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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1970
Page
5
Weekend column blends a strike negotiation note about a worker pacifier clause with light personal musings on travel weather and bicycle paths. Waft Mailbag recounts a Me i village dentist controversy over payment for children's teeth. reader notes include a fond porthole view of autumn, corn markets, and local place name history questions.
Rev Morris M Kirchhof of Belle Plaine named Head Start director for Upper Des Moines Opportunity Inc nine county area. He will oversee centers at Bancroft Algona Estherville Emmetsburg Laurens Spirit Lake Spencer and Alta. Kirchhof formerly pastor at Belle Plaine and Luzerne churches and is a Marine Corps veteran. He serves on local boards and committees and is married with one son.
High school seniors and graduates in Ames and Iowa must apply for the 1971 NROTC Scholarship program by December 1. The Navy provides tuition fees books uniforms and a $50 monthly subsistence allowance with at sea training summers. Applications require SAT or ACT scores submitted to the Navy and must be filed before December 1. bulletins and forms available from counselors recruiting stations or the Chief of Naval Personnel.
Iowa State University extension economist Bob Wisner says blight and other problems have not hit the 1970 corn crop as hard as feared. USDA September report pegs production at 4.403 billion bushels, down 6 percent from a month earlier, still among the largest on record after 1967 and 1969. Wisner cautions estimates remain tentative as blight may raise susceptibility.
Public notice filed Sept 28 1970 for Graettinger Times Gractinger Iowa listing Palmer T Cody as owner publisher editor and managing editor with offices in Graettinger Iowa. Reports average weekly circulation 1250 with paid 1201 sales 10 free 12 total copies 1250. Bondholders none. Signed by Palmer T Cody.
In 1969 4 H members from Palo Alto and Kossuth formed D C Pakers to travel to Washington D C for a week long citizenship short course. The August 1970 trip included stops at Gettysburg Mount Vernon and the Iwo Jima Memorial with workshops and speakers. The group returns to Iowa and launches a county wide litter cleanup contest with a November award.
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