Time to Plan Your Garden for a Bountiful Season
Iowa State College extension horticulturist Ben Vance advises planning ahead to boost family vegetable yields. Use succession plantings with lettuce radishes and spinach and stagger dates. follow with bush beans or carrots. mix varieties with different maturities. Employ complete fertilizers, band method, or hill method and consider a soil test to decide on lime.
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Ben Vance
Iowa State College Extension Horticulturist
Vance
State Prescribes A Balanced Diet for School Lunches
State supervised hot lunch program funds from federal sources to supplement pupil payments. Daily menus follow state standards for a balanced diet and health, with examples for April and May including meat loaf, potatoes, salads, bread, milk, and fruit.
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C. C. Buerkens
Webster School
State Department
WOI TV Among DuPont Award Recipients For 1963
The Alfred J. DuPont Awards Foundation honored WOI TV Ames WBZ WBZ TV Boston and NBC News Commentator Pauline Frederick at a Washington DC dinner for meritorious service to the American people in 1963. Each recipient received a plaque and a $1,000 check.
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Alfred J. DuPont Awards Foundation
Woi-Tv
Ames
Iowa
WBZ
Wbz-Tv
Boston
NBC News
Pauline Frederick
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D.C
Francia P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Virginia
Gaines
Wol-Tv
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company
DuPont
Jessie Ball DuPont
Annual Floral Parade in Holland Promises Beauty
The annual Floral Parade in the Holland bulb district will occur this year on April Ath per K L M Royal Dutch Airlinet. Floats titled Melo will be exhibitied at Lisse the day before the parade for public viewing.
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Bulb
Holland
K. L. M. Royal Dutch ‘Airlinet
Lisse
Balanced diet guidance on food costs and variety
The guidance notes that maintaining variety in meals is important while keeping costs in check. It suggests adjusting some preferences if zero tolerance for certain groups exists, but overall the balance and diet should remain close to recommended patterns. The emphasis is on practical, affordable meal planning without discarding core nutritional goals.
Camping Dates for Crippled Children Set for Aug. 5 to 20
Mrs. Harry Avery of Knoxville, Marion County Easter Seals sponsor, announced camping for handicapped children this summer from August 5 to 16 for boys and August 8 to 20 for girls. Camps are at YMCA and YWCA sites on the Des Moines River near Boone, marking the 12th year these children attend through Easter Seal arrangements. last year 61 children joined the camping and about 250 attended day camps statewide. The program supports social development and therapy across camps and activities.
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Harry Avery
Knoxville
Marion County
Boone
YMCA
YWCA
Des Moines
Easter Seal Society
Plant Iowa Week Set by Governor Beardsley
The week of April 11 17 was named Arbor Week and designated Plant Iowa Week by Governor Beardsley. The initiative promotes tree planting to control floods erosion and preserve scenic beauty as part of the longer Plant Iowa program involving 17 civic and state organizations led by the State Conservation.
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Beardsley
Iowa
Plant Iowa Committee Publishes Free Planting Guide
The Commission provides technical aid and trees from the state forest nursery Ames. One of the Plant Iowa Committee’s first actions is releasing a booklet on decorative erosion control and wildlife plantings, available free from the State Conservation Commission in Des Moines.
Watchers to guard grain bins across Iowa counties
Volunteers organized at roughly half of Iowa's county grain storage sites will report any unusual activity around 1,000 bin locations. Marion County ASC chair Paul E. Brown says no thefts since early February as 200 million bushels of corn are stored. Volunteers must not investigate incidents but alert authorities to deter losses.
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Paul E. Brown
Marion County
ASC
Iowa
Rabid Skunk Bites Three in Guttenberg. Dogs Confined
In Guttenberg a rabid skunk bit three animals triggering an anti rabies action. City dogs have been confined as a precaution amid heightened health concerns.
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Guttenberg
1954 Corn Price Support Set at 1.62 Per Bushel
The 1954 corn price support for commercial producing areas, including all of Iowa, is set at 1.62 dollars per bushel, equal to 90 percent of parity as of February 15 and two cents higher than 1953. Non commercial areas will receive 76 percent of these rates due to acreage allotments. Loans and purchase agreements run through May 31, 1955, with county by county rates to be announced later.
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Iowa
Paul E. Brown
Marion County
ASC
Brown
Wealth and Beauty of Iowa Talk to Rotary Club
Rotarians and their wives enjoyed a fried chicken dinner at the Pella Golf and Country Club. Reverend John Clinton of Des Moines presented a cinerama talk on Iowa highlighting Tulip Time, industries, raw materials, finished products, festivals, and the state’s scenic beauty. The event emphasized Iowa’s wealth and productivity beyond daily life.
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Gradus Klein
Pella Golf and Country Club
Edward Tanis
Walter de Kock
Andrew Klyn
Gary Vogelaar
John Clinton
Des Moines
Clinton
Iowa
Polla
Towa
Forward pricing provision shapes 1949 support price plan
The government prepares support price rates ahead of the planting season under the forward pricing provision of the Agriculture Act of 1949. Officials indicate adjustments reflect market signals and policy aims to stabilize farm incomes while ensuring agricultural supply remains steady for the coming planting cycle.
Excessive Speed Cited as Lead Cause of Auto Accidents
F B safety expert Charles R Cavagnaro of the Iowa Farm Bureau warns excessive speed drives crashes and urges personal habit of safe driving. He spoke at Pella High School while conducting driving tests in a equipped car showing braking distances with detonated markers to measure response times.
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America
Charles R. Cavagnaro
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Pella High School
Cavagnara
Cavagnaro
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W. C. Sewartley
Miss Frederick
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Herb Cline
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