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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1971
Page
7
Futrell notes sharp drop in hog prices from mid 1970 and the run up in pork retail prices, widening farm to wholesale and wholesale to retail margins. He explains farm level value fell about 23 cents per pound while retail pork fell about half that, with retailers slow to adjust prices.
Iowa State University's Harold Stockdale says beef herds show lice signs as cattle rub fences and lick themselves. Harvest delays left animals unsprayed. lice population may rise for two more months, with economic losses looming. He recommends using insecticides such as Co‑Ral Delnav Korl an malathion and toxaphene during mild winter weather, reading label directions, and treating small groups to avoid re infestation.
New York UPI report says Jewish activists disturbed Carnegie Hall opening of the Omsk Siberian Dancers and Singers with ammonia bottles and a phony bomb threat. Police evacuated about 1,000 spectators while 2,200 in attendance watched the performance resume after no device was found.
Mrs Krewson hosts a Brighton Harmony Club meeting at her home with fourteen members present. Ruth Martin demonstrated candle making and showed pieces including an American Flag plaque and a Boy Scout item. Births announced and social events noted. bridge prizes awarded.
A Cambodian relief column moving toward Saang 18 miles south of Phnom Penh met stiff Communist resistance. Three hundred to four hundred Cambodian troops pressed toward a cut-off battalion near the Bassac River while artillery and air support were called in. Civilian lines were cut, about 500 people fled to a pagoda shelter as fighting intensified. In South Vietnam, a market bombing at Mo Duc killed nine and wounded 22, marking the second such attack in two days.
Washington AP UP I Roger C Morton was sworn in as Secretary of Interior in a White House ceremony. President Nixon urged him to restore beauty to America and cited Theodore Roosevelt as a conservationist model. Justice Potter Stewart administered the oath after Senate confirmation.
The National Center for Disease Control reports about 23 million children vaccinated against rubella in the first 18 months of a national campaign. Public programs covered 89 percent, with private doctors handling the rest, marking the largest immunization effort to date in the United States.
First Baptist Church of Wellman hosted a potluck on Sunday January 24 to honor Rev Albert J Larson the new pastor. Visiting clergy included Rev William Rathburn Rev Richard Peterson Rev John Woodin and Rev Arthur Peters. Installation followed with music and greetings, then coffee and cookies. Several local families attended and anniversary and hospital updates were noted.
Polk County Assessor Andrew Regis urged lawmakers to place all tax sheltered groups on the tax rolls to fund city services. He said Des Moines loses 33 million dollars yearly from exempt land held by religious educational charitable and hospital groups and proposed a service tax of up to 30 mills to cover essential services. Regis noted state owned property could add 10 million and Polk County land 1.9 million. He called for clearer exemption rules and said assessors often determine qualification. The joint Ways and Means committees are reviewing the Tax Study Committee's recommendation to tax all dwellings and health care facilities except certain federally or locally owned homes and hospitals.
Richland Jan 25 The Richland Friends church held a fellowship after services honoring Rev Green Mrs Kermit Hinshaw and Frank Mayers on their birthdays About 37 attended and refreshments were served Christian Social Committee led the event Other items note visits to Mrs Irene Baker in Ottumwa Hospital Daunting travel details recount visits by Sumner McCracken Dymond McCracken and others plus members traveling to Des Moines Willow Springs Missouri and Wichita to see relatives and attend various events The article also mentions the second Worship Study series starting Jan 26 led by Mrs Darrel Jones and notes local visits by Ronnie Powell and family and by Mr and Mrs Charles Blakely and family
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