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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1968
Page
1
The Farm Bureau seeks to have current use include earning power in farm land values while the state sticks to 27 percent of market value. With high town land prices, farm assessments would rise though levies may not rise as fast. Tax fairness demands a consistent yardstick across all property types including homes based on potential earnings not rent.
A Spencer Daily Reporter piece credits radar-equipped radio station KICD for warning residents of tornado dangers. It urges timely basement shelter in basements when thunderheads roll in, noting past errors in advisories and emphasizing safety in the southwest corner of the basement.
Gene Futrell of Iowa State University notes the 1968 dairy situation shows milk production slightly below 1967, with April output down 3 percent nationwide and first quarter 1968 output off 2.5 percent. Iowa January–April production is 3 percent below 1967. Prices rise at producer and retail levels due to higher price supports and revised class milk pricing.
Iowa State University Extension livestock specialist Harold Hodson outlines summer pasturing for pigs. He notes pasture can save feed and labor, improve sanitation through rotation, and may benefit sows more than growing finishers. Recommendations include green forage 5 to 7 inches tall and stocking rates of 20–30 pigs per acre or 10–12 sows per acre, with free choice minerals and a salt limestone phosphate mix.
Le Mars fire chief Herman Becker announced 262.16 has been collected at local businesses for the cerebral palsy fund. Fire department members sponsored money containers in stores and gathered the donations last Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Rees of Spencer were guests Sunday in the home of Mrs Walter Bogen.
A farm price specialist notes that cow numbers have fallen and per capita milk consumption in 1967 totaled 582 pounds, down 3 percent from the prior year. Total use is expected to dip slightly as the small population growth only partially offsets the lower per person intake.
ASC office lists reminders for farmers including limited ACP funds and planning for early fall conservation work. Notes on oats clipping by July 10 for Feed Grain participants, reporting requirements, and year round discreet destruction of needs. Also outlines loan dates for 1967 crops, reseal eligibility, warehouse loans, and storage charges. Safety alert urges drivers to observe speed limits nationwide and brake the habit of speeding.
Le Mars Globe Post and Floyd Valley News appear weekly with details from the Le Mars Daily Sentinel. Carter A. Pitts is listed as publisher at 41 First Ave N E Le Mars Iowa 51031 with telephone 546-7031.
Conan asks about a proposed line from 50 miles southwest of Yellow Jacket Minnesota to 30 miles east of Crazy Chief Nebraska and whether Le Mars lies on that direct path, prompting discussion of cartographic alignment and local geography.
Bob Wiederholt, sponsored by Plymouth county Farm Bureau, will join twenty two Iowa farm youths at the annual state leadership training conference next month. The event, run with Iowa State University Ames and Sears Roebuck foundation, draws about 100 teenagers per session July 22-27 and July 29-August 3 at the state 4-H camp near Madrid. Delegates are chosen for leadership potential, must be at least 16 and have completed junior year.
The Fredonia 4-H club met June 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Ann Tammes's home with two leaders, 14 members, and a visitor present. Ann Tammes demonstrated fresh fruit snacks and browning prevention. Sally Peterson spoke on food preservation. The group adjourned after Nancy Thoma and Margaret Skare approved the motion.
Listing of property deeds and transfers in Le Mars and surrounding areas, including Frekin to Fairbairn, Nilles to Laney, James R. Bowers to Byrne, Kallsen to Eyer, Koch to Kapfer, and multiple Letsche, Grose, Buys, and Groepper transactions. Includes a note that letters to the editor are welcome in the Le Mars Sentinel with guidelines.
The record lists multiple speeding and liquor charges filed in court. Names include Delbert A. Wasnt Lew Evan Sitzmann Francis A. Thoma and others with penalties ranging from 1 to 25 dollars plus costs. Locations mention Le Mars and Highway Patrol involvement.
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