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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE RESOLUTION
1 3 BY CHAIRPERSON KLEMME)
1 4 A Concurrent Resolution honoring Herb Plambeck.
1 5 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck has been the "voice of the family
1 6 farm" since joining WHO radio in Des Moines in 1936 as the
1 7 first full-time farm broadcaster in the nation hired by a
1 8 commercial radio station, a position he held for 34 years; and
1 9 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck also traveled the world as a news
1 10 correspondent, reporting from battlefields and palaces,
1 11 interviewing 10 United States presidents as well as kings and
1 12 dictators, and being among the first Americans to enter Adolf
1 13 Hitler's mountaintop retreat at the close of World War II; and
1 14 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck's career spanned the decades from
1 15 his early farm days plowing in Scott County, through
1 16 attendance at Iowa State University, work as a newspaper farm
1 17 editor in Davenport, his years at WHO, and service as
1 18 assistant to two United States secretarys of agriculture, to a
1 19 weekend gardening radio program and guest appearances on WHO
1 20 until his recent death; and
1 21 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck made historical first radio farm
1 22 broadcast reports from the Soviet Union in 1955 and the
1 23 People's Republic of China in 1976; and
1 24 WHEREAS, Herb Plambeck wrote numerous newspaper and
1 25 magazine articles, 11 books and booklets, was awarded honor
1 26 and acclaim, but took his greatest pleasure in public service,
1 27 earning the trust of Iowa's farm families through his hard
1 28 work and honesty; NOW THEREFORE,
1 29 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE
1 30 CONCURRING, That the General Assembly recognizes Herb Plambeck
1 31 posthumously for his achievements, recognizing not only his
1 32 career accomplishments but also his contribution to Iowa's
1 33 family farm heritage; and
1 34 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That members of the General
1 35 Assembly, including members serving on the committees on
2 1 Agriculture, bids farewell to Herb Plambeck remembering
2 2 "that's the way it was"; and
2 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Chief Clerk of the House
2 4 of Representatives deliver a copy of this resolution to Laura
2 5 Plambeck of Des Moines, Mary Munger of Sioux City, and James
2 6 Plambeck of Ames.
2 7 LSB 1991HC 79
2 8 vl/cf/24
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