Iowa soybeans lose money to weeds in 1971 survey
The National Soybean Weed Loss Survey shows 1971 Iowa yields fell 2.9 bushels per acre, costing $45,185,128 and marking a heavy national loss of $428,167,066. Wet weather and higher prices drove losses, though Iowa cut weed damage from 9.3 percent in 1970 to 8.3 percent in 1971, with 27 percent of fields showing no loss. The study, by Blanco Products and university weed scientists, urges earlier broadcast herbicide use to head off weather risks and allow targeted treatments for resistant weeds.
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Iowa
U.S
Agriculture College
Blanco Products Company
Illinois
Nebraska
Waco Music Students Shine at Ottumwa Contest
Forty one sixth grade students from Waco entered their first Ottumwa music contest on Saturday February 26 under Boyd Blattner. Students earned twenty nine Superior I and twelve Excellent II ratings across instruments such as cornet clarinet trombone sousaphone baritone French horn saxophone drum and flute. Superior performers included Patty Van Winkle Pat Garrett Bruce Hesser Danny Barquist Jeff Haines Annette Beese Kathy Widmer Shirley Jones Karla Gibson Heather Reschly Lori Rich Carlene Phillips Robert Richardson Griffith Gary Roth Terry Hesser Greg Tolander Todd Fischer Judy McCullough Gayla Roth Lynette Wyse Mary McVey Kevin Gibson Sharon Erwin Joni Peterson LaDonna Bell. Excellent ratings went to Irene Young Tim Sisco Wallace Unkrich Angela Strohman Ann Reschly Kevin Kaufman Michael Shumaker Kenneth Sherman Lyle Manning Kelley Miller Christa Linn Janice Leichty. The sixth grade band will join the middle school spring concert on April 13 with seventh through ninth grades.
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Ottumwa
Boyd Blattner
Patty van Winkle
Pat Garrett
Bruce Hesser
Danny Barquist
Jeff Haines
Cornet Annette Beese
Kathy Widmer
Shirley Jones
Karla Gibson
Heather Reschly
Lori Rich
Carlene Phillips
Todd Fischer
Judy McCullough
Gayla Roth
Lynette Wyse
Billy Crawford
Brenda Edger
Mary McVey
Kevin Gibson
Sharon Erwin
Joni Peterson
LaDonna Bell
Irene Young
Tim Sisco
Wallace Unkrich
Angela Strohman
Ann Reschly
Kevin Kaufman
Michael Shumaker
Kenneth Sherman
Lyle Manning
Kelley Miller
Christa Linn
Janice Leichty
Square Circle Club hosts dinner out in Washington
Square Circle Club members and husbands dined Tuesday night at Captain's Table in Washington. Guests included Wayne and Mary Davis Si and Mary Finke Gene and Mary Brookhart Wayne and Mary Williams Darrell and Mary Egli Chester and Mary Piper Joe and Mary Jones Don and Mary Wood. Birthday supper honored Brad Fletcher, six, at grandmother Arlene Fletcher's home on Feb 24. Other notes mention local events, hospitalizations, and club activities in the Washington area.
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Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Square Circle Club
Washington
Wayne Davis
Si Finke
Gene Brookhart
Wayne Williams
Don Anderson
Jack Erwin
Wayne Lowe
Darrell Egli
Chester Piper
Joe Jones
Don Wood
Brad Fletcher
Arlene Fletcher
Kim
Brad
Larry Fletcher
Pam
Mick Garris
Michelle
Troy
Iowa City
Lee Eisele
Ray Wittrig
Cedar Rapids
Charles Cannon
Lions Club
Howard Wittrig
Bill Nicholson
Lockridge
Raymond Howsare
Glenda Alvine
Lonnie Cantrell
Ames
Ray Mcallister
Waco
Wayland Mennonite
David Jewell
Jim Jewell
Mercy Hospital
Iowa
Curtis Service Records Mixed Mentions of Names and Automobiles
A fragmented service list mentions Pvt Samuel J Curtis 48468 6923 with unit details, and a string of car brands and personal names including Rudy Ezra Miller Toyota Ann Danielson Chevrolet Jones and Jones Ford Truck Edward Chabal Cleo Orris Ford Martin Longwell Ford Keith Williams Gremlin Alvin Morris and Sheffield Motor Home.
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Rudy Or
Ezra Miller
Toyota
Ann M Danielson
Chevrolet
Jones & Jones
Ford Truck
Edward Or
Dorothy Chabal
Cleo C. Orris
Ford
Martin Francis Longwell
Keith Bliams, Jr
Gremlin
Alvin E. Morris
Sheffield Motor Home
Iowa May Rework Tax Law Over IRS Deduction Changes
Des Moines reports that Iowa may need to revise its income tax rules as IRS computer adjustments reallocate deductions to minimize federal tax. This could force audits of state returns, alter standard versus itemized choices, and prompt amendments and penalties. Officials warn of legislative scrutiny to align state and federal procedures.
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DES Moines
IDPA
Towa
Internal Revenue Service
Kansas City
IRS
Iowa
Foresters meet at Riverside and community notes
Riverside February 20 Foresters met at St Marys Hall with president Mrs Ralph Waldschmidt hosting. Next meeting hosts Richmond Court on March 9. Social hour and lunch were served by hostess Mrs Pete Schneider. Baby Bret Michael Rummelhart born February 22 at Mercy Hospital weighed six pounds ten ounces. The Rummelharts' two daughters cared for by paternal grandmother Mrs Roy Rummelhart. Mr and Mrs Marvin Walton returned from Daytona Beach vacation. Frank and wife Ka ll aus foundation poured for new home. fire destroyed January home, they reside with son Carl Kallaus. Mrs Dale Burich returned from Des Moines. husband hospitalized at Methods Hospital. Dale stable unconscious. Zeno Knebel and family celebrated 45th anniversary at Willows Restaurant Washington with corsages.
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Wilbur Riene
Kallauses
Carl Kallaus
Dale Burich
Des Moines
Heusband
Methods Hospital
Burich
Dale
Zeno Knebel
the Willows
Washington
Not How Why Henley Ardent Eggs Stolen Spokesman Says
Not how but why motivates police after 4,500 eggs vanish from a local grading station on Monday. A UPI report quotes a spokesman saying they have no clue what thieves would do with fresh eggs or how they would dispose of them.
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Henley - Mn-Arden
England
UPI
Yoder President Honored by Pork Producers
Johnson County Pork Producers awarded Lester D. Yoder, president of Yoder Inc., the Distinguished Service Award at their annual banquet. He was lauded for supporting pork producers and the Frytown area research facilities, including the barrow testing station three years after its inauguration with Washington County Pork Producers cooperation.
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Johnson County
Lester D. Yoder
Yoder Inc
Yoder
Ay Richard Oberman
Frytown
Barrow
Washington County
Murphys End Stay in Hernando and Nearby Visits
Local social notes record the Murphys returning from two months in Hernando Mississippi and visiting friends in Washington area. The column lists numerous calls and gatherings at homes of Bean Harbison Endicott Whetstine Lenz and other residents, with neighborly visits to Iowa City Columbus Junction Mount Pleasant and Cedar Falls.
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Ivan Hartlock Haskins
Larry Stapp
George Murphy
Murphys
Hernando
Laird Simpson
George Paputsakis
Dorothy Bean
Ernest Brookhart
Lone Tree
H.A. Harbison
Columbus Junction
Ivan Hartsock
Gene
Lillian Endicott
Mount Pleasant
Edgar Whetstine
Dean Zahs
Mike
Carolyn
Cedar Falls
Kay Zahs
Donald Bean
Irene Harrison
Paul Harmen
Sigourney
Harold Nicholson
Tom Plath
Iowa City
James Morrison
Bill Darby
Albert Venzke
Marie Whetstine
Joe Skubal
Washington
Tom Dulaney
Wayne Carpenter
Floyd Carpenter
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American Legion Auxiliary
V.A. Hospital
Martha ‘Kaufman
Marie Lowe
Nancy Davis
Regina Richardson
Jane Hesseltine
Susan Swift
Nauvoo
Ill
Cleo McCoy
Lyle Lowe
Earl Lowe
Don Miller
Olds
Winfield
Pearl Cornie
Damita and
Dania Fritz
Ivor Davis
Junior Fritz
Miami
Fla
Junior
McCreary’s Rubber Co
Lee Shaffer
Washington County Hospital
Robert Holmes
Granville Love
Kenneth Rhea
Tken
Bob Wilson
Curtis
Samuel J. Curtis
Pt. Leonard Wood
Foresters
Riverside
Sandys
2Nd Ave
Washington Evening
Murphys End
Southland
Francis L. Bush
East 11Th Street
FARI
H.C
Tools
Hinery
Coronado
Canonsburg
Rogers Franklin Jr
Ike Yoder and
Wilbur Swartzendruber
Milo Orris
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