Warns of Jump in U S Food Prices
Washington reports warn that record food prices are deceptively low due to frozen costs. General Foods chair C W Cook says retail prices will rise as raw product costs catch up, warning consumers to expect a shock when increases occur. Nixon teams discuss Phase IV anti inflation plan as farm prospects loom.
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UPI
Congress
C. W. Cook
General Foods Corp
Agriculture Department
Cook
Nixon
National Association of Food Chains
Cost of Living Council
Soviet Union
U.s.japan Trade Council
U.S
Republicans Plan Old fashioned Rally in Iowa City
First District Republicans announce an old fashioned rally at the Iowa City Izaak Walton League on July 14 with barbequed chicken softball horseshoes bingo and a cow chip throwing contest A lottery offers tickets to a late August fundraiser in the Amanas Don Johnson of Fairfield is general chairman Paul Bohnsack of Iowa City is ticket chairman Tickets go on sale for 350 adults 250 children and the event is expected to draw about 300 attendees.
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First District
Iowa City
Izaak Walton League
Mary Erbe
GOP
Republican State Committee
Amanas
Don Johnson
Fairfield
Paul Bohnsack
Bohnsack
Iowa
Republican County
Livestock Markets Reports From Joliet and Midwest
JOLIET IL UP L livestock markets report slow trade in Joliet with 25 cattle and 500 hogs noted and bids higher on select hog weights. Interior Iowa Minnesota hogs show slow trade with good demand, butchers steady to high, sow gains, daily receipts estimated near 40k.
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Iowa
Minnesota
U.S
Youth Corps funds grants for Iowa projects
The Department of Labor said grants totaling 2,070,000 have been made to 4019 neighborhood youth corps projects in Iowa to provide summer employment for 4,825 youths. Grants went to projects in Ames Belle Plaine Burlington Carroll Cedar Falls Creston Cedar Rapids Davenport Decorah Des Moines Dubuque Emmetsburg Harlan Leon Mason Ottumwa Remsen Sioux City and Webster City.
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UPI
Department of Labor
Iowa
Ames
Belle Plaine
Burlington
Carroll
Cedar Falls
Creston
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Decorah
Des Moines
Dubuque
Emmetsburg
Harlan, Leon
Mason
Ottumwa
Remsen
Sioux City
Webster City
Elmer O Eden 82 Lone Tree dies after sudden illness
Elmer O Eden 82 retired farmer and harness race enthusiast of Lone Tree died unexpectedly Wednesday July 11 1973. Funeral Saturday 10 a.m. at Swank Church Lone Tree with burial Swank Cemetery. Call at Sorden Adams chapel 7 p m today through Saturday. Born June 19 1891 in Lone Tree son of John and Sarah Eden. Married Aug 27 1913 Lois Neff. Survived by wife daughter Geraldine Lien Iowa City son James Lone Tree six grandchildren seven great grandchildren one brother George Lone Tree one sister Myrtle Vietheer Sacramento Calif. Two sons brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
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Swank Cemetery
Sorden & Adams Chapel
Mr. Eden
John
Sarah Crawbaugh Eden
Lois Neff
Oliver
Geraldine) Lien
Iowa City
James
George
Myrtle Vietheer
Sacramento
Calif
Funeral Friday for Rev. Clarence Davis
Funeral services for the Rev. D. Clarence Davis former Crawfordsville pastor will be held Friday July 13 at 10 a.m. in Westminster Presbyterian Church Clarinda where he served as pastor. He died Tuesday after a heart attack. Survived by wife two sons Paul Davis near Denver Colorado and the Rev. Ronald Davis Richfield Minnesota one grandson and one brother Everette Davis Crawfordsville.
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Crawfordsville
Westminster Presbyterian
Clarinda
Mr. Davis
Paul Davis
Denver
Colo
Ronald Davis
Richfield
Alcoholism-Drug Seminar Planned for Iowa Law Officers
Grover W. Stubbee of MECCA announces an alcoholism drug seminar for law enforcement in Iowa covering Johnson Cedar and Washington counties. The event at Town City Civic Center on Thursday July 12 features MECCA staff including James Clemens and Dr. Harold Moessner with discussions on medical signs, treatment vs incarceration, and MECCA services for handling problem drinkers.
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Grover W. Stubbee
Mid-Eastern Communities Council On Alcoholism
Iowa City
Iowa
Johnson
Cedar
Washington
Town City
Stubbee
Mecca
James Clemens
Harold Moessner
Amana
Oakdale
MEDCA
Paul Jensen R.N
Robert Gray
Alice Albrecht
Wiley Named To Farmers Home Admin County Committee
Ten years ago Charles Wiley was appointed as a member of the Farmers Home Administration County Committee announced by Jack H. Cowen, the agency's County Supervisor. Wiley is a farm owner and operator northeast of Washington.
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Charles Wiley
Farmers’ Home Administration
Jack H. Cowen
Wiley
Washington
School board approves 50 cent high school admission fee
Administrators explain rising activity costs and the Student Council favorable rate of 40 cents. the board votes to charge 50 cents for all high school students with ID cards, 75 cents for those without, and maintains adult prices. The plan funds the paper and yearbook, and other items. Additional actions include bids for fuel, water drainage fixes, stage floor renovation, election laws review, staff changes, Title I continuation, and special education agreements.
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Burge Hammond
Jolisa Rich
Nancy Rae
Don Zwicki
Zwicki
Supt
Schlapkohl
Field day set for vegetable growers
All persons interested in commercial vegetable production are invited to a field day July 20 at 6 30 p m on the Muscatine Island Field Station at Fruitland seven miles southwest of Muscatine Visitors will be conducted on a tour of the vegetable research plots by tractor drawn hayracks A discussion period will follow the tour with topics including variety trials of tomatoes watermelons muskmelons direct seeded tomato varieties for machine harvesting new fungicides on tomatoes cucumbers on trellises and growth regulator studies on muskmelons.
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Muscatine Island
Fruitland
Muscatine
Social Security boost approved by Nixon administration
Washington reports a Social Security increase of over 5 percent for nearly 30 million Americans beginning June, with checks starting in July. The measure raises the wage base to 12,600 and expands welfare benefits for over six million aged, blind, and disabled recipients, while adjusting early earnings exemptions and PH welfare rules amid HEW regulation delays.
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White House
Congress
Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Perdock’s
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