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Newspaper
Opinion Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1972
Page
2
Let’s Talk Gardening explains there is time to plant vegetables and flowers such as snap beans Lima beans sweet corn cucumbers and summer squash through July 1. Direct seed annuals like vincas and marigolds and keep soil moist for good germination. Renovate strawberry patches after harvest to boost next season’s yields with proper spacing fertilizer and weed control.
An advertising note asserts the Glenwood Opinion-Tribune reaches more Mills County households than any other publication. The statement highlights the paper’s regional prominence and potential impact for local advertisers.
Rural housing loans become available to additional Iowa families through the Farmers Home Administration. The policy excludes half of the wife’s gross income when calculating eligibility, enabling households with combined incomes up to the moderate limit to qualify. Credit must still be available from other sources, and the rule excludes cases where the wife is the principal breadwinner.
Iowa roads switch from white to yellow centerline on two lane roads signaling two way traffic and two way flow. Symbol signs with colors improve instant meaning for motorists as the uniform system spreads nationwide. Full symbol adoption by 1974 and signal upgrades through 1976 follow federal guidelines and expert reviews from traffic groups and agencies.
Chicago report cites 108,351 Iowa low income residents received food stamps in April. Participants paid 1,191,694 for stamps valued at 2,793,908, with USDA contributing 1,602,214 in bonus value. Average bonus 14.79 per person. 51,229 participants had no public assistance.
Democratic candidate Tom Harkin will speak at a dinner meeting at the Supper Club near Emerson on Thursday evening. Also attending are 97th district candidate Ambrose Doyle, 96th district Howard Palmer, Sheriff candidate Virgil Faulkner, and Board of Supervisors candidate Harold Radford. Public invited to meet the candidates.
The Community Store House for Mills County collected over a ton of relief items on Sunday June 1. Volunteers made clothing dishes and bedding that day for flood victims in South Dakota. A truck donated by L L Lincoln started the drive Sunday afternoon and by 5 p m had gathered over a ton of goods.
A list of real estate deeds shows Terria Hawkins transferring property to Roger Boldra and multiple Glenwood parcels shifting among Levermann, Stephens, Harms, Murphy, Murphy's heirs, Harms, Ogle, Gar rett, Banks, Scott, Mathews, Largent, Van Orsdel, Wobben, and others in Glenwood Malvern Gordon's Addn. plus associated tracts in sections 3 12 16 20 27 and various blocks.
National Geographic notes that after a prominent Toradja leader dies on Sulawesi, his body may lie in the home for months or years while mourners attend, before interment, reflecting traditional burial customs on Celebes.
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