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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1976
Page
2
The Malvern area unveils a new Nishna Care Center, a $500000 health care facility seen as a boost to growth and medical staffing. It complements the sister rest home and signals continued community expansion amid shifting rural health trends.
A critique argues that the new Iowa Employment Security Commission surcharge on the first 6,000 of each employee's wages will cut summer and part-time employment. The piece claims small businesses will drop part-time help to avoid rising costs, calling government action harmful to non-union shops and Iowa workers.
The writer recounts attending the Republican Presidential convention events in Des Moines. Gov. Ray hosts Betty Ford reception as traffic and crowds jam the Savery Hotel. Ronald Reagan energizes the rally crowd with entertainers present. A $25 donor supper and speeches delay caucus start times. Delegates toil through lengthy sessions as Mills County delegates assemble and credentials are reported. The writer notes fatigue yet finds respite in a pleasant drive home.
Iowa State University dean of agriculture Dr Lee Kolmer cautions that US farming innovation is winnowing away. He notes Iowa funds agricultural research at 52 cents per $1,000 of продукts sold, far below Michigan Missouri Minnesota and Indiana. Inflation and complacency shrink national research, with 2000 fewer scientists since 1969. Lawmakers seek a national policy and extra funding to close the gap.
Graveside services for Marjorie Laura Buffington Kilpatrick will be held Monday, June 28, at 2 p.m. in Malvern cemetery. She died May 14, 1976, in Bradenton, Florida, of an apparent heart attack. She was born in Mills County, daughter of Laura Reasonar and John Buffington. Survived by daughter Marie Hornung of Des Moines, son David Kilpatrick of Torrance, California, brother Clyde Buffington of Gunnison, Colorado, and 11 grandchildren. Burial will follow a Bradenton funeral May 18 and cremation. Rev. Charles Curl of Randolph will officiate. Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in charge.
Official canvass results courtesy of Glenn Johnson of the Election Commission.
In a reminiscence on Main Street a Mills County magistrate John Watson recalls backing The Original Guns earlier years when they performed at the Kansas Free Fair now Mid-America Fair and were not paid. He tells how he improvised on an old electric piano to accompany them between acts and notes their growth since then.
Extension specialist notes no reserve corn stocks to offset weather problems with fall carryover similar to last year. USDA projections show stronger soybean carryover around 230 million bushels, up 24 percent from last season, as acreage may fall next year.
The Farm Outlook notes light old crop supplies and a fully adequate 1975 soybean crop per USDA usage projections. Iowa State economist Bob Wisner foresees a possible 10 percent cut in 1976 soybean acreage with more corn planting, potentially tightening soybeans and expanding corn supplies next year. Record U.S. corn exports up 44 percent and higher domestic use nudge old-crop stocks down, while Wisner cautions uncertainty in feed use. A change in USDA grain stocks dates may complicate reporting.
Bob and Rey Miller finalize a fast erected steel business addition on Malvern Main Street this week, transforming a dirt lot into a modern storefront and signaling growth for the local economy. The project highlights ongoing redevelopment in the town center.
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