Slaughter Error Sparks Beef Market Turmoil and Calls for Reform
The note critiques USDA FST estimates amid a 23 000 head miscount that sent Eastern bids down and later caused a sharp price surge as cash trades rose. It alleges packers lie to the USDA, urges a housecleaning, and highlights a Chapter Eleven bankruptcy at Illinois Packing Company with broader futures and credit concerns.
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USDA
USA
Mondaay
Pentagon
Illinois Packing Company
Chicago
Barbecued Meat Loaf and Simple Dessert Recipes
Quick home cooking section with barbecued meat loaf using ground beef and catsup, and a sauce mix. Includes Toffee Bars, Rice Crispies Chicken bake, and a Fruit Cocktail Cake with frosting recipe. Contains steps, oven temps, and ingredient lists for each dish.
Waco CROP Drive Sees Record Year of Cash and Grain
Four townships in Washington and Henry counties contributed $10 900 and 5258 bushels of corn to the Waco area CROP drive raising total cash and grain to 5605.55 and 258 bushels. Archer Daniels Midland Burlington will turn the harvest into high protein flour for needy regions. Richard Wenger praised captains canvassers and elevators for the strong response in the fourth year of the drive.
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Waco
Marion
Crawford
Washington County
Jefferson and
Wayne
Henry County
Archer Daniel Midland
Burlington
India
Vietnam
Richard Wenger
Value of good farm records stressed for 1972
Washington County Extension Director Jim Frier and Iowa State University economist E G Stoneberg urge farmers to start strong farm record keeping now. They say complete records aid budgeting planning and credit applications, with weekly updates and annual tax ease as key benefits.
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Jim Frier
Washington County
G. Stoneberg
Iowa State University
Stoneberg
Supreme Court allows Democratic delegate plan at 1972 convention
The Supreme Court declined review of a federal appeals ruling upholding the Democratic National Committee’s apportionment formula for 3,016 convention delegates. The plan emphasizes small states by allocating 46 percent by state voting strength and 54 percent by electoral votes, giving Alaska a far larger voice than Massachusetts, California, or New York.
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Democratic National Committee
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Alaska
Massachusetts
California
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