26 Aug 1965
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1965
Page
1
Akron Register-Tribune announces its weekly publication, showing Thursday issues and Plymouth County Iowa posting details. Includes enrollment and mailing status with archival date September 26, 1901.
About seventy five attended the annual St Catherine's church picnic with food and visits. Sisters Mary Andre Mary Conception Rose Therese and Father Schissel joined the gathering. Ice cream came from St Catherine's Guild. Overnight guests included Staff Sgt Bruce Honeyman and family from Glasco Montana and Mrs Mildred Morris from Butte Montana. Iris Mulfinger completed ten weeks in summer school at Morningside college. Welch reunion picnic reminder set for Sunday September 5 at Akron Legion Hall.
Sixty six residents attended the Plymouth County Old Settlers and Historical Society picnic in Westfield on Saturday August 14 with a program and business meeting. Speakers honored early residents and reflected on the county's character shaped by history. New officers were elected: Keith Knapp president Albert Peterson vice president Mrs Harry Nelson secretary treasurer. Westfield welcomed another year’s gathering and the group planned to meet again next year.
Old Age Assistance caseload fell by 72 from June while costs rose by 21 247. Nursing care costs rose 33 120 despite declines in medical services and drugs. State officials expect a 7 percent Social Security increase retroactive to January 1965 to reduce future OAA costs. About 41.1 percent of recipients also receive Social Security totaling 521 655 monthly, with average payments around 42 12.
Public library acquires notable titles in June including Reapers Of The Dust by Lois Hudson and At The Edge Of Harlem by Edward Wakin. Also added are I Hate To Housekeep by Peg Bracken, The Turret Room by Charlotte Armstrong, Argen The Gull by Franklin Russell, An American Family by Ishbel Ross, and The Rock and the Sand by Gladys Zehupfenning. July 1965 additions feature The Happy Land and other works by Evelyn Harves, Phoebe Atwood Taylor, Jack Parr, Taylor Caldwell, Daphne DuMaurier, Celia Fremlin, Ann Bridge, Dag Hammarskjold, John Hersey, Lee Allen, Tom Meany, Morris L West, and Hugh Pentecost.
John Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, argues against treating crime as a paper problem and calls for swift, impartial justice, stronger enforcement, and fewer leniencies for offenders. He warns that leniency through probation and parole spurs crime while urging better means to ferret out crime and secure convictions. The piece ends with a promotes Want Ads line.
Recreation safety is important during this season of fun and play. Follow boating water rules, teach children to swim, and store guns safely. Include safety in vacations, camping, hunting, and fishing trips and drive carefully to recreation spots. Observance runs July 25 to 31.
Northwest Iowa farms show a 58 percent income rise in 1964 per farm averages. Farm income reached 10 789 dollars per farm on land across Lyon Sioux Plymouth O Brien Cherokee Woodbury Buena Vista Ida Sac and Carroll counties. Livestock income over feed costs rose from 2916 to 5679 dollars per farm, crop value per farm including diverted payments was 16774, while total expenses per farm were nine percent higher than 1963.
Iowa State economist Gene Futrell analyzes whether to reseal corn under loan or redeem and sell cash. He notes a price decline since spring, expects further weakness, and cites a 18 cent gross storage return if resealed. The piece also covers CCC sales, 1965 crop prospects, and hog show prize details.
A hometown drive urges residents to shop Akron merchants, highlighting local stores and services to support the city economy. Community organizers emphasize keeping money in the area and sustaining jobs through resident buying.
SkyTV and KTIV expand coverage with a 2000 foot tower in south Plymouth county set to open around November 1 1965. The height surpasses the Empire State Building and Eiffel Tower, with 24 guy wires spanning 6.2 miles supporting the structure, widening signal reach for Channel 4 and Channel 9 across hundreds of square miles.
Iowa health officials warn that trichinosis comes from undercooked pork and pork products from infected hogs. Cooking pork thoroughly until no pink remains is the only reliable safeguard, as meat appearance cannot reveal infection. Symptoms include facial swelling sore throat fever muscle pain and breathing difficulty. Pork remains wholesome when properly cooked.
Local office advertises fresh supply of typewriter and copying paper for sale at Regis ter Tribune office.
Iowa State University announces Amsoy, a new soybean strain developed from Adams and Harosoy cross by C R Weber. It adapts across Iowa and neighboring states, mid maturity between Harosoy and Hawkeye, yields about 5 bushels more than Hawkeye, higher oil, lower protein, and is lodging resistant. Joint release by USDA and regional agricultural stations. seed to be available to certified growers in 1967.
A short call to readers to buy with confidence from their hometown merchant who services what he sells and to read his advertisements in the local newspaper, encouraging support for local business.
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