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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1954
Page
8
Wisconsin researchers on a federally funded alfalfa and sweet clover project uncover a chemical in spoiled hay that slows blood clotting and can kill warm blooded animals. They develop Dicumarol for preventing clots after surgery and invent Warfarin, a potent rat poison used worldwide to curb losses and disease.
U S Department of Agriculture reports legume seed producers lose about half their crops due to pod shatter in maturity, rains, and winds. Issues also include reliance on standard grain harvesters for small seeds. Trials suggest direct combining may reduce losses versus windrows or swaths.
A patrol ticketing scene unfolds as an 18 year old driver and a young girl, possibly 16, react with detachment after a fatal highway incident. The officer recalls a past youth who died in a crash on a bridge rail. In Marsham, Thomas E Williams, 93, longtime resident, passes away. A large fire in Austinville, Butler county, destroys much of the business district.
Kerry Wehrspann, a member of the Ottesen youth, is attending classes by telephone due to being confined to bed with rheumatic fever for the past two months.
The Bedford Baptist Church recently marked its centennial anniversary since founding in the town. The milestone reflects a century of community worship and service, highlighting long-standing religious and civic ties in the area.
In Mapleton Mrs Estina Ivey celebrated her 100th birthday. A fall from a Mount Vernon playground slide left eight year old Penny Cook with a fractured vertebrae and a cast expected for six to eight months.
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