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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1971
Page
10
The Nixon administration announced final 1971 planting controls on grains and cotton, requiring a 20 percent acreage set-aside for feed grains. Corn and sorghum growers must idle 20 percent of base acreage to receive price support loans and payments, with eight alternate minor crops allowed on set-aside land. If these crops are planted payments drop $10 per acre.
IOWA CITY Gary W. Lohr 19 of Cedar Rapids was arrested on a Johnson county narcotics sale charge in Cedar Rapids. Bond set at 2000 dollars in Johnson county district court and he is held here. A Cedar Rapids juvenile 17 also arrested on a similar charge with bond set at 2000 dollars. release depends on juvenile court action.
Kenneth Schriner was elected president of Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America local P-3. Other officers include B. J. Early as vice president George W. DuCharme financial secretary Carl M. David recording secretary Clyde R. Traw chief steward-days Keith Chesmore chief steward-nights Garry Zimmerman sergeant at arms and trustees John Coppess Edward Hill and Robert Simmons. All officers hail from Cedar Rapids except Chesmore of Rowley and Hill of Atkins.
Police learned that snowmobilers did not steal the beer after a Dubuque beer truck got stuck on highway 20. The driver told a farmer locals could help themselves since the beer would freeze, leading about 50 cases recovered and 62 missing previously.
Charles Danielson of the Engravers union was chosen as president of the Allied Printing Trades Council. Other officers elected Wednesday night include David Fiala of the Typographical union as vice president Marvin West of the Typographical union as secretary and treasurer and David Fry of the Binder's union as sergeant at arms.
Arthur Fudge, superintendent of the Edgewood Colesburg school district for ten years, has resigned effective at the end of the current school year. He did not disclose his future plans.
Manchester city council will meet with the Delaware County Board of Supervisors and the Manchester hospital board next Tuesday to discuss ambulance service. Shelly and Bahnnekamp Funeral Homes informed the council they will suspend ambulance services effective Oct. 1.
Iowa City Iowa State Board of Regents reaffirmed its opposition to a bill in the Iowa House that would strip the board of power to grant leaves of absence to state university faculty. Regents say such leaves support continuing education and ability to retool, while proponents argue it would save money.
The second in a four part Camp Wapsie Y reunion series will be held Friday at the Marion branch YMCA from 7 to 8 30 p.m. The third reunion is scheduled for February 19 at the Ellis branch YMCA.
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