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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1962
Page
6
Barn 18 by 24 by 14 feet for sale in Tripoli Town. In good condition. Contact Mrs Mildred Flanscha at phone 160-1. Posted in the 19p2 listing.
Certified Iowa school lunch cooks may become certified under a new program from the State Department of Public Instruction. A three course series at Iowa State University Ames will train managers and cooks in menu planning sanitation and cost control with demonstrations and tastings. Enrollment in the first course is limited to 75. Iowa is among the first states to offer this training.
Bremer County Extension Director Lamb prices on the farm declined in 1959 and 1960 to a 15 year low, with a continuation in 1961. Farm Economist Marvin Skadberg of Iowa State University notes inverse relation between slaughter quantity and prices since World War II. He cites 1945 to 1951 slaughter drop and price rise, 1959-60 slaughter up two-fifths with price declines, and limited impact from federal grades on the recent decline.
Tripoli Iowa April 11 1962 Lamb grading reforms enacted March 1961 aim to align with consumer demand boosting choice grade. In 1959 prime was 1 percent and choice 88 percent. 1961 prime 12 percent and choice 85 percent. Policies may depress Iowa lamb feeding or shift to lighter weights while potentially raising per capita consumption and prices.
Attorney General Evan Hultman ruled county boards cannot attack districts not keeping a 12 grade system due to incomplete agricultural land tax credits. The 1957 law set a July 1 1962 deadline if credits were paid in full in a prior year. Only 39.88 percent of credits were paid in full in 1961 funding $11.25 million. The tax credit aims to defray farm land school taxes. RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL.
Fragmentary article notes a 1962 deadline for school districts to close nonoperational high schools, mentioning over 800 districts. It references Mr and Mrs Lawrence Gewartz and Mr and Mrs Johnston, with visits in Iowa City and a hospital stay for four weeks.
Mr and Mrs Guy Towne marked their seventh wedding anniversary after a double wedding. They have spent all seven years in the Jamaica community. The oldest surviving literary magazine, the Yq Literary Magazine, was established in 1836.
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