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Harlan Violence
Inspecting pickup truck overturned in parking lot of Harlan Pork Plant is Shelby Sheriff Orrell Gearhart.
Shelby Sheriff 'Recruits' Task Force Of 34 Lawmen
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.
Bullets, Rocks Fly At Harlan Packing Firm; Guard Call Rejected
Windows Broken . . . in melee at pork packing plant outside Harlan, east on Highway 64, are surveyed by Bob Gibson, police officer from Dow City.
Western Iowa Pork Nearing Operational Stage At Harlan
Production Line . . . equipment is fast moving into place at the Harlan plant, which will be able to process 2,400 hogs daily.
Western Iowa Pork Nearing Operational Stage At Harlan - Will Train Shelby County Men For Jobs . . .
Western Iowa Pork . . . will begin operations in this new plant east of Harlan in late March.
Hulking Pork Plant
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…
Harlan Wants New Business - And Goes Out To Get It -'Operation Pork' Launched Thursday Morning
Turning Into Lane . . . leading to the Robert Lansmann farm east of Harlan are 'Operation Pork' canvassers Leon Emory and Bill Lewis.
Crowl gives staff wish list to supervisors
Richard D. Crowl
Crowl, Richard D. "Rick" Jr.
Crowl, Richard D. "Rick" Jr.
attorney
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Voters to face many choices Tuesday
John Culver
Culver: Farmer can't bear conservation load
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…
Senator's wife has two reasons for visit
Mrs. Culver
Culver Would Offer Refuge To Novelist
Rep. John Culver
Culver's Oil Check Plan Is Approved
John Culver
Lottery Grant Provides 200 New IBP Inc. Jobs
The IBP plant at 2700 23rd Ave. in Council Bluffs is one of the company's three pork slaughtering and processing sites in Iowa. IBP officials used a $738,000 Iowa community economic betterment account grant to increase the work force at the plant by…
Lawmakers Restrict Grants To Companies
A worker at the IBP pork plant in Council Bluffs processes meat. State legislators have been critical of a grant to the firm for the plant.
Bluffs Plant Reopens As 325 Report To Work
IBP Inc. employees were ready for work Tuesday morning. About 200 reported for hog slaughtering operations at the plant, located at 2700 Twenty-third Ave. IBP announced reopening plans in March, but a targeted mid-June starting date was delayed to…
Mid-June Start Set For Pork Plant
Robert Peterson, IBP Inc. chairman, shakes the hand of Gov. Terry Branstad during a Saturday press conference. Branstad was on hand for the plant reopening announcement and subsequent tour.
Victor Iowa Pack To Close Plant - Announcement 'Shocks' C.B. Officials
Scheduled To Close . . . is the Victor Iowa Pack pork plant at 2700 Twenty-third Ave. Company officials say operations will cease next week. The photo shows the back of the plant where trucks unload hogs.