Muscatine Phone Directory Moves to All-Number Codes
Muscatine Iowa telephones will switch to all-number dialing 262 prefixes replacing AM 3 as the discharge date approaches. Harold Peters, local manager, says no dialing change is needed and most numbers will be all digits within a year. The change aims to improve readability and future expansion with direct distance dialing and more reliable statements.
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Muscatine
Harold Peters
Allsnunher Nny Hers
Tco
Peters
Lana
Nety
Paters
Town
Quad Cities
Nun Borg
Atlanta Color Barrier Wall Up in Court
Atlanta faces two court actions over the city’s barrier wall. A public nuisance suit seeks removal while a separate suit challenges the street closing ordinance. Negro leaders and organizations protest as white residents join complainants and picketing continues. Mayor Allen seeks negotiations but no agreement reached.
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Atlanta
Berlin Wall
Muticipal
Peyan
Marian Troves
Atulla
West End
Warricrs
Dee
Aiden
Nomroes
Ivan Allen
Youth Center Dances Open to MCC Students at YWCA
The Musculine Community College student body will be admitted to Friday night dances at the YWCA Youth Center starting Friday January 4 at 7 30 pm. MCC students may attend without dates while visiting or high school students must be accompanied by a MCC student. Dances will run on a monthly basis depending on student response.
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Thaat
Musculine Community College
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MCC
Visi
Col- Tog
Old Age and Aid Payments in Muscatine County December
Public assistance data shows 413 Muscatine County residents received Old Age Assistance in December with total expenditures of 2,772,882 and separate funds for Aid to Dependent Children 1,515,787 and Aid to the Blind 610. Total 1962 Old Age Assistance reached about 32 million with medical services accounting for a third. Details include 197 families receiving Aid to Dependent Children averaging 140.83 per family and 38 blind recipients totaling 2,992.
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Bled
Muscatine County
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Leis
County Salary Schedules Announced by Supervisors
County board approves scales for county engineering and highway pay, reappoints the welfare board, and adjourns. New and updated salaries cover chiefs, foremen, and inspectors with hourly rates for various highway roles, plus engineering staff wages and field positions.
Lumber Theft At City Warehouse Site Reported
Police reported a lumber theft at the Home O Nize company construction site at Fourth and Oak. A driver allegedly loaded 1 by 2 by 4s onto a truck, then fled. overhang hindered license plate retrieval. Several piles of lumber were uncovered.
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Oak
Oman
Power Out in Eight Iowa Towns Disrupts Electric Service
Eight southeast Iowa towns faced outages after a 34 000 volt feeder line burned out. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co cited a failed insulator causing a fire that damaged a power pole. Areas affected included Lockridge Oakland Mills Bonapark Neosanqua Birmingham Stockport Libertyville and Batavia.
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Iowa
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Lockridge
Oakland Mills
Bonapark
Neosanqua
Birmingham
Stockport
Libertyville
Batavia
Hearings Set For Two Accused of Hog Theft
Muscatine men Thorndyke and Storms to have preliminary hearings at 2 p.m. Friday before Justice Harvey Alibre with $1000 cash bonds. Pallischeck, 24, also held under $1000 bond for alleged theft of two 130 pound hogs from a Delmar Rothmar farm near the Jewish cemetery December 19. He said the hogs were moved to a Cedar River tent near Highway 22 and later to a Louisa County farm in a trailer. Police note about 200 hogs reported missing from Muscatine county farms in six weeks. Thorndyke and Storms surrendered Tuesday night.
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Muscatine
Sweetland Township
John Joseph tPeid Thorndyke
Harold Weldon Butch Storms
Justice of the Peace
Harvey G. Alibre, Jr
Liherty
Frank Pallischeck
Dike Thorndyke
Sturms
Delmar Rothmar
Cedar River Balloos
Highway 22
Louisa County
Dick Oppel
Thorndyke
Sturm
Waterloo Man Gets 30 Years For Five Death
McClain, 43, was sentenced to 40 years at the State Penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of second degree murder in the five death of his common law wife Pearl in August. He disputed trial fairness and juror directions while his lawyers argued the case. Pearl died when a fire destroyed her frame house in Waterloo on August 19.
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Walatloo Me Isham
McClain
Blair C. Wood
Dow
Pearl
Ruling Still Three Weeks Ahead In Meadowville Paving Case
Judge B J Maswell stated it will take at least three weeks to rule on a declaratory judgment sought by Mechanicsville over its street paving dispute. Final arguments were held December 21 in a 20 month case that halted a project after a state appeal board found special assessments inequitable.
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Tipton
B. J. Maswell
Mechanicsville
Jess Han
Pilot Club Style Show Preview and Meetings
The Pilot Club of Muscatine sponsors a spring style show titled A Preview of Spring, with tickets to go on sale by club members for a February 12 event at the YWCA. The Batterson Stage leads the show. Public card party is set for Thursday evening January 17, sponsored by Pilot Club of Moline. Muscatine work meetings are January 19 and 20 at Town Electric Light and Power Company. A guest night dinner at Gen Galt and Country Club is January 17 replacing the regular noon luncheon. District Twelve convention is in Des Moines April 26–28 at Hotel Savery.
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Pilot Club of
Muscatine Club
Town Electric Light and Power Company
Gen Galt and Country Club
Egular
Distriet
Pilot Inieinational
Waz
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Engineer Submits Sample Building Code Ordinances for Council
City engineers submit two sample ordinances on electrical and building codes to Muscatine City Council. The proposals, prepared after years of study, set inspections, licensing, fees, and penalties, adopting local amendments to the Uniform Building Code to safeguard life and property. Alderman Knott chairs ordinance committee. Chamber of Commerce backs passage as vital to community welfare.
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Regu
William McElwee
Engineer's Office
Plan and Zoning Commission
Axhe Elvic Affairs Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Jd Electrical
International Conference of Building Officials
Council
Roger Knott
Ralph Cullen
Chamber
Christmas Seal campaign falls short of goal in county
Mustaline county’s Christmas Seal drive surpassed 90 100 dollars but remains about 2 060 short of the target. James Fuller of the TB and Health Association said reminders are being mailed to nonresponders and that holiday activities delay gifts. Fruiland Township has gone over the top with 91 75 raised against an 87 36 goal, supporting local and state TB programs.
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Mustaline County
James Fuller
TB and Health Association
Fuller
Fruiland Township
Robert Holcomb
Travel Expenses Facing Closer Federal Scrutiny
Washington reports new IRS rules effective 2032 require taxpayers to keep diaries of all out of town travel costs including meals lodging and incidentals for deductions. Exhibit receipts for 25 or more and note dates places and business purpose for each trip.
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Internal Revenue Service
Hicome Bee
Iy Dex
Cfty
Te Southern Sun
IRS
Rome
Destina
Jensen Takes Ranking Post On Committee
Rep Ben Tonsen Iowa becomes the ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee as John Taber retires Jensen 70 of Extra moves into top GOP seniority directing economy efforts to foreign aid and defense budget He vows to cut waste in defense budget and previously led the Interior Subcommittee Another Iowa Republican H R Gross may seek a seat on Foreign Affairs while defending against large foreign aid budgets
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Ben Tonsen
Iowa
House Appropriations Committee
Jensen
Extra
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Money Committee
John Taber
RNY
House
H. R. Gross
Waterloo
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Charles Halleck
R-Ind
Gross
Oting
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Omaha Woman Fatally Hurt in Icy Highway Crash
A one car crash on icy Highway 30 near Council Bluffs killed Clarence Addy, 58, of Omaha and seriously injured his wife Ruth, 52, who was hospitalized. Marilyn Brooks, 30, of Omaha, died at a hospital after injuries in the same incident that also claimed the life of her father Seay Logan.
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Marilyn Brooks
Omaha
Seay Logan
Clarence Addy
Ruth
Occasional Light Drizzle Forecast Across Region
Weather Bureau reports occasional light drizzle and freezing drizzle possible through Friday. Night temperatures in the mid 20s, highs around 30s, with 32 previously and 25 overnight. Roads were slippery in spots, sanded by maintenance crews. many areas expect clouded skies, fog, and a slippery coating from freezing fog, with most of Iowa clouded Saturday and mixed precipitation likely.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa Highway Commissions
Iowa
Towa
Des Moines
Lions City
Spencer
Mason City
Tired kidneys prompts relief offer from Henderson Drug Co
An advertisement-style notice promises help for kidney discomfort and sleepless nights with a four day trial and a range of remedies. It cites symptoms like dull pain and headaches and claims to improve vitality. The message urges readers to visit Henderson Drug Co for relief.
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Henderson Drug CO
Woman 62 Dies In Auto Crash Near Mount Pleasant
Mrs. Jessie Ruth Paule 62, wife of a Burlington dentist and juvenile probation officer, was killed when her car collided with a truck two miles east of Mount Pleasant on Highway 3. The truck driver Dean Kenneth Sutton, 35, of Burlington, was treated and released.
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Jessie Ruth Paule
Burlington
Here
Paule
Dean Teneneth “Sutton
Burlingen
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