Meat Packing - Council Bluffs
File #1
Beefland Int'l 1969-76

Title

Meat Packing - Council Bluffs
File #1
Beefland Int'l 1969-76

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Local news

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Meat Packing - Council Bluffs
File #1
Beefland Int'l 1969-76
New Beef Packing Plant 'Greatest Thing' For Bluffs - Big Boost To Economy July 18, 1968
Beef Plant Site Here Is Approved August 28, 1968
Beef Packers Approved Kill 250 Per Hour October 4, 1968
Beef Packers Acquire Land For New Plant October 10, 1968
Beef Packers Plan Footings For New Plant October 18, 1968
Red Oak Man Head Of Plant November 26, 1968
$4 Million Beefland Plant Gets Off The Cold Ground January 8, 1969
Beefland Files Amendment To Increase Shares Sale January 10, 1969
Beefland's Stock Sold First Day February 14, 1969
Beefland Requests Help In Paving Nearby Road May 8, 1969
Beefland Receives Funds March 14, 1969
Cattle Buyer Is Selected For Beefland May 28, 1969
Beefland Will Build Hide Plant, Paunch Feed Facility Here June 1, 1969
President Cites Beefland Impact June 5, 1969
Beefland Eyes Future Growth For New Plant June 6, 1969
Big Beef Slaughtering Plant To Locate In Council Bluffs - To Start With 200 Employees July 17, 1969
Beefland Plans Dedication Of New Plant On Dec. 6-7 November 22, 1969

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Beefland International Special Section to Nonpareil December 5, 1969
President Of Beefland Predicts Future Expansion of Facilities
Veterinarian Heads Segment Of Beef Plant
Iowa Farmboy Heads Plant - Wife Said To 'Settle Down'
Beefland Gives The Bluffs Economic Boost Of Century
Washington Lawyer Took An Interest In Beefland
Beefland's Controller Already On The Job
Pottawattamie Heads State
Bluffs A Better Distribution Center
Transportation Was Key To Beefland-Bluffs Marriage
Sales Foreman
Kansas City Man On Board At Beefland
Loading Supt.
Bluffs Banker Saw Potential In Beef Plant
Director Sees Beefland Stock At $30 In 1972
A Woman's Touch In A Man's World
Beefland Operation Will Put 23 Years Experience To Test
Bates Feels Kinship To Packing Job
Veterinarian Eyes Growth For Beefland
Easier Now Than Ever To Become A Millionaire
Quick Construction 'Secrets' Boosted Beefland Off Ground
Beefland Stock Gone In Half-Hour
Special Treatment For Beefland Plant's Waste
Hide And Leather Plant Takes Care Of Cow's Leftovers
Veteran Farmer Sees New Era In Food Processing
Producer-Consumer Price Equality Goal Of Gubbard
Dentist Has Long Interest In Beef Market
Small Dinner Steak On Planning Table
37 Rail Cars Per Day
Nothing Wasted
Burke Has Long List Of Jobs
Heads Kill Floor
Offal Foreman
Refrigeration Compressor
Mammoth Cooling Facility
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B.I. To Aid Battle Against Pollution - Ray Praises Plant December 7, 1969
Wymer Predicts Gigantic Growth Here In Five Years - At Beefland Dedication December 9, 1969
Beefland Hires Help December 16, 1969
Beefland Wins Grant To Study Feed Proposal December 18, 1969

Beefland Gets First Customers January 4, 1970
Beefland Will Start Operations January 16, 1970
Beefland In High Gear January 23, 1970
First Load January 30, 1970
Beefland - Talking Business March 15, 1970
Beefland Reports April 6, 1970
Daily Kill Rate At Beefland Is Over 1,000 Head April 6, 1970
Beefland Production Now At 1,500 Head, Edging To 2,500 April 26, 1970
Beefland 'Imports' Employees May 22, 1970
Council Promises Action On Smell - From Beefland July 17, 1970
Beefland Complaints Include Bomb Threats July 22, 1970
Petitions Ask Immediate City Action To Halt Odor July 23, 1970
Plant Stops Dumping Paunch Manure - Trys Odor Solution July 24, 1970
Katelman Says Shut-Down Of Plant Needed July 29, 1970
Beefland Ordered To Remove Manure - 4,226 Protest Orders August 4, 1970
Beefland Waste Is Treated August 5, 1970
Plant's Aerators Now Operating August 6, 1970
Manure To Stay Buried August 14, 1970
Drier Inventor At Beefland - Seeks Cause Of Smell August 16, 1970
Beefland Told To Close Drier For 2 Weeks - In Odor Issue August 18, 1970
Beefland Complying With Order August 19, 1970
Beefland President Critical Of Council - For Ordering Drier Shutdown August 20, 1970
Hauling Firm Mis-Identified August 20, 1970
Pollution Official Unaware Of Odors August 21, 1970
Beefland Has Over $2 Million In Weekly Sales September 23, 1970
Beefland Employees Vote Union October 16, 1970
Beefland Study No Disclosed December 8, 1970
Inspectors Too Strict At Beefland - Senator Says March 3, 1971
Little Reply To Criticism Of Inspection March 4, 1971
Odor Control Device Like Perfumed Whiff - At Beefland Plant March 17, 1971
Beefland Asks Wells March 17, 1971
Iowa Beef Asks $3 Million From Beefland, Inc. March 19, 1971
Two Men Are Named At Plant March 22, 1971
Beefland Reports Net Loss March 28, 1971
Beefland Takes Care Of Odors April 25, 1971
Beefland Stockholders OK Warrants May 27, 1971
Beefland Hikes Operating Funds August 12, 1971
Beefland To Merge With American Beef August 15, 1971
Beefland's Merger Negotiations Final December 22, 1971
$1,871 Awarded In Civil Suit April 6, 1972
Beefland Odor Measures Expected Within 60 Days April 29, 1972
Court Suit Charges Beefland With Odor May 19, 1972
Second Odor Case Filed Against Beefland May 22, 1972
Beefland Charge Not Dismissed June 22, 1972
Finish Testimony In Beefland Odor Case July 1, 1972
Odor Problem Gets Solution July 4, 1972
Beefland Plant To Be Inspected Each Month August 8, 1972

Beefland Granted Extension To Correct Odor Problems January 3, 1973
Council Is Impressed By Odor End Efforts May 1, 1973
City Council Votes To Seek Injunction Against Beefland June 5, 1973
Council, Beefland Will Meet To Discuss Odors June 8, 1973
Beefland Manager Vows Odor Work June 13, 1973
City Will Seek Court Order Action June 14, 1973
Beefland Will Answer Injunction Suit Soon June 29, 1973
Beefland Hiring Back Its Employees July 11, 1973
Beefland Odor Suit Date Set January 16, 1974
Truck Strike Idles 180 At Beefland February 6, 1974
Beefland Open After Brief Closure February 8, 1974
One Portion Of Beefland Still Closed February 12, 1974
Beefland Trial Date Continued February 12, 1974
New Odor Control Plan For Beefland February 23, 1974
Beefland Trial May Be Continued April 1, 1974
That's A Lot Of Bull, Man April 7, 1974
650 Beefland Workers Strike; Cite 'Unfair' Firm Practices May 3, 1974
Beefland Labor Dispute Goes To Federal Mediation Office May 6, 1974
Minor Incidents At Beefland Reported - State Troopers Stand By May 7, 1974
Minor Incidents At Beefland As Negotiations Are Resumed May 9, 1974
Hope For Strike Accord - Sunday Meeting Set May 10, 1974
New Contract Ends Strike At Beefland May 13, 1974
Beefland Odor Eases With New Equipment Installation June 11, 1974
Citizens Group, Cleveland Plan Suit On Odor Problem July 25, 1974
Beefland Sewage, Odor Discussed - Company Seeks Surcharge Reduction July 30, 1974
Beefland Plans De-Watering Plant October 4, 1974
Mayor Seeks Sewer Halt At Beefland October 16, 1974
Mayor Encouraged After Beef Plant Gets Award October 24, 1974
Beefland Is Given June Odor Deadline November 8, 1974
125 Workers Laid Off At Beefland January 5, 1975
Beefland, Grant City Tax Collections Are In Question January 10, 1975
Pogge Urges Meeting On Ag Problems January 10, 1975
Payday, Of Sorts, Comes To Beefland Plant Workers January 18, 1975
Beefland Future Undetermined - Colorado Plant Opened January 22, 1975
3 Liens Filed On Beefland February 6, 1975
Plant's 'Moonlight Operation' Worries Councilman Cleveland June 3, 1975
Mayor Hopes Beefland Plant Can Be Sold, Then Reopened November 10, 1975
Agree To Beefland Purchase November 17, 1975
Beefland Purchase To Help Bluffs Economy - Plant To Employ 600 November 18, 1975
Wilson Plant Jobless May Get C.B. Work November 25, 1975
Go-Ahead For Appeal By ABP February 4, 1976

Creator

Nonpareil reporting

Source

Daily Nonpareil

Publisher

Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Date

1968 - 1976

Format

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Type

Newspaper articles

Identifier

Meat Packing - Council Bluffs
File #1
Beefland Int'l 1969-76

Coverage

Council Bluffs, Iowa

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