Muscatine to name first municipal court judge pick
Iowa Governor Robert Ray will appoint Muscatine’s first municipal court judge from two attorney candidates. Jack Burns and Robert B. Jehring were chosen by a five member panel led by Mayor E S Kelly Burns after voters approved the municipal court measure in November. Committee chairman Stan Bowe said the names were sent to the governor and no decision date was given. The panel included Harvey Allbee Jr and another attorney as members.
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Burns
Jehring
Muscatine
Jack Burns
Robert B. Jehring
Iowa
Robert Ray
E. S. (Kelly) Burns
Stan Bowe
Ray
Howe
Harvey Allbee Jr
Wayne Eckhardt
Harold Vischer
Duane Keough
EON Industries
Muscatine Power and Water
F.B.I
Justice of the Peace
Muscatine student named national English winner in 1969
Kathleen Woodhouse of Muscatine High School is cited as a top English student in the United States. The National Council of Teachers of English named her a 1969 national winner in its Achievement Awards after a formal competition process involving essays autographical sketches and standardized tests.
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Kathleen Woodhouse
Muscaline High School
National Council of Teachers of English
Miss Woodhouse
Muscatine High School
Evelyn Heden
NCTE
Quad Cities air travel study shows million passenger load
George Kirk, manager of Quad City airport, told Muscatine residents the airport will handle over a million passengers, matching Des Moines and Knoxville totals. By 1990 a facility nine times larger is needed. a new terminal is slated in a five year plan as expansions continue.
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Quad City
George Kirk
Muscatine
Des Moines
Iowa
Knoxville
Tennessee
Kirk
George Shepley
Community Project Committee
Muscatine General Hospital
Postoffice Hours Posted for Muscatine Christmas Period
The Muscatine postoffice schedules Christmas hours with limited service on Saturday December 6 from 3 a.m. to noon. From December 13 to 20 the office will operate 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Weekly the 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours apply Monday through Wednesday December 22 to 24.
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Muscatine
Tool Box Stolen in Break-In at Marlin Auto Marl
A tool box and about 200 dollars worth of tools were reported missing today in a break-in at Marlin Auto Marl 1715 Grand view Ave. Cliff Bennett of the Muscatine police said entry was gained by breaking out a back window with most glass remaining outside. A large red four-drawer tool box was taken.
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Marlin Auto Marl
Grandview Ave
Cliff Bennett
Muscatine
City council weighs $100 month bus subsidy increase
Midwest Transit Lines seeks a $100 monthly rise to $600 starting January as city funds to aid operation and equipment needs. Davis cites $2,865.65 annual net profit and $6,000 new bus purchase, urging subsidy to keep service for students and residents amid legal limits on school district funding.
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Midwest Transit Lines
Elmer H. Davis
Keokuk
Lines 1
Masestine
Davis
Muscatine
Muscatine to add meter maid posts amid reorganization
Fourteen applications were received for two meter maid vacancies in the Muscatine police department as a reorganization shifts Amy Zybarih to day dispatcher and creates a second meter maid role. Harold Lane and Bob Opel would be freed for regular duties. A civil service exam is set for 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at city hall. Ronald Martin named acting captain due to Wayne McDaniel illness.
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Muscatine
Amy Zybarih
Harold Lane
Lane
Bob Opel
Glenn Axel
City Hall
Ronald Martin
Wayne McDaniel
Muscatine General Hospital
Shoppers warned about gyp artists during Christmas season
The Muscatine Chamber of Commerce and the Des Moines Better Business Bureau cautioned shoppers about gyp artists who target holiday buyers. Unordered merchandise schemes, phony pricing, charity solicitations, and street corner sales were outlined with tips to buy wisely and verify sellers, guarantees, and charity reputations.
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Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Killian
Chamber
Des Moines Better Business Bureau
Better Business Bureau
Subscription rates for Muscatine daily delivery
Rates for daily carrier delivery in Muscatine and surrounding areas are listed. Prices include city delivery at 7.09 monthly in advance, non Muscatine delivery at 31.75 monthly, motor carrier at 2.00 monthly, and various yearly rates within and beyond fifty miles. Servicemen pay 18.10 yearly, students 13.60 for nine months. Missed delivery parts are covered until 4 30 pm weekdays and 23% 4 00 pm Saturdays. Call 263 2391.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Cval
Advan
Acrrier
Olal
License plates pass 800 mark at Muscatine sales
License plate sales continued briskly at the Muscatine county courthouse. The line outside the auto registration office was shorter than Monday, the first sales day. Officials said 605 car plates were sold Monday and another 200 by noon today. The new plates are white with red letters.
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Muscatine County
Minne sota man recants hitchhiker beating claim
Terry Sokol of St. Paul Minnesota told Dubuque County sheriff s officers he was not truthful about being beaten by two hitchhikers last week He had claimed the assault occurred three miles north of Dubuque on U S 57 and identified his supposed attacker as Donald Leach 39 of undisclosed hometown The pair had traveled to Rock Island Illinois and were returning to Minnesota when they argued Officials say Sokol recanted the claim and provided a different account Meanwhile SALT talks delegates held a secret session and plan another meeting Friday
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Dubuque
Minnesota
Terry Sokol
St. Paul
Minn
Here
U.S
Sokol
Donald Leach
Leach
Rock Island
Ill
Sokal
Johnson decision to be explained on national TV
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson discusses the momentous 1968 decision in a CBS national TV interview set for 7 30 p m EST Saturday December 127 The program titled Why I Chose Not to Run revisits the March 31 1968 pledge and its impact on American politics.
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New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
CBS
UFO sighting and thefts reported in Muscatine
Muscatine police logged reports of an unidentified flying object over the Mississippi River bridge and thefts from vehicles and a business. Burdette Petit denied seeing the UFO. Items stolen include two tachometers from a stock car and four recapped tires. A screen on a back door at Blake's TV Service was cut but no entry occurred.
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Muscatine
Burdette Petit
Green St
Pettit
Mississippi River Bridge
Biotter
Dan Robertson
Washington St
Robert Berrin
Grand Ave
Harold Blake
Blake
Town Ave
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