Local Head Start Doubts Rise in Muscatine County
Muscatine County advisory board votes to back Muscatine school district as supervisor for two summer Head Start programs for migrant and low income preschoolers. Officials cite disputed OEO guidance and prior glowing evaluations amid concerns over facilities and local funding, with in kind contributions supporting the project.
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Muscatine
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kansas City
Board of Town
East Central Train
Davenport
Elsasser
Garfield
Richard Sandidge
Mason City
Volt Technical Corp
Town East Central
O.E.O
James Stelzer
Muscatine County
Louise Wilkus
Mulberry
Lutheran Homes
Robert Herwig
Muscatine High School
Inkind
Flood Control Meetings Planned In Muscatine
Muscatine officials schedule two flood control seminars with local agencies and the Rock Island Corps of Engineers. The first session 1 15 p.m. Wednesday at the courthouse includes Mayor Burns and City Administrator Jaeger. the second, 1 30 4 30 p.m. Feb 12 in Rock Island, expects about 100 officials. Additional seminars are planned for Dubuque and Quincy.
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Muscatine City
Rock Island Corps of Engineers
Muscatine Island
E. §. Burns
Gordon Jaeger
Corps of Engineers
Clock Tower
Rock Island
Dubuque
Quincy
Council Chambers
Muscatine
Dick Halpin
Council
Board of Health
Frank Gross
Wolverine
Don LeMar
Frank Anson
Public Works
Ames
Iowa
American Public Works Association
Street Department
Petersens Purchase Fabric Shop Sold in Muscatine
Mr and Mrs Elmer Tobias announce the sale of Town and Country Fabric Shop at 219 Town Avenue to Mr and Mrs LH Petersen of Muscatine. The shop will expand into the adjoining Kranz Floral space, reopen as Town and Country, with Petersens as sole owners and the Tobiases remaining as consultants through year end.
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Elmer Tobias
Town and Country Fabrice
Town Avenue
LH. Petersen
Muscatine
Tobias
Petersen
Town and Country Fabric Shop
Kranz Floral Shop
Batterson’s
Copenhagen
Denmark
Copenhagen School of Merchandising
United States
Black's
Waterloe
J.B. Ivey Company
Charlotte
N.C
Craemer's
Cedar Rapids
New York
Doctor of Philosophy awarded to Jonn s. McAreavy at Iowa
Jonn s. McAreavy of Muscatine Iowa received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from The University of Iowa in Iowa City during commencement. His PhD concentration was Educational Psychology with minors in Statistics and Management. His dissertation studied factors affecting adults in short concentrated management courses.
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Jonn S. McAreavy
Sus
Newell Avenue
University of Iowa
Iowa City
McAreavy
Lowell A. Scheer
Muscatine Senior
Muscatine Community College
U.S. Army Management Engineering Training Agency
Rock Island
Ilinois
Former Muscatine Girl Aids Apollo Program Secretary
Miss Sandra A. Ash of Muscatine works as an administrative secretary in North American Rockwell’s Space Division Public Relations Department, handling Apollo program information requests. A 1959 Muscatine High School and 1963 Muscatine Community College graduate, she previously assisted NASA team members led by Col. Frank Borman.
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Downey
California
Sandra A. Ash
Carl Ash
Park Avenue
Muscatine
North American Rockwell Corporation
Space Division
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Bill Anders
Sandra
Muscatine High School
Muscatine Community College
North American
Rockwell
Apollo Engineering
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Eight year old requests Apollo 8 capsule fate
A Muscatine native Sandra Ash receives a letter from an eight year old boy addressed to The Company That Made Apollo 8. The boy writes if the company does not know what to do with the space capsule, please give it to me and I can pick it up.
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Sandra Ash
Muscatine
Two drivers charged after Muscatine parking lot crashes
Police report five damaged vehicles in two Monday events and today. Robert Elshoff, 18, faced charges for leaving the scene after his westbound East 5th Street collision with a parked car of Anna Cozad. Kenneth Harris, 32, avoided control after striking Thomas Hearst and Larry Schmelzer vehicles on East 3rd Street, with Hearst and Schmelzer vehicles damaged. Harris to appear in Muscatine courts.
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Muscatine
Robert Anthony Elshoeff
Dale Street
Anna Pauline Cozad
E. 5Th Street
Elshoff
East 5Th Street
Cozad
Kenneth Dale Harris
5Th Street
Rock Island
Thomas Leroy- Hearst
Larry G. Schmelzer
W. 7Th Street
Harris
East 3Rd Street
Hearst
Walnut Street
Schmelzer
HON Industries Sales and Profits Rise in 1968
Stanley M Howe, president of HON Industries, announced 1968 results showing sales of 18,288,659, up from 16,227,863 in 1967, about 13 percent. Profits rose 23 percent to 1,307,108, with earnings per share of 1.58, dividends 0.44, and the company markets office furniture and material handling equipment through its Prime Mover Co.
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Stanley M. Howe
HON Industries
HON
The
Prime Mover Co
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Muscatine, Ia
Gale Hill
Orange Street
Rosemary Stych
U. S. Coast Guard
U. S. Weather’ Bureau
Office of Emergency Prepaidness
American Red Cross
Towa
Civil Defense Division
Ilinois Civil Defense Agacy
the Corps
Wisconsin
Missouri
DR. McAreavy
T. J . McAreavy
Kodak Instamatic
Agfa Rapid
Wowa Avenue
Town
Tso
Minesta
Crown Affairs
Deluxe Unite
Steve McQueen
Faye Dunaway
Ando
E. Second ST
America
Peoria
Mr. Banjo
Bob Goodwick
Jelly Bread
Warry
East Second Street
Dial
Ularly
East Second St
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