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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1962
Page
52
Doubts arise over whether he can win enactment of his proposals. Regardless, Kennedy can claim he sought a solution satisfactory to urban voters. Freeman’s political future may hinge on the program’s fate, as he is closely linked with it among lawmakers and farmers.
President Kennedy's farm program proposes tighter controls on surplus commodities to cut costs and perhaps ease taxpayer burden. The plan splits farm groups and faces urban rural appeals as it becomes a major political test in Congress.
A dense timetable lists multiple closing out sales across Iowa with dates in February. Entries name buyers, locations by mile references from towns such as Marion Troy Mills Monticello Cedar Rapids and Vinton, and items including livestock machinery grain hay and cattle. Highlights include Hawkeye Downs show and sale and Holstein cattle dispersal promotions.
One hundred twenty bred sows of nine breeds averaged $150 per head Saturday in the Iowa Swine Producers all breed Show Window show and sale at Hawkeye Downs. Hampshires averaged $188 with top $350, Spots $176 with top $300, Yor kshires $165 with top $270, Poland Chinas $159 with top $250, Durocs $180 with top $360, Berkshires $105 with top $200, Chester Whites $135 with top $200, Tamworths $91 with top $150, Landrace $200 for a gift consigned by Harold Mears. The show and sale were managed by Rolland Paul. judges were Bernard Ebbing and Carroll Plager. auctioneers Keith Goode and Jim Morris.
Meteorites are described as surprise packages from outer space. When cut open, some meteorites reportedly contain traces of nucleic acids, the building blocks of living matter, suggesting possible signs of life on other planets.
Senator B B Hickenlooper will speak at the Buchanan county beef and swine producers banquet in Independence. The event March 5 at the Gaylaball room features a St Patrick’s church dinner in Winthrop, with 1000 tickets sold and reservations handled by local feed dealers banks and association officers.
The East Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Assn monthly dinner meeting will be held Thursday evening at the Sheraton-Montrose in Cedar Rapids. Gazette Farm Editor Rex Conn will outline President Kennedy's farm program proposed to Congress.
Younger 4-H club members will attend party events Saturday night in the Earlville and Manchester school gyms.
South Slope Cooperative Telephone Co held its second annual meeting in the Norway school. Four directors were re-elected: Arleigh Bodick er Newhall H O Schloeman Norway Milton Chadima Fairfax and Robert J Woolstrich Walford. The cooperative began in 1960 serving Norway Walford Watkins Fairfax and Newhall with a 703676 REA loan. Manager Orval Blough reported 1961 revenue 97279.34 and net operating margin 11737, with a year deficit of 1326 after interest due to road construction.
Wet fields limited Fayette county master corn growers contest entries to six harvests before the November 30 deadline. Yields reported include Lloyd Pattison and Sons 126.48 bushels per acre, Werner Poock 122.68, Arnold Saboe 120.38, Wallace McIntyre 116.95, Don Dish 109.21, Spurgen Eutley 96.89 bushels per acre.
J. Bodensteiner district farm economist will speak on farm credit sources and their specific uses at a meeting in the Independence courthouse assembly room next Monday February 12 at 1 p.m.
Rex Corn reflects on divisions among farm groups and farmers regarding the Kennedy Freeman farm program. Readers express support and opposition, with one farmer urging editorial backing, another criticizing promotion, and a migrant mentioning Stanley Yankus and possible relocation to Australia to seek freedom from government interference.
South Slope Cooperative Telephone Co faced nearly 2700 dollars in service calls last year from patrons leaving receivers off hook. At the annual meeting in Norway manager Orval Blough noted accidents and deliberate outages, including a case where a mother kept the receiver down to quiet a crying baby. Members voted to charge patrons who reset their receivers.
Paul Aims at Glamor For Swine Industry describes Paul, field secretary of the Iowa Swine Producers Assn., known as Pig from his Iowa State days, seeking to glamorize pork and restore its prestige. He believes the all bred sow sale at Hawk eye Downs Saturday could use a boost with Fay Anderson assisting at the All Iowa fairground and a white picket fence.
Gerald I. Nevins of Tipton was re elected president of the Iowa Duroc Breeders Assn at the annual meeting in Cedar Rapids Friday evening Dick Klingaman of Waterloo was named vice president and Joe Caputo of Marshalltown was re elected secretary treasurer Directors named Laurel Ely Howard Berry H C Barnts and Ray Eckstrom from Rhodes Iowa City Central City Vincent respectively
Dale Hull, an independent extension engineer, will head a Friday 1 p.m. discussion on farm equipment management practices. The session aims to share practical methods and improve field operations.
The annual Delaware county spring market hog show will be held Feb 24 at the Manchester sale barn. Bernard Ebbing of Rath Packing Co Waterloo will judge the entries. All hogs will be slaughtered at the Rath plant and the carcasses evaluated.
An advertisement claims glandular inflammation causes chronic neglect and urges readers to seek treatment at Excelsior. It asserts that medicines only give temporary relief and promises cures for men from 1,000 communities who report renewed zest in life after treatment.
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