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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1975
Page
1
Readers urge the Iowa DEQ to extend study before forcing municipalities to invest millions in sewage upgrades. They note data limitations and blame farm runoff and unpermitted feedlots for pollution, arguing pollution is shared and DEQ must prove warrants before bonding and spending. They fear future reversals if outcomes fall short.
In Pella area starting Monday, residents aged 60 plus can join a noon lunch program at the Christian Opportunity Center. Supported by the Marion County Board of Supervisors and CIRALG Area Agency on Aging, meals cost 50 cents with social activities available. Transportation via Golden Service Van costs 25 cents a trip or more if affordable, enabling seniors to attend and enjoy the program.
The Dutch Fronts program in Pella has grown from a rarity to a community hallmark with about 50 local businesses adopting Dutch Fronts. Initiated at Cook & Son Agency Van Dyk Real Estate and Pella Products, the trend expands through downtown, creating an "old world" atmosphere and prompting praise for the committee and merchants supporting the project.
Alford E Turner of Tombstone Arizona, a noted Earp authority, chronicles Wyatt Earp’s movements after leaving Pella in 1864. The letter outlines 1882 Arizona departure for Colorado, 1883 Dodge City Peace Commission for Luke Short, and 1884 time in Eagle City Idaho.
Looking back 50 years ago the Garden City Feeder plant operated under new ownership with part of the operation moved to Illinois and only half the staff rehired. Nearby notes reflect a history of local changes and industry shifts.
Summary of Wyatt Earp’s varied career from 1885 through his death in 1929. He owned two The White Elephant saloons in Coeur d Alene and served as stand in deputy sheriff in Kootenai County. He visited Doc Holliday in Colorado and Texas, moved to San Diego to run a saloon and real estate business during the land boom, and traveled to Harqua Hala Arizona to establish mining ventures. He operated race horses around San Francisco and Los Angeles, refereed the Sharkey Fitzsimmons fight in 1896, supplied Examiner with life details for three articles, searched for gold in Alaska 1897 to 1901, ran the Dexter Saloon in Nome, then relocated to Tonopah and Goldfield Nevada before settling in Los Angeles with his wife until his death on January 3, 1929. He is buried in Eternity Memorial Park in Calma near San Francisco.
Parents of children with cancer thank Rep Neal Smith for backing increased federal funding for cancer research. They note a proposed Fiscal 1976 budget of 725 to 825 million for the National Cancer Institute, urging Smith to support the measure amid a likely veto and comparing with Ford administration amounts. They stress need for research personnel and continued momentum in the war on cancer.
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