Railroads Seek Tax Cuts Across Muscatine County
Two railroads Milwaukee Road and Rock Island sue in Polk county district court seeking reduced 1985 taxes, arguing Iowa assessments fix value at 30 percent of actual. If successful, school districts and local governments in Muscatine County face reduced funds. Milwaukee pays $14,715.20 and Rock Island $52,434 in taxes this year.
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Muscatine County
Chicago
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Rock Island Lines
Telephone
Mervin Shafer
Rock Island
Istate Tax Commission
Mission State Board of Review
Iowa
Polk County District
Tax Commission
Chicago Northestern Railroad
North Wester
Muscatine
The
Rock
Island Lines Railroad
Area Six
Montpelier
No. 2
Fruitland
Louisa- Muscatine
Columbus Community
Nichols
West Liberty
Walcott
Durant
Wilton
Conesville
Atalissa
Stockton
Muscatine School Bands to Present Annual Christmas Concert
Four Muscatine bands will perform Saturday at 7 40 p m in the Muscatine High School auditorium under Directors Larry Hints Jacque Sterenberg Charles Piotrowski and Charles Kreeb The program features South American tunes Christmas carols medleys and marches Tickets are 50 cents for adults 25 cents for students and activity tickets honored.
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Muscatine
Muscatine High School
All City
Larry Hints
Central Junior High
Jacque Sterenberg
West Junior High
Charles Piotrowski
Mascaline
Charles Kreeb
Fane
Journal
TB Association Plans Annual Sangle Days in Muscatine
Muscatine County Health and Tuberculosis association schedules annual Sangle Days Friday night and Saturday. Youths will sell bangles on the streets. Ira House, Anna House, and Miss Florence Hahn lead. YMCA headquarters. Revenue from Christmas seals up to 3997.80 by Nov 30, with funds from countywide contributions.
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Muscatine County
Brezhnev Denounces Congo Paratroops and Viet Nam Policy
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev denounced Western paratroop landings in the Congo and said the USSR is ready to help North Vietnam. He reiterated Kremlin positions but did not pledge direct Soviet intervention in either area.
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Moscow
Leonid 1. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Congo
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
Kremlin
Hopes Rise Of Pact on U.N. Debts
At the United Nations talks behind the scenes negotiators seek an agreement to resolve the UNs financial crisis. Secretary‑General U Thant leads backstage efforts with a three hour meeting among the United States and Soviet Union foreign ministers. Dean Rusk and Andrei Gromyko described the talks as constructive and useful.
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United Nations
N.Y
World Organization
U Thant
U.N
United States
Soviet Union
Dean Rusk
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Man Arrested For Operating Car Without Consent
Lawrence Allen of 308 East Fourth Street was arrested by Muscatine police on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He was named in a Davenport Municipal court warrant on a complaint by Joan Canarr.
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Lawrence
Larry) Allen
East Fourth Street
Muscatine
Allen
Davenport
Joan Canarr
Fox Tribe Organized at Musculine YMCA
A new Fox Tribe was organized Wednesday at the Musculine YMCA. John F. Stege, known as Red Bear, was named chief while his son John F. Stege dr. (Young Bear) became tom-tom healer. Richard Wiley Day Owl is the fally keeper and Richard Thompson Gray Wolf is the wampus healer, with his son Terry Night Owl as Indian runner.
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Tribe of India Guides
Musculine
Muscatine Journal Publishing Note
The Muscatine Journal is a daily paper published except Sundays by The Muscatine Journal. It is a member of Lee Enterprises and located at 301 6th Street Muscatine, Iowa. It is entered as second class matter in Muscatine post office under the act of March 1878. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local material printed in this newspaper and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprists
St. Muscating
Iowa
Whder
Associated Press
Tocal
Subscription Rates and Delivery Details
Vermeta subscribers receive daily delivery by carrier at forty cents per week. Daily mail within fifty miles of Muscatine costs 15.00 per year. within fifty miles of Statucatine? 40. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Office hours 8 am to 5 pm daily, Saturday 8 am to 1 pm. Special mail delivery service for strained units available by GWU Dial 263-253.
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Vermeta
Deliverca
Carrer
Stascatine
Ifty
Muscatine
Dial
Obituaries and Funerals Walter Hahn and others in Muscatine
Obituary notices report Walter R. Hahn 70 of Muscatine died at Muscatine General Hospital. He led Hahn Bros. Sand and Gravel and served on its investment arm. Surviving spouse Esther, son Ted, daughter Nancy, and several siblings and grandchildren are listed. Funeral arrangements and calling hours planned at Fairbanks. Other notices include Janos R. Willits of New Boston dying after a heart attack and Rhoda Hanson Nichols found dead in Nichols, with survivors and church/community affiliations noted. Funeral services set for New Boston Methodist church and local observances described.
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Walter TV. Ivahn
Walter R. Hahn
4Th St
Muscatine General Hospital
Hahn
Muscatine
Hahn Bros. Sand and Gravel Co
Hahn Bros. Investment Corp
Mr. Hahn
Henry B
Matilda Maurer Taht
Davenport
Esther Te Strake
Hal
First Methodist Church
Ue Church
Massonic Lodges
Esther Hahn
Ted W. Hahn
Versailles
Nancy House
Laramie
Wyoming
Harry E. Haim
Fred le Mahn
Robert H. Hahn
Atd H. Bernard Hahn
Esther M. Moulton
Palm City
Calif
Viola A. Hoffman
Florence J. Hahn
Fairbanks
Edwin Feohardt
Toler Sient
Greenwood Cemetery
James KR. Willits
New Boston, I
Janos R. Willits
New Boston
Mascaline General Hospital
Asi
Larry
Mead Willits
Elsie Letchler
Aledo
Learean Thomas
Indiana
James Jr
Rock Island
Heathers
Purn
Keithsburg
Lloyd
Marion
Russell
Norman
Willie
California
Arthur Harter
Elmer King
New Boston Methodist Church
Kenneth Goodell
Olin Funeral Home
New Boston Cemetery
Rhoda Hanson Nichols
Rhoda Harsey
Lyman and
Amanda Codner
Parkersburg
Town
Nichols
Criss Hansom
Nichols Methodist ‘ Church
Bridgeman Rebekah Lodge
Royal Neighbors of America
Noble Grand Cirete
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Carol Hanson
Lydia Burns
Topeka
Muscatine men charged for spotlighting game
Two Muscatine men Richard Kleindolph age 31 and Robert Jones age 25 were arrested in a field east of Muscatine for using a spotlight to locate game. They waivered preliminaries and were bound over in Muscatine district court with bonds set at 300. Conservation officer Dan Nichols arrested them shortly after midnight near the site where a deer with a fatal shoulder wound was found last Saturday.
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Muscatine
Richard Kleindolph
Robert Jones
Muscatine District Court
Justice of the
Harvey G. Allbee,Jr
Dan Nichols
Family mourns in Parkersburg after death of Mrs. Wightman
A Parkersburg resident, Mrs. Lydia Wightman, wife of the late Mr Codner, leaves a brother and sister also deceased. Surviving relatives include a brother Joe Codner, three grandchildren and one child. Funeral services are pending at Snider Funeral Home in West Liberty.
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Joe Codner
Lydia Wightman
Parkersburg
Snider Funeral Home
West Liberty
Fire hydrant broken by car on Llancview and Oregon
A noon collision on Llancview avenue and Oregon street broke a fire hydrant, sprayed water from a six inch main until municipal workers shut off the valve. The car, driven by Joseph D. Dodder, Letts, sustained about $15 in damage.
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Llancvew Avenue
Oregon Street
Polige
Joseph D. Dodder
Letts
Municipal Water Company
Power Boat Club Names New Officers
Over J members of the Muscaline Power Boat club attended the annual turkey feed and election of officers held Wednesday evening. Robert Kaufmann was elected commodore. Other officers are James Devin vice commodore Ray Novak secretary Lyle McCullough treasurer Otto Parker director for three years Herschel Flater fleet captain. Five new members were admitted to the club and a social period followed.
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Muscaline Power Boat Club
Robert Kaufmann
Boat Club
James Devin
Ray Novak
Lyle McCullough
Treas
Otto Parker
Herschel Flater
Route change ordered for Interstate 35 in Ames
The Tea Highway Commission directed engineers to draft alternate I-35 routes after the U S Bureau of Public Roads again blocked the west line plan The bureau stated in a letter on Wednesday that the original routing proposed by engineers is unacceptable
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Ames
Tea Highway Commission
U. S Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Commission
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Young
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IBM
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Justin Tubb
del Wood
Jimmy Martin
Sunny Mr. Boys
Stan Hitchcock
Joyce Moore
Lupson
Hal March
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Edward Andrews Burivol
Walt Disneys
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