Keeping tulips and roses healthy for next season
County Extension Director Gene Vincent explains post bloom care for tulips to preserve bulbs and prevent pest damage. Heei stresses removing spent blossoms, leaving stems and foliage to nourish the bulb, and storing bulbs properly after flowering ends. Rose planting guidance from Ben F. Vance emphasizes selecting strong No 1 quality plants and ensuring dormant stock.
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Ben F. Vance
Iowa State University
Cards of Thanks From Hospitalized Families
Sincere thanks to friends relatives and neighbors for cards visits gifts and flowers received during hospital stays at Mercy Hospital Waverly and Allen Memorial Waterloo. Special appreciation to Rev Puhlmann and wife for prayers. families remember kindness shown to Edward Weihe and the Willbrandt Beisner families.
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Mercy Hospital, Waverly
Harvey Hildebrandt
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Puhlmann
Edward Weihe
Leo Willbrandt
Clarence Beisner
Rose planting and pool care tips from the Tripoli Leader
May 19 1965 article advises a 1 to 1 peat and topsoil mix to refill rose planting holes, a 10 inch soil mound to protect canes, and removal after a week. It also covers pool cleaning and patching cracks with sand and cement, plus bedding two inches of pea gravel to prevent cloudiness. It warns that too little light raises disease risk and directs readers to Pamphlet 267 and ISU for disease testing and guidance.
House Passes Bill to Reflectorize Iowa License Plates
The Iowa House advances a bill to require fully reflectorized motor vehicle license plates. It would add 25 cents per year to renewal fees if the Senate approves the measure.
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House
Iowa
Senate
Senate petitions Congress to call remap convention
The Iowa Senate votes 38 to 19 to petition Congress to call a constitutional convention to allow non population factors in state legislative apportionment. Twenty three states already passed similar resolutions.
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Iowa
Congress
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