Freight car shortages worry Midwest shippers
Chicago and rail executives cite recurring freight car shortages across the Midwest and West as grain, lumber, and construction shipments strain rail capacity. They point to past crises of 17,000 cars daily in 1963 and a fall shortage, blaming long shoremen strikes and floods while noting higher car sizes and new designs. Congress may push corrective legislation to restore car supply and better utilization of the existing fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPS
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
American Plywood Association
Association of American Railroads
AAR
J. H. Blose
Tion
East
Congress
Senate
Earl
Ier
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Burlington
Eugene R. Craven
Craven
Coffee welcomes Keota newcomers
Sept 10 neighborhood coffee party greeted three new Keota residents, Alma Nelson, Cora Mattison, and Sara Greiner, with Ruth Zehr hosting and Rosemary Baumert aiding. Other attendees included Grace McNurlen and many locals. two were unable to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Aller marked their 43rd wedding anniversary with a Lake Lucerne supper hosted by LeRoy Martin and family. Attendees included Krieger, H. L. Martin, and Ken McAtteer families. the Martins could not attend. The Allers and Kriegers had visited Lake Lucerne the prior week and returned home Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudie Greiner
Rosemary Baumert
Dorothy Dickenson
Alice Mills
Ruth Ginkens
Beverly Zehr
Opal Herr
Emmi Siegler
Lara Leedom
Darlene Sheaffer
Elmer Aller
LeRoy Martin
Lake Lucerne
Crandon
Wisconsin
Aller
Francis Krieger
Blairsburg
H. L. Martin
Ken McAtteer
Larry Martins
Krieger
Daniel Widmer Visits His Sister in Wayland
Daniel Widmer of the Basel Bienenberg Choir spent a visit with his sister Lisa Widmer in Wayland after a performance at Sugar Creek Church. Lisa is six months into training at Parkview Home and related to Widmer family nearby. Rev. Orie Miller from Bellvue Illinois joined relatives for the Miller reunion at Kalona Sales Barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Daniel Widmer
Bienenberg Choir
Basel
Switzerland
Sugar Creek
Lisa Widmer
Carl Reschly
Lisa
Parkview
Widmer
Orie Miller
Bellvue
Ill
Willis Troyer
Sandra
Betty
Henry Leichty
Jim Miller
Oscar
Miller
Kalona Sales Barn
Local Social Notes From Iowa and Nearby States
Joel Schwartz returns to Annapolis for his Naval Academy year after a five week vacation with parents Mr. and Mrs. Dean Schwartz. Several families visit relatives in Mt Pleasant and Denmark, while weddings and family gatherings mark the Labor Day weekend. Includes Denise Dozzie visiting from Salt Lake City with the McCrabb and Rugg families, a bicycle giveaway win by Ronnie Kelley, Mildred Kaufman in Mercy Hospital Iowa City, and varied visits by Walder, Wade, Rampleberg, Swartzendruber, Roth, and Camp attendees at Forest Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Joel Schwartz
Dean Schwartz
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Denise Dozzie
Salt Lake City
Uthah
Max McCrabb
Monticello
Erma Rugg
Wally Swartzendruber
Rex Roth
Forest Lake
Labor Day
ISU to sponsor six students for Youth Conference on the Atom
Iowa Southern Utilities will sponsor six high school science students and one teacher to the seventh annual Youth Conference on the Atom in Chicago December 9 10 and 11. Six district winners will be chosen based on ITED scores or similar tests, plus a science project or 100 word theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Southern Utilities
Theo. Johnson
Mgr
Chicago
Johnson
Iowa Southern
Glenn T. Seaborg
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
George Wells Beadle
University of Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Argonne National Laboratory
Weekend visits and travels of local families
George Murphy and Peg spent Labor Day at their Mississippi cabin with the Jim Kelly family of Davenport visiting. the Bill Johnson family of Lockridge joined at Jack Herr’s home and called on Ransom Johnson and Mrs. Pearl Verrips. Una Gordon in Washington on business. Everette Coon of West Chester visited. Jim Bean’s Sunday visit to Milton Edmonds near Tiffin. Old Threshers Reunion attended at Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
George Murphy
Peggy
Mississippi
Jim Kelly
Davenport
Bill Johnson
Lockridge
Jack Herr
Mrs. Herr
Ransom Johnson
Mrs. Pearl Verrips
Everette Coon
West Chester
Una Gordon
Ivan Hartsocks
Jim Bean
Milton Edmonds
Tiffin
Mt. Pleasant
Lloyd Burr
Lone Tree
Leroy Miller
Kirksville
Mabel Miller
Roy
Vince Skubal
Bill Keller
Steve
Tim
Susan
Edgar Whetstine
Whetstine
Ralph Boyd
John Skubal
Mike Zachs
Charles Lanham
Burbank
Calif
George Papatsakis
Edith Simpson
Melinda
Ivan Hartsock
Lonnie Hartsock
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keota
General Telephone
Ezra Widmer
Ang
Ting
Emmy
Barbra
Barbra Streisand
New York
Dick van Dyke
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Leonard Bernstein
UPI
Mrs. 0. B. Godber
Glen Williams
Denmark
Lew Wallace
Boulder
Colorado
Calvin Griffeth
Helen Jean Birkey
Larry Hynes
Ronnie Kelley
Cecil Kelley
Lewis Dept
Mildred Kaufman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ralph Walder
Ranken, Till
Lyle Wade
J. D
Vic Rampleberg
Carl Kirk
Mystic
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. J. Tweeton
Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
D. D
South Iowa
Christian Tabernacle
Bigee
ISU
Bradley N. Gater
Creston
Judith Putney
Debbie Susens
Grinnell
Paul McKinley
Russell
Philip Lemke
Washington
John Dickens
Farson
George Murphys
Cabin For
OU Rae
THORP
Ronald Justus
W. Main
Ronan
eTop
Efree
Seg Lumber
Compan
Yeon
Columbus Junction
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