Iowa Adjutant General Appeals to Employers For Cooperation
Major General J. F. Miller Iowa Adjutant General appeals for understanding from employers as 550 National Guardsmen are held in stand by at Camp Dodge Des Moines units from Des Moines Knoxville and Marshalltown provide support to civil authorities The general says theGuard must be ready to protect property and aid the public and that citizen support is crucial for a strong National Guard.
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Iowa
Adjutant General
J. F. Miller
Des Moines
National Guardsmen
Camp Dodge
Gen. Miller
Miller
Readlyn clubs hold grooming and sewing contests
Debbie Minnaert Crystal Wittenburg and Lori Schmitt won first in senior intermediate and junior divisions at a Readlyn Readlynettes grooming contest on April 8 with 16 attending at Connie Rommel’s home. Crys tal Wittenburg spoke on pattern selection and Rommel demonstrated pattern alterations. Women discussed a mother daughter tea and Red Cross drive.
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Debbie Minnaert
Crystal Wittenburg
Lori Schmitt
Readlynettes
Connie Rommel
Carol Lau
Red Cross
Readlyn
Terri Peters
Jean Kerr
Audrey Hildebrandt
Kay Rathbone
Debbie Edwards
Resignations and civic notes from Tripoli area
At the Standard Hardware Co meeting K. C. Frank resigned as manager with H. W. Krueger named temporary manager. Tripoli church choruses perform Redemption Song, local residents observe birthdays and anniversaries, and town notices include a new garage project and theatre sale.
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The
Standard Hardware Co
K. C. Frank
H. W. Krueger
Golden wedding anniversary and local society notes
Five years ago on April 10 1963 Mr and Mrs Ernest Platte celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Betty Kuker and Duane Lines were wed at Readlyn. Nine local Boy Scouts enjoyed a canoe trip on the Wapsi Pinicon River. One year ago on April 12 1967 Tripoli High School added girls track. Bremer County retail sales rose by 578300 in the third quarter of 1966. Rural roads planned calcium chloride coatings. Grace Lutheran Church confirmed a class of 15. Alfred Koch and wife returned from a three week trip to New Jersey to visit their son.
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Ernest Platte
Betty Kuker
Duane Lines
Readlyn
Wapsipinicon River
Tripoli High School
Bremer County
Grace Lutheran Church
Alfred Koch
New Jersey
April Best Time to Bait Pocket Gophers in Fields
Bremer county Extension director Dale Shires says April, aided by recent rains, is ideal for gopher control. Entomologist Harold Gunderson notes mounds are visible before vegetation covers ground,, and describes hand tunneling, poison strips, and tractor automated burrow builders using zinc phosphide or strychnine to kill gophers while evaluating soil moisture conditions.
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Dale Shires
Bremer County
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
Farmers plan cuts amid hog corn price trends
Farmers reportedly consider reducing hog output this year as hog corn price relations and favorable factors shape decisions, with input attributed to County Extension Director Dale Shires and Gene.
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Gene
Junk playtime ideas spark imagination for children
A guide touts inexpensive junk for outdoor and indoor play such as large appliance boxes, empty spools, barrels, crates, and cartons. It suggests safe uses like playhouses, tunnels, wagons, and art projects, plus a reminder that play is a learning experience from Futrell of Iowa State University. Also touches on USDA hog crop reports and corn belt farrowing trends with modest planned changes into late 1968.
Hog Market Outlook Signals Price Shifts This Year
Market notes indicate fall and winter pig marketing may shift with changes in farrowing plans since March 1. Iowa interior prices for 200 to 230 pound hogs showed 18.50 to 19.50 per hundredweight for No 1 and 2 butchers, about a dollar higher than a year ago but below late February. Seasonal drop in hog marketings could lift prices modestly into late spring and summer, with No 1 and 2 hogs from 200 to 930 pounds expected to trade 21 to 22 per hundredweight by early July.
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USDA
Iowa
Gov Hughes Sees Racial Harmony Coming In Our Time
Gov. Hughes told a Democratic gathering that racial harmony will come in our time and warned of malignancy eroding the nation. He urged unity and noted America’s need to confront long standing racial tensions.
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Gov. Hughes
Hughes
America
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Robert J. Sassman
Knoxville
Marshalltown
34Th Military Police Battalion
Hawkeye Brigade
Joseph Flatt
Winterset
Mary Ann McBride
IFYE
Donna Shinstine
Charlotte Shinstine
Nancy Burrow
Nancy Brase
Ann Heffernan
Polk Hustlers
Milan Busching
Mike Robinson
Alan Jensen
Johnston
Stanley Jensen
Cedar Falls
State Bank
Waverly
St. Peter’s Evangelical
Congregational Churches
J. A. Koch
Charles Jahnke
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Siegel
F. C. Hildebrandt
Fred Bock
Ambrose Auto Co
H. H. Buhr Chevrolet Co
Robert Selck
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Albert Gruber
St. John’s Lutheran
Lavern Tegtmeier
Carl Oltrogge
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ed Lohmann
Tripoli Creamery Co
Mervyn Ormston
Kent
Sages
Tripoli Grain & Feed
Allan Bergmann
DIAL
Dale Shires County Extension
Pearl E. P
Ely
Futrell
U. S
Actu
Howard M. White
Hammond
Pmc Gmc
Rainbow Farm Center
Rath
Snowven
Rath Eed
Larry Hanson
George Barnes
Tripoli Feed and Livestock
Tripoli, Iowa
Minnesota
Leroy
Ben Leinenweber
St. James
Wisconsin
John Wilkins
Palmyra
Maryland
Henry Dierker
North Dakota
Daryl Johnson
Mooreton
Gabbert
E. A. Kleiss
Northrup King Seeds
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