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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
7
Iowa State University economist Bob Wisner says soybean stocks are up from last year and carryover could be nearly tripled by fall. Prices may stay near 2.65 to 2.75 a bushel into summer with acreage up nine percent and exports nearly steady.
Iowa Farm Bureau President J Merrill Anderson told about 300 county leaders at the mid year meeting that now is the time to move toward less government control. He praised the Curtis Bill as a starting step and warned without reform, margins and prices may be regulated. He outlined recourse loans up to 90 percent of market value and argued for phasing out price supports and acreage allotments while maintaining conservation programs. He noted studies suggesting dropping diversion programs could lift net farm income at lower cost to the government and urged USDA to focus on serving consumers.
Claude Rains, the British actor famed for a towering screen presence, died at Lakes Region Hospital in Sandwich New Hampshire at age 77 from an intestinal hemorrhage. He had been treated for two years after rising from a page boy to a major film star, earning a then record salary for a British actor in Caesar and Cleopatra.
An 18 member Sifting Committee was appointed by House Speaker Maurice Baringer Roelwein to replace the steering panel in prioritizing bills. Republicans Floyd Millen and John Camp lead with a mix of 13 Republicans and 5 Democrats, including members from Sioux City Waterloo and Des Moines, signaling end of much committee work for the session.
Keota May 27 banquet at Keota Elementary drew 270 alumni and friends. St Mary's Catholic Church women prepared the meal. Rev. C. S. Kempker gave the invocation. Table decorations honored the 1967 class motto Take the world as you find it but leave it better with blue and gold streamers and globes. Community sing followed. Mary FitzZimmons Shafer led, Barbara Adams accompanied. Officer slate announced for 1968. 1967 graduates predominated at plans briefings and honors.
Memorial services were conducted Tuesday morning in the Crawfordsville Gymnasium by the Schantz-Mitchell Legion Post. Colors were advanced, honor guards supported by the WACO Grade School Band conducted by Boyd Blattner. Rev. Kenneth Nelson spoke, with invocation by Rev. Robert Rushing and a prayer by Legion Chaplain Granville Love. Taps echoed by Victor Ivanowsky and Dale Davis. Cemetery services were canceled due to bad weather.
The Riverside Chamber of Commerce hosted Burl Downing as guest speaker with Boy Scout Troop 235. A conservation officer discussed fish species, wildlife habitat, and new fishing laws effective July 1. The group planned a Labor Day Tractor Pull and Chicken Barbecue, opposed rural post office route cuts, and considered legal representation for a highway hearing on the Waterloo to Mt. Pleasant four lane project. Dues are due in July 1967. A fire damaged a cattle shed at Francis Armbruster farm after 6 p.m. Thursday with minor roof damage.
Don Canott from the 1967 class of WACO High School was honored at a post graduation party hosted by his family. Attendees included relatives from Washington and Ohio, celebrating his eighteenth birthday with a dinner and social gathering at the Dare home in Springfield Illinois.
Mrs. Alta Berry hosts the Wellman Garden Club meeting with 27 members and two guests. Plans for the Flower Show were set with Homer Vincent and Ed Yoder as chairmen. The club will tour May 24 around Oskaloosa.
The Keota Real Estate and Household Goods Auction announces sale dates including the Inez Hotchkiss Estate on June 9 at 1 p.m. Antique sale June 16 at W F W Hall, Keota, starts 11 a.m. Dick Hagist Auction Service. Weekly sales include Wayland, Ollie, Wapello, and Columbus Junction livestock markets with Tuesday and Friday schedules.
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