15 Dec 1964
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
1
The Chronicle states its policy to present opposing views on important issues as space allows. Opinions on the page are not necessarily the paper’s own, and readers are invited to comment on any published material. Submissions may be edited to meet requirements.
A local plea encourages shopping in Pella to support area merchants and avoid long trips. It highlights plenty of well stocked stores, ready service, and potential savings from avoiding repeated trips for unavailable items or faulty purchases.
The piece praises the Wright brothers for creating wind tunnel air pressure tables and flight control linkages that enabled controlled powered flight in 1903. It notes their hinged rudder, ailerons, and efficient propeller plus a linked control system. It also includes a brief Ames Tribune editorial about newspaper terms during Newspaper Week and several short byline quotes.
Lloyd Vander Streek, president of the Pella Chamber of Commerce, defends the town’s holiday décor program. He argues budgets are limited and proposes a multi year plan to build a reusable, expanding display rather than a single year stack of fresh decorations. He cites fountain candles this year and plans for future additions.
Iowa reports show Dutch elm disease spreading west and north with outbreaks in 12 plus counties including Winnebago Bremer Wright Webster Monona Crawford Tama Marion Page Ringgold and Decatur It is argued beetles and possibly infected wood move the fungus while root grafts drive local spread Control measures include pruning sanitation bark beetle control trenching between infected and healthy trees and maintaining vigor with fertilization and watering.
Mahaska County Director Gene Reistetter warns buyers to test and label homegrown seed. Leroy Everson of Iowa State University cautions it may differ in quality and may fail sale standards if weed seeds exceed limits. Common issues include quackgrass in oats, low germination, damaged soybean seed, and high inert material.
Page 2 discusses weed contamination in Red Clover seed and the presence of weed seed and inert material in several forage seeds. It notes that Bromegrass and orchard grass seeds may contain quackgrass seed and that germination is often low, with Timothy seed particularly affected when hulled or damaged.
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