Budget cuts hit agriculture amid OMB drive to slash programs
The essay argues that the Office of Management and Budget dictates program deletions, not the Agriculture Department. It condemns the targeting of rural development and environmental assistance, noting farmers suffer inflation and that conservation programs deserve scrutiny rather than near total elimination. It cites 3 percent of the budget facing 19 percent of cuts and urges balanced reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
USDA
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
A Little Town a Portrait of Small-Town Life
A reader offers a compact portrait of small towns describing life where friends reveal enemies, neighbors know each other, age is public, ailments find sympathetic ears, and doors stay unlocked. It paints a big family atmosphere, civic effort, and lively social calendars amid shared routines and limited urban-style distractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lions Club Show Boats into Glenwood March 23 24
Glenwood Lions Club presents the Show Boat Family Show on Friday and Saturday nights March 23 and 24. The program features acrobatics dancing interpretive gymnastics folk songs a twin piano duo the Show Boat dancers a barbershop quartet a piano jazz artist the Rhythemettes The Show Boat Chorus the Glenwood High School Swing Choir and Stage Band the Lions Club End Men and two surprise acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yhen
Glenwood Lions Club
Show Boat
Glenwood High School
Lions Club
Easter Seals drive and school thanks letter mix
A Mills County reader urges support for the Easter Seal Society highlighting aids for handicaps including braces wheelchairs walkers and training at Camp Sunnyside. Readers from Glenwood High and a resident discuss funding air quality concerns and gratitude for school activities funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills County
Iowa
Easter Seal Society
Camp Sunnyside
Rolfe Karlsson
P.O
Des Moines
Lillian Bishop
Man and woman bound over on OMVUS charges
A man and a woman were bound over to district court on OMVUS charges after weekend arrests. George Robert Sieck of Council Bluffs posted a $500 bond after I 29 arrest by the Iowa Highway Patrol. Charlene Frances Green of Pacific Junction also posted $500 bond after a Glenwood patrol arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robert Sieck
Council Bluffs
Iowa Highway Patrol
Charlene Frances Green
Pacific Junction
Glenwood
Max L. Ham
Police Court Fines For Numerous Speeding Violations
The list tallies police court fines for multiple offenders from Co. Bluffs Glenwood Omaha Des Moines and other towns. Fines range from 9 to 20 dollars for speeding stop sign stop light improper pass no valid driver license and no muffler with numerous residents named along with their home towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Watson
Anton Fritz
Co. Bluffs
Leonard Good
Glenwood
Paul Roenfeldt
Charles Gardner, Jr
Omaha
James Mitchell
William Humphrey
Plattsmouth
Helen Floyd
Janet Mira
Gerald Andrew Plummer
Pamela Johnson
William David Willett
Rick Wirth
Hiram Hansen
Julie Ungrad
California Man Released After Serving Bail Term
Howard W. Cramer of San Bernardino California was released by Mills County Sheriff after serving a 60 day sentence for possession of marijuana. Cramer was arrested in December after his car, found with over seventy packages of marijuana valued at more than 25000, was involved in an accident south of Glenwood. He had been aiding the sheriff in drug traffic and gambling inquiries around the Glenwood area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Cramer
San Bernardino
Galif
Mills County
Cramer
Glenwood
Cullison
Merle Brown
Sheriff's Office
Barnes Newsroom Credits and Editorship Notice
W Ron Barnes is publisher with David Snow as publisher and Rick Barnes as news editor. Corwan Akers serves as sports editor and shop supervisor. This brief staff note lists roles and responsibilities within the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W,ron, Barnes
David Snow
Rick Barnes
Corwan Akers
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Norway
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Iowa Independent Oil Jobbers Association
Frank Silkebaken
Belle Plaine
Kermit Doolittle
Webster City
John Keck
Boyd Whitehill
Shenandoah
Iowa Press Photo Service
California
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Bernard Roenfeldt
Viola Bichel
Mineola
Vanderpool
Otha Wearin
Bastings
Touvin Toede
Wardine
Jack
Cliff
Good Brothers Seed and Grain Co
Hamburg
Laura
Connor Butler
Jane
Good Grain Co
Percival
McPaul
Bartlett
Malvern
Hastings
Wardine Bang
Jack Good
Jane Gammon
Tracy Todd
Craig
Meg Gammon
Ethel Good
Auburn
Nebr
Blanche Maxwell
John Dean
Don Bruce
Jim Thomas
Paul Cheyney
Carl Clapper
Dick LaRue
Dean Dusenberry
Arl
Billie
Joe Worl
Macedonia
Iowa Highway
Gary Schwab
Nebraska
Missouri
Black
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Aor
Glsaweed
TribuNe
PUI “Iporatior
T Street
City OF
Erwood
Y Mills County
Sion
School House
Bond Area College County Board of Education
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Rex Theatre
Showtime
Seorge
Scott
Ates
Berkvis
Columbia Pictures
Carl Foreman
Richard Attenborough
Robert Shaw
Anne Bancroft
Simon Ward
Young Winston
Hugh French
Panavibion
Jeremiah Johnson
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