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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1979
Page
7
Denver Post photographer Bill Johnson captures a humorous scarecrow built by a local farmer in the Globeville area, attracting attention as he drives through rural farmland.
Cattle prices dropped $2 to $3 per hundredweight at Wilson Foods Cedar Rapids with some local declines up to $5. St. Joseph terminal prices slid $4 to $5, while Sioux City and Omaha ranges fell $2 to $3 and $2 to $2.50 respectively. Eldon Hans cites supply outpacing demand and foresees stabilization soon.
Two farmers were injured when a silo exploded on the Paul Huston farm about 24 miles southeast of Wyoming. Paul Huston, 60, is in critical condition with burns to 40 percent of his body at University Hospitals in Iowa City. His son Denny, 33, is in fair condition in Cedar Rapids with head and back injuries and multiple lacerations. Fire departments arrived around 10:45 p.m. Monday. the fire was out by 7 a.m. Tuesday. A barn was destroyed and part of a corn crib burned. Cause of the blast is under investigation.
Honored Manchester farmer MANCHESTER GIB HOFFMAN who farms 200 acres near Manchester is named cowboy of the year by the Delaware County Cattlemen's Association. Hoffman, a former association president and soil commissioner, also serves as an ASCS township committeeman. Bob Hall of Manchester receives associate member of the year, and is vice president of Intraco in Oskaloosa.
A calendar listing announces the National Feeder Pig Show June 7–8 at Heart of the Ozarks Fairground West Plains Missouri, and the National Lamb and Wool Show June 6–7 at Pipestone Minnesota. Also details Iowa 4-H camps in Madrid and Burlington, plus workshops, fairs, and regional meetings across counties including Delaware Clayton Jefferson Linn and Winneshiek with dates in early June.
Olin will not host its annual Beef Days this year because only two 4-H members entered beef projects, totaling six calves. Organizers say high feeder cattle prices last fall reduced participation, and the Lions Club started the event in the 1950s with the Community Club hosting for the past 11 years.
The note recalls Anne Boleyn's execution in 1536 and the 1933 windstorm that swept Los Angeles depositing dust valued at about $56,000 in gold and $8,000 in silver. It also mentions the 1946 dissolution of the League of Nations.
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