Frost damaged grain in Washington County crops 1974
After a severe October freeze, Washington County Iowa records its first official 27 degree frost. An extended damaged growing season leaves 35 percent of corn and 40 to 45 percent of soybeans immature and losses varying from slight to nearly total. Farmers weigh silage versus grain options, with guidance on moisture targets, and consider livestock feed costs, storage, and market prices. Extension agronomist Harvey Thompson urges waiting for readiness to maximize value and advises careful field decision making.
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Jack Frost
Washington County
Iowa
Washington
Weather Bureau
Murphy
Harvey Thompson
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State University
Iowa Governor promotes Fine Iowa Meats in Boston
Gov. Robert D. Ray will travel to Boston to back a pork promotion organized by the Iowa Pork Producers Association and the Iowa Development Commission with Rath Packing Co. Stop and Shop stores will participate delaying a banquet on Oct. 9. More than 1.5 million pounds of pork are to be shipped to Boston, the largest pork sale in New England history.
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UPI
Robert D. Ray
Boston
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Iowa Development Commission
Rath Packing Co
Kennedy to Speak at Iowa Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Ames
More than two thousand people are expected at the Iowa Democratic Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Ames with Senator Edward Kennedy to appear. State Party Chairman Tom Whitney said aSun District fundraising party follows the 7 p.m. dinner at the AiIton Coliseum. Kennedy will also attend a breakfast in Omaha and travel to Sioux City for appearances before flying to Des Moines for news conferences.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Democratic Party
Ames
Edward Kennedy
Tom Whitney
Sun District
Ailton Coliseum
Kennedy
Omaha
Sioux City
Dog fighting flourishes under cover of legality in U.S.
Washington reports hearings show dog fighting thriving nationwide with its own magazines, breeders, and bullfight style culture. Spectators pay about $20 to watch two trained dogs kill each other with high-stakes bets. Duncan Wright, head of the American Dog Owners Association, says as much as $100,000 can change hands at a single event.
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Washington
UPI
House
Duncan Wright
American Dog Owners Association
Guerrilla drops $1 million ransom demand in consul hostage case
Radhames Mendez Vargas withdrew the $1 million ransom for six hostages in the captured Venezuelan consulate, but pressed for the release of 37 political prisoners and warned time was running out under the death threat since last Friday.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Radhames Mendez Vargas
Frost Triggers Tomato Damage Hits Muscatine Migrants
In Muscatine Iowa a killer frost damaged the tomato crop and left about 400 migrant workers jobless. Sister Irene Munoz of the Migrant Committee urged donations and blankets to aid workers living in unheated camp cabins as temperatures fell to 24 degrees. Many workers lack funds to return to Texas.
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Muscatine, Iowa
UPI
Muscatine
Irene Munoz
Texas
Munoz
Severe quake rocks Lima Peru in rare strong tremor
A 7.5 magnitude quake struck near Lima at 9 28 am causing major tremor felt across Peru. Officials warned of possible heavy damage and loss of life if northern areas were hit, recalling the 1970 disaster that killed thousands.
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Lima
Peru
UPI
Caracas
Cajigal Seismographical Observatory
U.S. National Earthquake Information Service
Golden
Colo
Dave Carver
Carver
University of California Seismographic Station
Berkeley
Nixon subpoenas challenged as judge weighs quash effort
Washington reports that lawyers for former President Nixon formally asked Judge Sirica to quash subpoenas requiring his appearance at the Watergate cover up trial. Nixon’s counsel delivered a sealed envelope to Sirica as the judge noted the motions filed under seal.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
USS
John J. Sirica
Nixon
Herbert J. Miller Jr
Sirica
Coonsel
Leon Jaworski
California
Iowa Zone 13 Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy and warmer weather for tonight and Friday with southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. A few showers are possible tonight with lows ranging from 45 to 90. Friday highs are in the upper 60s and rain chances around 20 percent both tonight and Friday.
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Iowa
Iowa coal reserves eyed to fuel US by 2000
Des Moines UPI reports two Midwestern energy experts foresee the Midwest, led by Iowa and North Dakota, supplying a significant share of the nation's energy by 2000 through coal mining and gasification. Tuthill cites Iowa's seven to 21 billion tons of coal and aims to improve land for agriculture while developing coal gasification. Horne highlights North Dakota's lignite resources and potential for 20 to 30 percent of national natural gas needs by 2000, urging a cautious go slow approach to avoid environmental harm. Governor Ray backs coal research with a 3 million ISU program to keep land viable for farming.
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Des Moines
UPI
Midwest
Iowa
Sam Tuthill
Energy Task Force
Kent Horne
North Dakota
Horne
State Planning Commission
Tuthill
Dakota
Towa
Ray
ISU
Early Oct snow and record lows hit Midwest and Ohio crops
Snow and near record cold swept the Midwest and Ohio Valley as early Oct 3 brought the season’s first snow in Syracuse and Pittsburgh. Agricultural officials warned the cold could end the corn and soybean growing season across Ohio, with other states reporting freezing temperatures and widespread record low readings.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Homer Carter
Ohio Agricultural Crop Reporting Service
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Wis
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Ind
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