Mrs. Dole Enjoys Hayride On Iowa Campaign Swing
Elizabeth Dole participates in a two mile hayride at Living History Farm in Des Moines two days before the election. The trip includes aides and reporters as she tours 130 years of Iowa agriculture and comments on the fall scenery while remaining nonpartisan for the campaign.
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Farm Migration Slowdown Outlined
A USDA study shows rural Americans leaving farms for cities has declined since the 1940s. From 1970 to 1975 farm population loss averaged 1.8 percent annually, far lower than 4.8 percent in the 1960s and 4 percent in the 1950s. In April 1975, 4.2 percent of Americans lived on farms, about one in 24. The peak was one in three a half-century earlier.
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Weekend Accidents Claim 9 Lives on Iowa Roads
Nine fatalities on Iowa highways over the weekend include Allen Lorrigan 26 and Charlotte White 28 in a Fort Madison area motorcycle car crash on highway 61. Others killed or injured include Steve Isom 15 Ida Grove and Preston Luin 26 Atlantic in separate crashes, with several more incidents across Council Bluffs Primghar and nearby towns.
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Speakers Named For Cornell Event
Two speakers will discuss Islamic art history and Arab American relations at Cornell College as part of the Resource-Affluent Nations program. Dr. Walter B. Denny will speak at 10 am in Maxwell Auditorium on Artist Patron and Public in Islamic Art. Muhammad Mehdi will address Palestine and the United Nations in the Palisades Room.
Cornell Educator To Present Paper
MT VERNON Dr Eliza beth Isaacs professor of English at Cornell college has been invited to read a scholarly paper at the Midwest Modern Language Assn annual meeting in St Louis from Thursday to Sunday. Her paper titled The Romantic Realistic Paradox in the Poetry of Robert Frost and she will take part in a Frost seminar. Isaacs is author of An Introduction to Robert Frost and specializes in Frost poetry.
Gazette Co publishes Cedar Rapids daily with AP rights
Established in 1883 by The Gazette Co, Cedar Rapids Iowa edition announces daily and Sunday publication. Subscription rates listed include 7 issues or 4 weeks at 46 dollars and 52 weeks at 105 dollars by carrier. AP holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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