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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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
Harlan Violence
Inspecting pickup truck overturned in parking lot of Harlan Pork Plant is Shelby Sheriff Orrell Gearhart.
Harlan Violence
Chatting In Office . . . after eight hours of siege at Harlan, are plant guard Jim Phillips and company manager Ed Hannan.
Harlan Strikers To Be Tried As Group
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,…
Harlan Pork Plant's Pollution Status Foggy
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…
Harlan Pork Plant's Pollution Status Foggy
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.
Harlan Pork Plant's Pollution Status Foggy
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…