Hardin backs governors plans at Midwest Conference
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin endorsed two recommendations from Midwest governors at the 10th annual Midwest Governors Conference in South Sioux City Nebraska. He praised improved market reporting and a small farmers credit program while noting less interest in a food and fiber board. He cited offing farm loan ceilings and insured operating loans and added Texas salt marsh mosquito spraying is under way to combat horse sleeping sickness.
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South Sioux City
Néb
UPI
Clifford Hardin
Hardin
J. J. Exon
Nebraska
American Cattlemen's Association
Exon
Food and Fiber Board
Iown
Robert D. Ray
Congress
Farmers Home Administration
Texas
Sioux City
Iowa
Sea Birch Bayh
Bayh
Indiana
J W. Jones
Armour and Co. Plant
Veterans drum and symphony to perform 1812 Overture scene
Vermont Battery of the 2nd Light Artillery will fire 11 Civil War muzzle loaders with the Vermont State Symphony on July 31 in a performance of the 1812 Overture. The tour includes several disparate items from UPI dispatches across multiple towns and topics.
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MT. Snow
Texas Fears Swine Fever Spread From Latin America
UPI reports Texas officials warn of African swine fever looming from Latin America as authorities urge US Mexico talks to block entry. Amid efforts against sleeping sickness in horses, 700000 vaccine doses are deployed across six Southwest states while air forces spray malathion to kill mosquitoes.
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UPI
Texas
Latin America
Fred Mauer
Texas A & M College of Veterinary Medicine
Mexico
Uba
Mauer
United States
Air
Louisiana
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Iowa Commerce Commission Chief blasts auditor probe
Newly elected ICC chairman Maurice Van Nostrand says state auditors’ pileup of files harms morale and slows hiring as investigators seal Bolton’s office and widen a trio of probes. He urges a clear target and quicker findings to avoid more disruption and duplicated effort.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commission
Maurice van Nostrand
van Nostrand
Bolton
Iowa National Guard
Auditor's Office
Commerce Commission
Iowa Legislative Council
Robert D. Ray
Ray
Kenneth Benda
Edgar Storey
Dick Witt
van Nostand
Weather Summary for Iowa From UPI
Partly cloudy with variable showers and thunderstorms through Thursday. Turning cooler tonight especially north and west. Lows tonight upper 50s to mid 60s, highs Thursday in the middle 70s to upper 80s, with extreme northeast cooler and extreme south warmer.
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United Press International
Iowa
Jaycees Sponsor 1971 Miss Washington County Pageant
Ten contestants vie at the fairgrounds on Tuesday August 3 for the local Miss Washington County title. The winner advances to Miss Iowa Pageant in spring 1972. Contestants include Diana Moore Linda Wertz Susan King and others from Riverside Washington Wellman Ainsworth and surrounding areas. Master of ceremonies is Leon Hillman with Larry Green leading the orchestra and judges from Muscatine Davenport Cedar Rapids and Coralville.
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Washington County
Fairgrounds
Washington Jaycees
Diana Marie Moore
Robert Moore
Riverside
Mid-Prairie High
Linda Lorraine Wertz
Robert Wertz
Washington
Washington High School
Susan Kay King
Gilbert R. King
Julie Jean Radda
Don Radda
Mid-Prairie High School
Jill Marie Morgan
Theodore Morgan
Sara Jean Gerdes
Raymond Gerdes
Ainsworth
Highland High School
Kathryn Ann Engle
Dale Engle
Linda Jean Potsander
Daryl Potsander
Wellman
Marjorie Joan Wagner
Omer’ Wagner
Joanna Jane Parriott
Lyle’ Parriott
Leon Hillman
Larry Green
Gary Goodell
Catherine Wheeler
Karen Nisse
Muscatine
Larry Moeller
Davenport
Art Hough
Cedar Rapids
Amana road plan draws fire from Iowa highway chief
UPI report notes critic Robert Rigler questions funding for a 3.5 mile Amana corridors expressway. He argues focus should be on more urgent statewide needs while Interstate 380 plans proceed nearby. Officials defend the project as addressing major traffic hazards on Iowa 149 south of Amana where deadly crashes have occurred.
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U.S. 6
Amana
Interstate 80
Iowa
US. 6
Commission
William Gray
Cedar Rapids
Lowa 149
Gray
Iowa Firms Seek Appeal Over Denied Soil Conditioner Licenses
Nine firms faced license denials to sell soil conditioners and fertilizers in Iowa after alleged misleading advertising. They may seek a rehearing, or sue the secretary of agriculture in district court. Geddes noted some firms did not reapply and hearings examined product claims.
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DES Moines
Uri
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Mark Geddes
Secretary of Agriculture
LB. Liddy
District Court
Wonder Life of
Lowa
Tanvilae Co
Bio Life Co
Ionia Iowa
Western Soils Co
Waterloo Soi Conditioning Co
Salida
Colo
Super-Gro Products Co
Winona Minn
Anvil Mineral Products Corp
Say Springs
Miss
Midwest Radiant
Coseward
Canton Mills, Inc
Winona
Minn Geddes
Canton Mills
Tanvilac
Geddes
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