Volesky Farm Life and Political Views Near Newhall
Marvin Volesky, 46, farms 160 acres south of Newhall, raising 400 to 500 hogs yearly and milking 12 cows. He and wife Marge have four children Barb Gary Kathy and Mark. He moved from Fairfax in 1960, helped rebuild the farm, and shifted from chicken to hog operations. He discusses local politics supporting Franzenburg for governor and Mezvinsky for Congress, while expressing uncertainty about Vietnam peace and national choices.
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Marvin Volesky
Newhall
Volesky
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Marvin
Marge
Barb
John McCray
Gary
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Kathy
Mark
Cedar County Plans Extension Elections
Cedar County will hold extension council elections in 9 of 17 townships for terms 1973 to 1974. Elections run Nov 3 to Nov 16 at various churches and town halls, all at 8 p.m. First time 4-H dress revue participants may include boys, sponsored by Simplicity Pattern Co. Inc.
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Chicago-Joliet Livestock Marketing Center, Inc
Tipton
Cedar County
Extension Council
Donn Kleppe
Stanwood
Springdale
Gower
United Methodist Church
West Branch
Sugar Creek
South Bethel
Red Oak
Red Oak Church
Iowa Township
Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc
Iowans Named to Nixon Committee
Washington UPI report notes four Iowa farmers join a blue ribbon group of 56 farm and ranch leaders backing President Nixon. Clayton Yeutter highlighted Roy B. Keppy J C Holbert Erwin E Dubhbert and Howard A Elson as Iowa appointees. Yeutter predicted Nixon may win two thirds of farm votes and possibly key states, aiming for a farm vote near Eisenhower's 1952 level.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
Nixon
Clayton Yeutter
Erwin E. Dubhbert
Laurens Livestock Feeder
National Livestock Feeders Association
Howard A. Elson
Bondurant Grain
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Yeutter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rain Hampers Scott Harvest in County Corn Contest
Davenport reports that heavy rain slowed the Scott county corn yield contest with only five of 63 yields harvested. Kenneth Tank of Dixon leads at 160.18 bushels per acre with 25 percent moisture, followed by Don and Harvey Klindt of Davenport at 159.78 and Sunny View Farms duo Hugo Schnckloth and John Schnckloth at 158.33. Other entries include Howard Hamilton of Le Claire at 156.95 and Gerald Paulsen of Stockton at 147.11. moisture spans 22.8 to 29.5 percent.
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Davenport
Scott County
Kenneth Tank
Dixon
Don Olson
Don
Harvey Klindt
Sunny View Farms
Hugo
John Schnckloth
Eldridge
Howard
Iowa Farmers sue corn seed firms over 1970 blight losses
Nineteen Iowa farmers file a class action in Polk County district court seeking 100 million dollars for losses blamed on hybrid seed corn by 116 licensed producers. Plaintiffs say T cytoplasm seed was susceptible to Southern corn leaf blight and that seed firms knew the risk, aiming to prove widespread agricultural damages from 1970.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Polk County
U.S
U.S. Department of Agri
Dick R. Schlegel
Ottumwa
Verne Sawyer
Edward J. Gallagher
Waterloo
Daniel Webster Lucas
Sigourney
Howard McDonald
Gerald Welsh
Hedrick
Harry Dean Eakins
Harold Dean Bogert
Michael McMains
Eldon Spurgeon
Carl Boyer
Raymond Townsend
Bloomfield
Howard C. Foster
Burton C. Bickford
Fred McElroy
Raymond Howard
Ed Ulmer
Wapello
Charles Dunn
Carlisle
Stanley Hilmer
Dunkerton
Blythe Don
John Bayler
Hudson
Gary Fischels
LaPorte City
Three Pesticide Firms Accused of Unfair Claims
The FTC charged Hercules Inc Union Carbide Corp and FMC Corp with deceptive pesticide advertising claiming safety that misleads consumers, alleging non disclosed health hazards and reduced warning effectiveness. Proposals would force clear health risk disclosures and skull and crossbones in ads.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Hercules, Inc
Wilmington, del
Union Carbide Corp
New York City
FMC Corp
San Jose
Calif
Hercules
Toxaphene
Delnav
Union Carbide
Sevin
Sevimol
FMC
Furadan
Thiodan
Ethion
Sinux
Toxaphone
R. H. Wellman
Commission
Veterinarians Clash With FDA Drug Proposal
Iowa veterinarians object to an FDA plan restricting human label drugs for animal health. Dr. Fred Wertman of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association says vets must access all drugs to treat pets and livestock, as the new controls would limit supply to medical personnel.
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FDA
Des Moines
Iowa
Food and Drug Administration
Edly
Fred Wertman
The
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Wertman
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Joliet Stockyard
Ico
By al Swegle
Fairfax
Senate
Dick Clark
Highway 30
Sen
George McGovern
Vietnam
Robert Ray
Paul Franzenburg
Franzenburg
Ed Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Fred Schwengel
Mezvinsky
Hiawatha
S Gazette
R. G. Schrimper
Virgil Heins
Onal Bank
Marion—Clark
Rain Hampers
Scott Harvest
Firestone Sea
Field & Road 14
Olderog
4Th Ave. S
Faun New
Funk
America
John Lawlor
Belle Plaine
George Chizek
Visit
Funk's
International
ING. International
Bloomington
Illinois
Dial
Ellsworth
Ted Ellsworth
Dubuque
United Fund
Congress
Coats
Kreck
Thirty-Second
Oakland Road
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