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Discussing The Need...for more government support of farmers who take part in soil conservation programs are Robert Young, Pottawattamie County farmer, and U.S. Sen. John Culver, D-Iowa. Culver and area soil conservationists met at Young's farm to…

Turning Into Lane . . . leading to the Robert Lansmann farm east of Harlan are 'Operation Pork' canvassers Leon Emory and Bill Lewis.

The Western Iowa Pork Inc. plant is becoming a massive hulk against the rural horizon east of Harlan. While the building is well along, there are a few loose financial ends in the Shelby County project. Efforts to attract local investments are in the…

Production Line . . . equipment is fast moving into place at the Harlan plant, which will be able to process 2,400 hogs daily.

Windows Broken . . . in melee at pork packing plant outside Harlan, east on Highway 64, are surveyed by Bob Gibson, police officer from Dow City.

Strikers Pose . . . by banner which protests the company won't negotiate. They are Ed Greiner of Panama, Dennis Taylor and Byron Cordes, both of Avoca.

Inspecting pickup truck overturned in parking lot of Harlan Pork Plant is Shelby Sheriff Orrell Gearhart.

Chatting In Office . . . after eight hours of siege at Harlan, are plant guard Jim Phillips and company manager Ed Hannan.

Jimmy W. Phillips . . . Papillion, Neb., facing camera at upper left, testifies today concerning violence at the Harlan plant of the Western Iowa Pork Co., last week. Phillips is security chief at the plant. Justice of the Peace J. Bruce Potter,…

Western Iowa Pork Plant Near Harlan . . . owned by American Beef Packers, Inc., told the State Department of Health it would let contracts to improve its waste treatment facilities by Nov. 1, 1970. But nobody knows if it has done so and the president…

A Black Substance Probably Coming From The Lagoon . . . flows from a culvert into a ditch near the plant and into the Nishnabotna River one-half mile away. Harlan residents have complained about odor from the plant.

The Water Pollution Control Commission . . . of the Health Department found during an investigation that the plant lacks adequate facilities for treating waste. American Beef and the Health Department made an 'informal' agreement to correct the…

DAY CARE

Looking North...across the Ox Bow Lake proposal. Dotted line at lower left indicates the approximate course the Missouri River channel would take. Land area in center would become wildlife refuge. Sealed off river loop would become a lake.

Now Ice Bound...this section of the Missouri River will become a part of the DeSoto Bend Lake after a new river channel is cut by Army Engineers. Timbered area to right will become a wildlife refuge.
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