Pella on the rise and readers urged to act
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1966
Page
1
Capitol Republicans adopt platform after floor debate in Des Moines
At the Republican state convention in Des Moines delegates approved a progressive platform after a close vote. The platform removed a plank for gubernatorial appointment of three state officials and added a return to primary elections. Sen. Jack Miller delivered the keynote on inflation, postal service, and farm policy amid a two day gathering with 3,000 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Ray
Iowa
Jack Miller
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Commerce
Republican Party
Peters
Beck
Murray
Republican State Central
Ray
GOP
Glen Bardon
Brandon
Pella Chronicle Highlights June 28 1966 Local News
Pella Chronicle dated June 28 1966 reports community notes, upcoming events, and local happenings with brief notices from residents and groups. Includes civic updates, school activities, and city announcements shaping the week's pace.
Red Rock project officials awarded small sums for equipment tips
Robert P. Hauth a safety inspector at 409 South Sixth Street Knoxville Town received 15 dollars for suggesting purchasing a device to measure soil density readings. Dale C Wellman a clerk at 303 West Fourth Street Pella Iowa in the Red Rock Dam field office got 15 dollars for recommending buying an air conditioner to keep telemetering gear measuring river levels in the Red Rock area functioning properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Hauth
South Sixth Street
Knoxville
Red Rock Project
Dale C. Wellman
West Fourth Street
Pella
Iowa
Red Rock Dam
Red Rock
Pella invites youths to eight weeks of community work
The call urges the city to welcome young caravanners for eight weeks of church outreach in the inner city. Central college aids the effort, inviting all of Pella to share in the opportunity to accompany and support the visitors as they engage homes, churches, and youth groups through Christian service and personal contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pellans
College
Pella
Central College
Corps personnel receive awards for efficiency at Red Rock project
Three employees of the Corps of Engineers field office overseeing Red Rock Dam and Lake Red Rock on the Des Moines River between Knoxville and Pella Iowa received cash awards after their suggestions were adopted to improve district operations Albert E Hansen of Knoxville Iowa supervising relocation projects for Red Rock received 25 for recommending the use of a special form to notify contractors of additions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clock Tower
Rock Island
Illinois
Corps of Engineers
Red Rock Dam
Lake Red Rock
Des Moines River
Knoxville
Pella
Iowa
Albert E. Hansen
E. Cronkite Street
Red Rock
Spot check of Jasper farms by ASCS June 24
Jasper ASCS spot checks 57 farmer electors in the township to select farms at random for acreage and land use verification under the Farm Grain and Wheat Program. Chairman Roy A Thompson notes the shift to farmer certification with 25 percent of farms, including all ASCS employees and committee members, subjected to verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Elector
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Jasper Ascs
Roy A. Thompson
Jasper Asc County
Thompson
Corps to Build Carlisle Levee
The Rock Island District of the Corps of Engineers will construct a levee to protect Carlisle's east side from Red Rock Dam impacts. It will shield about 30 residences and the Carlisle Brick and Tile Company located east of the railroad tracks and will average eight feet in height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island District of the
Corps of Engineers
Carlisle
Red Rock
Rock Island Railroad
Carlisle Brick and Tile Company
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Johnson
Regents
State Board of Regents
University of Iowa
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Mapleton
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Kenneth Crabb
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David M. Elderkin
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Floyd E. Page
Denison
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Turner Richard C. Turner
Council Bluffs
Joseph Bertrode
Virgil Moore
Agland
Polk County
Wade Clark
Clark
Towa Supreme Court
W.T
Best Buy
Frigidaire
Jasper Farms
Carlisle Levee
Earl Pohlmann
Cook & Son Agency
Cook & Son ‘Agency
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