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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1970
Page
4
December brings a busy school calendar with many concerts and sports stretching resources. The piece urges Corner Conference districts to drop midweek and end December games to free time for activities and study, noting similar concerns in Sidney Treynor Malvern and elsewhere.
Malvern Leader enters listings on rates and notices with editor F A Wortman detailing classes of mail rates for Mills County Iowa and surrounding towns Imogene Randolph and Tabor plus routes One Year Six Months Two Years and various pricing for ads and display notices including card of thanks and reader locals terms
Mrs. Jim Keltley of Hastings sends a lighthearted piece describing farmers as multitaskers who manage a farm like a company. It paints a paradoxical, resilient portrait of the farmer as banker, scientist, and director, balancing weather, costs, and ambitions with humor and grit.
An NFO analysis notes hog prices fell from 26–27 ewt to around 16, causing an estimated daily loss of 8 to 9 million dollars for hog producers. The piece argues money stayed with big food firms rather than circulating to rural economies, despite a slight drop in the consumer price index. It urges NFO members to push for more farmer participation to boost rural circulation.
Congressman Bill Scherle of Iowa argues for continuing SST funding, warning cutting 290 million now risks billions in lost gains, jobs, and tech leadership. He contrasts the program with wasteful past projects and notes SST’s potential to boost aerospace industry and national security, despite opposition about cost and noise.
Shenandoah集 Garden Club members gathered for a December Christmas dinner at Benning's Cafe with a long guest list and new officers named: Mrs Williams president and Mrs Stevens Jr, vice president. Many local families celebrated birthdays, gatherings, and visits across Malvern, Glenwood, Pacific Junction, and nearby towns as winter weather shifted from rain and ice to clear skies and a 40s high. Residents noted upcoming Christmas, servicemen away, and general holiday wishes as the region recorded a cold, moonlit weekend with partial crop harvests.
Sunday with Herb and John Wiseman, the Homer Goodmans of Orient, and Mrs Donald Angus along with Jon Davikl visited from Massena to meet Pvt Donald Angus returning from Ft Sill Okla A two weeks visit will include Eppley Field Thursday evening for the homecoming of the soldier who will meet his two months old son for the first time. Emmett Gipe and Frank Cole hosted cream cake to celebrate Danny Gipe’s 12th birthday with the Douglas Gipe family in Emerson. Mrs John McGrew and Judy attended the 3 o clock wedding and reception of Miss Sheri Sobbing and Myron Finchem at the United Methodist church Judy served as bridesmaid.
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