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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
1 3 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 87)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution honoring Herb Plambeck.
1 5 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck has been the "voice of the
1 6 family farm" since joining WHO radio in Des Moines in
1 7 1936 as the first full-time farm broadcaster in the
1 8 nation hired by a commercial radio station, a position
1 9 he held for 34 years; and
1 10 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck also traveled the world as a
1 11 news correspondent, reporting from battlefields and
1 12 palaces, interviewing 10 United States presidents as
1 13 well as kings and dictators, and being among the first
1 14 Americans to enter Adolf Hitler's mountaintop retreat
1 15 at the close of World War II; and
1 16 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck's career spanned the decades
1 17 from his early farm days plowing in Scott County,
1 18 through attendance at Iowa State University, work as a
1 19 newspaper farm editor in Davenport, his years at WHO,
1 20 and service as assistant to two United States
1 21 secretarys of agriculture, to a weekend gardening
1 22 radio program and guest appearances on WHO until his
1 23 recent death; and
1 24 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck made historical first radio
1 25 farm broadcast reports from the Soviet Union in 1955
1 26 and the People's Republic of China in 1976; and
1 27 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck wrote numerous newspaper and
1 28 magazine articles, 11 books and booklets, was awarded
1 29 honor and acclaim, but took his greatest pleasure in
1 30 public service, earning the trust of Iowa's farm
2 1 families through his hard work and honesty; NOW
2 2 THEREFORE,
2 3 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 4 SENATE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 5 recognizes Herb Plambeck posthumously for his
2 6 achievements, recognizing not only his career
2 7 accomplishments but also his contribution to Iowa's
2 8 family farm heritage; and
2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That members of the General
2 10 Assembly, including members serving on the Committees
2 11 on Agriculture, bid farewell to Herb Plambeck
2 12 remembering "that's the way it was"; and
2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the
2 14 House of Representatives deliver a copy of this
2 15 resolution to Laura Plambeck of Des Moines, Mary
2 16 Munger of Sioux City, and James Plambeck of Ames.
2 17 LSB 1991HV 79
2 18 vl/cf/24
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