New Beef Marketing Group Formed at Cedar Rapids Show
Cedar Rapids hosted the National Beef Show last weekend highlighting Better Beef, a new organization led by H. Carpenter of Hayden Colorado. The group seeks higher cattle prices through a dual grading system and improved carcase yield, aiming to reward cowboys for quality and curb market waste. Over 600 entries, 300 steers, and 350 attendees attended the three day event with prizes totaling $8,000 awarded to Feldman farms Odebolt for division honors.
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Jack McNett
Cedar Rapids
Better Beef Organization
H. Carpenter
Hayden
Colo
Carpenter
Wilson and Company
Town State University
Feldman Farms
Odebolt
TNI
Iowa State University
Ames
Muscatine
FFA
Hubert Hensley
Robert E. Taylor
Iowa State
Journal
Mutual funds shift toward oil and electronics stocks
Kenneth R. Spangler reports that mutual funds favored oil company stocks 12.5 percent, office equipment 11.3 percent, and electrical and electronic manufacturers in 1966, with financial organizations and public utilities staying in top ranks. Other top ten sectors include chemicals, drugs, metals, aircraft, foods. For more, write to Ken Spangler in Chardon Ohio.
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Investment Company Institute
Ken Spangler
P.G. Box
Chardon,Ohio
Presidential hopefuls costly for Louisville crowd control
Police Chief C J Hyde says visits by presidential campaigners cost Louisville about 86 00 per person. The McCarthy visit required at least 66 officers for special assignments, totaling over 1500 man hours and about 6060 dollars. Assignments included traffic cops for motorcades airport and building security and crowd control.
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Louisville
C. J. Hyde
Hyde
Eugene J. McCarthy
Schizophrenics Best Drivers in State Study
In Olympia AP, a state study of driving ability among former mental patients found schizophrenics were the best drivers of the group. The Motor Vehicle Department reviewed records of 271 individuals spanning three years before hospitalization and three years after release. Compared with average drivers of the same age and sex, personality disorder patients had 167 percent more violations, psychoneurotics 139 percent more, and schizophrenics 59 percent more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Motor Vehicle Department
Former U S Representative Martin Dies at 43
Long Beach California AP reports former U S Representative Patrick Minor Martin died at 43 after a long illness at Long Beach Veterans Hospital. A one term congressman from 1962 to 1964, he lost to Democrat John V. Tunney.
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Long Beach. Calif
U.S
Patrick Minor Martin
Calif
Martin
Long Beach Veterans Hospital
John V. Tunney
Money Problems Could Close Dental Schools
Los Angeles AP report notes ten of fifty U.S. dental schools face closure without massive support. USC dentistry dean Dr. J. S. Ingle warns federal government aid is the only viable option as universities subsidize dental programs amid rising clinic costs. He serves on a task force aiding Washington University School of St. Louis.
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Los Angeles
U.S
University of Southern California
Jdlin S. Ingle
Newsmen
Washington University School
Scattered Showers Across Northeast Midwest Tonight
A Weather Map forecast shows widely scattered showers and thundershowers tonight for the north and central Appalachian areas the Ohio River Valley the Northern Plains and the Northern Rocky Mountains. Clear to partly cloudy skies expected in other regions.
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Appalachian
Ohio River Valley
Northern
Plains
Rocky Mountains
One Year Registration For Dutch Elm Treatment
The United States Department of Agriculture granted Charles R. Freers of Muscatine a one year full regional registration for a chemical treatment to prevent and arrest Dutch Elm disease in Missouri Iowa Illinois and Indiana. The product is not a cure but may prevent or arrest disease in less heavily infected trees and is to be used with booster applications about every two years. Freers plans to market the product interstate and may organize a company or sell to an existing one. A concert titled An Evening With the XLs will be at Muscatine High School Auditorium on Saturday July 27 with history of modern music and comedy and admission of 1.50.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Charles R. Freers
Muscatine
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Freers
United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Xl’s
Muscatine High School
More Money Needed by State For Area Schools
Des Moines Iowa needs about 2.9 million more than its 6 million appropriation to pay full general state aid under its area school program this year. Robert Yeager told the State Board of Public Instruction that area schools will get about 89 percent of their entitled aid, reflecting a prorated 6,734,825.45 in claims against the 6 million budget. An extra 6 million was appropriated for next year against 8.9 million in anticipated claims, with 16,677 fulltime students and about 21,660 expected this year. Yeager notes aid rates may drop from 2.25 to 2.0 per day per student, averaging roughly 1.54 per student per day.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Yeager
Area Schools
State Board of Public Instruction
Yeager
Tent Collapse Injures 40 at Milwaukee Festival
A large show tent at Lake Michigan shorefront park collapsed during a wind storm, injuring about 40 people, mostly teenagers, with 2,500 spectators present. Police and officials reported no major panic as poles and canvas fell, and witnesses described a howling noise and a sudden collapse during Summerfest activities. Weather Bureau found no tornado in the storm.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee, Wis
Mary Pointek
Lake Michigan
Weather Bureau
State
Lincoln Star names Ils LeRossignol advertising director
James E. LeRossignol, 42, former Livingston Enterprise business manager, is named advertising director of the Lincoln Star by Lee Enterprises president Philip D. Adler. David R. Billington Jr. of The Independent Record Helena will become publisher of the Livingston Enterprise. LeRossignol is a Los Angeles native, son of E R and Mrs E R LeRossignol of Lincoln.
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James E. LeRossignol 1
Livingston
Mont
Lincoln
Neb
Philip D. Adler
Lee Enterprises
Muscatine Journal
Lee
David R. Billington Jr
Independent Record
Helena
Enterprise
LeRossignol
Los Angeles
E.R. LeRossignol
Girl Survives for Year With Transplanted Liver
Julie Cherie Rodriguez, age 2, has lived one year with a transplanted liver at University of Colorado Medical Center. Cancer has reappeared elsewhere, likely ending her life, while doctors credit improved rejection suppression techniques and call for more medical research funding. Parents urge legislators to fund cancer research, contrasting prior war spending with future health needs.
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Burl Oeborne
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Pixie
Julie Cherie Rodriguez
John C. Rodriguez
Pueblo
Julie
Rodriguez
University of Colorado Medical Center
Piri
Jute
Yam
Refugee Camp Filled With Biafra Starving Children
More than 600 Ibibio refugees in Itak Ikot camp endure extreme hunger amid the Nigerian civil war. Children clutching at mothers, a frail 3 year old woman, and exhausted refugees describe near collapse. Aid from Caritas and the Red Cross offers brief relief as hundreds more remain in the bush. International relief groups struggle with transport and politics.
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David Mazzarella
Associated Press
Itakikot
Biafra
Lawrence Ntia
Caritas
Catholic Relief Organization
The
Red Cross
Ntia
No Man’s
Ikot Ekpene
Tbos
Federation
Nita
Itak Ikot
Father Miia
International Rel
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