Day-Long Corn Bean Hog Clinic Draws 500 Farmers
About five hundred farmers from Washington and nearby areas spent Tuesday at the State Theatre in Washington for the Corn-Bean-Hog Clinic. The event, arranged by Farm Shows Inc and sponsored by six national farm product firms, featured talks on field crop production live stock nutrition farm marketing and management and future trends such as narrow row crops weed control and minimum tillage.
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Washington
State Theatre
Farm Shows Inc
American Soybean Association
Dwight Shaw
AmChem, Inc
Dick Peterson
Allis Chalmers Mfg. Co
Gene Wongstrum
DeKalb Agricultural Association
Jack Runyon
Allis Chalmers
Max Owens
Eastman Chemical Co
Kent Feeds
Keppy
Ag Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Compromise on safety measure in final auto standards
Washington reports the auto industry gains and loses in a final set of new safety standards. Three requirements were withdrawn, six changed, and 14 adopted from last December. Detroit opponents led the fight on headrests and tire safety, while seat belts take effect March 1 and other rules push to January 1. automakers have 30 days for comment and potential court appeals, with fines up to 400000 for noncompliance.
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Washington
UPI
Detroit
United Front
National Traffic Safety Agency
William Haddon Jr
Swift bid to buy Tama Packing in receivership
Swift and Co of Chicago offered 700000 to acquire Tama Packing Co now in receivership in Cedar Rapids. Judge G K Thompson said sale contingent on Tama residents approving bonds totaling 5 million for plant completion. Receivers planned Tama County Court hearing February 27 for sale approval.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Swift and Co
Chicago
Tama Packing Co
G. K. Thompson
Tama
Tama County
Thompson
Swift
John Tobin
Iowa Senate bill seeks double penalties for highway litterbugs
DES MOINES Iowa Senator Donald McGill proposes doubling penalties for highway littering. The bill would raise the maximum fine from 100 to 200 and the maximum jail term from 30 days to 60 days for those convicted of throwing litter on public highways.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Donald McGill
D - Melrose
Six Die As Trailways Bus Crashes Into Truck
A Trailways bus traveling from Huntington West Virginia to Charleston South Carolina crashed into a halted truck near Columbia South Carolina. At least six passengers were killed and 10 to 15 were hospitalized. The dead and injured were not identified in the first hours. The wreck damaged the bus top and scattered belongings as witnesses described the chaotic scene.
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Columbia, S.C
UPI
Trailways
Columbia
Huntington
W. Va
Cleveland
Charleston
S.C
Debbie
Appointment of administrator and probate of will
Public notices announce the probate of the will of James Marion Shafer and the appointment of an administrator. The notice names the estate and signals court actions to settle the affairs and distribute assets. Readers may consult page 6 for full details and deadlines.
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James Marion Shafer
Peking Embassy Staff Reduced by Soviet Plan
Soviet sources say Moscow will trim its Peking embassy to a skeleton crew and urge the Chinese mission in Moscow to cut staff similarly. Riots and hostilities against Soviet diplomats in Peking, including assaults and insults, have made normal operations impossible and prompted the warning of unspecified “necessary measures.”
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Moscow
UPI
Peking
China
Hanoi
Paris
Kremlin
Federal judge blocks Iowa wage law for now
UPI reports Federal Judge Roy L. Stephenson granted a 10 day temporary restraining order delaying the new federal minimum wage law from covering Iowa local and state government employees. The suit, led by Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner, challenges the law as an encroachment on state rights and seeks to extend the restraint while a three judge panel reviews.
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Des Moines
UPI
Roy L. Stephenson
Iowa
Stephenson
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Department of Labor
Department
Turner
O’brien County
Ames
Coralville
North Liberty
Hedrick
Iowa Weather Warning Highlights Snowfall Risk
Hazardous driving warnings and provisional heavy snow alerts issued for the north. Cloudy tonight with snow like precipitation, except southeast where rain or freezing rain is possible. Accumulation of four inches or more likely in the north. Colder temperatures. Precipitation to end by early Thursday with decreasing cloudiness.
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United Press International
Iowa
North
Plane Downed in Vietnam Across Skirmishes and Losses
Allied forces report at least 136 Viet Cong killed in a series of skirmishes. Five Americans died in a crash near the Laotian border. another air accident sent U.S. bombs against Marines. A C123 defoliation plane was shot down near the DMZ, and a second C123 was hit. An A6 Intruder jet mistakenly struck a Marine unit 75 miles south of Da Nang, killing one and wounding 11.
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Saigon
da Nang
Mekong
South Vietnam
Guam
Plans Questionnaire by Vetter to Poll Constituents
State representative Keith L. Vetter of Washington County announced a public opinion poll to gauge constituent views on legislative plans. The survey, mailed to residents, asks about sessions, size of the General Assembly, term length, governor powers, court reform, agency restructuring, redistricting, bingo legalization, and home rule for cities. Vetter aims for biweekly questionnaires during the session to guide voting in Des Moines.
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Keith L. Vetter
Washington County
The
Evening Journal
Opposition collapses in Sinkiang as Mao gains ground
UPI reports widespread upheaval in China with rebel groups fleeing in trucks after a bank robbery in Sinkiang. Gen Wang En-mao reportedly rebelling, Chou En-lai intervenes, Mao seizes Kweichow, and broadcasts attack Chu Teh and the Kremlin as China’s chaos grows with economy paralyzed.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Sinkiang
Peking Wall
Wang En-mao
Mao
China
Lop Nor
Chou En-lai
Radio Peking
Kweichow
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Route 2
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Don Funk
Glen Mente
Shell Chemical Co
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Chas. Pfizer Co
Roy B. Keppy
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Carrier Air Wing 11
Gulf of Tonkin
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Mu Gia Pass
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Betty Crocker
Highland High School
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Ronald Latta
Riverside
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General Assembly
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Watie
Kweiyang
Chu Teh
Russia
Chu
Soviet Union
United States
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