Impact of Inflation on Mills County Residents
A Park Row News Service analysis from Mills County shows inflation and taxes eroding purchasing power despite rising earnings. For example a man with $8,000 in 1966 now faces about $390 less in after tax buying power over seven years, while a $10,000 earner with a 35 percent raise loses $466 net. Other cases include a $5,000 income rising to $6,750 ending with a net loss of $140 and a $12,000 earner losing about $510.
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Mills County
Tax Foundation
Park Row
Deer and near collision on Highway 34 outside Hastings
Joe Fox from the Bluffs reports a close encounter with a buck on Highway 34 north of Hastings while driving his sister’s Buick. The deer struck the car, leaving fur on the rear door handle, forcing a $300 body repair and a dramatic roadside moment near Marion and Southwest towns.
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Joe Fox
Bluffs
MCHS
Highway 34
Hastings
Joe
Doug Bowen Joins ISU Winter Farm Ops Program
Doug Bowen of Malvern is among 41 students enrolled in Iowa State University's winter quarter farm operations program, which began on Navy 26. The class includes 89 Iowans and one each from Illinois and Missouri, designed for high school graduates pursuing a one quarter program along Main Street.
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Doug
Doug Bowen
Malvern
Iowa State University
Navy
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Welcome newborn Kela Graham lights up Main Street
A family note celebrates the birth of Kela Kristen Graham weighing eight pounds four ounces and 21 inches, described with humor and warmth. The piece notes she is the first girl born in the family in about 58 years, and that both mother and child are doing fine and will be home soon.
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Christ
Pete
Kela
Ms. Graham
Bob Caswell
Child
Urge Saving Fuels by Limiting Outdoor Christmas Lights
A reader appeals to reduce outdoor lighting during Christmas to conserve electricity. The writer suggests using lights only near Christmas or limited hours, urging readers to consider neighbor welfare and community conservation, sign off Mida D P Messenger.
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Mida
D.P. Messenger
C. U.S.N
Thanksgiving Fellowship Across Towns in East Liberty
East Liberty residents shared Thanksgiving dinners with extended families across many towns. Guests included Wilbur and Walter Stille families from multiple locations, the Seick and Leet clans, the Goodell and Vermilion households, and visitors from Malvern Shenandoah Council Bluffs Ames Hastings Loveland Greeley. Local hosts hosted dinners for relatives from West Bend Grand Junction Indianola and more, with postholiday gatherings continuing into Sunday.
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Walter Stille
Walter Seick
West Bend
Pauline Lamb
Grand Junction
Allen Seick
Rippey
Joe Seick
Indianola
Lee Stille
Leavenworth
Kan
Jeanne Bena
Bellevue
Nebr
Bobby Stille
Henderson
Joste Stotts
Charley Alexander
Harold Terry
Malvern
Lillian Sowers
Merrill
Emerson
Irma Hayes
Alma Boehme
Dick Leet
Rick Leet
Matthew
Council Bluffs
Phoebe Goodell
Harvey Vermillion
Shenandoah
Theron Mickelson
Vern Mickelson
Glen Clarks
Richard Hendersons
Marion Stille
Shawn
Greeley
Colo
Ernest Stille
Kinley Winters
Loveland
Dale Alexander
George Clark
Hastings
Cecil Clark
the Eddies
Debbie Farmer
Karlette Knop
Floyd Darnolds
Raymond Hopkins
Jay Darnold
Bill Thanks Creator For Iowa's Bounty
A Ta. House chief clerk recounts the Season of Thanksgiving urging appreciation beyond material riches. He praises the smile of loved ones, shared blessings, and daily gratitude toward the Creator.
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Bill
Iowa
Wm. H. Harbor
Massive Hog Complex Proposed in Missouri and Iowa
A Swift and Co subsidiary plans a 5 000 acre site in Clark County Missouri near Keokuk Iowa for a one million hog operation, with growth to two million. Production, slaughter, packaging, and marketing would be on one site. Financing from banks and an insurer. Ralston Purina to supply breeding stock. USDA warns of pollution and disease risks. controversy over vertical integration and impact on family farms rises in Congress and Midwestern states.
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Clark County
Missouri
Keokuk
Iowa
Swift and Co
Chicago
USDA
Swifts
Ralston Purina
Brown at seminar in Los Angeles for sheriff training
Mills County Sheriff Merle E Brown departed Saturday for Los Angeles to attend a two week administration course at the University of Southern California. The Iowa Sheriff's Association sponsors and pays for the trip and training.
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Harry Smith
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Emnett Stephens
Joyce
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Reenter College
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Westchester
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Myrtle Jerrell
South Gate
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Clarence McKinney
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Mike Parker
Pam Strum
Tarkio
Mo. College
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Fay Mayberry
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Ernest Brower
Galen Hunts
Leonard Parker
Francis Darnold
Henry Millers
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Malvern Leader Publishing Corp
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Fottawattamie County
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Tabor
U.S
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F.A. Wortman
D.R. Graham
E.D. Edie V.M. Scott
PH. Graham
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Wera Mag
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G. Grisson
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