Senate Unit Blasts FHA Loan Denial Logic
The Senate select committee on nutrition and human needs accuses the Farmers Home Administration of denying housing aid to the poor by calculating a family’s mortgage capacity after budget deductions. The agency builds a budget, subtracts income, and then denies loans if the result shows insufficient rent paying capacity, leaving millions in substandard housing.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Farmers Home Administration
Farmers Home
Close out sales listed near Shellsburg and Palo
Web report notes two auctions: Eldon Nelson near Shellsburg 3 miles southwest, Friday March 5 at 1 PM. and Ben B. Yates near Palo 2 miles southwest, Friday March 5 at 1 PM.
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Eldon Nelson
Shellsburg
Mar
Don Hatfield
Peruvian potato farmer fined for not selling crop
In Lima, a potato farming pair Seigui and Enrique Tokumura were fined 125000 dollars for hoarding and speculation after letting 1000 tons spoil as prices stayed low. Authorities report the outcome and charges.
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Lima
Peru
Seigui
Enrique Tokumura
Williams Heads Brown Insurance Association
SPRINGVILLE The Brown Township Mutual Insurance Association marked its 104th anniversary with a noon dinner at the high school for 174 members. New directors elected for three years include John Ricklefs George Marak and Ivan Randall. Robert Williams was chosen president and Dean Thomas vice president. Martin Lang's contract as secretary was renewed for 1971.
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Linn County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Robert Bell
Coggan
Prairie Chapel Church
Norman Nietert
Springville
Richard Liercke
Center Point
Maurice van Note
Palo
Bob Heilman
Freeport
Ill
Brown Township Mutual Insurance Association
John Ricklefs
George Marak
Ivan Randall
Dean Thomas
Robert Williams
Don Thompson
Wayne Martin
Allen Fernow
Ralph Blackford
Central City
Martin Lang
Iowa counties face consolidation into 16 regions study suggests
An ISU projection shows merging Iowa 99 counties into 16 regional units could save about 14.5 million dollars yearly. The Cedar Rapids workshop, part of the Government by the People program, drew around 40 attendees from UIowa, ISU, and UNI as economist Russell Pounds discussed tax impacts and travel costs to distant courthouses.
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Iowa
Iowa State University
ISU
Cedar Rapids
Board of Regents
State University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Russell G. Pounds
Iowa State
Decorah 4-H Elects Broghamer as Chairman and Grows
Winneshiek county 4-H organized with Broghamer of Decorah as chairman and Howe and Shaitek as vice president and secretary respectively. New members include Sivesind Johnson Ryant and others, with state officer candidates Dennis Cline Roger Kuhn and Sandy Hanson. Helen Green notes enrollment up about 100 to roughly 800 youths for 1971 as new members meet.
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Decorah
Marcellus Broghamer
Winneshiek County
Milton Howe
Joe Sha‘tek
Fort Atkinson
Gene Sivesind
Kenneth Johnson
Joe Ryant
Calmar
Orvin Reinhart
Ridgeway
Ray Suckow
Postville
Maynard Newhouse
Gordon Thorson
Dennis Cline
Roger Kuhn
Sandy Hanson
Iowa
Helen Green
Meyer Had High Cow on Winneshiek Test
Cletus J. Meyer of Waucoma topped the DHIA test for the 10 month period ending January with a cow producing over 20 000 pounds of milk and 763 pounds of butterfat. Other strong herd records included 624 pounds of butterfat and 551. The Decorah area saw the next high butterfat mark of 699 with other herd totals of 640 and 533.
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Decorah
Cletus J. Meyer
Waucoma
DHIA
Meyer
Jack Hagensick
Potato Growers Consider Checkoff Plan Under New Regulations
Washington expects growers to decide on a voluntary checkoff system to fund potato research and promotion as a formal proposal process begins after the agriculture department issued regulations. The program aims to expand markets and would be authorized by a law signed by President Nixon on January 11.
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Agriculture Department
Nixon
Fayette Market Hog Show Planned Feb 23
Plans announced for the annual Fayette County Park Producers market hog show to be held Tuesday February 23 in the West Union fair grounds sales pavilion. Animals may be brought in between 10 a.m. and noon. Awards will be presented at the Pork Producers banquet on March 16 at Maynard Community hall at 6:30 p.m. A Fayette County Pork Queen contest to succeed Diane Porter is planned and she will be crowned at the banquet.
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West Union
Fayette County Park
Fairgrounds
Pork Producers
Maynard Community Hall
Fayette County
Diane Porter
Fayette
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