Closing the Gap for Rural America Speech Focus
Senate Rural Development Subcommittee chair outlines plan to fix rural inequities in housing, health, transportation, and aging services. Proposes criteria for equitable aid, directs aging and local agencies to prioritize rural needs, sets aim to close urban rural service gaps.
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Senate Rural Development Subcommittee
America
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Federal Administration On Aging
Bedell urges rail plan balance for rural lines and taxes
Congressman Berkley Bedell criticized President Ford's plan to fund rejuvenating American railroads, fearing it would prompt abandoning rural branch lines needed to move agricultural goods. He warned against using narrow cost criteria and tax phaseouts that would hinder states from maintaining abandoned lines, urging alternative funding and user fees. He also discussed meat labeling and imported beef, urging clear origin disclosures to protect American meat quality.
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Berkley Bedell
Ford
Congress
Bedell
Lake Park
West Bend
Mushroom safety warning from Iowa health official
Commissioner of Public Health Norman L. Pawlewski urged caution in mushroom hunting noting about 100 U.S. deaths yearly from poisonous mushrooms. He advised confirming edibility and freshness, warned some mushrooms harm only some people, and offered a booklet Edible Mushrooms In Iowa from Iowa State University. If concern arises, contact a physician or Palo Alto County Hospital Poison Treatment Center in Emmetsburg at 712-852-2434.
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Norman L. Pawlewski
United States
Pawlewski
Iowa
Cooperative Extension Service
Iowa State University
Ames
Palo Alto County
Palo Alto County Hospital
Emmetsburg
Bedell pushes labeling bill for imported meat in Iowa
Iowa congressman Berkley Bedell introduced legislation requiring restaurants and fast food venues and Cory stores to notify customers when imported meat is sold. He argued current labeling is insufficient and consumers deserve full information.
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Cory
Iowa
Berkley Bedell
Bedell
Public access to nursing home inspection reports expanded
Reports of nursing home and health facility inspections become public 45 days after survey information is sent to facility operators. Complaint details remain private unless licenses are revoked suspended or denied. Information available through the Health Facilities Division Iowa Department of Health Des Moines or by calling 515 281 5857. The story mentions a traveling Red Cross Blood Center bloodmobile.
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Rick Middleton
Iowa
Middleton
Health Facilities Division
Iowa State Department of Health
Locas
Des Moines
Bloodmobile dates set for Emmetsburg and West Bend
Your Times announces blood drive times for Emmetsburg on Thursday June 12 at Assumption Parish Center from 1 to 7 p.m. and in West Bend on Friday June 13 at the Community Center from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The notice urges community participation, noting relatives and friends may need blood at some point.
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Emmetsburg
West Bend
Assumption Parish
Sanbom Scholarship Trust formed at Iowa Lakes Estherville
A new trust established by Mr and Mrs Clyde Sanbom of Estherville will fund four academic scholarships annually at Iowa Lakes Community College Estherville. The program targets deserving students from Swea City Armstrong Ringsted Grover Estherville and Terris areas.
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Iowa Lakes Community College
Estherville
Clyde Sanbom
Sanbom
Swea City
Armstrong
Ringsted
Grover
Terris
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Ag-Arama
ILCC
Iowa Lakes Community College Laboratory Farm
Palo Alto County Dairy Association
Jill Nichols
Iowa Dairy Princess
Iowa Lakes Laboratory Farm
Highway 18
Central Air
Bonstead
Graettinger
Bedell ON
China
St. Paul Regional
Red Cross Blood Center
Your Times
Willie
Pocahontas Rural Electric Cooperative
Emanuel G. Kraska
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