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Newspaper
Tripoli Leader
Location
Tripoli, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1968
Page
2
A collage of local events from 1928 to 1967 highlights accidents and anniversaries in Tripoli Bremer County Iowa. It notes illnesses births deaths weddings retirements moves military service school openings and civic activities with names places and dates across decades.
A string of May 6 to May 14 meetings across clubs in Leroy and Maxwell featured mother daughter teas grooming contests and demonstrations. Leaders Debbie Towne Audrey Hildebrandt and Coleen Hoover guided sessions while members and visitors shared reports on Rest Home tours county activities and camp plans.
Prices for spring lambs in interior Iowa averaged about 29.25 per hundredweight for the weekend of April 26, about 28 to 30 per cwt overall. ISU economist Al Rahn says high prices may continue into early summer before seasonal decline from June peaks, with 1968 remaining above year ago levels though the margin narrows.
U S inventories show Jan 1 totals at 22.1 million head, down 7 percent from 1967, with stock sheep at 19.2 million, also off 7 percent. Experts project the 1968 lamb crop around 14.5 million head, reflecting ongoing liquidation and regional shifts in Texas Idaho Arizona and other states.
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