Lawmakers push to loosen farm controls for aid
Congressional panels weigh bills to extend the food for peace program through 1970, boosting annual food shipments and funding. Harold D. Cooley leads a $2.8 billion per year domestic plan, while George McGovern seeks a broader $3.5 billion target with added aid to port facilities and logistics. Both urge using U.S. agriculture to fight world hunger without immediate policy shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold D. Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Gunman robs Waterloo grocery then shoots teen employee
Waterloo Iowa police hunt a young gunman who robbed Del Farm Store and a Superette earlier, threatening 12 to 15 workers, forcing a checkout clerk to fill a bag with cash, and wounding Benny Crawford, 17, in the arm before escaping. The suspect, about 5 ft 9, 170 pounds, in his 20s with wavy hair, wore a gray coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
del- Farm
Trudi Hines
Benny Crawford
Crawford
Superette
Stella Stewart Weisenberger dies in Hope Arkansas
Mrs Stella Stewart Weisenberger a longtime Keota resident died January 12 in Hope Arkansas from asthma and heart disease after hospitalization for a broken pelvic bone Funeral services were held January 13 in Hope Ark Local friends visitations and family gatherings noted including Mr and Mrs G A Hess Mr and Mrs Virgil Hoestettler Mr and Mrs Charles Corpman Debby Mr and Mrs Clay Goode and Dennis birthday celebrations Mrs Pat Patterson to Iowa City University Hospital for a check up and other local visits and dinners surrounding family events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Stella Stewart Weisenberger
Hope
Arkansas
Weisenberger
G.A. Hess
Virgil Hoestettler
Charles Corpman
Debby
Kalona
Clay Goode
Washington
Hess
Atty
B. J. Byrne
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Pat Patterson
University Hospital
Patterson
Walter McArtor
Coralville
Dennis
Mark Weber
Prairie Home
Sandra
Leslie Breen
John Henry
Quality Pork Show Set For February 15 In Kalona
The annual Quality Pork Show in Washington County is scheduled for Tuesday February 15 at the Kalona Sale Barn Kalona. Sponsored by Washington County Swine Producers Association and Extension Service with Rath Packing Company cooperation entries of barrows 130 to 230 pounds are limited to two hogs per farm unit and one dollar per pig. Hog unloading runs 9 to 11 am with live judging at 12 30 pm. Carcasses meeting length and backfat will be cut for loin eye with cash premiums on top carcasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Swine Producer’s Association
Washingston County Extension Service
Rath Packing Company
Eugene Wead
Wellman
County Swine Association
Washington
Kalona Sale
Kalona
USDA
Iowa farmers increase use of combines in corn harvests
A Des Moines survey by the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service finds 19 percent of corn growers used a corn head on a combine for 1965, up from 12.7 percent in 1964. Acres harvested by combine rose 48 percent to 1.8 million, while mechanical pickers remained dominant at 9.9 million acres harvested, but usage fell to 75.2 percent from 81.2 percent. Picker-shelter operations dropped to 5.8 percent from 6.0 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Combine
Production Credit Association names Freyenberger to post
Ted W. Leonard of Mt Pleasant PCA announces Joseph D Freyenberger of Wayland as assistant manager. Freyenberger, a University of Iowa economics graduate, has farmed in Wayland for 10 years. He and his family will live on their farm south of Wayland. A new full time branch opens in Fairfield with Marvin Doan becoming branch manager. Doan and family will move from Mt Pleasant to Fairfield after the school year ends. PCA loan activity hit a 1965 record with more than 4.3 million lent, 16 percent above 1964, and end of year loans at 2.04 million, up 25 percent from prior year. Leonard says 1966 will see continued growth as farmers increase credit use. Howard Kemp is president of Mt Pleasant PCA. Walter Miller is vice president. Other directors are Donald Havenhill, Gerard Megdelsen, and LaVerne Ledore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted W. Leonard
Mr. Pleasant
Joseph D. Freyenberger
Wayland
Freyenberger
University of Iowa
Freuenberser
Janice
Mr. Pleasant Pca
Fairfield
Marvin Doan
Doan
Carole
Kathie
Rodney
Mt. Pleasant
PCA
Leonard
Howard Kemp
Keosauqua
Mt. Pleasant Pca
Walter Miller
Donald Havenhill
Wapello
Gerard Megdelsen
Ainsworth
LaVerne Ledore
Will Visit Arizona and Fresno Family News in Brighton
Mrs Sherrie Wikoff travels from Fort Madison to Fresno California to visit her uncle Jake Brier and family and a friend Colleen Lukavsky later joining her parents in Arizona. Local club Willing Workers held an all day meeting at Mrs Leo Dunbar's home with a potluck and officers elected. Fire dept responded to a gas water heater explosion at Jim Morgan home with burns to Mrs Morgan. Birth announced for Patrick Eugene to Cletus Eugene Pacha and wife.
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Brighton
Sherrie Wikoff
Fort Madison
Fresno
California
Jake Brier
Colleen Lukavsky
Arizona
Leo Dunbar
Edgar Rotzinger
J.C. Atkinson
Luton Schooley
Beatrice Tracy
Lee Holland
Washington
Nelle Long
Layton Claypool
Marvin Sumitt
North English
Emerson Martin
Wellman
Harold Weber
Elsie Waggoner
Lettie Waggoner
Grace Waggoner
State Cafe
Lloyd Bradshaw
Brighton Fire Department
Jim Morgan
Morgan
Rebekahs IOOF Install at Kalona
Kalona Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges held a joint installation Friday in the Odd Fellow hall for 1966 officers. District deputies John Durst and Mrs Ednad Blumenstein presided with staff from Wellman lodges. New Kalona Odd Fellow officers include Har old Fisher Fay F Boone and Donald Siefken among others. Rebekah officers led by Mrs C J McKenzie and Mrs Donald Dickel. An offering for Mason City Homes was taken and gifts given, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Kalona Odd Fellow Lodge
Kalona Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellow
John Durst
Ednad Blumenstein
Wellman Lodges
Odd Fellow Lodge
Donald Siefken
Noble Grand
Harold Fisher
Fay F. Boone
L. J. Strickler
James G. Fisher
George Beck
Myron Jones
Inside Guardian
Larry Plank
Outside Guardian
Tom Strickler
George W. Fry
Phillip Preston
Richard Moran
F.L. Strickler
Alva Kepler
Clifford Small
C.J. McKenzie
Donald Dickel
C. R. Beckley
Jack Guengerich
Richard Morgan
Joye Reece
Guardian
Robert Hartley
Ray W. Boone
Joe Fisher
Mason City
Dickel
McKenzie
Rebekah Lodge
Keota Weekend Visitors and Local Folks
Cleo Baughman of Moline visited his parents in Keota over the weekend. Talbert Tadlock and boys were Sunday visitors with Al Reighard’s family. Jim Bowen and Frank Pulver hosted dinner guests. Don Fagen and Mabel Fagen plan a January 20 trip to California to visit Everett Fagen. Mabel Fagen will stay with her son Lawrence Bermel while Earl Cooley visited Des Moines on Monday. James Coffman and Lawrence Bermel spent Monday in Fairfield.
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Keota
Cleo Baughman
Moline
C. O. Baughman
Talbert Tadlock
al Reighard
Jim Bowen
Frank Pulver
Don Fagen
Mabel Fagen
California
Everett Fagen
Lawrence Bermel
Earl Cooley
Des Moines
James Coffman
Fairfield
Annual Consignments and Auctions at Iowa Farms and Barns
A dense listing of sale dates and venues across Iowa towns including Kalona, Ollie, Washington, Riverside, Wayland, and Keota. Notable entries include the 21 22nd Annual Consignment Sale of Purebred Angus Cattle at Ollie Sales Barn starting January 21 at noon, estate auctions in Mediapolis and Kalona, and weekly livestock sales at Kalona, Ollie, Washington, and Wayland facilities with varied start times through February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Sales
Ollie
Iowa
Kalona
Wellman
County Fine Road
John E. Hershberger
Mediapolis
Mamie E. Breder
Executrix
Maplecrest
Conoco
Sam Bender
Grandview
Roland Rabenold
Washington County Fairgrounds
Mary Ellen Dusenberry
Riverside
Highway 22
Lawrence Veggy
Haskins
Graf Feed & Garin
Columbus Junction
Bluff Road
Claude Armbruster
Washington
Will A. Shalla
West Chester
Joe R. Nelson
Crawfordsville
Wyman
Raymond Schultz
Lockridge
Fairfield
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America
Congressional Agriculture Committees
Capitol
George S. McGovern
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
McGovern
Cooley
Agriculture Committee
J. W. Fulbright
FFP
Ellender
Alan J. Ellender
D - la
The
McGov
Ern
Cooley Nor McGovern
Acre
U.S
C. L. Jennings
New London
William Dunn
Associate General Contractors of America
Iowa Agc
U. S
UPI Telephoto
Boyd Sanders Keota
Production Credit Association
Mrs. Wikoff
Tony Murth
Jefferson County Hospital
David
C. R. Conrad
Frank Pacha
Pleasant Plain
Roy Rogers
Daniel
Ron Carris
Packwood
Dennis Wonderlich
Gary Derby
Richland
Mark
Carlos Watson
Gordon Watson
Paula
Roz Hagans
West Liberty
Walter Hagans
Roy Campbells
Cletus Eugene Pacha
Patrick Eugene
Will A. Shalla Sale
Oliver
Chevrolet
Washington Concrete CO
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Rebekahs
IOOF
Mrs. Eugene Way
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
H. C
H. P
Ralph Kleingus
T. B
Bangs
Chester Miller
Ike Yoder
Kalona Savings Bank
Lawrence Yeggy
Lord Chumley
Want Ads
Journal
Edna E. Elliott
Coppock
Lester Neff
Steve Brant
Federated Church
Bertha L. Statler
Dale Golf
Harney-Hassenfritz Implement
Harry McKune
John Owen
M & H Auction Company
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Highway 61
Smylie’s
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Nie
Montgomery Ward
Morris
Airline
Fairgrounds
Keith Murphy
Richard Weeks
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