Public cooperation urged as Muscatine fights snow
City Engineer William McElwee warns winter snow removal is costly with two methods. Ice control on major streets and hills costs about 288 in labor 480 in materials and 360 in equipment per 24 hours. Plowing begins after four inches with trucks hauling snow from business districts and major streets prioritized for traffic needs.
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Muscatine
William McElfwee
McElwee
MeElwee
Park District
New Grand Hotel Site Faces Fast Reconstruction
Casey Jones says a brick and concrete building will rise at Second and Cedar, finished and occupied by April 1. The One-story plus basement structure will be 42 by 140 feet, with occupancy to be announced later. Jones heads Second Street Development Co Inc, with 1,400 shares. An auction cleared furnishings from the Grand Hotel, now being demolished.
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Casey
Jones
Second
Cedar Streets
Post Office Announces Extra Hours for Holiday Rush
Muscatine post office will extend service windows before Christmas under Postmaster Joan J. Hendriks. Additional hours are listed for Dec 14 through Dec 25 with varied closing times and a Dec 25 closure. Residential carriers will make one delivery daily. parcel post will be delivered daily.
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Muscatine
Joan J. Hendriks
Lord Pan
Pavel
Pilot Award To M Sun Man For Scout Work
MORNING SUN Carl Nolen Morning Sun business man has been given the Pilot award in recognition of his work with Morning Sun Oh Scouts. The award was made at a dinner held at the Memorial Center at Iowa Wesleyan College. This is the second successive trophy to be given to a Morning Sun resident. Dick Sands was awarded the Pilot award last year. Mr. Nolan is the proprietor of Nollen's Food Market in Morning Sun.
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Morning Sun
Carl Nolen
Morning Sun Oh
Memorial Center
Iowa Wesleyan College
Dick Sands
Nolan
Nollen
Pat Delvell
Patricia Delzell
Pauline Jacobs
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago
EH. Bray
Muscatine Grads Plan County Alumni Group
Eight SUI graduates met at Park Lane country club with Richard F. Huston to form a Muscatine County alumni association. Muscatine County has the most SUI alumni, about 440 living, with several former students eligible to join. Officers and organizers were named, and a meeting for area alumni is planned for late February or March.
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Muscatind
State University of Iowa
Park Lane Country Club
Richard F. Huston
State University of Town Alumni Association
Muscatine County
Houston
Muscatine County Sul Alumni Association
Iver Brecht
Ronald D. Brown
Vern W. Grover
Arthur Tk. Howe
Roger L. Laudé
B. C. Lister
van B. Snyder
Snyder
Brown
Robert &. Richmond
Fund Camepaign
John B. Rigler
ISU Coed Fatally Shot While Hunting
An Iowa State University coed, Miss Julie Dickmann, a 4 sophomore from Pittsburgh, was accidentally shot and killed Thursday while rabbit hunting with three male students about three miles northeast of Ames. A .22 caliber rifle bullet struck her in the back of the head as a rabbit was flushed between her and another hunter.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Here
Julie Dickiann
Pittsburgh
Story County
Mrs Kennedy to Observe Year of Mourning and Public Duties
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy plans a full year of mourning for President Kennedy and will undertake 10 public engagements, the press secretary said. The announcement quashes reports she might participate in a future presidential campaign or advise on a 1994 bid.
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Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson
Ice Skating Canceled At Weed Park And Nearby Site
Park authorities announce no skating at Weed Park or the adjacent area this season due to snow covering the ice. Officials say conditions are unsafe and not suitable for skating at present.
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Weed Park
Onlyhe Clanes
Sales Tax Report Shows Gain in Business Volume
Muscatine ranks tenth in population among 11 similar cities for general population live-in retail sales volume and eighth in per capita retail sales volume. The Muscatine Chamber of Commerce analysis shows a quarterly sales volume of 8.27 million dollars for the quarter ending June 30, 1962, up from 8.29 million. Fort Dodge leads. other cities include Krahaltown, Mason City, Burlington, Iowa City, Clinton, Oelwein, Muscatine, Newton, Keokuk, Ames and Cedar Falls. The October 1963 barometer notes rising bank activity, meters, water and gas use, telephones, parking revenue, bridge traffic, and county care costs.
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Krahaltown
Mason City
Burlington
Iowa
City
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Newton
Keokuk
Ames
Cedar Fall
Ottumya
Alze
Loca Chamber
Volunteers Repair and Gift Toys for Salvation Army
Volunteers repair broken toys including a car in front of Capt. Spicer and a tricycle with wagons, repainting them to ready state. Eligible parents will select toys for children on December 23 and 24 and may wrap presents at the Salvation Army shop before returning home. Journal Photo.
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Salvation Army
GOD Children
Salvation Army Christmas Committee
Spicer
Collect Food Saturday For Needy Muscatine Families
Muscatine Jaycees and Scouts stage a Dec 14 food drive to aid Salvation Army relief efforts. Collectors start at 10 a.m. with pickups across neighborhoods, inviting residents away from home to leave canned and packaged foods on porches or steps. The effort marks a long standing Christmas charity tradition.
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Muscatine
McDaniel
Jaycees
Scouts
Letters To Santa From Muscatine Readers
The Muscatine Journal prints a flood of letters addressed to Santa Claus from children managers and even some adults. The paper notes an unusually large volume this season and plans to print only a limited selection of the mail.
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Muscatine Journal
Santa Claus
Santa
Three Cars Damaged When Brakes Fail on West Second
At 9 15 p m Thursday Ralph W Burns 55 of 313 West Second street lost brakes after entering West Second from Linn street and turned left into Secland striking Jerry Dean Wymer parked at 208 1 Parmalee street Wymer s car then pushed into the parked car of William Lechner 2211 West Eighth street Burns car suffered front and rear damage Wymer s front and rear damaged Lechner s rear damage police said brakes on Burns car had failed
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Linn Street
Ralph W. Burns
Secland
Jerry Dean Wymer
Parmalee Street
William Lechner
West Eighth Street
Burns
Wymer
Lechner
Public Health Nurses Record Visits And Supplies
Nurses of the Public Health Nursing Association made 427 calls on patients last month. Mrs Ellamae Ratelitl, director of nursing, reported to the board at its December meeting. An equipment inventory was reviewed and a four year old car ride in on a new model approved. Expenditures of $1 605.34 were approved.
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Healy Nursing Assn
Ellamae Ratelitl
Board of Directors
A Conmittes
Wilton Vaccine Make-Up Clinic Set for Sunday
Wilton Jaycees announce a Sunday make-up vaccine clinic at the Wilton American Legion Home from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. On offer are three types of Sabin oral vaccine for residents who missed earlier clinics. each person will receive only one type. A list of names from prior sessions will help Jaycees identify which vaccine each attendee did not receive.
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Sabin
Wilton Jayeous
Wilton American Legion
Jaycees
Promote Morning Sun Man to Major
Robert D. Jones is promoted to Major as a logistics officer with the Third Battalion of the Seventh Marine Division at Fort Lee Virginia. He is enrolled in the Armys Requirement Management course, the first Marine promoted while taking the Army Logistics Center program.
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Robert D. Jones
Seventh Marine Division
Fort Lee
Virginia
Jones
Army
Army Logistics Center
Elanor Corey
Maxie Pike
Tones
Dewn Jackson
Catherine Jackson
Germany
Larry E. Walker
Lloyd Walker
Navy
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