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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1956
Page
4
State auditors report a prominent school with 13 deaf blind students and an annual average enrollment of 335. A tuition increase was documented in the audit by State Auditor C. B. Akers. Governors from three states and agricultural reps from 13 states joined a meat state conference in Omaha emphasizing restoration.
Governors Hoegh and Anderson promote a conference with Goy and Joe Foss to boost national meat advertising and prices for producers. Iowa highway patrol reports February traffic summons up 451 from last year and 2,135 warning tickets. New dwelling permits rise to 268 in 16 Iowa cities, value $4.61 million, with remodeling permits up to 212 valued at $220,925. Use tax on new vehicles drops to 435,846. GOP in Towns third district discuss unseating Rep H R Gross with a permanent county-by-county committee for Eisenhower support. possible candidates include Roach, McKinley, Burma, Beardmore, City residents. Delegates' fee for state GOP convention set at 3 with national fees possibly up to 300.
Delegates pay 100 dollars each and alternates 50 dollars to attend the convention. Officials note expenses are expected to be higher for the California meeting.
Real estate transfers list several parcels including C W Antes to Lyle Voshell and wife, Fayette County treasurer to Frank J A Huber, and Joe L Peters to Wm D Peters with various section and township designations. Leases include Harry Gunderson to Ronald B Gunderson on a 50-50 basis and Osterman Busse Agisto with Charles A Peck and wife. New car registrations include John R Hellum and Walter C Falk with Ford and Cadillac models.
Agricultural climatologists at Iowa State College track meteorological data affecting crops and soils each year. For cattle farms dusts are practical insect pest control in winter. Posts with heart wood last longer and come from older trees. Iowa housewives should buy white or tussel potatoes over color-waxed red potatoes. On mixed farms chicks are cared for first. Spring may bring grasshopper infestations, especially in southern Iowa, with drier springs worsening the problem. Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement aims to raise production per cow, not total output, with cows producing under 250 pounds among those analyzed.
A fragment discusses a dairy policy claim that eliminating putterfat per year could end dairy surplus and yield dairymen a better return for their labor, indicating debate over producer compensation and market balance.
A highway patrolman investigates a fatal crash where a driver steered into a bridge abutment at 70 mph. A bloody beer can with teeth marks in the ditch points to a violent, fatal moment as the driver’s last mark was carma.
A brief notice notes residents telling reporters they saw the story in the Keho, prompting curiosity about additional details and source verification from local officials.
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