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Dove was instrumental in the establishment of the Great River Road. President of the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce (now the [[DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]]) from 1947 to 1948, Dove was appointed to fill the unexpired term of [[AUSTIN, Ruben V.|Ruben V. AUSTIN]] on the Dubuque City Council and was elected mayor in 1957. | Dove was instrumental in the establishment of the Great River Road. President of the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce (now the [[DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE]]) from 1947 to 1948, Dove was appointed to fill the unexpired term of [[AUSTIN, Ruben V.|Ruben V. AUSTIN]] on the Dubuque City Council and was elected mayor in 1957. | ||
Dove served as mayor during the Cold War with Russia in which the possibility of an atomic attack was considered possible. In 1957 Dubuque was not one of the cities "hit" by hypothetical atomic bombs as part of [[CIVIL DEFENSE]] training. [[AFRICAN-AMERICAN]] students challenged the basis of several local laws. Park commissioners darkened electrical outlets at [[EAGLE POINT PARK]] in dealing with those who misused them to do their electrical ironing at city expense. On a brighter note, the number of cases of [[POLIO]] decreased in Iowa due to the use of the Salk vaccine. | |||
Other events occurring during Dove's administrator can be found be writing 1957 in the search feature of this encyclopedia. | |||
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DOVE, Charles E. (Vincennes, IN--Indianapolis, IN, Feb. 15, 1980). MAYOR Dove was a former chairman and life member of the Mississippi Valley Association. Dedicated to developing the use of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, he received a Distinguished Service Medal from the Iowa Section of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission. The Dubuque Seventh Street Harbor was named in his honor in 1987 for his enthusiastic promotion of the potential uses of the river.
Dove was instrumental in the establishment of the Great River Road. President of the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce (now the DUBUQUE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) from 1947 to 1948, Dove was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Ruben V. AUSTIN on the Dubuque City Council and was elected mayor in 1957.
Dove served as mayor during the Cold War with Russia in which the possibility of an atomic attack was considered possible. In 1957 Dubuque was not one of the cities "hit" by hypothetical atomic bombs as part of CIVIL DEFENSE training. AFRICAN-AMERICAN students challenged the basis of several local laws. Park commissioners darkened electrical outlets at EAGLE POINT PARK in dealing with those who misused them to do their electrical ironing at city expense. On a brighter note, the number of cases of POLIO decreased in Iowa due to the use of the Salk vaccine.
Other events occurring during Dove's administrator can be found be writing 1957 in the search feature of this encyclopedia.