Benson outlines 1975 crop management for higher yields
Iowa State agronomist Garren Benson offers practical steps for 1975. Farmers should time planting, select corn and soybean varieties from recent tests, align subsoil moisture and fertilizer, manage nitrogen carefully, and control erosion while watching for drought or wet conditions that alter optimal populations and yields.
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Garren Benson
Iowa State University
Iowa State
Iowa
Benson
Health Department seeks $8 million for local health services
Iowa's Health Department asked for an $8 million two year appropriation to boost local health services, aiming at counties with at least one nurse and a sanitarian per county. The proposal would raise the department's next biennium request to $145 million and adds $13 million for preventive care and immunization.
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Des Moines
UPI
State Department of Health
Norman Pawlewski
Pawlewski
Iowa
Bad economic news widens US deficit and cuts loom
The United States posted a $113 million deficit in November as exports rose 4.6 percent but imports grew 6.2 percent, signaling worsening recession. Gold surged to record highs in Frankfurt and London ahead of a potential lifting of private ownership bans. Oil imports jumped 8 percent. Celanese Corp announced six week plant closures in Rome Georgia and Greenville South Carolina starting January 4.
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United Press Internationa
United States
Frankfurt
London
U.S
Commerce Department
Celanese Corp
Rome
Greenville
8.C
Lena Hank 90 dies in Brighton near Germanville
Lena Hank 90 died early today December 27 1974 at Parkview Home Wayland. She was the last of her family born February 22 1884 daughter of Fred and Susan Kreieger married Ferdinand Hank January 17 196 died December 7 1963. Funeral Monday 1 30 p m at Hope Lutheran Church with Rev Wayne Wilken. burial Hope Cemetery. Gould Funeral Home in charge. Survived by one daughter Pearl Craft Brighton three grandsons eight great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She and husband farmed in Lone Tree and Germanville before moving to Brighton in 1955. She was a Hope Lutheran Church member. Preceded by six sisters and five brothers.
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Lena Hank
Parkview
Wayland
Hope Lutheran Church
Germanville
Wayne Wilken
Hope Cemetery
Gould Funeral Home
Hank
Fred
Susan Kreieger
Ferdinand Hank
Lone Tree
Dale
Pearl) Craft
Ernest Gearhart dies at 86 in Wellman
WELLMAN Ernest H. Gearhart 86 of Ankeny died Thursday Dec 26 at the VA Hospital Des Moines after a lingering illness. Funeral 11 am Saturday Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev A Harold Sparks. Burial Wellman Cemetery. Visitation after 4 today. Born Nov 9 1888 Maquoketa to Daniel and Helen Gearhart. Survived by daughter Leah Danielson Ankeny two granddaughters one great grandchild one sister Ruth Waggner Clarkston Mich two brothers Clyde Anaheim and Elmer Minneapolis. Wife Pearl Teets died October.
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Ernest H. Gearhart
Ankeny
Des Moines
Powell Funeral Home
A. Harold Sparks
Wellman Cemetery
Mr. Gearhart
Maquoketa
Daniel
Helen Mars Anderson Gearhart
Pearl T. Teets
Becker
Minn
Keota
Fairfield
Kalona
American Legion
Mervin
Leah) Danielson
Ruth Waggner
Clarkston
Mich
Clyde
Anaheim
Calif
Elmer
Minneapolis, Minn
Teenage drinking study shows rising drive and ride incidents
National study of 397 high school students in 25 areas finds one quarter drove when very drunk three or more times, a quarter drove once or twice while drunk, and 32 percent rode with heavily drinking drivers. Officials say scare tactics and laws fail to deter teen alcohol related driving. The drinkers resemble non drinkers in academics and activities. James B. Gregory presented the findings.
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Washington
UPI
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Hall
NHTSA
James B. Gregory
Christmas Books Fill Library Shelves For Holiday Season
The library showcases new and forthcoming titles for all ages with crafts cooking and fiction. Notable selections include Crafts for Christmas by Katherine N Cutler and Kate Cutler Bogle, The Snowmobiler s Bible by Morten Lund, and biographies such as I Am Not a Crook by Art Buchwald and Sunday A Minister s Story by John C Harper. New children s books include The Hodgepodge Book and Fat Albert wisdom, while a memorial book In No Time At All honors Mrs Mamie Eisenhower.
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Katherine N. Cutler
Kate Cutler Bogle
Maeve Brennan
Hutchins
Phylis McGinley
Inge Hassein
Kathryn Gottlieb
Paul Eve
Parson's School of Design
Donald Carol Bayer
Art Buchwald
Africa
Kathryn Hulme
John C Harper
George Herman Ruth
Robert W. Creamer
Daisy Baker
Cyrus Clay Carpenter
Lowa Jes
Mildred Throne
Upolu
Edward Rice
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dorothy Grant Hennings
Laura Broad
Nancy Butterworth
George Mendez
Jean Ende
J. Earle Clifford
Maria E. de la Iglesia
Gerald Woods
Donald Barlow Stauffer
John Hohenbert
Ted Allbeury
Joseph Purtell
Michael Z. Lewin
Jay Bennett
Charlotte Jay
J. J. Marric
Ed McBain
Bermuda Triangle
Charles Berlitz
Atlantic
Bermuda
Florida
Devils Triangle
Duncan Emrich
Fat Albert
Bill Cosby
Arthur
R. J Kleese
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Reminder on Alcohol Problems By Washington Center
Officials from the Problem Drinking Center in Washington issued a reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving and excessive alcohol use. They urge careful driving during the holiday period and note the center offers help to anyone with a drinking problem. The office is located upstairs in the Evening Journal building.
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Problem Drinking Center
Washington
Evening Journal
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