn federalization of the Arkansas National Guard to enforce integration. Florida’s Leroy Collins and North Carolina’s Luther Hodges decry use of troops, while Maryland’s Theodore McKeldin supports the move. Georgia’s Hugh Grant and Arkansas’ Orval Faubus are prominent in talks on state versus federal sovereignty.
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Arkansas National Guard
Air National Guard
Orval Faubus
Sea Island
Nathan Gordon
Central
Leroy Collins
Florida
Little Rock
Collins
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Theodore McKeldin
Maryland
Eisenhower
National Guard
McKeldin
South Carolina
George Bell Timmerman Jr
Augusta
U.S
Hugh Grant
Griffin
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Arkansas Guardsmen
Kenneth Coates
Clear Lake Farm
Carl Schroeder
Emmet F. Byrne
International Soundphoto
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FBI
Bankers Association
U. S
United Press
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