Three Die in Explosion at Pipeline Near Yutan
Three men died when a gas pipeline exploded near Yutan Nebraska, starting a blaze. Victims were Join Test about 32 of Paullina Iowa Eddie Mourot about 22 of Morriston Arkansas and Charles Warren about 35 tentatively from Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Yutan
Neb
Here
Join Test
Paullina
Iowa
Eddie Mourot
Morriston
Ark
Charles Warren
Tulsa
Okla
Muscatine City Council Approves Urban Renewal Plan
The Muscatine city council authorized a 1.7933 million urban renewal plan for 1.4 blocks downtown bounded by Walnut Sycamore Mississippi Drive and 2nd Street. The package seeks an 81.344 million HUD grant for acquisition demolition and new retail development and off street parking. Gordon Jaeger will finalize the application for council study before HUD submission. Aldermen advanced the project amid partial abstentions and conflict of interest questions involving local business owners.
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Jerry Russell
Muscatine
Walnut and
Sycamore Streets
Mississippi Drive
2Nd Street
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hu.d
Gordon Jaeger
City Council
H.U.D
Muscatine Faces Urban Renewal Speak On Housing Plan
Mayor Burns surveyed 42 downtown businesses finding 22 want to stay for conveniences of banks and courthouse offices. He counted 41 living places housing 64 people, eight of which housed 15 residents seeking new homes. He proposed a city housing administration with HUD and state help, pending a referendum and council study.
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Reichert
E.S. Burns
Muscatine
Burns
H.U.D
Fighting Flu Is a Tough Job
Doctors say Hong Kong flu strains resist vaccines with variable year to year spread. A new vaccine grown in fertile eggs may aid prevention, but effectiveness remains uncertain. In Los Angeles Nixon vows no interim observer for Paris talks. Harriman hints a U.S. representative could join before year’s start.
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Atlanta, Ga
Hong Kong
National
United States
Bruce Dull
Los Angeles
Richard
M. Nixon
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
West Liberty Uniform Heist Targets Warmups
Thieves stole 16 basketball uniforms including jackets and nine pairs of socks from West Liberty High School locker room likely by slipping in through an open window or hiding inside. A few items such as an adding machine and a basketball were also taken, leaving authorities unsure of entry method. West Liberty Comets gear was marked on backs with white and blue home and away designs, with junior varsity whites also stolen ahead of a game at West Liberty against Mid-Prairie.
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West Liberty
Lecker
Bill Cole
Muscatine
West Liberty—Comets
Mid-Prairie
Wellman
Presidential E in Exporting Coveted Award to Thatcher
Thatcher Export Corporation, a Rexall subsidiary, received the Presidential E award for excellence in exporting at a Muscatine dinner. Raymond Eveland credited Thatcher Export's contributions to the U S export program. Charles Stiassni accepted for Rexall with Henry Griffith and Martin O Connor also noted.
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United States
Thatcher Export Corporation
Rexall Drug and Chemical Company
Thatcher Export
Thatcher Plastic Packaging
Muscatine
Hotel Muscatine
Raymond E. Eveland
Des Moines
U.S. ‘Department of Commerce
Charles Stiassni
Rexall
Henry E. Griffith
Martin T. O'Connor
Johnson
DR. Smith
Thatcher
Get tough speeding policy cuts deaths in Iowa
Iowa's plan to crack down on speeding has lowered highway deaths and doubled driver license suspensions. Deputy safety chief Robert D. Taha says more offenders are being caught, not more speeders on the road. The measure, ordered after Gov. Hughes warned of rising carnage, auto suspends drivers exceeding 16 mph over limit. before May 30 it was 21 mph.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Safety
Robert D. Taha
Public Safety
Jack Fulton
Harald E. Hughes
Taha
Department of Public Safety
Committee Forms 8-Member Team On Teacher Negotiations Law
DES MOINES AP A joint eight member panel eight members eight teachers and school officials aims to craft a professional negotiations law within a month for submission to the 1969 Iowa Legislature. Leaders call differences minor with boards favoring a written accord and policies while teachers resist.
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DES Moines
Bill Sherman
Iowa State Education Association
Elmer Gast
Keokuk
ISEA
Gast
IASB
Local Plant Flag Names Executives in New Packaging Push
Eveland Louis Treeck general sales manager Charles Stiassni president Thatcher Plastic Packaging Carl Yohr vice president manufacturing and administration are listed in a Journal Photo caption for a local plant flag project.
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Eveland
Louis Treeck
Charles Stiassni
Thatcher Plastic Packaging
Carl Yohr
Journal Photo
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