Public hearing on Muscatine annexation Sept 2
A public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday September 2 in Muscatine City Hall council chambers to discuss annexing 17.89 square miles to the city. The Citizens Advisory Committee for the Improvement of Muscatine submits the annexation report detailing areas A and C and expected impacts on services and finances.
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Nexation
Citizens Advisory Committee
Nixon era labor blues and a changing unions stance
A look at Nixon’s 1969 Labor Day outreach and the shifting ties with George Meany. It notes union voting patterns, the economy as a political issue, and tensions over the administration’s economic policy and wage controls.
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Burning Tree
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Hisenhower
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Herbert Hoover
Public hearing on Muscatine annexation set
Littenstorte urges residents to attend Thursday September 2 hearing at City Hall to learn details of a proposed annexation covering over 17 square miles. She notes scarce information on taxation sewer water electricity and services and asks for clear explanations before city and rural residents decide to oppose or support.
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Muscatine
Be Still and Know God Prayer Reflection
A prayer requests clarity amid noise and debate. The speaker seeks calm during quiet prayer to discern the right and lasting good, asking for divine guidance and focus before action.
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Years Ago Wanted two or three girls to sort rags steady job
A mosaic of clippings notes past local notices and social events. It recalls a 75 years ago marriage license issued to William Erskine Davis and Miss Katie Belle Regnier. Other items mention parade schedules, a car promotion by DeLuxe Top, a gas foreman’s obituary, staffing moves at Pekin schools, and a Lutheran church publicity appointment for a 1962 campaign.
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Demorest and Coe
William Erskine Davis
Katie Belle Regnier
Keithsburg
Bellevue Hospital
Evelyn Schauland
Muscatine
Joseph
Helen Klein
Adolfine Klein
Germany
Mary Louise Wilson
Douglas Elementary School
Pekin
Parkington Drive
Margaret Jean Roberts
New York City
J. Roberts
E. S. Hagerman
Mulberry
Zion Lutheran Church
United Fund of
Today in History List Covers Key Events Across Centuries
August 31 marks events from 1296 exile of Jews from England to 1971 arms policy shifts. Highlights include Edward I proclamation, Rhode Island liquor ban to Indians, Tannenberg WWI defeat, 1935 Neutrality Act, 1940 Berlin raid, 1954 Carol hurricane toll and cost, 1964 California population lead, 10 years ago Belgrade neutralists, 5 years ago Warren Report halt, and recent arms to Israel.
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Edward I
Rhode Island General Assembly
Tannenberg
Poland
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California
New York
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David White
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Ernest B. Furgurson
Small Society
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the Daily Prayer
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J. H. Munch
East Third Street
Gustav R. Krieger
West Eleventh Street
Town Electric Company
Here
Moscow
John F. Kennedy
Israel
Middle East
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