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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1968
Page
8
Waterloo Iowa moved Friday to cut eight ten thousand dollars from its 1968 city budget rather than seek an emergency one mill tax levy. The cut follows a state revenue order reducing valuation for public utilities property. Westmoreland health update and other brief items noted.
Spokane city workers say Santa Claus may suspend nightly city float routes due to repeated vandalism and $40 nightly damages. The float, built by volunteers, faces ongoing abuse from youths pelting with snowballs pine cones and rocks.
An Atlas Centaur rocket launched the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory into a near circular orbit between 467 and 485 miles high. The $75 million satellite carries 11 telescopes to study the universe, with officials planning to activate its instruments midweek. The launch marks a major step for U.S. space science, officials say.
A collection of reminiscences from Muscatine residents who served in World War II recount Pearl Harbor’s impact. Lonnie Furnas and Lennie share early service calls and shipboard survival aboard U S destroyers. Walter Russell recalls the Muscatine Journal’s extra editions that day. Other veterans detail Pearl Harbor duty, battles, and life after the war.
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