Opinion-tribune (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Glenwood, Iowa Iowa A growing community Volume 114 Number 35 JLm Wednesday August 1978 Price 15c Empty cash registers at Hardware Hank tell the tale of last weeks breakin at the mall Four stores robbed at mall By far the store during last were He says the door in the was Steves Record reported the theft of merchandise and The four stores Cards Hardware Jeans and Steves Record nearly according to the police The mall opened earlier this year on the southeast corner of the An employee of Hardware Rose reported that stores had been broken into during the night when she came to work Wednesday The malls outside door was says police chief Kenneth but the doors to the three upstairs stores robbed Hank also was r Theres no force on of those says rafters above the ceiling were used to get around v inside the and the soft ceiling panels were pushed out to get into Mead Two footprints were found on the According to in cash was taken from Hardware with Donnas Cards Books reporting the theft of cash and Jeans missing more than merchan From Steves Record Shop owned by Steve taken were 130 tapes worth 120 cassette tapes worth 40 albums worth 30 open store albums worth worth and other smaller Also missing are several pieces of stereo equipment a a cassette a set of a receiver and a tape AMFM car Hunt reported in cash The police chief says there are two ways the mall may have been robbed somebody stayed in the building after it closed someone came in the secondfloor window at the back of the He says they have no suspects The Bureau of Criminal Investigation is doing lab work for the Sheriff back By Mike Anders managing editor After more than a week of what he calls the worst days of his sheriff Merle Brown late Tuesday morning called it He handed to the county supervisors a of resignation and two checks totalling more than The three supervisors consulted the attorney and the county auditor accepting his resignation and acknowledging receipt of the at about 5 That doesnt clear his excuse or free says county board chairman Austin noting the pending grand jury A special state audit revealed missing from the sheriffs department that Brown was not entitled says the state The money was six payments from Pottawattamie County for care of its prisoners at the Mills County is effective Thurs when the supervisors say they will appoint a temporary I couldnt go through any more of Brown said Monday Later in the he said of the past I think its been about as close to hell as Ill get without the actual County political leaders have slightly more than a week to find sheriff nominees for their parties in the November County election commissioner Glenn Johnson says nominees must be filed by The person elected will take office after the he Brown admits he is scared about the grand jury which was recessed from last Wednesday until Theyve got my life at he paid the county with a cashiers check and a check from a Council Bluffs loan The sors say they only received the and did not agree that it was a settlement for missing Brown would not say how he raised the money in a His letter of typed on sheriffs department says only that he is resigning effective A former Council Bluffs Brown has won two terms as county sheriff and would have come up for election in During the time he admits to cashing On the inside A Silver City Theresa won a special award at the Iowa State Fair jacket pattern alteration one of five in the state to get the For story and see page Next the will begin its semiweekly with quite a few including new See page 3A for Record 2A 14A 5A 7A Area 6B Classified 9A13A State IB 2B Farm 7B Social services head resigns Barton Too much red tape Too much red tape and changes in the job led her to says Mary who has been the director of the social services department in Mills County for the past Its just gotten says who will leave her state job There have to be reports on She says when she started her she worked with Barton she files reports and reads computer The job just has ceased to be as satisfying for says A lot of changes have taken place in the duties of a county Part of the she says has been the new state commissioner of the Department of Social Victor Appointed last summer by the Preisser formerly headed the state Department of She says the new director has tried to reduce too many programs to An Barton is the order to reduce the number of children in foster by the 10 Four county directors in the same district as Mills County have resigned in the past Barton There have been other changes in the Mills County though no other Income maintenance worker Jerry Bugge got a merit promotion and now is working in Polk Replacing him is lifelong Glenwood resident Frank who had worked in Pottawattamie Social worker Mike Monfils is on a leave of absence to complete a masters degree in social Linda Yunginger has taken his Barton also has resigned as president of the Mills County Senior Driver fined Truck caught 22 tons overweight A state employee from Avoca earlier this month caught a whopper south of Emerson on 59 a truck from California that was 22 tons over its legal Thats 22 The flatbed rig bound for weighed pounds 25 times as much as a passenger says Gorden Frazzell of the state Department of It was carrying solid steel counter some weighing as much as four he For the trucks excessive the driver paid in plus for courts He been fined says Don of the Council Bluffs Thats probably one of the biggest loads thats been caught in a long Frazzell says there were other smaller violations for which the Eddie McKnight of have been But the company almost ran out of money paying for the weight he Frazzell says he was patrolling about four miles south of Emerson shortly after 9 9 when he spotted the who says he has been an inspector for the DOT since says the rig just looked out of place on that He found his hunch was right after he pulled the truck When I told him wed have to go he said he knew he was about pounds The driver wasnt Frazzell says McKnight had to unload 22 tons of excess weight at an Emerson where he would pick it up The driver told Frazzell that he had been stopped only once since leaving in There were no truck checks from Pottawattamie he and his family lived in the house attached to the county This deal its ruined everything for my he His wife in a letter printed in this weeks says her husband has given more to Mills County than he has Brown says he used the missing money for the including remodeling and maintenance His wife had a contract with Mills County for a day per prisoner to feed the prisoners from Pottawattamie He says he kept no I just dont figure I did anything wrong It was wrong in a but in my it was he Though he has not been charged with a Brown this past week has worn his whole uniform some while wearing only his revolver and his handcuffs other says he wears his uniform when it is necessary for him to be identified as the as when he serves a No one told him not to wear his he Its just my conscience telling I dont like to disgrace the in case anybody thinks says News roundup circus to come for shows in September V Citizens Ruby Watson will be the new and she will be assisted by Helen Rest will be the priority when she leaves says She plans to take a sculpture class and sing with the Omaha with whom she says she sang previously when her job wasnt too much to she plans volunteer work at the University of Nebraska Medical where her husband And she she will get another but not one like she is so authorities let him Frazzell says last year he fined a truck driver for being School districts in Mills County will divide the fine according to according to the county treasurers will be about 60 or more than The money will go into the systems miscellaneous and is not figured into the schools says is That ought to help the school fund a says The Carson Barnes which calls itself Americas largest wild animal will come to Glenwood in says Dave Snow of the Glenwood Area Chamber of Two performances are and 25 on land across from the local Swift Three rings are and the tent will be 160 feet by 360 feet and 40 feet The from claims to have the worlds largest herd of with 25 in Youth committee The Mills County Youth Committee will meet at 8 7 at the Malvern extension On the agenda is the upcoming fall 4H Holiday hours Mail will be picked up at 2 Monday at the outside drop box at the Glenwood Post reports the local There will be no and mail will not be picked up at any other In observance of Labor the county Courthouse offices will be closed but will reopen at 8 The office will be open Worker death Richard died Friday of injuries in a accident at A metal bucket apparently broke loose from a crane and struck Labor Day telethon The local National Guard armory will be used by members of Company 16gth Infantry to assist in the Jerry Lewis Day says Larry Members of Company B will man phones at the armory to receive which will be solicited by Glenwood It will be operating from 10 Sunday to 5 Lincoln says the students will be making collections in the Mineola and Pacific Junction areas as well as They will have information about the muscular phy Harkin hours Tom Harkin will be in Glenwood from 1 to today on the west side of the town in his mobile Driver tests Effective the drivers license office at the Glenwood City Hall will be open from until 5 every other Hours had been from 11 until 6 School news Though no firm figure is it appears school enrollment is about the same as last Januarys says superintendent Eugene The count in January put enrollment at School started last but the day for the official may determine how much money the system will getwill be Murder trial Defense attorneys for Jerry Masters charged with murder in the July deaths of two Pony Creek filed motions asking the court to appoint a special prosecutor to look into Frank Bodes involvement in the Council was arrested but later released on bond as a material witness in the Council is scheduled to be tried next week in Pottawattamie East Liberty A charity auction will be held at 1 10 at the East Liberty Church to raise money to save the reports Harold chairman of the East Liberty Cemetery Persons who have new or used articles they would like to donate may contact Walter Stille or Helen and articles may be left at Evelyns No clothes A naked man was reported the evening of 22 by motorists on Interstate reports sheriff Merle Brown said the man was spotted south of the Glenwood exit in the but he got away when authorities Voter registration The last day Mills County residents may register to vote in the September school board elections is says county auditor and election commission er Glenn Johnson says only his office will be open from 8 to 5 Saturday at the county
