28 Sep 1965
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1965
Page
1
A Pella publication urges readers to engage in civic debate as a call to address urgent local issues. The piece frames its stance within a policy statement about presenting multiple viewpoints and invites reader comment while preserving editorial standards.
A county and state push to acquire land at Red Rock reservoir prompts a call for churches to unite and seek a private lease or development site with the Corps of Engineers. The piece advocates the Pella Ministerial Association or a new group to spearhead a possible outdoor church retreat, paralleling Okoboji drive-in services, as dam construction nears completion in 1969. The report also surveys other regional notes on gover nment land sales and civic plans.
Van Haaften spent a week fishing at Birch Point Camp on Rainy Lake in Devlin Ontario. Ronald Zwank arrived from Maryville Missouri on Thursday September 9 to attend his uncle Bennie Zwank's funeral and returned the same night.
Harold Grindle seed inspector for Iowa Agriculture, stationed in Malvern, fell ill last April and spent time in hospital. On August 18 he learned his 90 days sick leave and two weeks vacation were exhausted and his name was deleted from the payroll as of August 4. He had planned to drive the car to Des Moines but was unable.
A compromise among Democratic officials led by Gov. Harold Hughes allows but does not require polls of delegates at conventions to gauge support for candidates. The plan provides equal political organizing help via meetings and mailings, with no financial assistance, to all candidates receiving one third or more of delegate votes. It covers senatorial, congressional, state offices, and county posts, and will be sent to the state convention for ratification.
An array of fragments covers local topics including a Page County project with farmer signboards, Marion county tax exempt figures, Red Rock dam value, a Tipton humor piece about a lion-tamer, a bluebird house note, Iowa conference sports chatter, and a playful Johnson soybeans quip.
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