Sharpest rate in fifty years cattlemen cut back herds
Washington based UPI reports that cattlemen reduced breeding herds at the sharpest pace in 50 years and a modest drop in beef production is forecast for 1977 as grain-fed prices sit near 40 dollars per hundredweight. Pork production is rebounding with supplies rising into mid 1977. hogs may top 15 percent above last year’s lows, with prices easing from summer highs.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
County 4-H photos to enter national exhibit at 4-H Congress
Washington County 4H photographers who show at the 1976 Iowa State Fair may have photos selected for a national exhibit at the National 4-H Congress in Chicago November 28 to December 2. Four photos will be chosen from the state fair display to join works from all 50 states.
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Washington County
Don Adams
Extension Aide
Chicago
Illinois
Cooperative Extension Service
Eastman Kodak Company
National
Mike
Don
Records From On the Record Hearings and Fines
Eugene T. McGaa of Riverside faces an August 19 hearing for assault to inflict bodily injury. A charge against Robert A. Fisher of Brighton was dismissed. Elmer J. Wiken of Gifford moves to District Court on OMVAS. John D. Kanagy’s speeding case reset for August 12. Gerald E. Kramer’s hearing set August 26 after pleading not guilty. David W. Miller’s speeding hearing August 26. Speeding fines listed for multiple residents including Menke, O'Mara, Hirt, Clubb, Gould, Donovan, Padley, Postra, Morrow, and others. other fines include Peggy Griffith, Petsel, Good, Tiernan, Kennedy, Arbogast, Morrow, Smith, Beliel, Reschly, Berg, Owen, Dea, Morris, Stigers, McNeal, Nisley.
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Eugene T. McGaa
Riverside
Robert A. Fisher
Brighton
Elmer J. Wiken
Gifford
Ill
Omvas
John D. Kanagy
Wellman
Gerald E. Kramer
Belle Plains
David W. Miller
Kalona
Steven B. Menke
Richland
R. J. O'Mara
North English
Daryl D. Hirt
Calvin A. Clubb
Sigourney
Edward L. Gould
Springfield
Dennis P. Donovan
Washington
Stanley E. Arbogast
Wayland
Rodney D Morrow
Brookly
N. Y
Sabert A. Smith
Mount Pleasant
Chris A. Beliel
Michael D. Reschly
Dennis M. Berg
Max A. Owen
Crawfordsville
Dennis F. Dea
Melvin T. Morris
Betty J. Stigers
Fern R. McNeal
Simon E. Nisley
Jennie Bollman 85 Dies in Washington Friday
Jennie Bollman 85 of 1203 East Washington died Friday evening August 6 1976 at Brownlee Health Center after a period of illness. Funeral services are Monday 1030 a.m. Wagler Funeral Home Bloomfield with burial Pulaski Cemetery. Survived by four sisters Lena Ramseyer Allie Doyle Ora Howard Nora Conrad and brother Nial Prevo.
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Jennie Bollman
East Washington
Brownlee Health Center
Wagler
Bloomfield
Pulaski Cemetery
Jennie Maye Prevo Bollman
Davis County
Thomas Mitchell
Sarah Ellen Simpson Prevo
Ralph W. Bollman
Washington D.C
Washington
Easter Star
United Presbyterian Church of Washington
Lena I. Ramseyer
Allie Doyle
Ora Howard
Nora Conrad
Green Acres
Nial Prevo
Summerfield
Fla
Riverside native posthumously honored in New York school rename
Verne Critz a Riverside Indiana native and longtime East Patchogue teacher and principal was remembered at a ceremony in Patchogue New York where East Patchogue Elementary School was renamed Verne Critz Elementary School. His widow received a poetry book memorial titled Principal of Principle.
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Marge Luckey
Riverside
Verne Critz
East Patchogue
Patchogue
N.Y
Critz
St. Mary School
Vic Critz
New York
Verne
Oswego State College
New York University
Verne W. Critz
Principle
Washington County
Congressional Library
Washington D.C
Orville Meeker Hogs Take High Placements At Show
Orville Meeker of Letts earned top placing animals at the National Hampshire Summer Meat Hog Conference. His entries included the 10th gilt in Class 2 and the 6th gilts in Classes 3, plus a 6th boat in Class 3. All Meeker entries were fired by Scoop and sold in the prize winners sale after the show. The conference set records in many categories and Meeker’s hogs boosted overall quality.
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Orville Meeker
Letts
Meeker
Scoop
Capper Named to FHA Committee in Washington County
Keota farmer John Capper has been named to the Washington County Farmers Home Administration Committee for a three year term. He operates 240 acres near Keota since 1952 with grain hogs sheep and cattle. Capper is a trustee of West Chester Methodist Church. other committee members are Marion L. Timmins and Lee F. Schaffer.
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John Capper
Keota
Washington
Prison committee seeks extended time for Iowa prison study
A blue ribbon Iowa prison panel says six months is not enough to finish a detailed report. Member Jan Johnson requests 18 months to study long term solutions to overcrowding, aiming for a usable report by March 1. Officials note overlap with other committees and call for coordinating efforts.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Jan Johnson
Calvin Auger
Bureau of Adult Corrections
Agger
Auger
Social Services
Kevin Burns
Iowa Legislative Council
Burns
Scott Newhard
D-Anamosa
Camden doctor barred from giving injections after hepatitis cases
A Camden County physician Dr Peter T DeMarco was barred by Superior Court Judge Peter J Devine from administering injections until health safeguards are in place. He treated patients nationwide with procaine PVP for 16 years and at least 20 developed serum hepatitis including a terminally ill patient who died last month. A negligence suit was filed by the widow and the Health Department sought a permanent injunction.
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Camden
N.J
UPI
Camden County
Superior Court
Peter J. Devine
Peter T. DeMarco
Pine Hill
DeMarco
Trenton
State Health Department
Poison suspected in Pennsylvania American Legion deaths
Doctors probe a Philadelphia convention illness linked to toxins after ruling out swine flu bacteria and fungi. Twenty five deaths and many sickened prompted environmental testing in nine hotels and blood sampling from 60 Legionnaires to form a control group as investigators search for a toxin source and transmission method.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
David Sencer
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
State Legion
Philadelphia
Leonard Bachman
Sencer
Pittsburgh
Washington County
CDC
William E. Parkin
State Health Department
American Legion
Hope for accord in hospital strike
In New York City a settlement may be reached in the four day old hospital strike involving 16 municipal hospitals. An aide to mediator Basil Paterson said an agreement exists though papers must be signed. Local 420 of DC 37 protests layoffs of 1,350 workers as budget cuts loom. Medicaid cuts announced by the state could threaten another 3,500 jobs.
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New York
UPS
Basil Paterson
New York Hilton
District Council 37
American Federation of State
State Department of Health
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