Cease and Desist Prompts Notices on Lotteries
U.S. Postal Inspector visited the Malvern Leader demanding cessation of any mention of drawings or raffles under Federal Statute 123.4. The piece quotes R. L. Caswell on postal laws restricting lottery advertising by mail, noting potential fines and jail. It discusses bingo, nonprofit fundraisers, and debates over USPS rules and proposed legislation.
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U.S
Malvern Commercial Club
Emerson Community Club
Uncle Sam
Iowa
Ilegal
USPS
US Postal Service
Washington
New York
Ilinois
Right to Know is Threatened by Censorship in America
A critical editorial denounces rising censorship across communities in Iowa and nationwide, attacking self appointed censors and those who claim to defend freedom while eroding First Amendment rights. It warns that censorship permeates schools libraries media and even postal decisions while voters stay away from elections, shrinking freedoms for future generations.
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Iowa
U.S. Postal Service
America
United States
Phg
NFO delegates plan 30 percent farm enrollment for price bargaining
Delegates at the 1974 National Farmers Organization convention in Memphis outlined a nationwide drive to enroll 30 percent of all farm production in NFO bargaining blocks. They aim to use price setting across cattle hogs milk corn and soybeans, with 10 county meetings to finalize parity-based prices and hold products on farms if targets aren’t met. President Staley cited current parity values and pipeline supplies, stressing an all-out enrollment effort.
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National Farmers Organization
Memphis
Tenn
NFO
Staley
Canada
Gulf
ASC Committee to Nominate New County Member Saturday
Newly elected ASCS Community Committeemen meet at the Malvern Community building for a county convention Saturday at 10 a.m. to nominate and elect one county committee member for three years and two alternates for one year.
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Malvern
ASCS
Preparation for 66th Iowa General Assembly Advances
Wm. H. Harbor, chief clerk, Iowa House, notes ongoing pre session work. The House Administration Committee interviews prospective staff while study committees summarize research and prepare or veto bills. Suggestions include weekly night sessions, advance committee agendas, and fixed meeting times to improve public access and efficiency. Mills county sheriff reports two accidents this week including a December 7 one car crash on U.S. 34 involving Terri Lea Chapman.
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Wm. H. Harbor
Iowa House
General Assembly
House
Mills County
Just Before Christmas Goodfellows Appeal Notes Need
The Leader prints Christmas pleas urging support for undernourished Malvern families and nationwide Santa Claus Funds. Readers are asked to donate money or toys to help children with absent breadwinners and multiple siblings, with Postmaster New York City as recipient. Also includes light items on Krasnapolsky not directing Omaha Symphony and a quip about Earl Butz.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Malvern
Goodfellows
New York City
New York
Pete
Krasnapolsky
Omaha Symphony
Des Moines Register
Earl Butz
Extension Staff thanks Pete for coverage of activities
Dear Pete The Extension Staff expresses gratitude for your news coverage of Extension Activities Through your newspaper readers learn about our work We appreciate your cooperation Sincerely LaVerne C Obrecht County Extension Director
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Pete
LaVerne C. Obrecht
Deer Killed by Car Crash West of Glenwood at 6:55 PM
A 6:55 pm collision two miles west of Glenwood left a vehicle striking a deer and causing extensive front end damage to a 1873 Chevy. Earlier on December 8 at 6:30 pm a single vehicle crash involved a tractor trailer driven by Richard Eugene Haynes of Omaha. The truck owner was Mainliner Motor Express Co. The Mack tractor and trailer with a Thermo King Unit sustained $2,000 in damage.
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Glenwood
Richard Eugene Haynes
Omaha
Mainliner Motor Express Co
Street beautification drives 200 trees on gospel ridge
Street Commissioner Talbott led a city park beautification in April 1885 by planting 200 trees after Editor Hunter urged residents to line the streets with trees. The elms survived until Dutch elm disease reduced the stand only a few years ago.
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Talbott
Gospel Ridge
Hunter
Warn farmers of 75 farm supply scarcity Iowa State extension warns
Iowa State University extension specialists told farmers that 1975 insecticides pesticides and fertilizer would be scarce and costly. Harold Stockdale advised planning ahead avoiding corn after corn planting, ordering rootworm insecticides, and securing aldrin heptachlor or chlordane early. Regis Voss warned fertilizer supplies would tighten with rising nitrogen demand and low inventories for potassium and phosphorus.
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Iowa State University Extension
Iowa
Harold Stockdale
Regis Voss
Extension Agronomist
Santa letters and court docket items combined
A pair of child wish lists from Jennifer Taylor Hastings and a separate cases docket from associate magistrate John Watson lists drivers with tickets for speeding and other motor vehicle offenses, a sales violation, and a loaded gun in a vehicle. Notable names include Carol Allen Harold Smith Murray Newman Randy Pflug Arnold Murphy Steven Marshall Lawrence Podosil Jeff Hammer Swaford and D J Ealhorn.
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MAGIS
John Watson
Carol Allen
Glenwood
William Edwards
Harold Smith
Council Bluffs
Murray Newman
Omaha
Randy Pflug
Arnold Murphy
Nebraska City
Steven Marshall
Agricultural policy notes on crop costs and conservation
Discussion covers production costs and weather impact on crops, soil conservation for expanded acres, corn and soybean diseases, and laws and labeling of agricultural chemicals. The article mentions regulatory and educational aspects shaping farming practices.
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R.L. Caswell
Red Oak Express
NFO Report
Mrs
Howard Palmer
ASC
Graham
D.R Graham Eld, Edie
F.A. Wortman
Man
Adv
VM. Scott
P. Johnson
Winchester
Malvern Leader Publishing Corp
Main Street
Mills
Montgomery County
Imogene
Randolph
Taber
Alaska
Hawaii
Reece
Congress
Ween, Saan
Penderae
Community Service
Lal
C.C. Caswell
Voss
Tam
Rudolph
Chad
Shelley
Sheila
Kip
Jolene
Jennifer Taylor Hastings
Jennifer
TEEN
Beli
Robinson
Conoco
Sera
Goy
Goy Oil Co
Rod Gey
Dale Allensworth
Malvern, Iowa
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