Shortage Of Farm Labor Looms In Iowa Area
A Des Moines seminar warned of tighter farm labor in the Midwest with March shortages likely. Iowa Employment Service lists about 300 farm jobs open as Vietnam’s manpower drain and industry competition squeeze workers. Wages vary widely with bonuses and housing shaping hiring, while hours often exceed 60 weekly. Housing and privacy, health insurance, and retirement plans emerge as key employee concerns.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Viet Nam
Selective Service
Colonel Bowles
Bowles
Employment Service
Fritz” Johnson
Columbus Junction
Johnson
S. E. Iown
Irene Lawrence
Grimes
Bob Buck
Dallas County
Waakee
Senator Stephens
Washington County
Buck
Ames
National Farm Institute
Film maker stages psych study of Wyatt Earp in Tombstone
Producer John Sturges shoots The Law and Tombstone near Torreon Mexico starring Jason Robards James Garner and Robert Ryan The film follows the OK Corral gunfight aftermath tracing Earp from lawman to killer while claiming a historical chronology for dramatic effect It explores what changed a reverent lawman into a vengeful figure but Sturges keeps details about Earp’s transformation close to the vest.
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John Sturges
Earp
OK Corral
Sturges
the Law
Tombstone
Torreon
Mexico
Jason Robards
James Garner
Robert Ryan
Boot Hill
Wyatt Earp
Arizona Territory
Poland emerges as a hunting haven for locals and foreigners
The northeastern Polish region from the Baltic coast through Warmia and Mazury hosts a thriving hunting scene that attracts 43 000 Polish hunters and over 2 000 foreigners annually. Despite past royal hunting fables and forest devastation, game remains abundant with 34 000 deer 13 000 hogs and over 500 000 hares reported by the Polish Hunting Association. Prices for gear and licenses are high yet offset by potential meat savings, as illustrated by a Warsaw doctor and other enthusiasts.
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Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Lansk
Masurian Lakes
George Skrzzpinski
Warsaw
King Shilluk Keeps 106 Wives in Aged Ritual
LONDON United Press International reports the Shilluk king of southern Sudan lives with 106 wives who cook for him each evening as part of a ceremonial practice. The monarch, elected to be killed by smothering in old age, moves between huts nightly to select his spouse for that night. The BBC explorers John and Irene Tunstall describe the scene in their book Vanishing Kingdoms, noting officials keep the king’s ritual status amid regional tensions.
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John
Irene Tunstall
Fashoda
Tunstalls
Iowa teachers oppose private school bus funding plan
The Iowa State Education Association delegates voted to oppose using public funds for transporting private school pupils. A compromise to bus private students on public routes is under legislative review. The 400 member body also backed higher taxes for education, and urged non certified staff to supervise free-time activities to free teachers for the classroom. It favored DC home rule, civil service for state workers, and broader reorganization of government units and school districts.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
District of Columbia
Wedding by Telephone Ties Arlington Couple Across Seas
In Northside Baptist Church Arlington Texas Rev James Weir officiated a wedding by telephone bridging Phan Rang Air Base Vietnam. Barbara Shelton 34 wore a blue dress and white chrysanthemum corsage while Sgt Jimmy Woods 34 of Wichita Falls Texas answered I will. The ceremony concluded with the couple agreeing to wed over the trans pacific line assisted by an extension phone.
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Arlington
Tex
UPI
James Weir
Northside Baptist Church
Barbara Shelton
Phan Rang Air Force Base
Jimmy Woods
Moon satellite re-arms for lunar photograph mission
Lunar Orbiter 3, launched from Cape Kennedy, undergoes a brief midcourse burn to adjust velocity by 11 miles per hour, placing it for a planned low elliptical lunar orbit. The 850 pound craft will brake again to 125 to 1,150 miles altitude before a Feb. 15 eight day photo sequence.
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Moon
Lunar
Cape Kennedy
Barbara Woods Wedding Over Video Phone Call
Barbara and Woods wed by phone from Hawaii after discovering a Texas and Air Force recognition. They met 18 months ago in Wichita Falls, joked about the time difference, and planned a July reunion as husband and wife.
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Clanton
Killer
Doc Holliday
American Motors
Knipco
Jarrard Feed & Supplies
Washington
Dial
By Hank Ketcham
Poland
By Sylvester Kruppa
United Press International
Baltic
Warmia
Mazury
Shilluk
By Fanchon M. Watkins
London
Sudan
Riverside
Highway 22
A. C
John Deere
David Bradley
Guernsey
Sarge
H. P
Jungers
Evan
Motorola
Chester A. Miller
Ike Yoder
Farmers Savings Bank
Ora Mast
Pasadena
Calif
UPS
National Spare Agency
Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Barbara
Wil
Woods
C. L. Jennings
New London
Nnomraomero Ward
Fairfield
Libertyville
IHC
Farmall
Kewanee
New Holland
Stanholst
Midwest
Westerndorff
Winpower
Brayhill
Reuben Kitch
Max Hollander
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