Conservation subsidy program wiped out by administration
The administration scrapped the Rural Environmental Assistance Program and the Water Bank Program, ending costshare subsidies that had funded farm conservation since 1936. For 1973 total authorizations were 235.5 million, with about 140 million for REAP and 10 million for the water bank.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
WBP
Agriculture Department
Executive Branch
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
White House
Butz
White Shrine meeting in Masonic Temple with guests
Mrs Merle Warner and Mr Warner presided over the White Shrine of Jerusalem at the Masonic Temple. Bethlehem Shrine visitors from Iowa City included Mrs Chester Miller and Mr Miller, plus Miss Nancy Plate. Birthday prizes went to Mrs Toppan Johnson and Dwane Shalla. Invitations extended for a January 27 1973 Eastern Star installation and a December 30 Christmas party in Iowa City with a $1 gift request.
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White Shrine
Merle Warner
Warner
Shepherds
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Bethlehem Shrine
Iowa City
Chester Miller
Miller
Nancy Plate
Toppan Johnson
Dwane Shalla
Kenneth Peters
Order of the Eastern Star
Harold Strum
Roger Chapman
Pauline Thayer
Tea for mothers at Jack and Jill School
Ten years ago the Jack and Jill School on East Van Buren, led by Mrs. Dwight Bode, planned a Friday morning tea for mothers on December 21. Students prepared cookies and decorated the classroom for the event.
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Jack and Jill School
East van Buren
Dwight Bode
Iowa Corn Harvest Nears Completion Amid Warmer Weather
Iowa crop observers report the 1.2 billion bushel corn crop is 92 percent harvested as five suitable field days boost harvest. Soybeans are 96 percent complete and 88 percent of grain sorghum is in. Wet cold autumn limited fall plowing and corn drying lags behind five year averages.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Officials Cleared in Worth County Suit
A $1.65 million lawsuit against Attorney General Richard Turner and Solicitor General Richard Haesemeyer was dismissed by Polk County District Judge James Donato. The suit claimed malice toward Worth County Supervisors Arnold Buechele Harvey Bartz and Boyd Harmon after a Haesemeyer news release accused them of incompetence and expense irregularities.
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DES Moines
UPI
Richard Turner
Richard Haesemeyer
Polk County
James Donato
Worth County
Arnold Buechele
Harvey Bartz
Boyd Harmon
Haesemeyer
Des Moines Livestock Market Slows. Hog Prices Dip
Interior Iowa and southern Minnesota hog trade shows moderate activity and fair demand with butchers 50 to 75 cents lower, some 1.00 lower. Sows steady to 50 cents lower. prices for various weight classes listed. Estimated receipts today 85 000. Tuesday 110 000. one week ago 86 000. year ago 90 000. Joliet Illinois cattle trade moderate to active. steers 1125 pounds down 75 to 1.00, heifers 75 to 1.00 lower. steers 975 to 1120 pounds 37.75 to 38.75. high choice heifers 37.25. choice 36.50–37.00.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Minnesota
U. S
Ib Sons
Joliet, Ill
Inherited Traits Blamed for Some Crimes Says Psychologist
Washington UPI An NIMH psychologist reports evidence that crime arises mainly from environment and psychological factors while some criminal tendencies may be inherited. He notes no single gene causes criminality and cites brain abnormalities, low IQ, psychoses, alcoholism, and sexual disturbances as possible hereditary links.
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Washington
UPI
David Rosenthal
National Institute of Mental Health
Rosenthal
American Association For the Advancement of Science
U S Planes Pound North Vietnam After Christmas Pause
U S warplanes battered North Vietnam for a second straight day, the command said. They reported the loss of two more American planes and four crewmen, with a 12th B52 shot down. An A7 Corsair was also lost in Laos on Christmas Eve, its pilot missing.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
Hanoi
Laos
Clive Campbell 65 dies in Wellman care home
Clive Campbell 65 of Kalona died Tuesday evening at Shenk Rest Home Wellman where he had lived the past two and a half years. He was born January 7 1907 in Sharon Center a son of Edgar R and Florence Kirwin Campbell. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. at Peterseim Funeral Chapel Kalona with Rev John D Woodin officiating. Burial in Oakland Cemetery. He was a retired dairy tester and farmer and a member of Fellowship Masonic Lodge Sharon Center and former Iowa Mountaineers. Surviving are three brothers Cloyce La Crosse Wis J C Scotty Burbank Calif J R Bob San Jose Calif. three sisters Mrs Wilbur Muriel Darnell Wellman Mary Campbell Santa Rosa Calif and Mrs Harvey Melva Thomas rural Iowa City. One brother and one sister preceded him in death.
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Kalona
Clive Campbell
Shenk
Wellman
Sharon Center
Peterseim
John D. Woodin
Oakland Cemetery
Iowa City
Mr. Campbell
Edgar R
Florence Kirwin Campbell
Fellowship Masonic Lodge
Iowa Mountaineers
Cloyce
la Crosse
Wis
J.C
Scotty
Burbank
Calif
J.R
Bob
San Jose
Wilbur
Muriel) Darnell
Mary Campbell
Santa Rosa
Harvey
Melva) Thomas
Keota Pioneer John P. Flander Dies at 77
John P. Flander 77 died this morning at Maplewood Manor Keota after a long illness. He was born Feb 5 1895 near Keota, married Stella Brown in 1925, farmed south of Keota then moved to town. Survivors include widow Stella, daughter Shirley Dawson of South Bend Indiana, son Dennis Flander of Des Moines, ten grandchildren, one great grandchild, four sisters and a brother. He was a World War I veteran and member of St Marys Catholic Church. Funeral services are pending with Powell Funeral Home Keota.
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Keota
John P. Flander
Maplewood Manor
Powell
Flander
Nicholas
Anna Lutz Flander
Stella Brown
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Shirley Ann Dawson
South Bend
Ind
Dennis E. Flander
Des Moines
Walburga) Peiffer
Mary Foster
Vera Johnson
Riverside
Calif
Robert Singmaster
Frank
Will
Katie Hammen
Margaret Gretter
France Seeks Restart of Vietnam Peace Talks
Paris reports France acts to open talks as North Vietnam refuses to meet the U S on technical points of the stalled cease fire draft. A Communist spokesman cites barbarous air attacks while the U S delegation notes Hanoi rejected an experts meeting proposal. The talks are postponed until a new date after December 27 1972.
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Paris
UPI
France
Vietnam
U. S
United States
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
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D-Ga
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Nixon
Boot Hill
Env
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Ta Peett
Julie Tesl
McHales Navy
McHale’s Crew
Prince Matchabelli
the Willows
Steve Whiting
Lowa
North Viet
Chicago
Chevrolet, Inc
the Willows Supper Club
Motorola
Jerry
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