Iowan moves to end grain inspection conflicts in Iowa
Iowa officials press reform amid a widening grain inspection scandal. Boards in Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Des Moines exclude directors linked to grain firms. Some favor retention of industry ties while Congress weighs federal reform.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Cargill
Ralston Purina
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids Grain Service
Robert Faxon
Chamber of Commerce
Grain Service
Faxon
Quaker Oats
Terry Noland
Des Moines Grain Exchange
Noland
General Mills
Frank Keate
Sioux City Grain Exchange Board of Directors
Keate
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Dick Clark
D Lown
Senate
Davenport
McGregor
Clark
Washington
Markets Grain News from Joliet and Des Moines
Cattle and hog prices shift with steady to higher bids in Joliet and Des Moines. Joliet reports steady cattle and higher hogs with various weight brackets, while Des Moines shows slow trade yet demand fairly good, with butchers steady to mostly higher and a wide range of weights priced. Estimated receipts for cattle and hogs provided for both markets.
Death of Jim Lins in Englewood Colorado
Word reaches that Jim Lins 41 of Englewood Colorado died unexpectedly in his home on Thursday June 17 1976 Funeral services will be in Colorado He was born in Ainsworth son of Francis and the late Mrs Lins Raised in Ainsworth he graduated from Ainsworth schools He married Darlene Miller of Washington They lived in Ainsworth before moving to Colorado 15 years ago Survivors include his wife three daughters and two brothers one twin
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Jim Lins
Englewood
Colo
Colorado
Mr. Lins
Ainsworth
Francis Lins
Darlene Miller
Washington
Ira Waterhouse 81 dies in Wellman Iowa
Ira Waterhouse 81 of 317 East Main Street Washington died Thursday June 17 1976 at Shenk Nursing Home Wellman after three months illness Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Lloyd Bauer officiating Burial will be in Clay Cemetery A memorial to Shenk Nursing Home is established Gifts may be left at the funeral home He was born May 25 1895 in Jefferson County son of Allen and Arabella Jones Waterhouse He attended Washington County Schools and Brighton High School and Iowa State University He was World War I Army veteran and served as a clerk in the U S Naval Supply Depot He belonged to the Presbyterian Church in Oakland California Survivors include his sister Mrs Pearl Woodford Wellman and a number of nieces and nephews.
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Ira Waterhouse
E. Main St
Washington
Shenk Nursing Home
Wellman
Jones Funeral Home
Lloyd Bauer
Clay Cemetery
Mr. Waterhouse
Jefferson County
Allen and
Arabella Jones Waterhouse
Washington County
Brighton
Iowa State University
U.S. Naval
Presbyterian Church
Oakland
Calif
Pearl Woodford
Keota FFA hosts June 29 sheep project meeting
Keota FFA sponsors a sheep project meeting for 4 H and FFA members in Keokuk and Washington Counties on June 29 at 9 p m at the Bill Anderegg home on the north edge of Keota Eldon Hans Cedar Rapids area livestock specialist will speak on general sheep production selection and judging A four person fitting and showing demo led by Jim Hotchkiss Kevin Greiner Vic Brenneman and Curtis Stutzman will cover showing and lamb fitting techniques Refreshments served after the program A door prize will go to the person who guesses the lamb weight on display
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Keota
FFA
Keokuk
Washington
Bill Anderegg
Eldon Hans
Cedar Rapids
Hans
Jim Hotchkiss
Suffolk
Washington County
Kevin Greiner
Sheep Project
Vic Brenneman
Curtis Stutzman
Columbia
Nellie Helscher 89 dies in Sigourney June 1976
Nellie Fish Helscher 89 of Sigourney died Thursday June 17 1976 at her son William’s home after a 10 day illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 30 a m at the Sigourney Methodist Church. Burial in Keota Cemetery. She was born February 3 1887 in Virden Illinois and married Harry A Helscher in 1911. She lived in Sigourney since 1915 and was a member of the PEO Happy Hour Club and United Methodist Church. Survivors include her son William Helscher of Washington two grandsons one granddaughter and nine great granddaughters. Her husband died in 1971.
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Harry Helscher
Sigourney
William
Methodist Church
Reynolds Funeral Home
Keota
Nellie Fish Helscher
Virden, Ill
Will c
Ida Banta Fish
Cedar Rapids
Harry A. Helscher
Mingo
PEO
Happy Hour Club
United Methodist Church of
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