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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1977
Page
2
A newspaper announces a new policy refusing to run classified advertisements without advance payment. Readers may call Monday to place an ad and receive a price, then mail the money. The page lists multiple sale items including shingles at 18.95 per 100 sq ft from Graettinger Lumber Co and assorted farm and nursery goods, with contact details and several personal notices.
Committees met three hours daily on Budget subcommittees debating a Title XIX health care supplement. The plan sought $9 million through June 30, 1977. Governor endorsed it, fiscal study suggested $7.154 million, House funded $7.5 million, Senate balked, compromise reached $8 million. Speaker notes desire to protect elderly and blind from drug and care cuts, prefers reallocating elsewhere. He introduced four bills, supports curbing consultants, while criticizing privatized committee bills and favoring local control in Land Use, with less state agency power.
Educational filmstrips from the March of Dimes are available in Palo Alto and Kossuth County. The program covers prematurity risks, maternal health, diet, infections, and birth defects. Chapter chairs Raymond Smith and Charles Bloom urge schools churches and organizations to borrow from Extension Service in Emmetsburg.
Sally Briggs 17 of Des Moines daughter of Carol Briggs and East High junior was crowned by Governor Robert Ray as Iowa Heart Fund Princess for 1977. She underwent June 1975 heart surgery at Mercy Hospital for coarctation of the aorta and now leads a normal healthy life representing over 40 000 volunteers supporting Heart Fund programs.
The National Chicken Cooking Contest announces 1977 entry details with a $10,000 top prize and total cash awards of $25,000. Entrants send a recipe for about four servings, using a broiler-fryer, Accent flavor enhancer, and Mazola oil, by March 1, 1977. Finalists from all states compete in Jackson, Mississippi, on July 27, 1977, with expenses covered by sponsors.
The Lakes Caucus for In formed Women will meet at Iowa Lakes Community College Estherville auditorium on Thursday February 3 at 7 30 p m Emmet County Social Services Stephen Martyr will speak and present a film on child abuse Parents of young children are urged to attend Afterward a Q A session will follow The group is open to the public with future meeting details announced in advance
IRS cautions that incorrect or illegible addresses and social security numbers on tax returns can delay refunds. Taxpayers who moved should inform the post office and IRS center, or the refund may not reach them. A peel-off label on the tax package lets them correct name address and SSN to ensure proper directing of funds.
Lawton A-1 and supporters oppose a 24 percent pay raise for Congress, arguing pay matters should trigger a new vote by the next Congress. They note the commission proposed higher salaries, government cost trends, and urge action to block the automatic raise unless a floor vote occurs before February 15.
The speaker argues that current pay is sufficient to attract capable officials and that funds could be better spent elsewhere. He notes voting against proposed increases in 1975 and 1976, including a 5 percent cost of living raise passed by one vote and a similar increase defeated by the House.
Congressman Berkley Bedell asks Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland to curb a possible federal takeover of inland grain inspection. He warns plans to expand Federal Grain Inspection Service supervision and raise user fees could burden small elevators and deter needed inspections. Joined by Rep. Hightower and Rep. English, Bedell argues Congress did not intend a larger interior bureaucracy. He cites concerns over increased costs and burdensome recordkeeping while noting corruption is not evident at inland exchanges.
In the 14 percent century gunpowder began to be used in crude artillery to batter down the high thick walls of medieval castles, which otherwise resisted the attacks of opposing forges. The development marked a turning point in siege warfare and rocketed the destruction potential of artillery.
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