Spring Trip Through Missouri Highlights Unfold
The Malvern Leader recounts a spring journey through southern Missouri to Kansas City and Nevada. The editors note lush countryside, blooming plums and dogwood, heavy rains and flash floods, quirky town names like Peculiar and Half Way, and an affordable stay at a historic inn costing eight dollars for three.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Mills County
Springfield
St. Joseph
Nevada
Mitchell
Humansville
Neosha
Malvern Leader Subscription Rates and Rates Card
The Malvern Leader lists subscription prices for local Mills County Iowa and Ramble region readers with advance payment terms. Rates cover one year five dollars and two years eight fifty, six months three dollars, three months two dollars. U.S. nationwide rates shown, plus single-copy price. Advertising rates include classified per word and display options.
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Mills County
Iowa
Imogene, Randolph and
Tabor
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Buffington Corrects Zoning Opposition Claims in Letter
Robert H Buffington writes to the Des Moines Register disputing credits for leading the local zoning opposition and refuting Senator Bass on agriculture exemptions. He cites court cases and a Town University study while clarifying the relation of sanitation ordinances to zoning under county code 358A.
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Des Moines Register
Mills Co
Citizens Committee
Bass
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa County
University of Town
Jim Thomas
Robert H. Buffington
Residents urge safer cleanup haul to dump
A letter to the editor commends town cleanup day but criticizes the hauling process. The writer, living on the road to the dump, questions why yards and roadsides aren’t protected from trash blown from pickups and speeding trucks.
Missive on litter pickup and school bus routes
Mrs. Miley Schmidt writes on April 24 1972 urging careful behavior and suggesting school buses be routed to collect roadside litter to keep property looking tidy and reduce unsightly trash along the dump area. The note emphasizes community responsibility and courtesy.
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Miley Schmidt
Chantry Choir Concert Delights Malvern Audience
Malvern's Chantry Children's Choir under Bill Gilbert offered a vibrant program in the Community Building on Tuesday evening. Betty Knight and Sonja Jacobsen coached vocals, with Mike Dryver of Technical Junior High Omaha as guest soloist. The choir opened with religious selections, followed by lighter numbers then a closing spirits medley featuring When the Saints, Dry Bones, Swing Low, Amazing Grace, and Oh Yes.
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Malvern
Chantry Children’s
Bill Gilbert
Betty Knight
Sonja Jacobsen
Mike Dryver
Technical Junior High
Omaha
Dryver
Grain Alcohol Could be Solution to Energy Woes
William H. Harbor argues that surplus grain should be used to produce grain alcohol for fuel. He cites a 90 gasoline to 10 grain alcohol blend, reduced pollutants, and the need for self sufficient agriculture. He urges public support and action to promote this energy source nationally.
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Wiliam H. Harbor
Towan
Nagels Injured in Car Accident Near Silver City
A rural Malvern couple, Adolph and Mrs Nagel, were hospitalized after their 1959 Plymouth collided with a 1972 Ford driven by Connie Plumb, 18, of Council Bluffs, three miles south of Silver City on Highway 242 at Co Road H20. Mrs Nagel suffered head lacerations, shoulder and rib injuries. Mr Nagel had head lacerations. Plumb had head lacerations. All three were taken to Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs. No charges were filed. Total vehicle destruction reported.
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Malvern
Adolph Nagel
Plymouth
Connie Plumb
Council Bluffs
Silver City
Co. Rd
Nagel
Miss Plumb
Mercy Hospital
The
Bluffs
Ed Barkus
Richard Wayne Brown
Imogene
Highway 34
Hastings
Surface Transportation Act critique and rural impact debate
A critical letter argues the Surface Transportation Act will devastate rural livelihoods, increase food prices, and erode farm, mail, and school services in Midwest towns. It condemns AAA campaigns with astronaut spokespeople, urges rural mobilization, cites rail cutbacks like Burlington Northern closures, and calls for counter-ad campaigns and local political action.
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Association of American Railroads
Wally Shirra
America
Midwest
Burlington Northern
Iowa
Hastings
Henderson
Imogene
Randolph
Midland Stage Expressing Co forms local children's troupe
Phyllis Axtell leads a Central College group in forming a nonprofit theater troupe to present children’s plays across Iowa. The Midland Stage Expressing Co Inc plans comedies adapted from Little Red Riding Hood and Trial by Jury during Tulip Time in Pella May 11 to 13 on the Tulip Tower stage. Offices are at 401 Oskaloosa St. in a home shared by Rick Swenson and Wendell Anderson. members include Phyllis Axtell of Silver City, a sophomore.
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Phyllis Axtell
Central College
Pella
Iowa
Midland Stage Expressing Co., Inc
Pella Historical Society
Tulip Tower
Central Park
MSEC
Rick Swenson
Wendell Anderson
Oskaloosa St
Silver City
Dog license penalties due May 1, county auditor warns
County Auditor Glenn Johnson urges dog owners to renew licenses by May 1. Delinquent licenses incur a $1 penalty after May 1. Owners must provide proof of rabies vaccination for their pets.
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Glenn Johnson
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