Roundup of local business and political notes
C Russell Blom elected 1978 chairman of the Agricultural Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Marion Area Chamber of Commerce. Harriet Kolar named vice chair. bureau supports rural urban ties and agricultural events and scholarships. Omaha attorney says investors are cool on buying Western Iowa Pork plant in Harlan due to sewage upgrade cost and pending studies while ABP traces rise of American Beef Packers from West to multi million dollar operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Russell Blom
Peoples Bank and Trust Co
Agricultural Bureau
Cedar Rapids- Marion Area
Bureau
Kirkwood Community College
Omaha
UPI
Western Iowa
American Beef Packers Inc
Harlan
Iowa
Daniel Duffy
Duffy
American Beef
Frank R. West
ABP Board
Western Iowa Pork
West
American Beef Packers
CPR Training Series Aims to Reach Rural Iowa Residents
Kirkwood Community College and seven county Farm Bureau groups launch a four month CPR campaign for rural Eastern Iowa. Training targets one in four residents with eight hour workshops led by two person teams. Registration costs ten dollars and seating is limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
Farm Bureau
Kirkwood
Iowa Heart Association
Denise Rasmussen
Cedar Rapids
Farm editors hear defense of Soviet grain sales and call for feed ban
At the Newspa per Farm Editors of America winter meeting speakers defend current Soviet grain sale procedures and argue for banning feed additives. Tom Saylor of USDA defends daily export reporting, notes review of stricter rules, and questions higher demands that could deter buyers. Dr John Stulp predicts strike success while contrasting 1930s actions with today’s mass communication driven movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Farm Editors of America
Tom Saylor
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Stulp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Betty Talmadge
Sen
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Washington Press Club
OWA Packers
U.S
Benton County
Shellsburg
van Horne
Cedar County
Clarence-Lowden
High School Media Center
Lisbon
Iowa County
Millersburg
Millersburg High School
Amana
Johnson County
Lone Tree
Solon
Iowa City
Jones County
Monticello
Kirkwood Learning Center
Linn County
Troy Mills
Alburnett
Iowa Hall
Washington County
Washington
West Madison
Brighton
Saylor
Neal Smith
Food and Drug Administration
Kenneth Monfort
Greeley
Colo
Irony
Monfort
FDA
Teamsters
Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
John Stulp
Lamar
Congress
Smulekoffs Fine Home Furnishings
Amana Radarange
Radarange
Smulekoffs
Liberal
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