Bjelland Completes Insurance School Training Step
Kenneth Bijelland of Grundy County completed Country Companies Life Indoctrination School held July 16 20 at Bloomington head office. The week long program trains new agents as professional insurance counselors and salesmen with further instruction planned in property and health lines. Bijelland joined Country Companies in June 1973 and resides in Mazon.
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Kenneth Bijelland
Country Companies
Grundy County
Life
Bloomington
Country Life
Country Mutual
Country Casualty
Bjelland
Mazon
Capitol comment on food prices shortages and inflation
A history of rising food prices and shortages highlights government missteps under Nixon era controls. The piece argues inflation drives prices, urges reduced spending, and calls for a stable economy to restore food production and fair prices through market forces.
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Nixon
Congress
Illinois Grain Corporation Annual Meeting Slated for Aug 29 30
Illinois Grain Corporation schedules its 1973 annual meeting at the Peoria Hilton with the theme Participation is the key. Herb True of TEAM International will speak Thursday morning, with registration starting at 10 a.m. on Aug 29 and sessions from 1 30 p.m. The event includes district caucuses at 4 p.m. a banquet at 6 30 p.m. and reports the next morning plus market outlook, top shipper recognition and director elections.
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Illinois Grain Corporation
Peoria Hilton Hotel
Herb True
Team International, Inc
South Bend
Indiana
Farm Bureau Women Schedule District Conferences
Farm Bureau Women district meetings set for September across Illinois and nearby areas. IAA director Jan Forbes notes sessions include writing county columns, commodity updates, and new program ideas. Districts 1 through 6 meet September 5 to 11 at Rockford, Monmouth, Pontiac, Effingham, Springfield, and Marion with tours by Austrian livestock specialists sponsored by ASA.
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Farm Bureau
Jan Forbes
IAA
Holiday Inn
Rockford
Mehlings
Monmouth
Palamar
Pontiac
Effingham
Heritage House
Springfield
Marion
Sims elected chairman of Cooperative Fertilizers International
Melvin E. Sims of FS Services and Illinois Grain Corp. Bloomington becomes chairman of Cooperative Fertilizers International after serving as a director since 1970. He leads a 1,100 acre Liberty Illinois farm and holds roles on the Federal Farm Credit Board and several agriculture cooperatives.
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Melvin E. Sims
FS Services, Inc
Illinois Grain Corp
Bloomington
Cooperative Fertilizers International
CFI
Sims
O. R. Wiebe
Western Farmers Association
Liberty
Ill
Federal Farm Credit Board
Advisory Council
Japan- U.S
Connally slated as speaker at FS meeting in Chicago
The Hon. John B. Connally a three time Texas governor and former Treasury secretary will headline FS Services Inc annual meeting at the Conrad Hilton Chicago September 13 14 Also featured National FFA President Dwight Seegmiller and state FFA presidents from Wisconsin Illinois and Iowa as the program theme Managing Resources for Progress FS reports its biggest volume year and notes its Country Capital Investment Fund has 11800 shareholders with net assets over 31 million dollars.
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John B. Connally
Texas
Secretary of the Treasury
FS Services, Inc
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
Connally
Country Capital Investment Fund, Inc
Country Capital
Illinois Agricultural Association
Statewide Farm Bureau
Illinois
FFA
Dwight Seegmiller
Decorah
Iowa
Dan Lehman
Tim Burke
Seegmiller
Wisconsin
Gerrit DeBruin
Monroe
Gene Schwarm
Loogootee
Steve Olsen
Atlantic
Melvin E. Sims
E. V. Stevenson
First Atomic Electricity Generated at Arco Plant
In 1951 electricity was produced for the first time from atomic energy at the atomic research plant in Arco Idaho marking a milestone in nuclear power development.
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Atomic Research Plant
Arco
Idaho
Viewpoint program scouts members policy ideas for Farm Bureau
Illinois Farm Bureau advances Members' Viewpoint to gather member opinions on policy issues. county-led discussions spread across six districts from August 8 to August 15 with meetings in Oregon Monmouth Bloomington Effingham Carlinville and Marion. County reports funnel to IAA by September 30 as tentative resolutions are drafted for December’s annual meeting.
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Illinois Farm _ Bureau
Farm Bureau
IAA
Holiday Inn
Effingham
Macoupin County Farm Bureau
Carlinville
Marion Youth Center
Growing for America salutes PCA anniversaries in Champaign
The Growing for America conference in Champaign Illinois on September 19 marks the 40th anniversary of Production Credit Associations and the 50th of the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks. The event honors PCA founders, credit expansion, and farm support with noted speakers and entertainment drawing about five thousand attendees.
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Production Credit Associations
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
Champaign
Illinois
Senate advances minimum wage bill to 2.20 by 1974
The Senate on July 19 passed S.1861 to extend coverage and raise the minimum wage to 2.20 by steps, with 2.00 on August 1 1973 and 2.20 on July 1 1974, affecting farm workers and agricultural processors. The House may reject, sending the measure to conference.
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Senate
Farm Bureau
House
Oysters Shown To Grow Fast When Happy
Scientists at a government experimental station in Conway Wales report oysters respond to mood by heartbeat changes. The crustaceans swell and mature quicker when they are happy.
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Conway, Wales
Country Mutual Homeowners Insurance Savings Offer
Country Mutual promotes cuts of up to 20% on homeowners insurance for most qualified residents across Illinois. They highlight plans Basic Broad Form Combination and All Physical Loss in an economical package backed by a major Illinois insurer.
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Country Mutual
Illinois
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ASA
Grundy Farm Bureau
Business Services, Inc
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Mgr
Washington Street
India
Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative, Ltd
Grundy Farm
Bureau Business
Field Services Division
The
America
PCA
Farm Credit Act
United States
U.S. Treasury
Pcas
Treasury
Equal Housing Lender
Ed Way
Taya Lg
John D. McNair
W. Main St. Morris, Ill
Morris
UN Try Mutua Fre and
Varine Country Casualty Issurance Companies
Mid-America
Arthur Trotter
Coal City
Ken Settimi
Don Brown
Kenneth Bjelland
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