Warning on solid wastes and national trash crisis
The piece warns that solid wastes from garbage to demolished buildings threaten air and water, the landscape, and health. It cites Johnson of the Public Health Service on rising trash piles, growing waste rates, and a looming drinking water crisis, with open dumping as the dominant disposal method and high disposal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Charles CC. Johnson Jr
New
Consumer Protection and Environmental Health Service
The
Public Health Service
Johnson
National Academy of Sciences
United States
Charles Johnson
Environmental Health Service
Ricard D. Vaughan
Environmental Control Administration
Hog prices show strength into 1969 says Iowa State expert
Iowa farm outlook notes hog prices have been stronger than expected since late summer and favorable market conditions should hold for months. Extension economist Gene Futrell of Iowa State University says production remains below expectations despite decent price and profit levels in 1968-69 and the prior three years. By late September hog prices stood near $5 per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Futrell
Iowa State University
Iowa
Futrell
USDA
Statistical Reporting Service
Records set at Shorthorn sale in Iowa and Nebraska
The 40th Anniversary Sale of the Central States Shorthorn-Polled Shorthorn Assn in Oskaloosa Iowa and Omaha Nebraska established new records for bull and overall averages and sale head counts. Top bulls and females sold to buyers in Kansas, Ontario, Missouri and elsewhere as prices held strong into late 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebr
Central States
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Harry Krug
Russell
Kans
Barbarian
Lloyd Burr
Calves urged to be weaned and stripped for cold months
Nelson Gay, an Ex tension Livestock Specialist at Iowa State University, urges calves to be weaned now as protection against cold weather. He recommends weaning spring calves from first calf heifers in early November and strip grazing for forage sorghum or hybrid Sudan grass to reduce trampling and waste. Creep feeding should have begun, with planning for winter feeding programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Gay
Iowa State University
Sudan
Gay
Property Transfers for Mildred Doran and Florence Hamilton
Contracts record transfers show Mildred Doran and husband Lloyd A. Duensing along with wife Land securing interests in Section 29 76 7. Florence K Hamilton transfers to Ed win Waldschmidt south 28 feet of Lot 1 and west 5 feet of Lot 2 in Block 19 Original Plat Town of Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Doran
Lloyd A. Duensing
Florence K. Hamilton
Edwin Waldschmidt
Town of
Riverside
Iowa Not the Highest Tax Burden for Earners
Tax Foundation data show 40 states levy an individual income tax. For a married man with two children earning $10,000, Louisiana imposes $48 and Oklahoma $66, while Minnesota tops at $407 and Wisconsin $386. Iowa falls in the upper third with a computed tax of $215. Each state’s rate and exemptions affect the move cost, school access, cigarettes tax, and property levies. State collections totaled $8.5 billion for the year ending March, up 26 percent from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
Joe Doakes
Tax Foundation, Inc
Hawaii
Iowa
Maine
Illinois
Wisconsin
Tax Foundation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
D.C
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
New Hampshire
Tennessee
New Jersey
Friendship Club Tours Mt Pleasants Historic Sites
Ten Friendship Club members visited Mt Pleasant touring Mrs Ross Lane home with hand painted pieces valued at 65 dollars each and slides from Europe. Lunch at Harlan House then Harlan Lincoln Tradition at Iowa Wesleyan College followed by tours of All Star Dairy and Blue Bird Midwest Inc buses. Local fall farm work noted along with Presbyterial attendance and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Friendship Club
Mt. Pleasant
Ross Lane
Harlan House
Harlan
James Harlan
Iowa
U. S. Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Harlan
Mary
Robert Todd Lincoln
Iowa Wesleyan College
All Star Dairy
Blue Bird Midwest Inc
Charley Horak
Dean Sandburg
Iowa City
Grove Letts
Fairfield
Ruth
Mae Gideon
Elma Horak
Riverside community notes mix of clubs hunts many events
WSCS met at Trinity United Methodist Church October 1 to tour Goodwill Industries in Iowa City then held its regular meeting with reports read and approved. Members planned a Smorgasbord for October 18 and noted November leader and hostesses. Girl Scout Troop 58 formed patrol leaders and planned a cook-out. Local families attended events in Kirksville and Indianola. A National Merit scholar from Riverside earned recognition. a charity bridge club met, and a 84 mile “Fender Benders” Run yielded many riders. Anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Lemley noted with family gatherings. Hollywood casting adds James D. Rucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Womens Society of Christian Service
Trinity United Methodist Church
Goodwill Industries
Iowa City
George Havel
Clara Rath
Ola O’laughlin
Washington
O’laughlin
Hubert Malichky
Ted Gerot
Carl Craig
John Tener
Albert Novy
Oscar Gerot
American Legion
Sexton Timber
Schnoebelens Timber
Nancy Veggy
Yvonne Proctor
Walter Sojka
Alvin Sojka
Kirksville
Charlotte
Earl Walton
Clifford Walton
Lone Tree
Indianola
Walton
John Walton
Jack Sentmans
Brookfield
Ill
Leroy Hardy
Robert Schneider
Bob Schneider
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Vandenberg A. F. B
Calif
Roger Schloss
G. B. Kirchner
Red Kron
Gale Dinnel
Marie Strabala
Highland Community High School
Cecil Strabala
United States
Town and Country Cycle Club, Inc
Larry Rummelhart
Ron Figgins
Russ Wileand
Sonny Pederson
Buc
Des Moines
Jim Fortune
Fort
Lemley
Jim Vargason
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Joseph L. Myler
Iowa Farm
Jim Frier County Extension
Shorthorn Sale
Bill Anderson
West Liberty
Bill Umbaugh
Adair
Anderson
Lonada Manor Farms
Petersborough
Ontario
C. C
C. W. Freeark
Harrisburg
Wilbert Korthaus
Lincoln School
Cindy Sproule
Susan Stout
Theresa Bruns
By Ruth Gideon
John Deere
Ford
IHC
Eas
Washington Co. Farm Store
Kalona, IA
Rath Cattle
R. C. Wead
Wscs Tours
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Hollywood
James D. Rucker
K-F.s
Memphis
Fairgrounds
Oet
Angus
Hereford
North
Macon
Mo. Cooperative Feeder Livestock Ass'n
Don Griffith
Glenwood
Evening Journal
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