Muscatine to receive funds in pipe firms settlement
Attorney General Richard Turner announced distribution of 41,832 to 36 town communities from Iowa’s share of a 1,721,100 settlement with Mead Co and Glamorgan Co over cast iron pipe sales. Muscatine gets 1,448, with Cedar Rapids at 8,219 and Toledo at 317. An antitrust action against six more pipe firms is ongoing.
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Richard Turner
Muscatine
Turner
Cedar Rapids
Toledo Lo
Iowa
Mead Co
Glamorgan Co
Price up and supply cut for Muscatine city fuel
Muscatine city council announced a 10 percent reduction in city fuel allotment effective December 1 until further notice. Regular gasoline rose to 20.99 cents per gallon, and diesel to 24 cents per gallon, up from 1973 figures.
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Muscatine
Norbert Liebbe
Standard of Co
Liebbe
Muscatine council approves two street work resolutions
Two resolutions relating to the 1973 street improvement program were approved at the Muscatine city council meeting. The panel accepted work covering street improvement No. 224-1973 completed for $561,761.71 and authorized general obligation bonds of $250,000 with bids opening at 7:15 p.m. January 3.
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Muscatine
Band Boosters Meet Reports 40% of Fund Goal Reached
Muscatine Band Boosters board noted 40 percent of a $25,000 fund for the high school band trip to Mexico in June. The November soup supper netted $944.20 and ticket sales for a color television drawing continue through December 20. An all-band meeting with parents is planned for January.
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Muscatine Band Boosters Board of Directors
Mexico
Davenport men arrested on deer transport charges
Three Davenport men were arrested Thursday by Muscatine county conservation officer Irv Jennings on illegal transportation of deer charges. Named were Larry M. Rose 20 Ronald Dale Escamilla 24 and Mike Harlas 21 all of Davenport. They were arrested at the Kent Farm for transporting one unlawfully taken deer after the legal season.
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Davenport
Muscatine County
Irv Jennings
Larry M. Rose
Ronald Dale Escamilla
Mike &. Harlas
Kent Farm
Foster parents hold Christmas banquet in Muscatine County
The Muscatine County Foster Parent Association hosted a Christmas Banquet at the Robert Otto home with twenty three attendees. Ten members completed the Effective Parent Training classes at the community college led by Chester Moore and Harold Bridges. January will see new officers elected.
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Muscatine County
Foster Parent Association
Robert Otto
Thea
Community College
Chester Moore
Harold Bridges
Y's Men Sell Yule Trees In YMCA Fundraiser
Y's Men club again offers acotch pine Christmas trees from 5 to 8 feet in Whitman Grocery building at 203 Monroe. Sale hours are 6 to 9 p.m. weekdays 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. The theme is Put a youth in your tree and all proceeds support YMCA activities.
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Y’s Men's Club
Whitman Grocery
Monroe
YMCA
Parents Without Partners Chapter 303 plans events
The group met at Our Savior Lutheran Church to map a chartered bus trip to Chicago and a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry. They discussed incorporating, hosting an International Children's exhibit in Marshalltown in May, and announced upcoming activities through December plus contact numbers.
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Chicago
Parents Without Partners Chapter
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Museum of Science and Industry
Lake Skiite Blvd
O'Hair Airport
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Parents Without Partners, Inc
1974 Muscatine County motor vehicle registration under way
Motor vehicle registration for 1974 is underway in Muscatine County announced by county treasurer Frank J. Killian. Owners of autos and mobile homes will receive validation stickers for 1972 plates to cut plate costs. trucks motorcycles and other vehicles will get new plates. Details collected include owner name address 1972 plate number fuel color and vehicle type.
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Muscatine
Frank J. Killian
Court House
Town
December themes at Musser Public Library announced
The Musser Public Library unveils Christmas and Hanukkah themes for December. Jewish art on the balcony features Judaism in Art from Old Bergen Art Guild Bayonne New Jersey while displays include books on Jewish life Hanukkah and Christmas materials for readers to borrow with gatherings of Christmas stories poems plays and music plus Santa helper costumes and a new Book Notes listing.
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Musser Public Library
Christ
Old Bergen Art Guild
Bayonne
New Jersey
Alsop
Davis elected masonic head
Harry Davis was elected master of Triune Masonic Lodge for 1974 at a Thursday night meeting. Other officers chosen were James Marshall senior warden Larry Fetters junior warden P M Phillips secretary William Leslie treasurer and F J Bauerbach temple board member. The election followed the December Masonic fellowship dinner for 71 attendees with six lodges represented.
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Harry Davis
Triune Masonic Lodge
James Marshall
Larry Fetters
P. M. Phillips
William Leslie
F. J. Bauerbach
Temple
J. J. Hoeksema
Piano recital opens Christmas season at Laura Seum
Richard Sessler from Augustana College will give a Sunday 3 p.m. piano recital at the Laura Seum to open Christmas events featuring music from Mozart to Schumann. Iowa artist Gary Kruse displays etchings and engravings at the museum, with a reception by the Muscatine County Fine Arts Association after the program.
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Laura Musser
Richard Sessler
Gary Kruse
Iowa City
Sessler
Augustana College
Rock Island
Lillia Valladares Wilson
Muscatine
Kenneth Amada
University of Iowa
The
Muscatine County
City council debates annexation plans and court action
Muscatine officials held an executive session to discuss annexing land to the city. City Administrator Charles W. Coates said the district court must rule on the annexation before tax revenues can flow for eight months. About 100000 dollars was budgeted for annex area equipment and services to be financed by area revenues. The council agreed to file in Muscatine County District Court to decide on validity and aim for a July 1, 1975 effective date. Officials met with opponents. city attorney Pearce will place the matter on the court docket.
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Charles W. Coates
District Court
Coates
Muscatine County
Sbiely
Pres
Ily
Jom Pearce
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