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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1961
Page
3
The speaker notes a four year farming recession and a modest improvement this year from good crops and fair prices. They warn against overreliance on government aid for distressed industrial areas and emphasize mobility as a core economic principle, drawing on historical settlement and pioneer sacrifice.
The Town Highway Commission tested its salting program during last Saturday's ice storm. Highway 34 and Highway 24 were passable with caution, but Highway 276 remained icy and treacherous where untreated, causing accidents and higher costs. Residents urge extending salting this winter.
The March issue of Together Magazine highlights a special photography feature by the artist with full color pages titled Slides We Like to Shara. It covers his trip to the Holy Land and the Far East along with reflections on travel photography.
In Iowa politics, a 99 member House remains preferred amid stalled Senate plans for reapportionment. Scherle and allies push area population balance, while road and highway committees weigh tax formula shifts and road reclassification of about 1900 miles. Senator Hoxie and I back agriculture and highway safety bills to expand uses for farm products and market-linked research.
A reader advocates citizen involvement to curb obscenity after Eisenhower signed a 1959 law allowing prosecution of porn publishers and distributors. The note urges checking newsstands and theaters for healthy material and reports staff and community leaders deserve praise for actions against porn.
The article notes Senator Hoxie and a coauthor introducing a slow lane right-of-way measure, detailing creeper vehicles yielding to similar traffic when lanes merge. It also previews debated issues the floor will address, including an implied consent bill and a judicial reform bill, with a spring recess scheduled from Feb 24 to March 6.
Council Bluffs hosts Federal Land Bank luncheon at the Hotel Chieftain with over three hundred attendees. Guests included Mr and Mrs Eric Nyren and Mr and Mrs Clinton Parker among others. A local men's quartet performed, officers were elected, and R Haeder from Omaha gave a talk.
The Macedonia Order of the Eastern Star held a School of Instruction at the Chapter Hall on a stormy Saturday night with icy roads reducing attendance. About 45 attended the supper with more at the evening session.
The Wesley Community will host a basket dinner at the church after Sunday services to honor families moving into the neighborhood in the coming weeks.
The WSCS met Feb. 15 at the church with Ruby Godfrey presenting the program and devotion titled Giving Thanks in Lent. Elderly members were honored including charter member Mrs. John Clark who received a red carnation from the Valentine table.
An ad promotes BQ6 claiming relief in one hour. Take two tablets half an hour apart, white and brown pills, then repeat in another tour if not pleased. Backed by a 69 cent refund at any drug store today at Collings Drug Co.
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