Four Townships Post High Corn Yields in 1967
Washington County farmers led by Seventy-Six Cedar Franklin and Crawford townships averaged above 100 bushels per acre in 1967 per Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Seventy-Six posted 103.2, Cedar 102.6, Franklin 102.4, and Crawford 100.3. Washington County averaged 94.7, while Des Moines County topped with 108.2. Total production reached 11,718,000 bushels on 126,865 acres. county and state yields reflect hot dry weather and variable rainfall across the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar
Franklin
Crawford Township
Washington County
Jim Frier
Crawford
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Ser
Frier
Des Moines
Iowa
Lion
Louisa
Henry
Johnson
Keokuk
Jefferson
Clinton
Grundy
Jones
Scott
Death of Laurence X. Mottet at 77 in Washington County
Laurence X. Mottet 77 of 221 North Avenue D Washington died Wednesday August 28 1968 at Washington County Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral 9:30 a.m. Saturday at St James Catholic Church with Rev Edward F Collins in charge and burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Rosary 7:30 p.m. Friday at Sherman Eden Funeral Home. Surviving are his wife four sons and four daughters 37 grandchildren four sisters and one brother. He was born March 6 1891 in Riverside and was a lifelong Washington County farmer retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence X. Mottet
North Avenue D
Washington
Washington County Hospital
St. James Catholic
Edward F. Collins
Elm Grove
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
Mr. Mottet
Riverside
John
Mary Mingo Mottet
Washington County
Francis
Bernard
Richland
Richard
Tucson
Arizona
Duane
Brighton
Austin
Helen) McDowell
Iowa City
Henry
Catherine) Godwin
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd
Dolores) Brown
Mt. Pleasant
William
Jeneta) Weltha
Winterset
Grace Mottet
Fred
Leona) Frank
Norbert
Kathryn) Dautremont
May Schnoebeln
Democrats Clash Over Vietnam War Plank at Convention
Delegates clash over platform language on Vietnam. McCarthy and McGovern supporters seek to strike the Johnson war tribute and push for an unconditional halt to bombing and talks for withdrawal. Humphrey supporters defend the current plank, while Sorensen argues for ending the war. The vote leaves Humphrey with a noisy but hollow victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daley
Wisconsin
Carl Albert
McCarthy
McGovern
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
Platform Drafting Committee
Humphrey
Ottumwa Kiwanis hears plant efficiency talk
Vernon Fobes, manager of Ottumwa Brick and Co, tells Washington Kiwanis members at a weekly dinner meeting that production has fallen from 17 man hours per 1000 bricks two years ago to under 4 today for the same output. Brick from Iowa is shipped worldwide. The club also sponsors a monthly skating party for county special education classes at the local rink with Kiwanian Chuck Gibson, his wife, and teachers Don Oxenford Earl Zehr and Mrs Curley assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Fobes
Ottumwa Brick and Co
Washington Kiwanis Club
Fobes
Ottumwa
Chuck Gibson
Don Oxenford
Earl Zehr
Curley
Boileaus Plan Open House in Ainsworth
Mr and Mrs James Boileau recently married will host an open house at their Ainsworth home on Saturday August 31 from 7 to 9 pm. All friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
James Boileau
Mrs Iowa winner from area earns national contest berth
Mrs Donald Bean, former Lone Tree resident and Mrs Iowa, secured a place to represent Iowa in the national Mrs America contest held in Minneapolis August 14 to 24. She will appear on Home Fare on Labor Day over WMT TV channel 2 and on Modern Woman. Beans shared meals with Art Linkletter and Ava Gabor during the event and attended various ball games and activities. Washington High School Class of 1963 reunion is set for Saturday with dinner at 6:30 at the Country Club. reservations via Mrs Jim Hanshaw through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Iowa
Donald Bean
Lone Tree
Ainsworth
Washington
Mrs. Bean
WMT- TV
Art Linkletter
Ava Gabor
Washington High School
Country Club
Local Record Fragments Reveal Ainsworth Mention
Fragmentary OCR notes include a placeholder mention of Ainsworth with scattered letters and dashes. The readable portions do not provide concrete events, dates, or clear entities beyond the name Ainsworth.
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Democrats
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Ottumwan
Kiwanis Meet
Boileaus
Jim Hanshaw
SEALY
Powell Furniture
Wellman, Iowa
Osincup
Evening Journal
Paul
North Side Square
America
Iowa Southern
Southern Utilities Company
W. C
Bill) Robertson Carroll Steinbeck
F. L. Strickler
A. G. Wiley _James Murphy
W. A. Trotter
Harold W. Jarvis
Clarence Jarrard
James T. Palmer Grove
James S. Jewell
Dan Guy
Lyle Lowe
Gerald Teets
Frank W. Greiner
Alva Bell
Ray Lowash
Herbert D. Huber
Orville Coakley Mullikin Brothers
Keith Augustine
Fay W. Boone
Loyal L. Swartzendruber
Elliott McKinstry
Clifford Leeper
Dale Mitchell
Carl Roberts
Weldon C. Yoder
E. Ray Bell
Ira E. Saunders
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Vernon Hartzler
Herman Wagenknecht
Charles L. Jeffries
Paul Snyder
John J. Yoder
Kermit C. Jenkins
Reas
Kalona
Wellman
Washington Wellman
Crawfordsville
Brighton Keota
Kalona Wellman
Washington Brighton
Brighton Kalona
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