Changes Ahead for Muscatine City Administration
Gordon Jaeger will take office August 26 as Muscatine's first city administrator guiding reorganization of the city clerk's office and coordinating departments. He will report to the council and mayor, with all departments except police and fire answering to him, as downtown development, street paving, parking, recreation, and housing code enforcement face growth and change.
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Muscatine
Gordon Jaeger
Florence Mason
Jaeger
Normal
Nixon's Hibernation Debate Shapes Campaign Course
In the wake of Kennedy's assassination Nixon kept a low profile while Rockefeller and Humphrey pressed campaigns with ads visits and bold messages. Nixon argues his restraint preserved campaign capital, yet he has spoken on crime guns and foreign policy, contrasting Rockefeller's money with his own media strategy. The piece notes Nixon's forthright stance on crime and deterring violence, and questions whether his absence at rallies harmed or helped his bid.
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John Chamberlain
New York
Robert Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Dick Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Rocky
West Berlin
Vietnam
Japan
George Wallace
Wallace
Congress
Berlin
Parking Problem On Mulberry Avenue In Muscatine
Richard H. Schmalz, a Mulberry resident, notes 84 cars parked north of the museum along Mulberry Avenue on Sunday. He says Muscatine should be proud of its museum but the parking situation stinks. Colonial Studios photo by Mike Bendle.
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Woodlawn
Mulberry Avenue
Richard H. Schmalz
Mulberry
Muscatine
Schmalz
Colonial Studios
Mike Bendle
Parking on Mulberry Stirs City Parking Concerns
A letter to the editor laments Sunday crowds at the Laura Musser Museum with cars parked from Jefferson school to Hershey convalescent home, blocking Maple Ave and hindering a fire truck. The writer argues against widespread on street parking, urges civic authorities to consider consequences, and questions funding for recreation facilities and Bruner Field.
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Mulberry Avenue
Jefferson School
Hershey Convalescent Home
Mulberry
11Th St
Laura Musser
Maple Ave
Bruner
Quad Cities
Eye bursting vessels and general health tips
A reader asks about recurrent eye vessel bursts and if they signal vascular weakness. The doctor explains tiny capillary fragility, possible vitamin C and calcium deficiency, and suggests citrus juices and milk. Other letters cover stopping smoking, dangers of glue sniffing, mole removal, and a prostate care booklet with 25 cent request.
Jumping to Conclusions
A nostalgic Anglophone essay volume ponders gender roles and generational shifts with quips on marriage expertise, the value of history, and a Philadelphia porch Welcome Home banner. It muses on soap operas education, host etiquette, and beachy anecdotes from Muscatine.
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East
Philadelphia
Butter Scarcity Grips Local Market as Prices Rise
Our Yesterdays notes butter remains the scarcest market item while temperatures climb. Fred Tiecke from New York visits relatives in town, shaking hands with friends. A wave of migration sends nearly 20,000 Towans from the state to camps this week. Cpl Woodrow Millett visits family after furlough. Dr Charles W Keller will preach at First Baptist Church. Night temperatures fall to 59 degrees. Grace M Zimmerman sues City of Muscatine for 10,000 over sidewalk injury.
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Fred Tiecke
New York
Cpl
Woodrow Millett
Mills Millett
Grand Avenue
Margaret Witt
Koff
West Fourth Street
Charles W. Keller
Northern Baptist Theological Seminary
Chicago
First Baptist Church
Mercury
Grace M. Zimmerman
Today in History highlights 1968 events and milestones
On this date July 23, a look back at Petain's 1945 treason trial in Paris, Burt's 1829 writing machine patent, New Sweden settlement, Frick attack, Sarajevo demands, Johns Hopkins appointment, Queen Elizabeth peerages, Cuba embassy seizure, Detroit unrest, and Puerto Rico status vote.
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Associated Press
Marcial Henri Philippe Petain
Paris
Niin A. Burt
Mount Vernon
Mich
New Sweden
Maine
New York
Steve Brodin
Brooklyn Bridge
Henry Clay Frick
Carnegie Steel Co
Pittsburgh
Frick
Austria
Serbia
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
House of Lords
Cuba
U.S
Havana
United States
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Muscatine Journs
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Are Tale
Silver City
N.C
Chatham News
Odessa
Tex
The
Small Society
Brickman
Ekkma
Reet
Council
Davenport
Joseph G. Molner, M.D
M.W.M
Dr. Mother
L.C
Dr. Melner
Dr. Moiner
Moiner
Dr. Motner
Cael
Jaman
Charles Dickens
Aldeen Davis
Sixth St
Town
Damascus
Boyle
Mister Breger
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