Large Fish Breaks Iowa Records in 1964
The Iowa State Conservation Commission released its Official Big Fish Records for 1964 highlighting five state record catches. Notable entries include a 50 pound three ounce channel catfish by Lawrence Carpe of Des Moines, a four pound crappie by Harold Conrad of Keota, a nine pound eight ounce largemouth bass by Harley Bryan of Montezuma, and a 58 pound paddlefish by Leslie Young of Cedar Rapids.
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Carpe
Des Moines
Harold Conrad
Keota
Harley Bryan
Montezuma
Leslie Young
Cedar Rapids
Bute
Beck Creek
Mertey Ervan
Dany
Freech
Dickie
Biowa
Teu
Misesiogi
Merman Goon
Little Sagua River
Larry Meher Thay
Jared Conrad Ges
Mariey Iryaa
Mori
Thomas Schievper
Iowa River
Massissivoi
Allamskee
Ari Basch
Musassipa
Lena
Bisa
Jonarca
Dowa
French Creek
Allamakee
E.sety
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
Boundry
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Iowa fish records and right to work law jeopardy noted
Grassley reports the Iowa legislature now under urban counties raises concerns over the right to work law. The article lists 1964 record entries across eight fish divisions, notes four divisions had no entries, and outlines 1965 entry rules including weight limits, required documentation, and deadline of January 1, 1966.
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Indiana
Towa
Stage Show to Benefit Mental Health Center
The Music and Drama Club of the Waverly Woman's Department will stage the three act comedy Ladies in Retirement on February 12 and 13 at the loge chapel auditorium in Waverly. Proceeds go to the Cedar Valley Mental Health Center. Local actresses and Wartburg student Allen Lyndrup star, with John Gill directing. Tickets from Dr. J. T. Truitt in Greene.
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Waverly
Wartburg
John Gill
J. T. Truitt
Greene
42 Dairy Herds Tested in Butler And Bremer Counties
The Bremer-Butler Dairy Herd Improvement Co op completed December testing with 42 standard DHIA herds and 113 owner sampler herds totaling 4316 cows. DHIA supervisors Merl and Charles Lillibridge noted 28 cows on DHIA records yielded at least 450 pounds of butterfat, listing owners including Ralph Albrecht Sumner and Royce Tack Aplington among others.
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Bremer-Butler
DHIA
Merl
Charles Lillibridge
Ralph Albrecht
Sumner
Roland Arms
Waverly
Clyde Sorge
Janesville
Ellis and Smith
Greene
Wendell Michael
Harold Sutton
Shell Rock
Royce Tack
Aplington
Death of Dr. Virgil Hancher Shocks Iowa Education
Dr. Virgil Hancher, 68, former University of Iowa president emeritus, died of a heart attack in New Delhi while serving as a Ford Foundation higher education consultant in India. His long career included a U.S. education role at the United Nations after Rhodes Scholar studies and a Chicago law practice before 1940.
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University of Iowa
New Delhi
India
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Iowa
Ford Foundation
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United Nations
University of Jews
Oxford
England
Chicago
David Dancer
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Board of Regents
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Higher Education
Iowa City scientist named acting director of state lab
Gene W. Ronald, 33, a dairy bacteriologist from the state hygienic laboratory in Iowa City, was named acting director of the state milk and food laboratory in Des Moines. He succeeds Mrs. Huda Felland who resigned her post paying about $10,200 yearly.
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Nicholas Coad
le Mars
Northwest
Richard Dennler
Felland
Coad
Dennler
Lee
Ken Owen
Iowa
Iowa City
State Milk and Food Laboratory
Des Moines
Gene W. Ronald
State Hygienic Laboratory
Huda Felland
Iowa Senate approves constitutional bingo amendment
The Iowa senate backed a 44 to 14 vote to legalize bingo by amending the state constitution. The measure advances to the house, with a long process ahead as two consecutive legislatures must approve it in identical form before a voter referendum.
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