Dead Man's Curve Safety Debate Spurs Highway Talk
Residents urge modifications at Dead Man's Curve on Highways 34 and 274 after a recent collision. Chief Engineer Fred White defends current safety measures while acknowledging driver responsibility and possible signs improvements. Two suggested changes include reducing the dirt bank for better vision and paving inside the curve to widen the roadway. Despite calls for action, White says the Safety and Traffic Department is reviewing the situation and will do its best.
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Fred White
Town Highway Commission
Iran Turner
Mr. White
Turner
U. 8
Witte
Whites
Glenwood
White
Glenwould
Max Vinton
Vern Walker
The
Highway Commission
Editorials on character and military facilities across states
The piece argues character surpasses intellect and notes Texas leads states with 79 armed forces camps and bases, followed by Iowa and Nebraska counts. It reflects on local events, school masters, and civic voices, urging support for Emersonian ideals and community improvements amid a patchwork of fragmented coverage.
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Texas
Iowa
Sioux City
Des Moines
Nebraska
Wet Spring Reveals Eroded Gullies On Malvern Farm
Sunday trip with Old Bill shows a branch near Malvern running with water and springs feeding a muddied stream. The area, once scarred by plowing, could improve through contour farming and soil conservation to restore banks with grass and beauty. Louie Bromfield notes conservation adds profit and charm. future farms may follow.
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Old Bill
Malvern
Louie Bromfield
Following the Leader and the Lily on a garbage dump tale
A chaotic miscellany of local slang and recollections narrates a reporter’s dubious exploits with a comely Kodachrome lily found on a Chantry farm dump. The piece, laced with idiosyncratic names and odd anecdotes, concludes with a self referential jab at the Leader editor and a tangential note about a separate truck crash and media chatter.
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Ken Martin
Chantry
Air
World Herald
Vern Walker
Walker Atul
Mt Vernon Community News Hosts at Picnic Birthday Dinner
Mt Vernon community notes a picnic birthday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Leonard Parker for their daughter Mary Anna who turned eight. Many relatives friends and neighbors attended including Judy Ann Mutt Carel Jones Sandra Kay Roenfeldt Ralph Parker and Gary Parker. Mary Anna shares the day with Ralphs birthday and they celebrate together annually.
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Leonard Parker
Mary Anna
Judy Ann Mutt
Carel Jones
Sandra Kay Roenfeldt
Ralph Parker
Gary Parker
Ralph
Lee Shepard
Allan Hat
Shepard
Arliegh Shepard
Roger
Wayne Blackman
Clara Blackman
Joe Morse
Emerson
Mercy Hospital
Elmer Haney
Baby
Edmundson Hospital
Jon Kemp
Keith Hughes
Arcadia
Nebr
iTahes
Verecate
Myrtle Ahrens
Ravenna
Virgil Warnes
Fay
Beverly
Sind
Allan
Red Oak
Hene Williams
Silver City
Il Grade
Hycrett Blackman
Sinulay
Leo Davis
Tabor
Clyde Cox
Glen Worl
Ina Morse
Linda Lau
Ane
CM. Wilson
Toa
Lane Morse
Haney Trane
Pvt
Orsce Adkins
Fort Sam Coustan
Tesses
Cerolyn Alberts
Ernest Alberts
Marjorie
Ferne
Laurence Mberts
Cotte Stewart
Joyce
Lyle
Gary
Mary Anna Une Jave Supilay
Parker Home
Chine Gluckman
Sister
Wayne
Ackman
Diane
Ringo Parker
Ouston
Moa
Tarher
Leime
Virgil Forney
Weelhev
Birh
Sereaul
Fred Diekersbach
Harald Sinner
Doloris
Darwin
Jayce
Loup City
James Psota
Judy
Siner
Chris Stinee
Sinner
B. F. Tiffany
Cyrus Tiffany
Tiffany
Council Bluffs
George Warner
Sam Shaw
Hancock
Shaw
Jim McCain
Adkins
Lawrence Alberts
R. Cogley
Glenwood
Frank Chamberlain
Vinton Johnson
Marvin
Donnie
Hendlerson
Dade Drouts
Terry
Hamburg
Flva
Omaha
Virginia
Naomi
Rosa Chamberlain
Grant Chamberlain
Harry Fyans
Mars Louise
George Wererquist
Qotturtwa
Ralph Wederquist
C. M. Wilson
South Omaha
Dale Bell
Everett Bell
Lee Whitney
Floyd Bell
Ralph Hassle
John
Hessle
W. L. Smith
Harald Blackman
Kenneth Carnes
Will Frederickson
Carnes
Merle Christianson
Ted Hetad
Hugh McCain
Sharlene
Lavina Alberts
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Randolph and
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West
Mt. Vernon Community News
Lee
Charles Hunt
George Mort
Chelly
Drusilla Jean
Four Corner School
Four Corner
Forne Alberts
Deloris
George Welerquist
Forrest Bloomer
Marjorie Alberts
Nancy Wright
Laurence Alberts
Farrell Maxwell
Cecil Harris
Fred Dickersbach
Clyde
Karen
Ccle Dickersbach
Sandra Ida Bess
Bert
Darwin Dickersbach
Charles Harper
Dickersbach
Moore
Tulore
Collins Drug Company
SOI Malvern
Mioure
Cobora
Wilspar
Cecil E. Hoover
Malvern Pelease
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