April 5, 1956 — The controversial armory blending bond issue was voted for by a decisive 5-to-1 margin at Tuesday’s city election. The count was 660 for, 134 against. The results mean the City will go ahead with the purchase of $65,000 in bonds to finance the blending of the municipal building with a new armory to be constructed west of the municipal building.
April 8, 1966 — Only 171 electors went to the polls Tuesday to elect Dale D. Johnson, Sr. and Merrill Firebaugh, both unopposed candidates for the alderman jobs on the city council from Ward I and Ward II, respectively. Firebaugh, an incumbent, received all 30 votes cast in the west Second ward. Altogether he has served about eight years on the council. Bruce Kirkpatrick, who served several terms on the council as alderman-atlarge, received 29 write-in votes, and previous Ward I alderman Dick Kelley and Fred Mounter each got two write-in votes.
Obituaries: Mrs. Earl Kruse, John Rettmer, Fred Fischer
