No Room in the Inn in Iowa Stable Tale
In northwest Iowa a Christmas birth unfolds after a stalled car on highway 4 south of Emmetsburg. A pregnant mother, father to be, and strangers stopping to help lead her to the hospital where a baby boy is born on Christmas. A quiet holiday message ends with Merry Christmas to all.
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Iowa
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County State Bank
Estherville
Spencer
Spirit Lake
Sheldon
Sibley
Court House
Agricultural Export Outlook Uncertain in 1970
Iowa State University extension economist Gene Futrell says U S agricultural exports rose in fiscal 1970 but uncertainties loom from potential import quotas in Congress and possible retaliation by foreign nations. Soybean exports hinge on Eastern European oil seed availability while higher bean and corn prices affect competitiveness.
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U. S
Gene Futrell
Iowa State University
Congress
Europe
Futrell
Japan
Iowa
Miss Ruby Swanson wins 4-H bread award at National Congress
Ruby Swanson of Dows was named a national winner in the 4-H bread award program at the National 4-H Congress in Chicago last month, earning a $600 college scholarship. Five Elkader Knights of Columbus charter members observed the lodge’s 50th anniversary. J. W. Bert McKee retires after 64 years in Winterset banking, most with the Farmers and Merchants State Bank.
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Ruby Swanson
Raymond Swanson
Dows
Chicago
Elkader Council
Knights of Columbus
Clem Dunn
Gerald
Winterset
J. W
Bert) McKee
Farmers and Merchants State Bank of
McKee
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Merry Christmas
By Mark Vandervelde
Olesen Bros. Construction
Roy
Larry
Gary Jackson
Lois Lammers
John Devries Arnie Masters George Twait Henry Jensen
H. M. Jorgensen
Albert Norris Lawrence Thomsen
Graettinger Coop Telephone Ass’n
Omer
Betty Gjerde
Lloel
United Methodist Church
Graettinger
John Devries
Helen Devries
Lloyd Cornelius
Armella Cornelius
John Devries, Jr
Ward Scherer
Tim Lappegard
Robert Lappegard
Wendell Fales
John Wilson
Jim Helmick Laverne Nilsen
Harvey Pederson
Shaver Mfg. Co
Icowa
Feeney, Earl Dunn, Clem Meder and
Francis Orr
SAVE
Graettinger Trading
Graettinger Times
DU Rog
Graettinger Municipal Gas
Russell Lastine
Kenneth Jensen Wayne Poeppe
Myrtle Nissen
Omer Gjerde
Robert Carter Charles Sarazine
Graettinger Municipal Light Plant
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