Cloud Seeding Plan Moves Forward in Marion County
About 75 members of the Marion County Rain Association elected an 11 member board to guide a new Weather Improvement Association later naming officers. Tom Young was chosen president and Carroll Price vice president. Nine cloud-seeding generators are placed around the county as meteorologist Keith Brown explained the theory and conditions for seeding. Preliminary studies show modest rainfall gains. more data needed before claims of increases.
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Maron County Rain Association
Marion County Weather Improvement Association
Worth Smith
Ray Mosher
Leo Rose
Lloyd Way
J. G. Boat
Elmer H. Vermeer
Dwight Harvey
Paul Harp
Tom Young
Carroll Price
Kenneth
Keith Brown
Osceola
North American Weather Consultants, Inc
Marion County
University of California At Los Angeles
Brown
President’s Advisory Committee
Iowa
South Dakota
Knoxville Journal
Gate Mishap Injures Young Farmer Near North English
David Wage, 18, of North English, rode his bicycle down a pasture hill and through a closed barbed wire gate. He sustained injuries requiring 17 stitches after the accident.
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David Wage
Iowa employment hits new June high on nonfarm gains
Nonfarm employment in Iowa rose to a record 650,250 in June as construction led gains. Non factory jobs reached 483,550, up 5,150 from May, while manufacturing rose 2,200 aided by returning striking workers and seasonal food processing. Six month rise adds 19,600 payroll jobs since January, with construction, trade, finance and services driving growth. Minor losses include school year shutdown and railroad jobs, offset by 1,250 new transportation and public utility positions.
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Iowa
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Southern Iowa Fair Opens August 6 at Oskaloosa
The Southern Iowa Fair at Oskaloosa opens August 6 with a regional FFA show spanning twenty six southern counties. Highlights include horse racing, NBC telecast Midwestern Hayride, fat steer and barrow with 2205 in prizes, draft horse hitch, rodeo performances, pet and doll parade, 100 mile late stock car races, Jose Chitwood Motoramic thrillers, horse pulling contest with 600 in prizes, and big car racing to close the week. The event aims to attract broad entertainment and regional participation with a Queen of the Furrow selection among eleven counties.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
FFA
State Department of Agricultural Education
Hampton T. Hall
Jasper County
NBC
Edgetown
Jose Chitwood
Offenhausers
Night Car Crash Kills Three Teens In Underpass
In a grim underpass collision, two teen boys died in the front seat while a third, badly injured, lay trapped as patrolmen battled twisted metal to reach him. An ambulance neared, but no pulse was found in the trapped youth.
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Bob Hullihan
Iowa State Fair to Crown 1956 Culinary Champions
At the Iowa State Fair from August 24 to September 2 a statewide culinary show will determine Iowa's top cake baker canner and pickle maker for 1956. More than 250 competition categories offer 1460 dollars in cash prizes for women contestants with events ranging from style shows to home making demonstrations and sewing demonstrations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pic
Ture
Silent Evening Over the Fallen Boy
A man steadies a flashlight on a deceased youth, remarking softly that there is no hurry and that he sees his own boy in the face, noting that many resemble each other in death and prompting quiet reflection.
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Man
Weeds Cut Bean Yields in Soybean Trials
Cooperative research by Iowa State College and USDA shows in row weed growth cuts soybean yields by about 10 percent. Ames field trials tested yellow foxtail velvet leaf smartweed and Hawkeye soybeans, planting weeds singly and in combinations then thinning and removing at intervals to measure yield impact.
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Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Ames
David W. Staniforth
Iowa
Charles R. Weber
USDA
Pennsylvania
United States
Agriculture department notes soybean weed interaction
The department observes that soybean production is reduced by weed growth and that combined soybean and weed growth matches weed free soybean growth, indicating proportional reductions tied to weed density and competition effects on yield.
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