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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
4
A collage of opinions and anecdotes from Iowa journalists. Topics include loving enemies, civic self-doubt, population loss, diversification, and farm surpluses. Notable items reference Loren Hickerson on state growth, Dave Livingston on grain storage, and Dr Mortimer Adler addressing Boy Scouts.
A plan discussed to remove excess feed grain from storage by paying farmers 75 to 90 percent of the average yield to retire cropped land under the soil bank. Farmers would seed down 1957 corn acreage, harvest none, and receive 60 to 80 bushels per acre from government storage as rental. Corn is stored nationwide with Washington County figures included.
Mrs Anna Lease has been a patient at Mercy Hospital Davenport since Friday for X rays and surgery. If no complications arise, she should recover well. She previously resided at Marquette Nursing Home in Davenport. Dwight Brown of Iowa City, a former local resident, is also a Mercy Hospital surgical patient in Iowa City.
A 1957 newspaper item from the Evening Journal of Washington Iowa dated December 9 reports a local note or brief item from the Monday edition.
Syracuse Health Department class for expectant mothers included Mrs Oliver E Townsend giving birth to a daughter in the classroom. The event was calmly received by Townsend and fellow students, highlighting the unexpected timing of the newborn.
United Press reports the Paris NATO summit faces uncertain leadership with Nixon or Eisenhower as U S representative. The piece weighs Nixon's potential authority, past diplomatic efforts, and the need for strong American leadership to spark NATO and bolster prospects for a 1960 Republican nomination.
Names of Franklin and Alvin Sojka were omitted from the list of helpers who picked corn at the Earl Kolosick farm last week. Wild oat seed can lie dormant for years and sprout when conditions improve.
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