Plambeck’s Vietnam tour highlights Iowa troops and Koster
Herb Plambeck reports from Da Nang and Chu Lai about Iowans serving in Vietnam. General Samuel Koster, a West Liberty native, receives a major general promotion from General Westmoreland amid heavy fighting and monsoon concerns, as Marines and the First American Division confront the DMZ’s rugged front.
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Vietnam
Chu Lai
Westmoreland
Pramseck
Samuel Koster
West Liberty
Koster
West Point
Second Armored Division
Hell On Wheels
Korea
Army
General Staff
National War College
Washington
Far East
Iowa
Demilitarized Zone
L” Corps
Phu Bai
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
Third Marines
Camp Carroll
Ed Myers
Boone
Larry Harmsen
Tipton
Corp
Rich Osborne
Dubuque
Charles Healy
Lohrville
L-C
Charles Wheeler
Extra
Dean Rydman
Dayton
Jim Bochmann
Greene
Allen Nimmo
Newton
First Marines Reconnaissance Battalion
Saigon
Eastern Iowa soil moisture near surplus levels in fall survey
Soil moisture in eastern Iowa soils is near or at surplus after August rains and fall precipitation. Measurements near Cedar Rapids show 13.5 inches in the top five feet, three times the 4.5 inches last fall, with historical highs and lows cited.
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Iowa
Vivan Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Jennings
Maquoketa
Fayette
Iowa County
Williamsburg
Ladoga
Iowa County Extension
Don Goering
Public Auctions Across Iowa Near Independence and Monticello
A sequence of farm sales listed with dates from November 18 to December 2 includes closings out on livestock machinery grain hay and straw near Independence Tipton Shueyville Clutter Coggon Monticello and Robins. Executors and auctioneers named include A Madill E F Breia Frank Ceynar E Coquilette Elzo Powell and Bill Haeussier with various farm and livestock lots noted at each site.
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Independence
Marie E. Wackerbarth
Madill
A.m
William Herbst
Tipton
Shueyville
E.U.B. Church
Frank Ceynar
E. Coquilette
Coggon
Five District Chairmen Named by Iowa Farm Bureau Women
In Des Moines two new district women chairmen were chosen and three were renomination during the Iowa Farm Bureau convention. New chairmen are Mrs Walter Eller Hubbard district 5 and Mrs Ralph Lieberknecht Columbus Junction district 7. Renominated are Mrs Frederick Becker McGregor district 1 Mrs Reinhard Riessen Hartley district 3 and Mrs Orvie Fischer Avoca district 9. Final action by county delegates Wednesday will determine the slate joining four current district chairs and the state chairman on the state women's committee. Eight delegates were also chosen for the American Farm Bureau Federation women's conference in Chicago on Dec 11.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau Convention
Des
Walter Eller
Hubbard
Ralph Lieberknecht
Columbus Junction
Frederick Becker
McGregor
Reinhard Riessen
Hartley
Orvie Fischer
Avoca
State Farm Bureau Women
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Herbert Johnson
Charles City
Walter Heuer
Princeton
Francis Mapes
Earlham
Louis Peterson
Lawton
Dale Duffy
Iowa Falls
Alma Baker
Woodbine
Emil Lamparek
Cedar Rapids
Livestock Exports For August Reported By USDA
During August the United States shipped 2 073 dairy cattle 1 667 beef females and 218 beef bulls for breeding. Other cattle exports totaled 218 head. Also exported were 11 672 sheep and goats and 1 030 hogs.
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Washington
U.S
USDA
Anamosa FFA To Hold Grain and Forage Show
The Anamosa FFA chapter will host its annual grain and forage show on Thursday November 30 with entries accepted until 7 30 p m. Classes cover corn soybeans oats hay and silage and only 1967 crops may be shown. Entries become the property of the FFA chapter and local farmers and students are urged to support the event with exhibits.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Ffa
FFA
USDA Sees No Gain In 68 Farm Exports
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department forecasts farm product exports in 1968 will stay near the 1967 level of about 6.8 billion dollars. Large export supplies in many foreign areas and sharper competition are noted while domestic demand is expected to rise with income and population growth.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Meat output rises in first nine months of year
U S D A reports U S meat production for the first nine months reached 25 081 million pounds, up 6.4 percent from 23 567 million pounds in the same period of 1966, reflecting stronger output across the sector.
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Washington
U.S
USDA
Anderson Calls for Government Exit From Farm Markets
Iowa Farm Bureau President J. Merrill Anderson urged farmers to wrest control of agriculture from the government. In his annual address at a three day convention in Des Moines, he blamed surplus dumping and export embargoes for farming troubles and urged limiting legislation to long term farm retirement to balance supply with demand.
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Des Moines
Farmer's
Iowa Farm Bureau
J. Merrill Anderson
Anderson
Bureau
Winneshiek DHIA Reports High Milk Fat in October
Fifty four cows across 26 herds on test in Winneshiek DHIA during October completed 305 day lactation records above 500 pounds of butterfat. Duane Engelhardt and Leslie Skersick are the DHIA supervisors.
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Decorah
Winnesshiek Dhia
Duane Engelhardt
Leslie Skersick
DHIA
Iowa Beef Producers Seek Stronger Bargaining and Promotion
More than 2,000 Iowa beef producers urged higher bargaining power, expanded research and promotion, and voluntary assessments to keep Iowa led in beef. They worry about meat imports, taxes on cattle, packer influence, disease control, and funding for marketing efforts. The Iowa Farm Bureau poll was released as the bureau opened its Des Moines convention with expected 3,000 attendees and speeches by Roman Hruska and J Merrill Anderson.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Bureau
U.S
Roman Hruska
R-Neb
J. Merrill Anderson
Newton
Corn Harvest Far Behind Last Year
Des Moines reports wet fields and high moisture delay Iowa corn harvest. By Monday 47 percent harvested vs 81 percent a year earlier, while soybean combining nears completion aside from scattered damp fields.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Tama and Winneshiek F B Choruses Win
DES MOINES The Tama and Winneshiek Farm Bureau women's choruses received blue ribbon ratings at the annual chorus festival during the Farm Bureau convention. Other choruses earning top honors came from Clay Jefferson Marshall O'Brien and Wright counties.
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Des Moines
Tama
Winneshiek Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Clay
Jefferson
Marshall
O’brien
Wright
Labor lobbyist calls for universal federal meat inspection
AFL-CIO lobbyist Andrew J. Biemiller told a Senate agriculture subcommittee the House meat inspection bill is weak and would not ensure safe meat. He urged a nationwide federal inspection of all meat, noting 22 states lack mandatory laws and opposing a system that only subsidizes state programs.
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Washington
Andrew J. Biemiller
Afl-Cio
United States
Biemiller
Senate Agriculture Sub‘committee
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