Staying with Gene and Lela Yates in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, June 3, 1952, Dale wrote, “Dalene and I drove to Des Moines by 2 p.m. and visited Helen. Went to the top of the Capitol building. Brought Dalene back to Ames and I went back to Des Moines to visit Helen at Still Hospital.” Helen was undergoing tests at the hospital. Below: the Iowa state capitol building in Des Moines.
