New York Stocks and Chicago cattle futures mixed on Friday
Chicago cattle futures held steady to higher with 5000 head reported. hogs and sheep marketed. New York stocks posted afternoon quotes with numerous industrials advancing while grain futures rebounded after early losses. wheat eased on rain optimism, corn and soybeans fluctuated as traders weighed USDA data and weather signals.
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More Veterans Enrolled In VA Approved Flying Schools
The number of veterans in Iowa by VA approved flying schools rose sharply from 45 on January 31 to 114 on April 30, a 250 percent increase. Five new GI Bill training categories boosted enrollments, including Class ratings, instructor certificates, airline transport prep, rotorcraft external load, and agricultural operator training. Entitlements cover 9 percent of flight training costs with monthly payments tied to $190 allowances. From Oct 1, 1967 to Apr 30, 1968 the VA paid $37,910 to 119 veterans. more details available at the Des Moines VA Regional Office.
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C.E. McCutcheon
Des Moines
McCutcheon
Wind erosion damages hit Iowa homes and farms
Iowa faces severe wind erosion in 1967 1968 with 60 mph gusts dry soil and little crop residue. Six million acres affected. damages include buried fences clogged drains polluted water and higher housework for residents. Mitigation urges include leaving crop residue and roughening soil surface.
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Towa
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Stock Market Up Briskly in Active Trading
The New York stock market moved up briskly in fairly active trading this afternoon. At 2 p.m. the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 914.02, up 3.47, with breadth about 350 issues ahead. Oils were weak while mail order, nonferrous metals, chemicals, and tobaccos rose. Itek gained 7 points and several other issues advanced.
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Wedding Ring Restored To Man After 12 Years
Don ald Brown, a Sama Fe Railway clerk, had his wedding ring lost in 1956 and received it back Thursday after a 12 year railroad tour. A Topeka packing crate from a machine shipment carried the ring with initials DAB, later traced by payroll lists and returned by a company employee.
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Wapello Cemetery President resigns after 24 years
WAPELLO The Wapello Cemetery Association met for its annual session. Fred Wehmeyer, longtime board member and 24 years as president, resigned but was kept as honorary president. Herbert Wilton elected president. Harold McLean vice president. Dorothy Butcher secretary. Marguerite Allen treasurer. New board members Delmar Schafer and Leroy Pulver. grounds committee named Wilton, Harris, and McLean. Memorial plans set for May 26 and May 30 to solicit donations for cemetery care.
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Muscatine 4-Hers Meet Omaha Challenge For Camp Funds
Muscatine County 4-H clubs contributed to a statewide effort supporting Iowa 4-H camp improvements. Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben of Omaha matched up to 7500 dollars, reaching the goal with 27 local clubs joining. Funds earmarked for a footbridge at the Iowa 4-H Camping Center, with plans for two lakes.
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NYSE listed about forty percent join big board in decade
About 40 percent of nearly 1,300 companies with common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange joined the big board within the last ten years.
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Saaqara Shrine Draws Sick from Greece and Rome
National Geographic describes Saaqara as Egypt's claimed site of the first pyramid where the afflicted traveled from Greece and Rome to visit a shrine for miraculous cures, echoing modern Lourdes pilgrimages.
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Egypt
Greece
Rome
Lourdes
France
National Geographic
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