Heat cures promised for Keller building project
Completion is scheduled for late April for a new Keller Industries plant at Progress Park. A Macatine firm uses a special cold weather procedure with three roof heaters and plastic shelters to pour footings. The 250 by 400 foot metal building will house aluminum ladder production and related items.
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Keller Industries, Inc
Progress Park
Uso
Keller
Keller Industries
Karl Reichert
Muscatine Progress Park
Tennessee Senator Will Speak at Fund Dinner for Schwengel
Howard Baker Jr. will headline the Dinner with Fred Schwengel at the Blackhawk Hotel Davenport February 2. A $25 plate dinner raises funds for Schwengel’s re election bid in Iowa's First District. Baker, 41, a lawyer, is the first Republican senator from Tennessee. both parents served in the House with Schwengel.
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Howard H. Baker, Jr
Tenn
Blackhawk
Davenport
Fred Schwengel
Schwengel
Iowa
Baker
Senate
Tennessee
United States
House of Representatives
Shelter sheds speed cold weather concrete work at Keller Indust
Construction crews reduced work stoppages by using a two by four frame shelter covered with plastic sheeting to protect footings for Keller Industries Inc. The design includes three heating devices to help cure the cement as poured, illustrated by Journal Photos photographer Jerry Russell.
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Keller Indus
Tries, Inc
Jerry Russell
Farm Workers to Earn $1.15 Hourly Beginning Feb 1
Iowa farms on alert as Fair Labor Standards Act raises minimum for large farms to $1.15 an hour starting February 1. Exemptions include family members, local commuting hand harvesters under 13 weeks, migrant under 16 paid same as older workers, and livestock range workers. The rate holds until February 1, 1969 when it rises to $1.30. Questions directed to Des Moines Wage and Hour office, Room 522 Federal Building.
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Iowa
Paul A. Lynn
U. S. Department of Labor
Lynn
Des Moines
U. S. Labor Department
Federal Building
Fourth Street
Parts Shortage Layoffs to Grow At GM Plants
DETROIT AP More layoffs are expected at General Motors as strikes at three foundries and parts shortages idle 147,900 GM UAW members. GM laid off 60,300 workers Friday as negotiators resume bargaining to end the strikes after a 12 hour session. 106,700 more workers are idled at five passenger car assembly plants.
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Detroit
General Motors
GM United Auto Workers
Izaak Walton League Invites Guests for Chili Supper
Muscatine chapter members will host a free chili supper at 6 30 pm Thursday at the Fairport club house. A short business meeting will be held followed by screenings of three films The world 600 auto race of 1967 Exhibition shooting and Skeet shooting with D Lee.
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Muscatine
Izaak Walton League
Fairport Club
D. Lee
Family potluck opens chapter events on Feb 3 at 6 30 p m
A family potluck event begins at 6:30 p m on February 3 to welcome new Izaak Walton League members Wendall Mills John Alexander Donald Block Elwin Marston Lee Barnhart Atos Key Jim Schenkel and William Angell joining the local chapter.
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Izaak Walton
Winegard Named To Heinz Post In Michigan
Wilbur L. Winegard of Muscatine has been named department head of agriculture for the Lakeview district of the H J Heinz company in Holland Michigan. He will oversee contracted acreage acquisition and crop production under contract and supervise services to growers. A 1943 Rose Polytechnic graduate, Winegard joined Heinz in 1952 and has served as senior agricultural fieldman. His wife Marilyn and children Catherine and Michael will relocate to Holland at summer's end.
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Wilbur L. Winegard
Fletcher Ave
Muscatine
Lakeview Agricultural District
H. J. Heinz Company
Lakeview
Holland
Mich
Winegard
Rose Polytechnic Institute of Engineering
Marilyn
Catherine
Michael
Officials Hold Bruner Field Joint Session
Muscatine City council Muscatine Park Commission and Muscatine School board met this morning in city hall to discuss William Mull Sr offer to sell Bruner Field for 41000. A committee from all three bodies would study the offer and its merits with action needed soon as baseball practice and city budgeting loom. Aldermen favored possible further price reductions by removing parts of the property. Car And Lawn Were Damaged Early Today. The right side and front end of a car driven by Kenneth McIntosh 25 Madawasha Maine were damaged at 630 a.m. when the driver lost control on Mulberry Avenue. The car struck a curb and pole in the 2500 block and continued into the 2700 block before stopping in a private lawn near 2704. McIntosh was due in city court on a charge of failure to control his vehicle.
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Muscatine
Kenneth McIntosh
Madawasha
Maine
Mulberry Avenue
2704
McIntosh
Cycle Theft Reported In Muscatine County Garage
A red 1964 Harley Davidson motorcycle with white saddle-bags was stolen from a family garage in Muscatine County. The license number 70 416 was noted. Police were notified at 12 10 p.m. Friday by Jerry Mathias Jr. of 519 East 4th Street.
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Muscatine County
Jerry Mathias, Jr
E. 4Th Street
Stong to Give Keynote Talk for Scout Council
Jo. S. Stong, Keosauqua native and veteran scout leader, will deliver the keynote at the Iowa Council annual Scouter Recognition meeting January 31 at Augustana's Centennial Hall. He serves on multiple national and regional scout boards and has earned Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, and Silver Buffalo awards, last in 1965. The event, expected to attract over 1000 volunteers, includes the council’s annual report and Silver Beaver presentations, with a reception in Potter Hall afterward.
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Jo. S. Stong
Ilowa Council
Augustana
Centennial Hall
Keosauqua
Iowa State Highway Commission
Stong
Friends of Scouting
Iowa Council
Potter Hall
Muscatine High Debate Team Competes in Augustana Invitational
Muscatine High School sends debaters to the 35th Augustana Invitational at Rock Island on February 2 and 3. Forty-two high schools from Illinois and Iowa participate in six rounds totaling 252 debates. First round starts Friday at 4 p.m. The public may attend all debates.
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Muscatine High School
Ilinois
Augustana College
Rock Island
Iowa service tax on new construction eased by deductions
Iowa Revenue Director William Forst announced the 3 percent service tax applies to new construction contracts from Oct 1, excluding government projects. Contractors may deduct material, supplies, equipment costs and paid sales taxes before computing the tax. He also barred dependence on others’ income tax exemptions to claim a sales tax rebate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
New Revenue Department
William Forst
Forst
Kindergarten Workshops Set For Teachers in Muscatine
Two half day workshops for all Muscatine kindergarten teachers are set at the Colorado school. The first on Tuesday Jan 30 from 9 to 11 30 a m and the second on Feb 27 from 1 to 3 30 p m. Dr Margaret Weiser of the University of Iowa will explain latest studies in kindergarten materials instructional methods and five year old characteristics. No school for kindergartners on those two days.
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Muscatine
Colorado
Margaret Weiser
University of Iown
Iowa City
Weiser
University of Illinois
Veterinarians Appointed To Iowa Veterinary Committees
At the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association meeting in Des Moines Dr. G. E. Barrington joined the violations committee and Dr. John Tillie joined the meat inspection committee. About 1,000 attendees completed the four day gathering in Des Moines on Wednesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
G. E. Barrington
John Tillie
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Carrier Service
Subscriptions per month in advance for Muscatine delivered daily by carrier remain $2.00. Non Muscatine carrier delivery is forty cents weekly. Mail within fifty miles of Muscatine costs $15.00 per year, towns with carrier service $13.08, over fifty miles $20.00. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. Special delivery for missed papers until 6:30 p.m. daily and 6:00 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 253.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Moscatine
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