Union chief opposes concessions to keep Armour plant open
Coltee-timne reports Ralph Helstein, head of United Packinghouse, Food and Allied Workers, vows the Armour plant in Sioux City will not close. He argues unions should not pressure workers to concede contract terms to lure Armour to stay, noting the company’s broader national plant network and the industry shift toward smaller, scattered facilities as Sioux City’s central meat market status declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armee
Ralph Helstein
United Peckinghouse, Feed and Allied Workers Union
Cmpany
Sioux City
Armour
The
Union
Local Markets Take Note Of Bean and Corn Prices
New beans sell at 2.36 per unit while No 2 corn is at 1.07. The livestock market remains unchanged as farm groups debate long term impacts. Eggs prices show small gains across large medium and large grade lines under central market safeguards.
Fish Inventory at Le Mars Park Pool by State Officials
Local State Conservation officer Gene Newell and Le Mars High School biology students observed a Monday morning inventory of fish at the Le Mars Municipal park pool. Using an electric shock device to stun fish, crews collected specimens for laboratory weighing measuring and scale counting to assess potential growth stunting. Results will guide recommendations for improved fishing in the area. Newell said the study will take several days to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
le Mars
Gene Newell
le Mars High School
Newell
Weather Note Sees Clear but Cold Early Week
Back yard washing resumes as sun breaks four days of gloom. Morning low 32, high 50s with northerly gusts up to 30 mph. Frost possible in low ground by Wednesday. warming trend to midweek. Oats 90% planted, spring plowing ahead of last year per Iowa agriculture report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Best athlete of 1963 at Westmar College named
Dean Frerichs of Le Mars was chosen as the 1963 best athlete as part of 11 student awardees announced at the Date Weekend banquet. Other honors included most pleasing personality Don Elmer Wahpeton and Marty Dobbin Colorado Springs, most handsome man Monte Silk Hastings, most beautiful girl Joanna Cunningham Lohrville, and several other distinguished titles. Carol Parkinson of Le Mars is set to speak at Lenox Rotary events with a musical program from historic instruments and an all school assembly. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Marc Chapman Le Mars on April 30 at Sacred Heart Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Elmer
Wahpeton
N. D
Marty Dobbin
Colorado Springs
Monte Silk
Hastings
Neb
Joanna Cunningham
Lohrville
Kenny Kay Bonham
Coffeyville
Kan
Penny Kramer
Ashley, N. C
Larry Kaseman
Windsor
Wis
Ken Fiester
Denver
Gertrude Menefee
Fulton, Mo
Carol Parkinson
Lenox
Carol B. Parkinson
le Mars
Rotary
Rotary Ann
Lakeside Motel
Parkinson
Lenox Community High School
Marc Chapman
Sacred Heart Hospital
Automation Aids Westmar Student Registration
Upperclassmen used IBM cards for the first time at pre registration on Tuesday afternoon. Registrar Tom Stone announced the new system as a simplification of registration. He noted students and faculty favor pre registration for shorter lines and easier course planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Stone
Westmar
IBM
Stone
Over 600 Attend Conference Meet of Area Lutheran Church Women
About 600 women gathered at St. John American Lutheran church for the Le Mars conference American Lutheran Church Women third annual spring convention. Officers elected included Mrs. Loren Hann of Le Mars as vice president, Mrs. Carl Lange of Rock Rapids as treasurer, and Mrs. Itawer Baston of Merrill as stewardship secretary. Dorothy Haas was unable to attend due to illness. other speakers included Mrs. Arnold Johnson and Mrs. Louis Water. A skit "The Challenge of the Cross" was performed by Inwood and Sheldon groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John American
Lorenakinno
le Mars
Carl Lange
Rock Rapids
Itawer Baston
Merril
Robert Hansen
Sheldon
Stanley Ee
Emerik
Arnold Johnson
Story City
ALCW
Louis Water
New Guinea Mission Field
Held watershed project gains committee approval in Plymouth County
A House agriculture subcommittee approved the Held watershed project costing 486874 dollars in Plymouth County. The plan involves six earthen dams along gulleys west of Hinton to reduce soil erosion and flood risk on 7400 acres. Two related projects, South Hungerford across the Floyd river, will start survey work this fall.
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House
Plymouth County
Wayne Ducsmman
Sioux City
Soil Conservation Service
Congressional Agriculture Committees
Congress
Floyd River
Ducommun
South Hungerford
Grinnell Degree Candidate Robert R. Shepherd
Grinnell College senior Robert R. Shepherd son of Mr and Mrs Joel Shepherd of Le Mars will be among about 240 graduates receiving bachelor of arts degrees at June commencement. He majors in physical education and seeks Iowa teaching certification. A 1959 Le Mars Community High School graduate he chaired intramural sports, participated in dramatics and held college jobs after attending the US Naval Academy for a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Robert R. Shepherd
Joel Shepherd
4Th Ave
le Mars
Grinnell College
Shepherd
le Mars Community High School
U.S. Naval Academy
Jury Selected In Akron Go Kart Damage Suit
The jury for Ronald Cook et al versus the Town of Akron was chosen late Monday after a noon recess taken for the funeral of long-time Clerk of Court E F Remer. The panel includes Ina Lancaster Le Mars Vivian Neumayer Le Mars Rudolph Eberhard Le Mars Henry Kroghman Remsen George Frerichs Le Mars Jim Rodesch Owens G O Kleihauer Le Mars Mrs John Pick Remsen Mrs George Bern Westfield Larry Calhoun Le Mars Dorothy Ferguson Sioux City Ruth Lubben Le Mars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Cook
Akron
E. F. Remer
Ina Lancaster
le Mars
Vivian Neumayer
Rudolph Eberhard
Henry Krogman
Remsen
George Frerichs
Forecast markets for livestock men Plymouth county
Plymouth county Livestock Producers association launched with 159 producers at the KC hall. Speaker Lee Kolmer of Iowa State University Extension warned that feeder cattle from Mexico and Canada keep supplies stable and that a recovery in high grade beef may not occur until late summer or fall. He projected hog profitability this summer but a sharp fall later, urging a 3 to 5 percent cutback in hog production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth County Livestock Producers Association
KC Hall
Lee Kolmer
Towa State University Extension
Mexico
Canada
Kolmer
Organ recital and teaching duties announced for local figures
At Sacred Heart hospital Mrs Aloysius Sitzman Kingsley and Mrs Will Plueger Le Mars admitted while Henry Rann Remsen James Brownmiller Marcus dismissed Anna Kruse Le Mars expired Sharon Schindler Duluth Minn senior biology major will present an organ recital at 7 30 pm Tuesday in Thoren auditorium Miss Schindler a student of Dr Frank Jewett will teach nursing at Methodist Kahler school of nursing Rochester Minn next year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Hospital
Aloysius Sitzman
Kingsley
Will Plueger
le Mars
Henry Rann
Remsen
James Brownmiller
Marcus
Sharon Schindler
Duluth
Minn
Thoren Auditorium
Miss Schindler
Frank Jewett
Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing
Rochester
April 30 events and May 1 calendar highlights
Calendar notes local activities from April 30 to May 4 including Homemaker's Holiday at 1 30 p m fairground 4 H building May 1 gatherings at Barracks 1507 Eagles building LCHS Band Parents Central activity room LCHS assembly Atomic World Central auditorium Le Mars Invitational track May 1 Westmar golf Buena Vista Hawarden ID May 3 Church Women Fellowship St John United Church of Christ May 4 Sweet Adeline show Central auditorium Westmar baseball Northwestern College PARI Nivwens orn PARI
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Veterans World War I and Auxiliary
Eagles
LCHS
Lchs Assembly
Atomic World
le Mars
Westmar
Buena Vista
Hawarden
St. John United Church of Christ
Central Auditorium
Northwestern CH
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Tae
Armour Plant
Wilson
Cherokee
Back Yard
Dean Frerichs
Westmar College
OF Area Lutheran
Loren Hann
Helen Kurtz of
Cueng
Lily Gyldenvand
Minneapolis
Scope
Church Women's Magazine
Miss Gyldenvand
Dorothy Haas
Inwood and
M. M. Wood
Paullina
le Mars Conference
John M. Wallace
le Mars Community
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Wallace
Graceland College
State College of Iowa
Hinton
Cunning
Highway 75
Full
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Department
Lavern Feusner
Robert Shepherd
Anna Kruse
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