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Thnrs July 17, W5S lows City FressvOtlicaW i'. 1 City Bridgb Projects Underway Gov. Blair lova Citian, John 7. Hayek, list County Delegates To G.O.P. Conventions Rate, Gretchen Bpicer, Glen Hope, Horace Stuck, Logan A.

Meyers, Edna Pixley, James E. Stewarts Ada Hueff-ner, Ralph Wahrer, Mrs. James rf. ft i- Center avenue is about to be opened again after several weeks daring which time a new, bridge was built across Ralston creek. Only clean-up work remains to be done in order to get the street open again.

Will Speak On Defense "National' Defense and tha Sovereign State" will be the subject ot gov. James T. Blair, Jr of Missouri, when he speaks Saturday at a dinner la honor OX state ben. Thomas j. Dailey, of Burlington.

Senator Dailey is uemocratla Candidate for election aa U. S. representative from tha first Iowa district. State Rep. Scott Swisher will be master of ceremonies for the dinner, scheduled at 0:80 p.

m. at the memorial union. jonn O'uonnor, jr, chairman of tha Johnson county central committee. which is Tioat for the dinner, will give the welcoming ad- dress. Following Governor Blair's address, candidates for state office and other.

dUtinguished guests will be introduced. Sen lator Daffey will speak on issues In tha campaign' and organisation of the campaign in the first district. Tha Rev. James Spauldlng, of the University of Iowa school ot religion, will deliver the invocation. The Rev.

John Martin, of St Patrick's church, wiU give the benediction. Mr. O'Connor is chairman for the dinner arrangements. Mrsv-Fred Doderer, Vtrn Nail and Mrs. Allyn Lemma have been working with htm.7 Mrs.

John Gerber is in charge of hospitality, 1 Mrs." Gerhard Hart- man, table decorations, and Mrs. Elliott Full, tickets and program. 1 Iowa Resources Council Headed By Iowa Citian DES MOINES UPt The Iowa Natural Resources council has re-elected H. Garland Her- shey of Iowa City as chairman, LeRoy Getting of Sanborn, vice chairman, and George B. Hart-man of Ames, secretary.

Report Sales at State Liquor Stores Increase DES MOINES UP) Liquor sales' at, state stores totaled $38,869,000 in the fiscal year ended June 30, an Increase of three per cent over last year, according' to the Iowa liquor control commission. Taking Part in John William Hayek, of S00 North Dubuque street. Will be one of two Iowans taking part In the annual American Legion Boys Nation at the University of Maryland beginning Friday. About 100 high school, stu representing 47 states, the District of Columbia and tha Panama canal sons, will -take part In the week-long program. Hayek la the son of Atty.

and Mrs. Will J. Hayek, and will be a senior at University high school this faU. He joins a Davenport youth, Robert L. Jr, to form Iowa's delegation to tha meeting.

The two, both nigh school juniors, were selected from among tha youths who attended the Boy State la Iowa at Camp Dodge. Aa at Boys state, where the youths establish a state government through elections, the na. tlonal program will consist of formation ot a national govern- Lment, organisation of a senate session, and appointment of cabinet officers and supreme court justices. Party conventions Federal' Says Dirty Shirt Repels Rattlesnakes- LOS ANGELES US) A T- shirt, worn for a few days, wiU repel a rattlesnake as effectively, ss the odor of a skunk, one or ms natural enemies. A UCLA herpetologist.

Ray mond B. Cowles, inade this dis covery after a series of labors rory experiments, using a chemical that has "an odor similar to the skunk's, he found that the rattler's heartbeat jumped perceptibly on an elec trocardiograph machine. But the snake's heartbeat reauy rocked when air was blown at him through a soiled T-ilUrt. (jowies- nnamgs were re ported Wednesday by the uni verslty. Authorities Seek Man Who Broke Jail at Corydon CORYDON (m Authorities were on the lookout today for Ray Aldrich, 34, who escaped from the Wayne county jail by removing two bars from his cell window with a hacksaw.

9 Aldrich, formerly of Corydon and Princeton, Ma was charged with selling merchandise he bought on contract. His escape from jail was discovered Wed' nesday. Boys Nation 1 JOHN W. HAYEK 1st and Nationalist wiU be held for nomination of presi dential and vice presidential candidates. HIGHLIGHTS OF the week wfil be a visit to the White House to, see President Elsenhower next Thursday and I 'senatorial banquet" to be held that evening.

Other activities planned for the young men are visits to the capltol to meet their senators. a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a briefing at the Pentagon, inspection of the federal bureau of investigation, U. S. civil service commission office. the national archives, the U.S, supreme court and the Library' of Congress.

A graduation exercise win conclude the activities on July 25. The Iowa City youth left here at 9 ajn. today to attend the session at College Park, Md. Plan Vacation Bible Sessions At Str Andrew Vacation Bible school will be held at the St. Andrew Presby terian church from 9:30 to a.m.

Monday through next Thursday ana juiy zb -m. Children. wiU be divided Into two groups: kindergarten for those who nave completed Kin dergarten or will enter first grade in the fall, and primary for those who have completed first, second and third grades. The school will be held at the church house. Parents will be1 invited to attend the school during the last session at 11 a.m.

July 81. Mrs. Elmer Schmidt will be in charge of the school. V' V. Johnaon county central conv rolttee chairman William L.

Meardon will lead a M-person delegation Friday at the a tat Republican convention at Vet-Parana Memorial auditorium at Dm Moines, Sessions of tha convention will open at 8:30 ajn. with a district caucus, with tha atate seeaion to begin at 10 ajn. In addition to County Chairman Meardon, delegate to the convention an: U. S. Sen.

Tbomaa Martin, StaU Sen. Nolan, O. M. Ludwig, Albert J. (Pat) Mur- pny, tucnara jacuam, jars.

Xouis Lord, Emery Hemingway, Mrs. Etta Hemingway, Jay Oehler, Ida Murphy, William M. Tucker, Mrs. Keith Hemingway, William O. Nusser, Mrs.

WU- 1 liam O. Nusser, Max Peterson, John 1 Johnson, Cleora White, Martha Culp, Schula, Robert Hogg, Chan F. Coulter, Allen Florence s'Kurts, Laura Schleaaelraan, 1 Richard Larew, Eva Allan, Karl Kammermayer, Laura DeGowtn. Helen Osmundson, Maud Hear Address By-Thompson The organization and work of the college community re-' search center was described to tha Rotary club this noon by C. Woody Thompson, director of the bureau of business research at the University of Iowa." Professor Thompson, a mem' bar of tha research team made jjp of businessmen and faculty members from 8.UJ.

and Iowa Stata college, spoke at -the Rotary meeting in the Hotel Jefferson. the center la to-. terested in many problems of importance to the people of the state, he said, He did not dis- cuss any findings tb group has made so far. The center Is supported by the Iowa committee on economic development One of the current research projects concerns a study pf county government In Iowa. i McMahons Home From Germany Bmmi Lieut.

CoL and Mrs. Phillips McMahan, Mary Phyllis, Michael ana Kooen, who have returned from Germany where Lieutenant Colonel McMahan has been serving in the army are visiting with the tatter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kaspcr Holechek. When they leave here tney wui go to uinr 'hnma in Chew Chase.

Md. Additional Sunday evening guests were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Holechek ot ceaar itapias. Mr.

and Mrs. Mvron Nally and Mr. and Mrs. James Knox visited in Chicago a few days recently. Mr.

and Mrs. Knox and family of Dallas, Texas, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. wauy ana rancx. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Beck' man of Sunny Slope, Aria, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Serovy were recent supper guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Allan Serovy and Mr. and Mrs. Rudoloh Votrou- hek and Rudv Joe of Sisroumev were Bunaay gueaia or 'sirs If ill HI It ahMMmiAH Mn. Frank Pansr. C.

B. -i rmwutA 1T anil 1 Un. Frank Zemin, Mr. and Mrs. John Kasparek, Kaiper Hoto- W-! aiAe lamM Ham VIWAf oiwi shv.

tnra of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kas- While en street Is readied for re-opening, another a few blocks away Is closed while a new Ralston creek bridge Is built This seene Is on Sheridan avenue.

Two other creek bridges -will be replaced this sommeiw-oa Third aveune and Glendale road. (Preaa-Cltlzen Photos.) Storehouse Employes Give to Flood Relief Half of Iowa's Drivers Never Took License Test DES MOINES MR Employes at the Iowa statehouse' have contributed $230 to the Red Crosr for southwest Iowa flood relief represented the first donation to a fund drive 11 guidance to drivers, "but we're not a reminder service." "Persons aren't reminded when to renew their fishing or liquor licenses," he said, "so 1 don't see why we should. It's just a case of operating the way DRIVERS WHOSE licenses expire mus take the written test regardless of whether they already had taken such an exam previously. Ha said the $25,000 saved! on stopping the' ''reminder ser vice" has been channeled back into safety services of the department such as new radar unite. i He said the 1957 legislature's license fee Increase from 11.50 to $3 ia going into salaries of department personnel, retire ment pensions and the addition Stewart, Delmar Schols and Charles A.

Barker. Alternates are Mrs. William Spear and Mrs. Donald Guthrie. DELEGATES were named at the county convention June 37.

At 'that convention delegates were also named to the state judicial convention next Friday at pea Moines. Those delegates are: Supreme Court Justice Robert Larson, District Judge Harold D. Evans, Edward F. Rate, A. C.

Cahtu, Senator Nolan, Ro-ger H. Ivtv Mrs. William Morrison, Leslie Moore, Samuel B. Whiting, John Knox, L. j.

w. uesrman, mo Den us- mundson, Lloyd Epley, J. Newman Toomey, CUff Zlskovsky, Harold desman, Walter Schmidt, P. Ashton, Harry Buell, Lon Adams Ev erett Wlnborn. Dorothv Guth- rleV Grace Nagle, Ronald Green- wait, Louis Lord, Harry Reus, Mrs.

Harry Reiss, Lewis Ne gus, Clarence Beck, Zelma Burr. Betty Peterson, Mason Ladd, Sam Fahr, Frank Kennedy, Mrs. -William Allen, Lloyd My ers, Mrs. Charles James. Lee Bcnwimiey, mcnara Black, Roy jswers, Arthur cutler, Betty Webster, Eugene Oathout, Ben S.

Summerwill and Houghton. SENATOB NOLAN was re elected as member of the cen tral committee for 25th senatorial district A. Cahill and Herbert Ries were re-elected as members of the eighth Judicial dis trict central committee. William F. Morrison was re elected as member of the central committee of the first con gressional district.

Soviet Plans Maneuvers Near" Border UQ The Soviet Union has ordered its land, i and air forces to start maneuvers Friday in areas bordering Turkey and Iran. A defense ministry statement said the war games were being held to main tain "the fighting preparedness or the armed forces of the U.S.S.R.M The maneuvers are obviously Intended aa a show of Soviet military might in frontier sones nearest the disturbed Middle East The announcement said- the Soviet Black sea fleet will join in maneuvers in the Transcau casian military area under Mar shal Andrei Antonovich Grech-ko, recent commander in chief or an soviet forces in East Ger Other forces will train In the Turkestan area under Marshal Klrin A. Meretakov. who led a brief, Soviet, campaign against tne Japanese in China and Man churia at the end of World War IL Both marshals are hleh In the councils of the Communist Is an alternate member of the Communist party central committee and Merets- kov is a member of the party's powerful central audi tint: com mittee. Four Ameicon Soldiers Killed In Bus Collision ORLEANS.

France im Four Americaa soldiers were! killed and 21 lniured tndav when an army bus collided with ia French truck near the village of Olivet Thirtv-slx soldiers were rid ing in the hut on what the army aescriDea as a routine troop transfer. The driver of tha French truck was killed. Names were withheld Band ing notification of relatives. STORE'S tin Wr. wwerwaiw Value pf RES.

309.95 still underway. What Happens When You Are Gone? When You Are Ouf Of Town On Vacation You II. Be Interested In These Mr. Kenneth Colglaater win go to Ames this week to attend -r the oeag-oonference- afew Hear jJ V-Wy jShViTOet It Made of 36 men to the highway patrol staff. Brown said the need for funds still is pressing.

He con templates increasing the patrol to man the new Interstate Highway System as well as en' large tha scope of secondary road surveillance. HE SAID STATISTICS showed a 49 per cent Increase in secondary road accidents last year. i. That's 80,000 more miles of road on which we'll have to step up patrol activities," hs said. Soma county roads, he said, an completely without protection.

There are now 279 officers petroling the entire state, he added. Fatally Injured in Jump as Car Rolls MOLTNE, HL (AP) -r Mrs. Astrid M. Krackow, 71, of Chi cago was fatally injured Wednesday when she tried to jump from a ear that rolled down an incline alongside a store where it had been parked. She fen under the wheels.

And If a the best food la town. Sandwiches, salads, plate lunches, and complete dinners tool Turkey sandwiches a specialty! j. i fan MaO BiJs Pleaset I reduction sALEt Com In, enjoy the cool air conditioned comfort. There's plenty of parking apace Just a piece of Millie's pie la worth the visit Open Dally Except Sunday A.M. to 7:80 P.M.

UUr.l S-Jv-Il, CU- 'ut North of BP iMHgjswwre! jfauAislwil Vn5l Feed Plant on 218 DES MOINES UPt About ISO per cent of all Iowans driving on the state's highways to day have never tauten a anvers license test State safety commissioner Russell Brown estimated today. "Most of them." he explained, "got their license through the 'grandfather That is, they were persons who were driving at the time license test ing was inaugurated ana were able to receive new licenses merely through renewal and without taking? any test other than an eye tost" Brown said the safety depart ment is' considering a plan whereby all motorists win have to take the new, stiff, written drivers test sooner or later. But any such plan for the immediate future appears dim. "Right now," Brown said, "it's matter of mechanics. We're just not able to handle that kind of a load." AND THE DAT when drivers were reminded post card that their license was expiring In a few weeks also is long past Brown said.

The department stopped sending out the cards last it was costing the state $25,000 merely aa a nice gesture, when the. date of expiration Is stamped vividly on a person's license," Brown said. He said the department Is happy to give assistance and This Is MY JBH) IS name 24 ADDRESS CITY hLU (I 1 1 Handy Services for VACATIONERS! NAME YOUQ OVII PMCE OH A BEAUTIFUL AUTOMATIC GAS DHYER you are going, if la postal well send your Press Citizen along on your vacation Just giv us your address. If you move wall move your with days. He will be one or we buo teachers In attendance.

Tl a cvwn iiivii Blood Plasma. Be Labeled by Race i BATON ROUGE, La. -r A i law designed to force the Amer- li-mn Rad Cross to label blOOd plasma shipped into Louisiana according to race goes into ex me Jlliv SO. Tha MIL aimed Wednesday bv Gov. Earl Long, does not apply disaster area or eases where doctors decide emergency exists.

Auto Runt Off Road, Upsets, Mmm ls UaA 9 wi mm MORNING BTJN -tm-' Barney Smith, 34, of West Burlington was killed Wednesday night when tha car In which he was riding ran off a gravel road and overturned near here. The other man In the car. La-veme Ash of Burlington, was hospitalised for treatment of a possible skull fracture. His condition was not believed critical Police Ordered Not To Smoke, Rad on Duty HAGERSTOWN, Md. VPt Hsgerstown cops now have the word: No smoking or newspaper reading In publlo while on-duty.

"It doesn't took good for a man to be directing traffic with a cigar or said tha order from Police' Chief Blair P. Overton, nor to see two men riding in a police ear with ona of them reading a nawioasar." During Firestone's STOCK REDCOTIOJf SALE we, are offering a new gas dryer at Silent Auction. Sealed bids will be accepted ea this dryer through pjn. Thnmday, Jul; HSL Bring your bids to Firestone Store In Iowa City. 'o mail bids tw aeeepted, DRYER AUCTION BID No.

I- Dial 3181 Wherever service, with you vacation paper If yon saved tor you return boy win "VACATION Either what my Mated bid aa the near automatic ga. dryer. a I prefer to have your Press Otirene you. please let us know, and when from your vacation, your carrier deliver all of your back copies tn a BUNDLE" to youi bom. plan win keep you weil-tnfonneo on happened at home in your absence, nji tMm ia ease) of dnr.Iicata tf-1i ask for it.

i 1 i 1 I Brtn niM Bla 10 Firestone Store No the earliest date yU determine I the barer. dont miss mrestoae's bio stock circulation department.

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