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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1973
Page
2
Statement from Tom Whitney and John C. McDonald and Jean Lloyd Jones urging Iowa voters to use the state tax check-off to fund party political campaigns. They claim the $1 deduction supports party growth, broad participation, and political responsibility within the two party system.
A festive note from C. C. Caswell shares Christmas greetings to Malvern Treynor and neighbors. The writer describes family joy, a newborn daughter, and returns to daily life after hospitalization while reflecting on Mary and the Messiah. Encourages peace and goodwill as the year ends.
Land values across central and northern Iowa range from $277 to $977 per acre with Grundy and Polk counties among the higher brackets. The lowest grade rates cluster in Monroe and nearby counties, while high grade land in central regions hits $977. Brokers cite farm commodity prices, inflation, and nonfarm investors as key price drivers with 1973 showing a 32 percent average gain, far outpacing 1972 and 1971 increases. The state average rose to $579 per acre from $250 a decade earlier.
A reader recounts a break in via a credit card trick and shares a simple homemade lock idea. He plans to build and install them and invites interested readers to view his setup. He notes that if a door uses a knob lock a replacement latch can be bought to prevent this entry method.
A toddler writes to Santa on December 11 1973 asking for a doll Wonder Books poncho clothes chatter phone a trike wind up toys and a jack in the box for herself and mentions her twin Chad sisters Shelley and Sheila and cousins. She asks Santa to bring gifts and to leave something for Rudolph.
A Malvern Leader article summarizes a new government report showing price spreads from hog producers to consumers widened sharply in 30 days, with middlemen taking large margins on hogs and pork. It notes beef prices moved contrary to farm prices, and calls out monopoly concentration as a driver.
A handwritten note lists Wonder Books puncho trike clothes wind up toys and many balls. It mentions sister Jennifer big sisters Sheila and Shelley and Chad Taylor Hastings Ia 51540.
In a Burdic case the trunk led to a prolonged drive and eventual car abandonment with Mrs Burdie sealed inside the trunk. At the bank the husband, Allan Burdie, executive vice president, reported placing money in a bag and taking it southwest of town, part of an extortion demand.
Six corporate leaders voiced cautious confidence in Iowa’s 1974 economy at a Des Moines briefing, predicting a leveling off after 1973’s surge, aided by expected Middle East energy supply, grain prices near current levels, and unemployment well below the national rate, while warning against overproduction and regulatory hurdles. The discussion urged active legislative input before the 65th General Assembly session begins.
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