Bridge sale sparks county dispute over river bottleneck
Atalissa farmer Glen Phelps Wasser bought a four span bridge for one dollar from Muscatine county after a road was abandoned. The aging Tice bridge collapsed five years later, triggering a lawsuit against the county. He asserts the Dougherty bridge upstream worsened flooding and altered currents, seeking nearly 100,000 in damages.
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Mathew Paust Atalissa
Glen Phelps Wasser
New York City
Here
John D. Rockefeller
Muscatine County Board of Supervisors
Cedar River
Phelps
Dougherty
Tice
James Dougherty
Muscatine
Tice Bridge
Glen Phelps
Daugherty
Alec
Soybean Blight Warns Iowa Growers Amid Wet Spring
Extension plant pathologist Robert Nyvall of Iowa State warns that a soilborne fungus named Pythium is causing widespread soybean blight across low lying, waterlogged fields. Infected seeds fail to germinate and living plants show water soaked roots, threatening early stand establishment and yield.
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Ames
Robert Nyvall
Iowa State
Nyvall
Soybean Seedling Disease Warning From Dry Weather
Nyvall warns of a root and stem rot in soybeans that turns brown and shrivels, with dried brown roots and cotyledon attachment. Symptoms resemble herbicide damage and may subside with dry weather. If replanting occurs, fungicide seed treatment is advised to control the disease if fields wet again. no resistant varieties exist.
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Nyvall
Meat shortage warned by Iowa pork chief in letter
DES MOINES The nation could face four serious meat shortages due to government price controls says Paul Bernhard president of the Iowa Pork Producers Assn in a letter to President Nixon and Secretary Butz. He urges immediate removal of meat price ceilings noting rising costs from $36.06 per hundredweight production to slaughter prices around $36.75 to $37.50 and says producers are cutting back or quitting hog farming amid high feed costs and triple soybean meal prices. He warns reserves are low and warns of empty meat stocks and potential black markets.
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Des Moines
Paul Bernhard
Iowa Pork Producers Assn
Nixon
Earl Butz
Iowa Pork Producers
Bernhard
Towa State University
Barcraft
Tama Dairy Princess Crowned in Tama County
Rose Fontinel, 18, of Tama, was crowned Tama county dairy princess after seven finalists competed at the Tama county dairy festival. First runner up was Marcela Lyon of Toledo with plans to study art and agriculture.
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Gazette Rhotos
Jim Head
Tama County
Anna He Zhotne
Tama
Connie Mattingly
Toledo
Marcia Lyon
Janette Hinwman
Garwin
Mary Hayek
Clutier
Rosa Ann Fentinel
Yvonne Busch
Gladbrook
Juoan Braja
Elbaron
Iowa
Norma Parrot
Greenfield
Rose Fontinel
Tama Dairy Princess
So Ann Fontinel
Fontinel
Misa Fontinel
Norman Parrott
Rose
South Towa High School
Northern Town
Drake
Inigh
Princess
Robert Sentinel
Marcela Lyon, i
Mercia
South Tama High School
Owa State
Marcia
Howard Yon
Dairy Princess
Yvone Busch
Gladorook
Joan Breja
Elberon
Annette Zhortie
Taina
Clutter
Janette Hineman
Lyle Borg
Grace Kerr
Ankeny
Rich Balvanz
Eldora
Rose Ann Fontinel
Des Moines
Norma Parrott
Tows Dairy Princes
Rosa Ann Fontinel
Delaware 4 H Names State Delegates
Eighteen Delaware county 4 H delegates attend the annual State 4 H conference at Iowa State University Ames this week. Carolyn Jasper Manchester a voting delegate Anne McMahon Manchester a member of the state 4 H council and one of sixteen candidates for a state 4 H office and music delegates from Delaware county. Cheryl Hoffman Manchester and Ruth Kittelson Earlville will go Monday for additional training and preparation for the state conference. David Venteicher Strawberry Point will serve as chaperone for the Delaware county delegation. Other members include Karen Quint Ryan Mary Siegel Greeley Marian Thole Manchester Sandy Wieser Manchester Marilyn Wachter Delhi Connie Britt Earlville Mary Broghammer Manchester Darla Herman Jarlville Carolyn Jasper Manchester Janice Burns Manchester David Broghammer Manchester Ray Cooksley Earlville Mike Ryan Manchester Richard Venteicher Strawberry Point Norman Voetker Ryan Bernie Winter Earlville Scott Woeste Colesburg Joe Peiffer Manchester.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Iowa State University
Ames
Carolyn Jasper
Anne McMahon
Cheryl Hoffman
Ruth Kittelson
Earlville
David Venteicher
Strawberry Point
Karen Quint
Ryan
Mary Siegel
Greeley
Marian Thole
Sandy Wieser
Marilyn, Wachter
Delhi
Connie Britt
Mary Broghammer
Darla Herman
Jarlville
Janice Burns
David Broghammer
Ray Cooksley
Mike ‘Ryan
Man ‘Chester
Richard Venteicher
Norman ‘M Voetker
Bernie Winter
Scott Woeste
Colesburg
Joe Peiffer
Pork Producers Plan Series of District Days
The Towa Pork Producers Association announces district Appreciation Day meetings over two weeks. Each district will host informal leader recognitions, a pork quality seminar by Iowa State swine specialists, and updates on state and national park council program plans.
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Des Moines
Towa Pork Producers Assn
Wil
Iowa
National Park Council
Cedar
Johnson, Jones and Link
DeWitt Fair Ground
Benton
Poweshiek
Tama
Iowa Farms Tax Share Tops One Third in 1870
An Iowa State University report shows agricultural property taxes made up 34.3 percent of total property tax collections in Iowa for 1870. The finding highlights agriculture as a major revenue source in the early state tax system.
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Iowa
Iowa State University
Begin 54% at Morris Plan NOW
A compact prompt urging readers to start saving with Morris Plan to reach a 54 percent target, highlighting a savings push backed by local financial guidance. The note implies urgency but avoids detailed terms.
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Morris Plan
Five Year Farm Support Bill Ends Senate Debate
The Senate backed a five year farm support bill by 78 to 9, aiming to extend price supports and reactivates payments when markets fall. It also caps per farm payments for cotton, wheat, and feed grains, with a new ceiling around 920,000 annually per crop, while consumer equity is claimed by supporters.
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UPL
Senate
House
Senates
W. R. Poage
House Agriculture
Senate Agriculture Committee Committee
Herman E. Taladge Sirk
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