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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1956
Page
3
Crowds filled the fairgrounds with infield displays of tiling and fence building machinery. Exhibits sprawled across tents as women attended cooking and washing schools and fashion shows in the county youth building. Entertainment featured the Eldora high school band and WHO performers.
Two tractor rodeos sponsored by Des Moines radio and Hardin County Rural Youths drew competitors from six states Thursday. Donald Baggs of Randolph won the midwest event earning 100 dollars in prizes, with 50 dollars and a plaque to the runner up. Eldora's George Granton and Radcliffe’s Caleb Knutson shared first in the Hardin County rodeo.
At Eldora Iowa Benson faced hecklers as he warned of rising prices while Kefauver drew louder applause. Kefauver spoke from Waterloo via Janssen and spent twenty to twenty five minutes greeting well wishers, shaking hands, and touring exhibits on the race track. Benson and his wife then flew to Iowa Falls and back to Washington, while Kefauver lingered among the crowd.
Interviewer notes Hauser weary with long cigarette holder at a press conference outside the football dressing room. The passage records Kefauver criticizing Eisenhower and outlining an agricultural program, then touring a demonstration area and riding a seven pony hitch before traveling to Eldora and Davenport for speeches.
Union-Whitten defeated Hansell 14 to 1 in a Junior Legion baseball game Sunday afternoon. Johnson pitched the win. Snider hit a grand slam in the first inning for Union, and Heilston homered in the seventh for Hansell.
A list of residents by town including Eldora Miss Sherrill Frazer Donald LeRue James Wolf and many others. Births noted for Coe Mrs Wale Petty a boy on June 24 and Mrs Howard Mairs Eldora a girl on June 20.
Newsmen from all major wire services and central Iowa dailies covered Senator Estes Kefauver and U S Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson in Eldora. Represented were the New York Times by Jerry King and the Wisconsin Agriculturist and Farmer by Daniel Kasen. The two leaders faced extensive questioning in press conferences held in the football dressing room at the fair grounds.
K E Reisinger supplied an eight-pony hitch to move Benson and Kefauver to field day demonstration areas. The politicians chose the pony hitch over tractor trolleys and showed strong interest. Mrs Benson enjoyed riding in the pony drawn wagon. Reisinger performed a figure eight drill for the Agriculture Secretary eliciting strong applause from the Bensons.
Iowa Falls announces permanent landing strip lights to be installed within a couple of months. The project will be funded via a cost sharing deal with the Iowa Aeronautics Commission, with the city paying about $300.
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