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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1963
Page
3
Arnold Thalacker Pastor at Grace Lutheran invites members of John Lutheran to attend Sunday worship at 9 am and 10 am service where Arab istian student Zahi Ismir will share memories of Jerusalem. An offering will be received.
The page lists worship times and programs for several churches including Methodist, John’s Lutheran Crane Creek, St Paul’s Lutheran Siegel, and John’s American Lutheran Crane Creek. Activities include Sunday school at 9 or 10 a m, evening services, adult classes, youth leagues, picnics, and a Sunday school Bible reading. Visitors welcome.
Insurance practices affecting Little League teams come under scrutiny as Iowa insurance officials weigh orders against American Casualty Insurance Co of Reading Penn. A hearing examined mandatory coverage rules and potential violations of state law amid pressure to curb inflated costs while protecting players.
Chronology notes from Tripoli memories include Kate Otto’s millinery stint in Shawnee, visits by Mrs. Brandt and Viola, rail traffic to Sumner, land prospecting in Black Duck, surgeries at home, and 1908 market prices. Also mentions library growth, local vehicle upgrades, water plant expansion, 4‑H livestock judging, weddings, Scout jamboree trip, and a 100th anniversary for Horton Baptist Church.
Postmaster Ray H. Fink reports a regional postal survey in St. Louis. Tri Poli police booked seven traffic arrests and issued about 25 warnings since the new speed timer started Wednesday. Multiple marriages and a funeral are noted in Readlyn, Waverly, Tripoli, and nearby, including Rosella Bockhaus and Darwin Hoffman nuptials and other clergy ceremonies.
Ames report from E P Sylvester of Iowa State University warns farmers to hold the hose while filling spray rigs to prevent siphoning that can contaminate wells. Contaminations have prompted guidance on flushing wells with household chemicals and contacting extension officials for help.
Harvard University professor Phillip Drinker developed the iron lung, a mechanical respirator, revolutionizing care for patients with paralysis affecting breathing. The device redrew treatment for poliomyelitis and other respiratory failure cases.
County Extension Director Gene Vincent discusses tomato problems in Iowa. Leaf-roll results from high soil moisture and heat, with staked and pruned plants more prone than ramblers. Blossom-end rot follows dry spells after wet periods. a summer mulch of straw or dried grass helps conserve moisture and reduce rot.
A reader reports tomato plants turning yellow after a heavy oat straw mulch in mid May. Nitrogen is depleted by mulch decomposition. Apply about a cup of 10-10-10 or similar fertilizer around each plant, two feet diameter, and water in. Avoid base contact. Chrysanthemums: stop pinching July shoots to keep buds, water well, summer mulch helps, spray every 7–10 days. A microscope magnifies 30,000,000 times for contract reading. Leader ads yield results.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie visit Iowa and say there are 12 or 15 potential Republican presidential nominees in 1964. He has not chosen a candidate, denying opposition to Goldwater or Rockefeller, and defends Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson. The couple travels by private rail car to Des Moines and Boone and visits Ames.
The Tripoli Leader notes farmers rejected wheat quotas in a recent referendum. It recalls Ike and Mamie visiting Boone nearly 11 years earlier en route to Chicago to challenge Sen. Robert Taft for the Republican nomination. Thousands of Iowans turned out then, contrasting with the smaller turnout of the latest visit.
The first monthly USDA 1963 corn outlook forecasts a national crop near a record. Iowa prospects look excellent with July 1 conditions predicting 791 million bushels, marginally above the 1959 record of 789 million.
An advertising blurb hawks Itch-Me Not a quick drying remedy for skin itch. It claims itching stops in minutes and antiseptic action speeds healing for eczema insect bites foot itch and surface rashes. Readily sold at O'Brien's Sundries with a 48 cent price.
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