Congo and Italian officials visit Cedar Rapids
John David Makeba press officer for President Kasavubu of the Congo and Luigi Giarusso, Italian public affairs adviser, visited Cedar Rapids for three days under the Chamber of Commerce foreign visitors program. Makeba discusses Congo reforms and army reorganization while Giarusso notes Italy's regional industrial boom and political shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Foreign Visitors’ Committee
John David Makeba
Kasavubu
Congo Republic
Leopoldville
Luigi Giarusso
U.S. Information Agency
Naples
Italy
Makeba
Bob Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
Pierre Salinger
Congo
U.S. State Department
West Coast
Washington
Clifford Grayson
Philadelphia
State Department
Giarusso
U. S
USIA
United States
Gazette
Rex Conn
Glenn van Note
Palo
Vernon
Maurice van Note
New Officials Lead Iowa State Fair in Major Turnover
Des Moines August dates set for the Iowa State Fair with a new board president Lyle R. Higgins and new secretary Kenneth R. Fulk. Three new directors Howard Waters Jean M. Kleve and G W Prince join Higgins in guiding the fair. Higgins will head public safety while Waters supervises cattle Kleve speed and Prince admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Lyle R. Higgins
Harlan Attorney
Fair Board
John W. Cory, Jr
Spencer
Higgins
Betty Bland
Independence Area
Kenneth R. Fulk
Lloyd Cunningham
Fulk
American Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Howard Waters
Danville
Jean M. Kleve
Humboldt
G. W. Prince
Guthrie Center
Public Safety Department
Fair
Waters
Kleve
Prince
U S Lamb Crop Shrinks by Three Percent in 1963
The 1963 U S lamb crop totaled 19 695 000 head, 3 percent smaller than 1962. Western states declined 1 percent, Native states 7 percent, breeding ewes 3 percent lower. Iowa output fell 11 percent to 796 000 head, while lambs saved per 100 ewes rose to 107 in Iowa from 104 in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Meat Board Grants Aid 14 Research Projects
The National Livestock and Meat Board approved over 100000 in nutrition research grants. Among 14 projects is Dr. Robert E Hodges of the State University of Iowa Iowa City studying how high meat and vegetable oil diets affect serum cholesterol and fatty substances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Livestock and Meat Board
Robert E. Hodges
State University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Hodges
Old Threshers' Day Set at Center Point
A group of steam engine enthusiasts will hold annual Old Threshers' Day Saturday at Fay Strait farm two miles south of Center Point starting at 1 p.m. An antique hand-feed thresher more than 100 years old will be demonstrated. The Strait farm lies about one mile east of the Center Point Palo bridge at Lewis Bottom access. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Fay Strait
Strait Farm
Center- Point-Palo
Cedar River
Lewis Bottom
USDA Forms International Agricultural Development Service
The U S Department of Agriculture will create the International Agricultural Development Service to administer foreign aid and training programs. Dr Roland R Renne will direct the service under Secretary Orville L Freeman who announced the plan and aims to build relationships with international and U S organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Department of Agriculture
International Agricultural Development Service
VU. S
Orville L. Freeman
Roland R. Renne
Jones 4-H Members To Camp Next Week
Twenty four Jones county 4-H members join a Jackson county group for a senior camp at the state 4-H center near Madrid from July 28 to August 1. They overnight in Ames and visit Iowa State University on the return trip, led by club leaders Mrs. Ernest Ortgies and Mrs. Cecil Hay and extension staff Mary Harper and Varlyn Fink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
4-H
Jackson County
Madrid
Ames
Iowa State University
Ernest Ortgies
Cecil Hay
Mary Harper
Varlyn Fink
Clinton Cattlemen Plan Oklahoma Tour in August
The Clinton County Beef Committee sponsors an August tour to Oklahoma from the 25th to the 30th with stops at the Kansas City stockyards and cattle operations in Oklahoma and Missouri. Clinton county cattlemen may sign up August 7 and 8 at the 4-H club show headquarters. Beef committee members will serve barbecue sandwiches during beef judging day August 8 from 11 30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Freeman Secures Plan for Plant Scientist Exchange
Washington AP The Agriculture Department says Secretary Freeman has won Soviet approval for sending a team of American plant scientists to Russia to collect wild plant germplasm for breeding better fruits ornamentals and other horticultural varieties. The group will spend up to 60 days abroad while the USSR plans to send two grain sorghum specialists to the United States for 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Soviet Union
Russia
Freeman
United States
Muscatine FHA Office Reports Loan Volume
The Farm Home Administration office in Muscatine loaned 625000 dollars to farmers in Johnson Louisa Muscatine and Scott counties during the fiscal year ending June 30. Operating loans made up 25 percent of the total with the remainder in real estate loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ers Home Administration
Muscatine
Johnson
Louisa
Scott
Anton I. Tometich, Jr
FHA
Clinton Swine Group Sponsors Pie Baking at County Fair
The Clinton Swine Group will sponsor a pie baking contest at this year’s county 4-H show from August 5 to 9. Lard is required for shortening. Prospective participants in the association’s touring trip to the Swift and Company packing plant at Rochelle Illinois on September 4 may sign up August 7 and 8 in the headquarters building at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Swine Group
Association
New Swift and Company
Rochelle
Ill
Suffolk and Corriedale Lead in Iowa Sheep Breeding
Iowa farmers report Suffolk, Corriedale and other breeds account for over three quarters of breeding ewes and ewe lambs. Based on March 1 1963 surveys from 1856 producers, Suffolk leads with 23 percent, Corriedale 22 percent, Hampshire 15 percent, Columbia 12 percent, Shropshire 5.4 percent, Cheviot 3 percent, Montadale 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Suffolk
Corriedale
Hampshire
Columbia
Shropshire
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Agriculture agency notes recreation farms by landowners
The agriculture department reports that 9,816 land owners and operators partnered with locally managed soil and water conservation districts to establish income producing recreation enterprises in the year ended June 30. An additional 9,075 owners plan to set up similar ventures this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Fayette 4 H Members Visit Cedar Rapids
About 275 Fayette county 4 H members will tour industries in northeast Iowa on August 1. They will visit the Quaker Oats plant the Gazette Allis Chalmers Armstrongs the Paris Academy of Beauty and Bishops cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Fayette County
4-H
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Quaker Oats
the Gazette
Allis-Chalmers
Armstrong's
Paris Academy of Beauty
Bishop's
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C.R
Belgium
U. N
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Iowa State Fair
Meat Board Research
SUI Project
Old Threshers
USDA
Clinton
Oklahoma
Muscatine Fha
Suffolks and
Corriedales
Farm Land Recreation Conversion Reported
IRL
Pontiacs
Catalinas
Star Chiefs
ALL Bill Grand
Tempest — LeMans
McGrath
Pontiac
Tempest
S.E
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