Iowa City Press-Citizen from Iowa City, Iowa • Page 23

Thursday, November 5, 1981 Iowa City Press-Citizen IBP wins pollution waiver 1 V. -s DES MOINES (AP) In another concession to Iowa Beef Processors Iowa will almost certainly waive its pollution rules concerning the buffer zone required around waste lagoons. Larry Crane, executive director of the Department of Environmental Quality, said Wednesday he has already decided to give the company a one-year variance from the buffer zone rule and that the actual order Is only a formality away. Crane said IBP says it will not locate its huge pork processing plant in Iowa without assurances that the lagoon rules will be changed or waived. The company, whose proposed plant would employ some 600 workers and provide an economic shot in the arm for the local economy, has narrowed its choice to three towns two of them, Low Moor and Stan-wood, In Iowa, and the other In Sheffield, ni.

In the competition to lure the plant, officials from both states and the local communities have offered numerous incentives. The DEQ rule waiver is not the first move to adjust state regulations at the request of IBP. Recently, the Iowa attorney general's office said that IBP's plan to buy and lease large farms near the proposed plant did not violate the state law prohibiting corporate ownership of farmland, since the company's purpose In buying the land is to Irrigate it with waste water. The leasing for farming purposes, the at tomey general said, Is a secondary purpose and therefore not contrary to the law. DEQ Chairman Richard Tlmmcis man said he was not upset that Crane, without commission approval, had the authority to grant variances to commission rules.

He said the buffer zone was not very well documented when first adopted several years ago. 'C uT-. i I 17 I KM CtttMnJota Rllay Prtm St Market, which also houses Eicher Florist and Selected Collections. Jim Calkins, manager of the Amelia Earhart Deli, sells baked goods in Eicher's Washington Washington) Stf. AkairEief tries flo bring back '30s Planting for the Future? Get 44 imported Dutch bulbs FREE when you cultivate your savings with ill Eicher's Washington St Market, 223 E.

Washington is an attempt to recreate the marketplace atmosphere Iowa City had in the 1930s, says co-owner Jo Licher. "I saw old pictures of Iowa City at that time, and it was just charming," said Eicher, who owns the market with her husband Frank. "And when we bought this building last November, I knew this would be a natural for this kind of thing because of the way the building is divided." The market, with its 1930s decor, houses three separate businesses under one roof. All are owned by the Eichers. Included in the market is the Amelia Earhart Deli, which is at the entrance to the market.

It is managed by Jim Calkins and offers a variety of New York-style delicatessen foods and drinks. Fudgeworks, part of the deli, sells fudge made there. The deli is open 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

In the hall between the deli and Eicher's Florist, the second business in the market, is a display case for Body Works, cosmetics and soaps sold from the florist shop. The hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Monday and Thursday when it is open until 9 p.m. Selected Collections, a clothing store, is the third business in the market.

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Businesswomen attend national convention Five members of Old Capitol Chapter attended the 32nd annual convention of the American Business Women's Association in St. Louis. Jo Ann Barnes, past president and delegate to the convention; Pauline Miller, Woman of the Year; Katha Carter, vice-president; Christine Truesdell, past scrapbook chair; and Gloria Palmer represented Old Capitol Chapter. Barnes accepted the Banner medallion award for Old Capitol Chapter and Pauline Miller accepted her Woman of the Year citation from National Vice-President Fran Mills, who presided over the District Business and Award Session. District of which Old Capitol Chapter is a member, gave $268,460 in scholarships to women in the 1980-81 school year.

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On the other hand, commercial hedge selling was still limited because of very light cash market selling by producers. Merchandisers at country points raised their cash bids an average of 2 cents for corn and 3 cents for soybeans as supplies tightened because of the slow farmer marketing. Some commercial buying of corn was reported. Meanwhile, good harvesting weather was forecast for the weekend, and private forecaster Conrad Leslie was expected to release updated production estimates after the close of trade Thursday. The official U.S.

Agricluture Department estimate is due after the close Friday. In early trading, wheat was cent to 1 cent lower with the contract for delivery in December at $4 35V4 a bushel; corn V4 cent lower to cent higher.December 2.86; oats cent to 24 cents higher, December and soybeans 4 cent to 2 cents lower, November $6.55. I fears kdk even 1 -4 Std Oil, Ind .544 4 Texaco 32 even -1 ThiB ...55 clsd -4 Union 56-14 even United 194 4 Uniroyal -4 Gen Electric ....56 Gen Mot 37 -1 US Steel 29 4 Hurry bulbs are limited! Goodyear 18 4 4 Heira 27 -4 Wickea -4 IntHarv 4 Winnebago. 3 -4 Iowa-Hi 17 4 4 Dow Jones Averages Industrials 865.77; down 1.05 Rails 386.89; up .13 UtUities 108.87; up .22 Over the Counter Bid Asked Flexsteel 17V 174 Hon Ins 184 19 Iowa Southern 21 21 Life Investors 234 24 A Cash grain Antiques Memorabilia Diamond. Jewelry.

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Railroad, Advertising, Indian, Etc. COINS STAMPS COLLECTABLES Cattle, hogs CHICAGO AP) Wheat No. 2 hard red winter 4.05V4n today; No. 2 soft red winter 3.60tn. Com No.

2 yeUow 2 60Vn (hopper) unquoted for (box). Oats No. 2 heavy 2.17V4n. Soybeans No. 1 yeUow 6.37 n.

No. 2 yellow corn Wednesday was quoted at 2.60in (hopper) unquoted for (box). Wardway Plan W4V14I4 111 Tomorrow Starts Today At First OMAHA (APMUSDA) Omaha Livestock Market quotations today: Hogs: 4500; barrows and gilts weak-50 lower, most decline on weights over 240 lb; 1-23 200-240 lb 43.00-43.25, near 200 head 43.50; l-3s 250-280 lb 41.50-42.00; sows under 475 lb steady; over 475 lb steady-25 lower. Instances SO lower; 300-600 lb 38.00-39.25. Cattle and calves: 200; limited trade test; high cutter utility and commercial cows steady at 36.00-39.00, but demand narrow; canner and low cutter not Vc7 Federal Savings Daily grain 604 Fifth Street Coralville.

Iowa 52241 319-351-2228 DES MOINES (AP) Prices paid to Iowa farmers at the close of business Wednesday for No. 2 yeUow corn and No. 1 yeUow soybeans. Prices compiled from country elevators by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Corn Soybeans Northwest 2.16-2.25 5 N.Central 2.15-2.24 5.85-6 02 Northeast 2.16-2.33 5.84-6.06 Southwest 2.17-2.33 5.74-4 98 S.Central 2.17-2.27 5.92-6.02 Southeast 2.30-2.43 6.07-6.13 Court Dubuque Streets Iowa City, Iowa 52240 319-351-8262 rgnc iwMfi 1 100 000 m-msR n-: atr..