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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1969
Page
3
Obituaries for Erwin Ribbeck and Mrs Anna Sorenson plus local notices on weddings births and community events. Summarizes survivors births school openings board nominations and civic changes in Sumner and surrounding areas.
Allan Rahn of Iowa State University notes lamb prices this year reach highs absent since 1951 and expect to stay strong. Prices rose from $25 per hundred in January to $30.87 in May, then eased to about $28.95 by mid July as slaughter and weight trends shape annual outlook for 1969.
Farm expert Rahn warns U.S. lamb production must cut by 13 percent this year while lamb imports surge 196 percent in the first five months, with mutton and goat imports down 30 percent. He notes higher imports likely exert downward pressure on lamb prices.
Justice of Peace hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Arlan Braun in Cedar Rapids. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Leonard De Grotte and Christine of Midvale Utah. Several others traveled from Oelwein Hawkeye Maynard Cedar Falls Westgate Independence Sumner for a pot luck at Hope Lutheran Church honoring Rev. Herbert Steege of Chicago.
A covered bridge in Rock Falls Cerro Gordo county was dedicated and opened last month. The project was largely built by donated labor and fulfilled a dream of Plymouth resident Les Graverson.
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