Spotlight on Agriculture Reflects Cold Winter Trends
The Iowa urban and rural press notes a prolonged cold spell fueling forecasts of a cooling cycle. It details severe winter conditions across the Midwest, impacts on driving, schools, livestock, and snowmobile use, plus coverage of the 65th FGDA convention in Des Moines and notable grain and crop awards in Iowa.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Emmet Stervemer
ISU
Farmer Co
Farmers Grain Dealers
Des Moines
FGDA
Lodge meets Ky to map Paris talks on Vietnam
American negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge held a working session with South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky to assess the initial Paris talks and prepare position papers for Thursday's bargaining session. The talks were preceded by multiple staff meetings at both delegations.
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Paris
UPI
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnam
Lodge
Fresh Iowa lawmaker targets lobbyist influence
Des Moines reports 31 year old Iowa City Democrat Edward Mezvinsky launches a high profile bid to curb lobbyist power in the Iowa General Assembly. He argues the body relies too heavily on lobbyists and calls for stronger controls while acknowledging mixed reception from veteran legislators.
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DES Moines
UPI
Edward M. Mezvinsky
Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Iowa General Assembly
General Assembly
Senate
House Committees On Ethics
Mrs Don Steiner Ends Visit West Wellman
Mrs Don Steiner returned Friday from a visit with her son and family in Los Angeles California. The Washington County Fire Association dinner at Wellman Fire Station featured Wayne Walters Civil Defense Director as speaker with Wilbur Swartzendruber as retiring president presiding. 1969 officers include Marvin Yetty Ardell Miller and J D Boyd. Community group notes cover Homebuilders class Mennonite Ladies AD TT Shenks Rest Home residents and service men boxes planned. Mr Donald Schlabaugh remains a Mercy Hospital patient in Iowa City.
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Wellman
Don Steiner
Harold Steiner
Los Angeles
California
Lela
Washington County Fire Association
Wayne Walters
Johnson County Civil Defense
Wilbur Swartzendruber
Marvin Yetty
Kalona
Ardell Miller
J. D. Boyd
Elma Berger
Mildred Wade
Harriett Blumenstein
Dorothy Swain
Marjorie Glider
Mary Stritzman
Dorothy Miller
Hazel Miller
Madena Schlabaugh
Paul Weaver
Shenks Rest Home
Erma Rugg
AD TT
J. R. Miller
Kenneth Kempf
Richard Griffith
Lewis Belcher
J. T. Palmer
Jarold Powell
Duane Longwell
Dave McClellan
TTT
L. C. Swain
Donald Schlabaugh
Fourth Street
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Birthday party notes and nearby events in Hardscrabble
Readable notices recount Jeffery Duwa’s first birthday with cake and one candle, and other January birthdays among the Wehr family. It also records visits among local residents, church events, hog purchase, and travels, plus a Goodyear colored bicycle tire feature for Southern California riders and a Vermont Sugar Maple as the state tree.
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Jeffery Duwa
Dale Duwa
Gene Wehr
Jackie
Clarence Wehr
Nora Wehr
Ray Wehr
Louise Wehr
Methodist
James C. Bowen
Wilbur Lauderman
Allen Griggs
Orville Griggs
N. E. West
Pleasant View
Kalona
Los Angeles
UPI
California
Goodyear
Inaugural Ceremonies and Local Notices Feature Community
Mr and Mrs Stanley Barber attended the Inaugural Ceremonies for Governor Robert Ray at the Veterans Auditorium in Des Moines. Ardell Miller and family returned from a two week visit with Captain James Miller at Holloman AFB New Mexico and relatives in California as Jim's Jet F 40 unit heads to Germany. Wally Swartzen druber and wife just returned from a four day trip to Puerto Vallarta Mexico courtesy of Supersweet Feeds. Planning and Zoning Commission and Town Council accept an acre of land from Dr J R Miller and St Josephs Church for the new city park at Maplewood Park subdivision northern edge.
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Stanley Barber
Scott
Ann
Robert Ray
Veterans Auditorium
Des Moines
Ardell Miller
James Miller
Holloman A. F. B
New Mexico
California
Jim
Germany
Don
Wally Swartzendruber
Ports Vallarta
Mexico
Planning and Zoning Commission
J. R. Miller
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Maplewood Park
Wellman
Iowa corn growing champ wins with Pioneer hybrids
Lavern Pete McCabe of Dubuque county captured the state title for official corn growing for the second straight year using Pioneer hybrids. The contest emphasized machine harvest and substantial acreage with no gleaning, reflecting the effort to produce a top yield across at least five acres.
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Iowa
Harold and
Charles Curtis
Chardan
Dick Kuecker
Algona
Ken Wendt
Buckingham
Virgil Bane
Scranton
Howard Else
Stockport
Gary Gourley
Webster City
Ralph Howe
Clemens
John Konz
Neola
Allen Kirslund
Eagle Grove
Royce Larson
Newell
Lawrence McCabe
Clare
Harold Meyers
Dallas Center
George Osborne
Alta
Richard Reinhart
Cresco
Leon Rossiter
Winfield
Wayne Scott
Nodaway
Ronald Steuben
Everly
John Stevenson
Marengo
Henry Wieringa
Sheldon
Ernest Wilson
Paullina
Frank Zrostik
Britt
Olin Bishop
Wellman
McCabe
Russell
Darrell Negus
Hartley
Clarence Casey
Laverne
Roscoe Miller
Clear Lake
Doyle Smith
Lawton
Melvin Oppold
Eldora
Dennis O’tool
Glideon
Duane Dostal
Dysart
Lloyd Burr
Lone Tree
Ray Taylor
Clearfield
Lee Foster
Columbus Junction
Lavern
Pete’ McCabe
Dubuque County
Wards Airline TV Radio Phono Repair Service Ad
Montgomery Ward service department at 115 West Washington offers TV radio and phono repair with prompt service and in shop repairs for customers in the area.
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Wards Airline
Montgomery Ward Service Department
W. Washington
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Neal Smith
ISA
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Laurens
Victor Bannart
Ottoson
F. R. Bennett
Creston
M. L. Hammer
Ringsted
Dennis Lundsgaard
Cherokee
Curtis Lura
Fenton
Jack Mason
Flagstad
Don Nelson
Goldfield
Orville Pugh
Mt. Union
Ivan Queck
Greenfield
Tom Sharp
Kellogg
Charles Wingert
Terris
Iowa Co - Operative
Gerald Pepper
Iowa Institute of Co - Operation
Pepper
L-W Service Co
Farmer Meeting
Farm Bureau Building
Featuring
Farm Bureau
George
West
D. A. Augustine
Fred Zieglowsky
Earl
Allen Fickling
Bob Brower
Davenport
Victor Bowen
Waynesville
North Carolina
Smoky Mountains
Jeffery
Robin
Vermont
Keota, Iowa
Tory
Washington Street
Keota
D. M. Grimes
Hagist & Conrad
Pioneer
Pete
Crop Improvement Association
Mumbhan Annouat
Pioneer Mi Bred Company
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