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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1977
Page
3
Carol Crocker urges Dickinson County 4 H members to join the 1 2 full attitude hobby class at the March 1 meeting. She contrasts 1 2 full optimists with 1 2 empty complainers, noting that positive outlooks return smiles and value.
A 1975 Iowa survey shows $5 million in county property taxes funded court appointed attorneys, up 166 percent from 1974. Counties also fund state health institution patients, with expected property tax costs near $40 million in 1977. The Farm Bureau supports shifting these costs to state funds.
The Iowa Department of Transportation Commission will consider approving a constract between the Iowa DOT Rail Division, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company and the Kanawha Belmond Shippers Association for upgrading 23.6 miles of CONW rail trackage. The panel will review the MotorCycle Park development plan outlining costs and key success items. The Public Transit Division seeks approval to award toll systems for multiple counties including Emmet Dickinson Osceola Lyon Sioux O'Brien Clay Palo Alto Buena Vista and others. Planning Division to discuss Citizen Advisory Councils Functional Classification and the Arterial Highway System.
The meeting starts at 8 30 a.m. in the Commission Room of the DOT Central Headquarters in Ames. For further DOT news items call the News and Information Service at Area 515 296 1372.
Winter fish kills hit portions of Iowa streams due to low water and record cold. About 1000 miles or 10 percent of streams opened to promiscuous fishing to salvage fish that would have been wasted. Conley notes some fish survive in springs riffles and open water below dams.
A compact listing of crossword clues from the Times newspaper page 6 dated February 24 1977. Includes hints such as Trick moved as a fish stand up narrate center mature and other numbered prompts.
A Soil Conservation Service study shows nearly 6 million acres left cropland in the Corn Belt from 1967 to 1975. About 3 million acres remain in land capability classes with erosion risks while some land shifted to pasture, contributing to a 6 million acre rise in pasture to 29 million acres. Forest land also noted.
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