- Title: U.S.A.: Rural bank rents new hay baler to needy small farmers.
- Date: 8th July 1975
- Summary: TRANSCRIPT: BREEDEN: It looks like an ordinary small town bank... but you may not find its officers behind a desk.. 53 ft That's bill Wildman...the bank's asst. Cashier. And behind him is the bank's new $6,000 hay baler...the latest bank service for its customers. Its designed to help the community's small farmers who can't afford balers of their own. The bank either rents the baler to the farmer...or if necessary ...bill will come do it for you. the bank's chief executive officer Kenneth Meek...apprehensive about the idea at first...is now its biggest booster. (Syn. Some banks have give-a-ways... we try to help the community's farmers when they need it. (syn. Some banks have give-a-ways... we try to help the community's farmers when they need it. (Syn. The thing has been going great guns.) The baler has been so busy that the bank's investment will be paid off in another two weeks...only half way through the hay season. The only complaints have come from kids cut out of summer jobs by the one man operation...but generally this ??? farming community seems sold on grassroots banking. This is Carl Breeden reporting from DUPONT, Indiana. Initials Carl Breeden, WAVE-TV KELLEY Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 22nd July 1975 13:00
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- Location: Du Pont, Indiana
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- Country: USA
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