Muscatine Year of Progress 1949 to 1969 Growth Big Year
Muscatine celebrates a decade of growth with 264 new jobs lifting payroll above 33 million dollars. Water quality improved with polyphosphates and a 13.5 million power plant expansion met rising demand. Six church projects over 1 million, flood protection upgrades, two sewer projects, street paving over 250 thousand, new housing authority and human rights commission formed, and a new municipal court approved.
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine
Muscatine-Louisa
South Muscatine Indust
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Human Rights Commission
Nixon's Year One Score Card in Washington
Roscoe and Geoffrey Drummond assess President Nixon's first year as a blend of promise and partial achievement. They note limited congressional gains, begun efforts to end Vietnam divisiveness, and steps to curb inflation, while stressing leadership and unity as the key tests for 1970.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Vietnam
Harry Truman
Sidewalk on 8th St Hill Snowed In And Wasted
The city’s new sidewalk along the 8th Street hill lies buried under deep snow between the curb and posts. It has been nearly impassable since last week’s snowfalls, with street snow pushed onto the walkway. The $20,000 investment for the sidewalk retaining wall and sub-drains is seen as wasted if left useless during winter.
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8Th St
Belfast workers block revolution hopes with shipyard peace
In Belfast and Londonderry the 1969 unrest meets a labor bloc that votes to preserve order. Shipyard Harland and Wolff and Short Brothers workers back peace, resisting radical calls from Bernadette Devlin and Reverend Paisley. Catholic and Protestant trades unionists unite to break the cycle of confrontation.
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John Chamberlain
Belfast
Northern Ireland
North Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Law Paisley
James Dawson Chichester- Clark
Richard Nixon
George Wallaces
Miss Devlin
Dublin
Ireland
George Meany
Walter Reuther
America
Londonderry
Stormont
Paisley
Peoples’ Democracy
Harland and Wolff
Aristote Onassis
Short Brothers and Harland Limited
Skyvan
North
Alaska
Onassis
Jackie Kennedy
Short Brothers and Harland
Ards
Alex
Sandy’ Scott
Short Brothers
Can Diabetes Be a False Alarm or Cured
Reader asks if diabetes from a past glucose tolerance test can disappear after a year. The doctor explains diabetes is not curable with present knowledge, outlines pancreatitis-related temporary sugar disturbance, and recommends another 3 to 4 hour sugar tolerance test after several days on a liberal carb diet, noting morning tests are standard while afternoon tests may yield more positive curves.
Farmers urged to unite for price reform in 1970s farming
George J. Ormsby of Wilton Junction argues farmers must cooperate on pricing to avoid further losses as thousands leave the land. He cites the National Farmers Organization and warns of a government land takeover and broader financial pressures. He urges farmers, bankers, and businessmen to adopt a “Monarch” mindset for betterment.
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National Farmers Organization
Dust
California
Ohio
Kansas City
Federal Reserve System
George J. Ormsby
Pine St
Wilton Junction
Muscatine Almanac of Local Happenings Through History
A retrospective from Muscatine recalling events across anniversaries: a Congressional choir concert tomorrow, a riverfront skater crowd a Monday past, church groups serving 1000 veterans and workers, Roelle brothers in the Navy, two soldiers wounded in action, and a grim record of 25 traffic deaths on local roads in 1959.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
John St. Roelle
East Front St
U.S. Navy
John C. Roelle
Today in history reflects notable events on December 30
On this date in history several events are recorded: 1853 the US and Mexico signed the Gadsden Purchase for 45,000 square miles of present day New Mexico and Arizona. 1865 Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay. 1903 the Iroquois Theater fire in Chicago killed over 500. 1911 Sun Yat-sen elected first president of China. 1943 US Marines captured an airfield at Cape Gloucester. 1947 King Michael abdicated under communist pressure. 1960s Humphrey as earliest declared presidential candidate. 1965 Johnson proposed nuclear restraint in a message to the Soviet Union. 1969 report notes two crewmen of the USS Puebla beaten by North Koreans during captivity.
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United States
Mexico
Gadsden Purchase
New Mexico
Arizona
Iroquois
Chicago
Sun Yat-sen
China
Revolutionary Provisional Assembly
Robert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Lyndon B. Johnson
Soviet Union
Puebla
Prayer reflection on the Word made flesh and guidance
A devotional prayer cites John 1 1 14 praising the Word as God and Christ. It asks for gratitude guidance in Bible study and strength by the Spirit for daily living, ending with a traditional Amen.
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God
Christ
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Lawrence Tisor
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New Britain
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Romania
Bach
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the Daily Prayer
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