Mrs Twinam's Father Hospitalized in Mercy Des Moines
Local notes report Mrs. Charles Twinam visiting her father John Braida of Russell, a Mercy Hospital patient in Des Moines after two strokes. The column also covers hospitalizations, family visits, a bridal shower, Lions Club events, charity pledges, and farm yield awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Charles Twinam
Des Moines
John Braida
Russell
Mercy Hospital
Braida
Creston
Raymond Howsare
Kirk
Bill Nicholson
Lockridge
Bill
Nicholson
Ethel Howsare
Raymond
Ivor Davis
Junior Fritz
Damita
Dania
Joyce Gault
U.N.J
Cedar Falls
Robert Humphreys
Bob Howell
Cheryl Howell
Columbus Junction State Bank
Cheryl
Ralph Howell
Christopher D. Marrain
Gerald Howell
Garner
Belmond
William H. Mathews
Wapello
United Methodist Church
Rust College
Holly Springs
Farrel Rickey
Alcohol cited as most abused drug in U.S.
HEW presented the first annual report on alcohol and health to Congress. It cites 9 million alcoholics or problem drinkers, 28,000 traffic deaths yearly, and a $15 billion annual economic drain. The report notes alcoholism is epidemic among American Indians and warns of reduced life expectancy for abusers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
Health, Education and Welfare Department
HEW
Congress
America
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Merlin K. Duval
Health and Science
Morris E. Chafetz
New
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Duval
Chafetz
Dock workers favor returning to jobs in West Coast ports
Early returns from West Coast locals show longshoremen voting to end the port tie up. Local 10 San Francisco reports 1640 to 671 in favor. Los Angeles Local 13 and San Diego Local 29 also approve the contract, with Portland Local 8 reporting 600 to 400. The deal includes 1.12 dollar per hour wage rise over 18 months and a 5.2 million minimum weekly wage package, plus a solution to the container cargo dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Los Angeles
John Pandora
ILWU
San Diego
Portland
Ore
Teamsters Union
Ainsworth Circles Hold Meetings And Visits
Ainsworth Sewing Circle met with eight members and four children. Betty Hiller Jones family moved to a farm near Ainsworth. Women's Society of Christian Service hosted a cooperative supper at United Methodist Church with a youth panel on Changes. American Legion Auxiliary and Lions Club events noted. next Lions meeting features a Borlaug film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.A. Thompson Ainsworth
Terry Cellman
Ainsworth Sewing Circle
George Colthurst
Richard Havel
Clarence Lasek
Hampton, IN
Albert
Elmer Wenger
Vincent James
Gene Koehler
Mike Miller
Denise Veggy
Jennie Latta
Barb White
Karen Schneider
Warren Donaldson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ainsworth Lions Club
Century Farm Owned by Fanning Family Reaches 100 Years
The Fanning family’s 80 acre farm near a never freezing spring marks 100 years of ownership on July 25. Original owners hosted Jesse and Frank James for dinner. Early local worship services of the Methodist Episcopal church were held in the Fanning grove and the first school met in the Fanning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanning
Jesse
Frank James
Boone earns top national corn yield in irrigated contest
UPI reports Louis Quilici of Ryde California led the irrigated division with 243.79 bushels per acre on a 28.4 acre field, winning the 1971 National Corn Yield Contest. Loyd Hall of Kenney Illinois topped nonirrigated with 237.98 bushels per acre on 25 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Lefferdink
Firth, Neb
Bob Landon
Deerfield
Kan
Clarence
James Catton
Brimifled, III
National Corn Growers Association
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Laverne McCabe
Cascade
Iowa
National
Corn Growers Associations
McCabe
Nebraska
Firth
Bernard Brazda
Omaha
Loyd Hall
Kenney
Illinois
Harley Wilson
St. Anne
Minnesota
Rushford Ffa
Rushford
Arnold V. Felton
Randolph
Donald D. Holland
Amazonia
Missouri
Edwin C. Davis
Mexico
Peking radio airs Nixon critique of U S China policy
Peking Radio in Mandarin and NCNA English service denounce U S imperialism over China and criticize Nixon and Laird for hostile foreign policy terms. The broadcasts highlight Vietnam War issues and China’s viewed friendliness toward the American people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
UPI
Peking
Nixon
China
Congress
U.S
New China News Agency
NCNA
Chou Enlai
State Council
Cabinet
Defense
Melvin C. Laird
Laird
CROP Hunger Appeal Raises Over Two Million in 1971
Elkhart Indiana report shows CROP Community Hunger Appeal raised 2,073,833 in 1971 from canvasses walks and agribusiness support across 32 states. The sixteen regional programs posted the second largest one year gain in 25 campaigns with a 24 percent increase from 1970 led by the Mid Atlantic with 244,540 mainly from Walks For The Hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
Mid-Atlantic
Delaware
D.C
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Legislative notes by Richard L. Stephens
The Iowa Senate discussed several bills including a two year gun usage penalty, environmental and drinking age issues, and hog cholera eradication. A Schools Committee met with the State Board of Public Instruction to align policy with citizens. The Senate approved moving political subdivisions to a fiscal year starting July 1 1975 to unify budgeting and taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Stephens
Senate
House
State Board of Public Instruction
State Board
Iowa
Benton
Winter protection for young windbreak trees urged
Ed Grafton of Iowa State University warns that recent snow increases risk to young windbreaks as rodents chew bark during winter. Use one fourth inch wire mesh to deter rabbits and apply repellents such as rosin with wood alcohol or Thiram mixtures to trunks and lower branches for 60 to 90 days. commercial repellents are also available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Grafton
Iowa State University
Grafton
Z.1 I.P
Aeason
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Burlington
Kenneth Rhea
Nancy
Lincoln
Sidney
Rheas
John McNeill
Kearney
Neb
John
Judy
William Clerhout
Melvin Schneider
Leland Battles
Mt. Pleasant
Harlan Edgar
Ainsworth
Lions Club
Carlton White
Everette Sommer
Max Mitchell
Lions
Wayne Williams
Jim Jewell
Clarence Moorhead
Forrest Eubanks
Darrell Egli
J. W. Evans
Jack Erwin
Gene Lintz
Bob Williams
Jay Finke
Wayne Davis
Merlin Finke
Lyle Lowe
Junior Graber
Ben Hammer
East Harrison Street
Journal
George Chambers
Eldon Brake
Lowell Letts
Gary Sheets
Kenneth Robertson
Norman Borlaug
Ainsworth School
Mc Daniel
Russell Stem _Y GANDIG
Crtiens
Deborah Winters
Aan
Cinerama Releasing
Lechner
Smith
Moon & Star
Amberina
The
Gallstones
Peking Radio
Blue Note
Chau-Tau
Bob
Pat Kennedy
Imokes
Rod
Washington Evening Journal
Bob Brewer
Northwestern
Iowa Ave
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