Schwengel Advances On Public Works Committee
Rep. Fred Schwengel of Iowa moved to fourth ranking minority member on the House Public Works Committee in Washington. He will serve on four of seven subcommittees including Flood Control Roads Watershed Development and the Federal Aid Highway subcommittee. Schwengel aims to complete major watersheds by 1976 and leads a staff expansion plan for minority members on committees.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives Public Works Committee
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
GOP
Amain
Schwengel
Congressmion
United States
Sehwengel
David Thien
Seek Ban Upon Proxy Voting in House Public Works
Iowa congressman Fred Schwengel urges continued efforts to forbid proxy voting in the House Public Works Committee where he serves. He argues proxy voting undermines accountability and efficiency in legislative proceedings.
Expanded Class for Pre School Trainable Children
The Muscatine County Association for Retarded Children increases the preschool trainable class to three afternoons weekly funded by the United Fund. It runs 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday Wednesday and Friday near year start. Also offers a five morning week class for trastable chil dren at the Special Education center. Two evenings weekly an early and arts class for young adults taught by Robert Welch. Dues and subscriptions to Children’s Limited and Hope magazine offered. Newsletter edited by Mrs Rosemary Williams, succeeding Mrs Shirley Bridges. Next meeting set for Feb 26. January session canceled due to bad weather.
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Muscatine
Mail Report Forms Cut Assessor Costs in Muscatine
Chy residents aid annual personal property assessment by mailing forms left at doors to Muscatine. The new system reduced field worker callbacks and cut 3405 resident forms returned in first month. Only 126 envelopes remain outstanding, a drop from previous call-back lists.
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Chy
Muscat
C. W. Connor
Conroy
Conner
Connor
Helen Ruelle
Earl Peterxeon
Mei Dian McGulaugh
Gathex
Waterloo
Conynor
Muscatine
Sanitation Dept Job Contest as Pilgram Retires
Magentine will appoint a new sanitation department superintendent next week to replace retiring Waller A. Pilgram. By noon today 16 men had filed, with more forms returned. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday. Pilgram, 11 years in the post, will consult through February. The department handles garbage collection, landfill operations, rodent and insect control, and food-safety inspections under the city health board.
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Magentine
Waller A. Pilgram
Ling
Priday
Pilgram
Gamitarian
Enilecton
Pner
City Board of Health
City Sanitare
Oakland Drive
Veerhusen Named U F Drive Campaign Chairman 1964
The Board of the United Fund appointed Robert H. Veerhusen to lead the 1964 fundraising drive. The decision was made at a normal directors meeting with Arthur Stanley presiding. Veerhusen succeeds Bruce Terrell who ran the 1963 campaign. He is a local agent for Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
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United Fund
Tor Day
Robert H. Veerhusen
Normour
Arthur Stanley
Veerhusen
Bruce Terrell
Mutual Benefit, Life& Insurance Co
Traffic Toll Tops 41 000 in United States in 1962
The United States recorded 41,000 traffic deaths in 1962, the highest on record, with an estimated 1.5 million injuries. The toll rose 2,900 from 1961 or about 8 percent, surpassing the 1941 record of 39,969.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
National Guard unit reshaped into field artillery battery
The National Guard unit in Muscatine will convert Company A, 204th Engineering Battalion into a firing battery of the 185th Field Artillery, with Capt Lemuel Massey remaining as commander. The reorganization moves Davenport and Clinton units, adjusts headquarters, and keeps readiness for disaster response. Battery C will have three officers and 93 enlisted men.
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204Th
Army National ‘Guard
Comipaniy
185Th Field Artillery
Lemuel Massey
Comander
Climon
Davenport
Clinton
Muscaline
Cadar Rapids
224Th
Palsfield
Ottumwa
National Guard
Department of Defense
Massey
Lane Tree man dies after heart surgery at State University hospital
Lawrence J. Kral a life resident of Lane Tree died today at State University of Town hospital after heart surgery. Born Oct 4 1913 he was the son of Joseph and Emma Kral. Survived by widow Ruby and a son Larry Joe two daughters Beverly Krueger Pamela two brothers Harold and Dana. Funeral at Grace United Church of Christ Lone Tree Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Jerry Brown officiating. Interment Lone Tree Cemetery.
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Lawrence J. Krai
Lane Tree
Lawrence Kral
State University of Town Hospital
Joseph
Emma Franz Kral
Cambridge
Ruby Carlson
Larry Joe
Beverly Krueger
Lone Tree
Pamela
Harold
Dana
Iowa City
Grace United Church of Christ
Jerry Brown
Lone Tree Cemetery
Denial of Cafeteria Outbreak In Clemson With Gantt
Clemson College officials deny any cafeteria incident involving Negro student Harvey B. Gantt. Dean Walter Cox says reports of white students clustering near his table are untrue while sources describe only distant laughter. Gantt, arriving Monday, becomes the first Black student at Clemson with white classmates since Reconstruction as a federal court case and Supreme Court appeal shape his enrollment.
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Clemson
S.C. AR
Clemson College
Harvey B. Gantt
Walter Cox
Gantt
Cox
Gan
Hughes Wins Senate Confirmation for First Democratic Agency Appointment
Democratic Gov. Harold Hughes won Senate confirmation for the first of five Democratic appointments to state agencies. Lynn Porter, 60, of Cresco, was nominated to the tax commission, succeeding Des Moines Democrat Fred H. Quiner. Porter, a former state senator, takes the post ending June 30, 1969, and begins office Monday.
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Deg Moines
Uwr
Harold Hughes
Senate
Lynn Porter
Cresco
Fred HW. Quiner
Des Moines
Norman Erbe
Potter
Arrest Made as City Starts Dog Ordinance Enforcement
Roger Et townsley, in Police Court, pleaded guilty to allowing a dog to run at large. Judge William Wellens delayed sentencing to Feb 9. Maxcaline police reported two dogs bit three people on East Second Street, with victim George Ginger, 11 Cedar Street, among them. Ordinance enforcement began after a city-humane society meeting.
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Roger Et ‘Townsley
East Fifth
William Wellens
Maxcaline
East Second Street
George Ginger
Cedar Steet
Senate Acts To Put Curb on Brucellosis
Des Moines reports the Senate passed a bill to expand brucellosis controls. The measure gives the Department of Agriculture power to test cattle, quarantine affected herds, and require brucellosis tests for dairy and breeding cattle on order. Costs may be covered by federal, state, or county funds with penalties up to 300 dollars for repeated offenses.
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Des Moines
Senate
State Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Departent of Agriculture
Department
Grossklaus Named To Honor List At William Penn College
Muscatine student Grossklaus is among 22 named to the dean's honor list for the first semester of 1962 63 at William Penn College. A grade point average of 2.5 or better qualifies for the honor list. Grossklaus, son of Mrs. Walter Grossklaus, majors in mathematics.
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Askaloosa
Gary Grossklaus
Muscatine
Wiliam Penn College
Grossilaus
Walter Grossilaus
Senios
Ane
Fire Starts In Refuse Truck Today
A fire began in a Coy Zaroupe refuse truck around 5 20 am between Climer Street and Newell Avenue. Most of the combustibles burned before the City Fire Department arrived and extinguished the blaze. A city tractor then pushed the truck back to the collection site.
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