30 Apr 1957
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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1957
Page
1
A sequence of excuses not to vote against a proposed gym auditorium housing music includes concerns about education impact tax costs convenience and personal unwillingness. It argues voters should weigh community benefit against individual preferences and questions why one might owe the community anything.
Yesterday's items note J R Edieck sr and family moving to Steamboat Rock and buying a blacksmith shop, local additions by Uncle Dick Ripley, a new horse for President Duren, and a Shir ley White contract for McElroy's new house. Also mentions concerts, church efforts against liquor, a burglary, hog sales, a medical trip, and 1518 voters approving a municipal light plant.
Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide a school bond measure. Polls open at 12 noon and close at 7 pm. The election affects district financing for facilities and improvements. Citizens are urged to review ballot language and impacted schools before voting.
A columnist recounts TV era films, aging stars, and evolving tastes from Valentino to The Ten Commandments. Personal anecdotes follow about grandchildren's antics, bicycle aversion among teens, Easter egg dining, and family life in town. The piece ends with a prompt: Have you voted.
Opinion piece questions if mothers or guardians using liquor or cigarettes should lose ADC payments. Critics fear restricting federal funds and creating enforcement challenges. The column weighs waste versus frugality, noting policy must be sensible and enforceable while considering broader social norms.
Iowa poultry producers report lower egg production due to feeding errors. Extension poultry expert W R Whitfield warns that empty concentrate troughs and diluting concentrates with excess grain cut protein and nutrient intake. He says laying rations for high producers need about 16 percent protein, as corn and oats alone reach only around 10 percent.
A Grundy Register note based on Fortune magazine findings says farmers’ net income is 30 percent lower than a decade ago, despite some recovery in recent months from higher livestock prices. Rising living and operating costs widen the gap, and farmers cannot raise prices to cover costs. government support for parity prices is urged to place farming on equal footing with other businesses.
The Reinbeck Courier accuses Congress and the President of broad social security changes in 1959 that favored new self employed groups, causing long time workers to receive smaller monthly benefits while wealthier individuals reap larger checks, comparing decades of payments to two years.
Lawmakers in Washington face heavy constituent mail over a $71.8 billion peacetime budget and calls for funding numerous projects. One congressman says he is torn between requests for heavy spending and for economy, reflecting split public pressure.
A Pella Chronicle summary notes a United States News feature urging a return to core subjects reading writing and arithmetic. It critiques progressive education as overemphasizing freedom and social skills while neglecting drill and discipline, citing Rudolph Flesch and concerns about prep for college entrance.
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