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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1966
Page
4
Private sale listing includes a 12 cubic foot International Harvester freezer Frigidaire electric dryer blonde oak dining room suite bedroom furniture music cabinet shelves and miscellaneous articles Interested buyers see Mrs Gordon Mosby in Elgin
John Howard Jr offers a 1941 Chevrolet for sale with contact at telephone 2652. The ad is brief and lists no further details on condition, price, or location.
A collection of thank you notes from various local groups and individuals. The Elgin Lions Club expresses gratitude to customers and non Members for supporting a Fish Fry. John Hader thanks friends relatives and callers for hospital and home recovery wishes and notes special thanks to the Elgin American Legion Post for their gift.
Mr and Mrs Giles Martin announce a son Thomas Loren born Saturday June 25 at Postville Community hospital weighing 9 pounds 6 ounces. Mr and Mrs James Cook of Coralville announce a daughter Celeste Catherine born Wednesday June 22 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Grandmothers listed as Mrs Joseph P Duffy and Mrs Georgia Clark. paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Merlin A Cook and Mr and Mrs Harry Miller. Mr and Mrs David Boley n welcome a son David Bruce born June 28 at West Union hospital, first grandchild of Clifton Miller. other grandparents listed as Mrs Leo BeLeyn and Mrs Georgia Clark.
STATE NEWS continues notes 3,000 delegates at district caucuses and a Spencer junior high talk by Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman. He answered about 60 questions from 400 farmers, defending farm policy and noting Iowa net farm income rose by 1,800 dollars from 1960. Freeman blamed misreports for policy misunderstandings and called for full parity of income for family farms.
The Iowa Board of Regents asked the legislature for 185 million dollars in appropriations, a 61 million rise or 49 percent over current funding. Increases were requested for the University of Iowa, Iowa State, and the State College by 57 percent, with 18 percent for the Braille and Sight Saving School and 17 percent for the School for the Deaf. Regent Ned Perrin cautioned about public reaction and suggested a 25 percent rise might be more realistic. The board also adopted a merit system to keep institutions from joining a statewide civil service. Polk County Judge Wade Clark ruled nonresidents are not eligible for agricultural land tax credits, a decision likely to be appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court.
David M. Elderkin of Cedar Rapids is elected president of the Iowa State Bar Association at age 53, succeeding Edward W. Dailey of Burlington. Floyd E. Page of Denison is named the new vice president. Have a safe July 4th with careful driving to prevent accidents.
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