Gophers Disrupt Kirkwood Campus Lighting System
Kirkwood Community College reports Minnesota gophers have caused four to five underground wiring breaks in the outdoor lighting system since summer. Repairs cost about 1000 dollars with East campus lights still out. Gophers have also damaged radio station wiring in past incidents. Conduits were rejected due to cost.
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Ag Bureau backs later All-Iowa Fair and harvest exposition
The Cedar Rapids Chamber Ag Bureau voted to commend the All-Iowa Fair board for continuing the agricultural fair and urged emphasis on agriculture. They questioned a later regional date to showcase 4-H and FFA entries before the Iowa State Fair and avoid conflicts with nearby county fairs. The board plans next year’s fair around the Fourth of July, with a harvest exposition as a possible alternative.
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Hog plant to close Davenport operations in six months
Oscar Mayer & Co. will shut down obsolete hog slaughtering at the Davenport facility in about six months affecting roughly 500 workers. The plant will end pork slaughtering and related work in April while processed meat production continues for 1 500 other employees. DES safety debate continues in a Wichita court as studies are urged. Weather outlook predicts above normal winter for Iowa. On this date recalls Beirut clashes in 1975.
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Nixon attacks media over Watergate cover-up claims
On this date in 1973 President Nixon criticized the American news media as hysterical and vicious amid mounting Watergate cover-up investigations and political pressure.
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