Merta and Arfons feud set for UNI-Dome tractor pull
At Cedar Falls the two famed tractor pullers Art Arfons and Emil Merta headline the first annual UNI-Dome Tractor Pull with a 35 thousand dollar purse. Merta, from Fairfax, and Arfons, famed for land speed, seek victories amid a field of 60 drivers and 25 to 30 ton sleds.
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Art Arfons
Emil Merta
Cedar Falls
Merta
Fairfax
Arfons
Unidome
Pontiac Silverdome
Uni-Dome
Midwest
Canada
Bonneville Salt Flats
Busch
L.D. Nation
Kansas
Frank Lafferty
National Farm Equipment Tractor Pul
Louisville
Nation
Charles
Tom DeClerck
Illinois
Evel Knievel
National Farm Equipment
Iowa
National
Soviets Benefit From South American Grain Exports
Tokyo AP says increased grain shipments from Argentina and Brazil are offsetting losses from the U.S. embargo. The Soviet Union may see only a 3 percent fall in grain consumption in the current year, with Argentina exporting about 7 million tons of wheat and corn in 1980 and Brazil boosting bean shipments to 3 million tons.
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Tokyo
South America
Soviet Union
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Argentina
Brazil
Canada
Australia
Carter
Afghanistan
House committee approves higher commodity loan rates
The House Agriculture Committee, against President Carter in opposition, advances bills to raise loan rates for major farm commodities. Each bill carries an estimated cost above $1 billion. Critics warn the moves would burden the budget while the embargo pressures farmers.
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Washington
Carter
House Agriculture Committee
Kent Hance
Texas
Afghanistan
Leon Panetta
D-Calif
Agriculture
Dysart FFA Chapter Honors Award Winners At Banquet
Dysart Dysart Cristi Krafka 15 and Roger Peters 18 both of Dysart were named Chapter Farmers at the Dysart Geneseo FFA awards banquet held Monday night at Dysart High School. Chris Dostal 14 of Elberon was named Chapter Greenhand. Alice Denker and Leonard Siemens both of Dysart were named Honorary Chapter Farmers. Denker cooks for Dysart High School and Siemens built the show ring for the Dysart fair.
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Dysart
Cristi Krafka
Roger Peters
Dysart- Geneseo Ffa
Dysart High School
Chris Dostal
Elberon
Alice Denker
Leonard Siemens
Denker
Siemens
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