Public relief records debated at Iowa convention
Lawrence Putney notes confidentiality law allows public inspection of welfare records with a signed pledge against commercial use. Iowa Farm Bureau urged counties to publish recipient names, while Putney warned news coverage may breach policy. The program, run by USDA surplus foods, targets eligible low income families and requires a demonstrated need for release of commodities.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Lawrence Putney
State Board of Social Welfare
Putney
Gladbrook
Iawa
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
House of Representatives
Iowa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Board of Supervisors
Richland Notes Births And Community Updates
Mr and Mrs Richard Zachmayer of Montezuma are the parents of Anita Renee born December 31 at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield. Mrs Zachmayer is the former Lucille Weber. Mrs Arthur Loomis will spend winter with her daughter Miss Inez Loomis in Des Moines. Mrs Hal Figgins is home from Washington Hospital after surgery. Corwin Hinshaw, a local grade school pupil, had a tonsillectomy at Washington Hospital last week. Miss Ronnie Ward, 1961 Fairfield High and Burlington Business School graduate, will work in Parsons College admissions in Fairfield starting January 2. Installation of 1962 Richland Order of Eastern Star officers was held at the Masonic Temple.
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Richland
Richard Zachmayer
Montezuma
Anita Renee
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Zachmayer
Lucille Weber
Arthur Loomis
Inez Loomis
Des Moines
Hal Figgins
Washington Hospital
Glen Davis
Corwin Hinshaw
Schoor
Ronnie Ward
Burlington Business School
Parsons College
Richland Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Dennis the Menace School Fraternal Installations Report
Tuesday evening events detail installation of officers including Mrs. Holm es of Fairfield and Mrs. Warren of California as district instructor and deputy grand matron. Donald Hoekstra and Mrs. Howard Snyder Jr. installed as worthy patron and associate worthy matron with music by Mrs. Kreiger and Mrs. McCreery. Sixty attendees heard mentions of family ties and local officers while Mrs. Hoekstra received a pink corsage.
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Ed Warren
Pacifica
Calif
Almond Miller
Ollie
George Holmes
Fairfield
Merle DeGood
Packword
Holmes
State of
Iowa
Warren
California
Job
Howard Snyder, Jr
John King
Ed Kreiger
Pekin
Virgil McCreery
Hoekstra
Pat
Lee Ann
Russell Sasseen
Marshall
Andy Hoesktra
Adal
Ben Young Sr
Ruth
Gilbert Starr
Esther
Ben Young Jr
Martha
George
Electa
Gilbert Dickman
Ralph Steel
Wm. Fitch
Gilbert Dickinson
Wilford Cox
Wayland Men Head to Fort Valley for Plant Training
Wayland men including Benjie Leichty and Dwight Leichty join Mt. Pleasant colleagues in a Blue Bird bus en route to Fort Valley Georgia for three weeks of training before starting work at the new Blue Bird plant in Mt. Pleasant.
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Wayland
Jan
Benjie Leichty
Laverne Blosser
Dwight Leichty
Mt. Pleasant
Fort Valley
Blue Bird
Sonny Seagren
Dixon, Ill
Ed Schantz
Alden Meyer
Velma Messer
Robert Mason
Davenport
Mary Mason Wrday
Nora Hixson
Hixson
Guy Messer
John Baldosier
Roll Hyde
Glen Junior McCoy
Soviet Union Falls Short in 1961 62 Farm Output
The Foreign Agricultural Service reports the USSR made little progress toward surpassing or equaling U.S. farm production in 1961 62. Output was only slightly higher than the prior two years and far below 1958 59 records. Weather droughts and collective farming woes limited grain and livestock gains despite area expansion and Khrushchev’s criticisms.
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Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
U.S
Foreign Agricultural Service
Sovet
FAS
Russia
Ussr
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir V. Matskevich
Freeman Seeks Better Public Image of U S Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman warned that Americans misperceive farming and its people. He appointed a 47 member advisory committee on public information to broaden understanding of American agriculture, with leaders from farm groups, agribusiness, and related industries.
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Washington
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
America
Agriculture Department
Kennedy
Swine Producers Plan Southeast Iowa Meeting in Ottumwa
All Washington County Swine Producers and others in the swine industry are invited to an Ottumwa area meeting on Wednesday January 10. The Iowa Swine Producers Association holds nine regional talks this month to broaden participation and awareness of pork production.
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Washington County Swine Producers’ Association
Iowa
Ottumwa
Iowa Swine Producers’ Association
Bernard Collins
Clarion
The
Iowa Swine Producers Association
Kenneth Falk
Iowa Dept. of Agriculture
Bill Zmolek
Iowa State University
Rolland Paul
Iowa Swine Producer's Association
J. H. Jones
Ainsworth
Southeast Iowa
Washington County
Louis Larsen
Washington County Swine Producer's Association
Jim Frier
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Relief Records
Achmayers
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Brighton
William Gillam
Keokuk
N. W
S. FE
Wellman
Poland
China
Victor
Troy White
Bill
Bruty
Logan Heilman
W.ii
Ezra Wittmer
U. S
Agriculture and Interior Departments
Kathy
Deana
Florida
Lovina Meyer
Washington County Hospital
Mt. Union
West
L.P.T.O
Oliver
A.C
Clinton
Farrow
Stampshire-Corriedale
Johnson
Ideal
IHC
Loren McAllister
Charles Beck
H. H
M. M. van Syoc
U. S. Agriculture
By Gaylord P. Godwin
United Press International
API
20Th Century-Fox
William Holden
Africa
Mount Kenya Safari Club
Kenya
East Africa
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Washington, Iowa
John Deere
Owatanna
H.p. Briggs & Stratton
International
John Deere Tractor
Thor
Don Maxwell
Bill Bruty
Cleo Orris
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