Aging Iowans confront inflation and transport hurdles
Des Moines reports detail how rising fuel costs food prices and energy strain strain Iowa's elderly. Social Security adjustments linked to the CPI and auto-adjusting food stamps complicate budgeting. Mobility limits and rural isolation worsen hardship amid an aging population.
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Des Moines
Ron Beane
Iowa Commission
George Croft
Social Security Administration
Congress
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Ken Riedl
Polk County
Open hearth era ends at Gary Indiana plant
United States Steel will close its open hearth furnaces in Gary ending a 30 year era and leaving about 2,500 workers unemployed. Mayor Hatcher warned of higher crime linked to job losses while officials cite a court order and fines as reasons to shut down without severance pay.
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UPI
United States Steel
Traver Harts
U.S. Steel
Richard G. Hatcher
Hatcher
Hartill
Lonnie Anthony
Mrs. G. G. Kisor Dies in Illinois at 82
Mrs. G. G. Kisor, a former Washington and Brighton resident, died Monday in Galesburg Illinois after a long illness. She was 82. Funeral services are tentatively planned for Thursday afternoon in Galesburg Illinois.
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Gary Augustine dies at 41 in Iowa City hospital
Gary Augustine 41 of the Ainsworth area died Tuesday December 31 1974 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a two year illness. The funeral is set for Friday at 10 30 am at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Jack Hooten officiating. Burial to follow.
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Robert E. Yoder
University of Iowa
Iowa City
East Union Mennonite Church
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East Union Cemetery
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Gary Augustine
Ainsworth Area
Mercy Hospital
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Jack Hooten
Ainsworth
Augustine
Washington
Lloyd
Evelyn Crawford
University of Town
Claudine Kilgore
U. S. Army
Germany
Heidelberg Track & Field Club
Hawkeye Engineering
Steven
Lloyd ‘Augustine
Neal
Secar Rapids
Atte Augustine
Aerial seedings show no advantage in normal corn growing
James Mack Iowa State University agronomist reports no yield benefit from simulated aerial planting versus row planting under normal conditions. In wet springs, air planting could produce some grain but row yields exceeded aerial by 33 bushels per acre in 1972 and 20 in 1973.
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James Mack
Iowa State University
American Society of Agronomy
Mack
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