Iowa City council to vote on renewal Oct 2
Iowa City held a public hearing on urban renewal postponed by court action. The council voted to proceed on October 2 with renewal plans for a 13 block downtown revamp. City leaders argued conflict rules, with Mayor Hickerson backing the project amid university land plans.
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Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
8Th District Court
Clair E. Hamilton
Supreme Court
Loren Hickerson
Robert J
Doc) Connell
Robert L. Lind
Wilson
Hickerson
LeRoy Butherus
Tim Brandt
Connell
Oper
Ates
Lind
University of Iowa
University
High Court
Leadership class question on participant activation
The article presents a leadership training scenario from the Evening Journal of Washington Iowa dated September 24 1969. It asks which method best encourages a new inactive member to participate and identifies the correct answer as providing a few non complex tasks to build confidence before handling harder duties. It also advertises a six lesson correspondence course from Iowa State University Extension Service with a $10 fee and a registration deadline of October 1 at the Washington County Extension Office.
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Iowa State University Extension Service
Washington County
South
Marion Avenue
Iowa State University
Fall insect pests kept at bay in autumn homes
County Extension Director Jim Frier notes millipedes and crickets migrate in August and September and can enter homes through cracks and around doors. He advises sweeping pests outside, using a fly swatter for indoors crickets, and spraying the foundation and first 10 feet of lawn with carbaryl to deter entry, repeating after rain.
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Jim Frier
Frier
Fewer pigs on corn belt farms in 1969 report
The September 1 Hog and Pig Report shows a 5 percent drop in hogs and pigs on farms across the 10 corn belt states from a year earlier. Iowa leads declines with a 10 percent fall in hog numbers, while breeding hogs also decline. Preliminary figures hint at mixed near term changes with some states showing small increases and farrowing plans dipping, then potential expansion later.
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Washington County
Iowa
Y's Men urge racial justice at Waterloo event
Vi Norman of Waterloo urged Washington Y's Men and their wives to push for racial justice saying there is no difference among people except skin color. As regional officer of the International Association of Y's Men's Clubs, he spoke at a YMCA Community room ladies night and noted a study on human crisis.
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Vi Norman
Waterloo
Washington Y’s
America
Norman
International Association of Y’s Men
YMCA
Y’s
Contracts Filed By Couples And Land Transfers
Jack D Clark and wife transfer Lot 2 in Block 1 Green Meadows Addition to James F Caraccio and wife. Gladys Wulf transfers land in Section 24 76 7 to George R Horn et al. Marlin Stutzman and wife transfer land in Section 12 77 9 to Sterling W Schweitzer. Aleph Hites transfers land in Section 6 75 8 to the Iowa State Highway Commission.
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Jack D. Clark
James F. Caraccio
Green Meadows
Gladys Wulf
George R. Horn
Marlin Stutzman
Sterling W. Schweitzer
Aleph Hites
Iowa State Highway Commission
New Home Economist Named for Washington County
Mrs. Jane Passmore becomes the Washington County home economist, planning adult education and 4 H training for the county and Johnson County. Fall projects include Adventures with Children, an interior decorating and carpeting course in Cedar Rapids, a housing short course, a money in marriage program, and a October consumer month Home is Where the Art Is.
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Washington County
Jane Passmore
Cedar Rapids
Home Economist
Washington Evening Journal factual header
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa provides staff roles editors and managers, publishing schedule afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th, and lists press associations and post office entry details. It notes circulation and affiliations with United Press Leased Wire, Inland Daily Press Association and Iowa press groups.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Higher corn prices seen for fall in preview
Iowa State University economist Bob Wisner predicts corn prices will edge higher this fall due to smaller domestic crop prospects, reduced outside supplies, and a potential rise in next year’s demand. USDA midyear forecasts put national production near 4.312 billion bushels, with Iowa at 809 million, while prices may dip during harvest before recovering in winter.
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Bob Wisner
Iowa State University
USDA
Iowa
Wisner
Evangelist Rev Yost at Fern Cliff Church Wayland Iowa
Rev Yost speaks at Fern Cliff Evangelical Free Church Route 2 Wayland Iowa during a crusade from September 28 to October 5. Sunday services are 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m with nightly services at 7 45 p m. He has twelve years in full time evangelistic work and urges a practical living religion amid modern deceit and needs. Rev Herbert Cottrell invites the public to attend.
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Jack Yost
Fern Cliff Evangelical Free Church
Route 2
Wayland
Iowa
Yost
Call of God
Herbert Cottrell
Marriage License for Roy Oliver and Norma Kempf
A marriage license was issued Tuesday to Roy Oliver of North English and Norma Kempf of Wellman.
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Roy Oliver
North English
Norma Kempf
Wellman
Out-of-town drivers fined in justice court for speeding
Two motorists from outside the county were fined in Justice of the Peace court for speeding. Named defendants were Robert E. Lovett of Fairfield and Larry Dean Hollingsworth of Sigourney. Each man was fined ten dollars.
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Justice of the Peace Court
Robert E. Lovett
Fairfield
Larry Dean Hollingsworth
Sigourney
Police read papers to spot burglar risk in Tulsa
Tulsa police form a special task force that scans local newspapers to spot events likely to attract crowds and draw burglars from neighborhoods. The team then patrols the areas with high risk.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
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Greenfield
Winterset
Wolf's Flower Shop
Evening Journal
Schoonover Drug
REX
Rex See
Sants
Gata
Home Economist In Extension Office
Passmore
Iowa State
Iowa Wesleyan
Des Moines
Henry
Mrs. Passmore
Jane
Bates
P. O
Seven Sisters
West Side Square
Pastry Shop
Dial
Fern Cliff
M&m
East Nat’l Bank
Osincup
Polaroid
AGU
Moore's
Regal
Benjamin Moores
Moore
Regal Aquaglo
Osincup Drug Store
Walgreen Agency
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