Iowa Legislature Increases City Road Funds In 1969 Session
The 1969 Iowa Legislature boosted city road funds with about 5 million more for road use and 1.8 million for rural roads. Municipal share rises from 13 to 15 percent, aiding property tax payers. Muscatine expects about 81 thousand more in 1970 from the road use fund, equating to roughly 2.14 mills for the city levy. Governor Ray and the Republican platform touted more state aid to cities and towns.
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House
Senate
Muscatine
Gordon Jaeger
Iowa
Robert Ray
Republican Party
The dream of a United Europe
Washington report on a four panel discussion at the Overseas Press Club in New York about forming a United States of Europe. Count Coudenhove Kalergi defended Pan Europe while panelists Marcus Stoetzer Edna Kelz and Edward Lilly offered mixed views on federation, NATO, and Western Europe. The piece notes France's shifting stance and U.S. interest under a new president, contrasting idealism with realism and youth rebellion.
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John Chamberlain
Washington
American Institute On
Overseas Press Club
New York City
United States of Europe
Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
Briand
Stresemann
Europe
Locarno
Hitler
Count Coudenhove'Kalergi
Joe Stalin
General Patton
Prague
Berlin
Soviet
Yalta
Common Market
Parliament of Europe
Strasbourg
Count Coudenhove-Kalergi
France
Pompidou
Poher
NATO
Britain
United States
Western Europe
Czechoslovakia
Western
Coudenhove-Kalergi
Carlos Stoetzer
Fordham University
Edna Kel
U. S
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
Edward Lilly
St. John’s Uni
Lilly
ABM
Fuehrer
England
Foxes Society Meeting Notice in Rappahannock County
A true but humorous chronicle from Scrabble Virginia describes Jack DeBergh finding a mimeographed notice about the Foxes Society of Rappahannock County. The meeting is set for September 14 in Carneys Hollow with social hour at midnight and guest disclosures. The piece blends rural life with reflections on wildlife and seasons.
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Scrabble
Rappahannock County
Blue Ridge
Jack DeBergh
The
Foxes’ Society
Carneys’ Hollow
Red Fox
DeBergh
Mason’s Mountain
Sparto
State Highway Department
Woodville
Woodville Road
Hakinson
Schrafft’s
Amissville
Rappahannock
Jimmy Falls
Garfield Burke
Diabetes caution from big babies to watch for later risk
A reader writes about having several large babies and worry over diabetes. Dr Thosteson explains that about one third of babies born to diabetic mothers weigh 10 pounds or more, and even non diabetic mothers with large babies may face future diabetes. Emphasizes periodic testing if family history or overweight, and that early detection aids control. Another reader asks about balanced meals for colitis. advice focuses on essential nutrients distributed across meals and optional dietitian help.
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L.H
Letters to the Editor on education and town pride in Muscatine
The writer laments a defeated school bond and urges prioritizing education over social types. She criticizes local ignorance, criticizes restaurant water service quality, and questions priorities funding culture, churches, and golf. She recalls Muscatine's past, endorses better schooling, and signs as Lucy Sward.
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Dr. Fields
Franklin School
Towa
Pride and Joy of
Muscatine
Grace Lutheran
Iowa
Lucy Sward
Lincoln Bird
City buzzed with auctioneers as unusual business stirred streets
A snapshot of local life over the decades shows a busy city morning with auctioneers and patent vendors adding noise and bustle. Historically dated notes recount anniversaries of civic moves, military service, and police actions reflecting community rhythms across the years.
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Co. R. Conner
Cedar Rapids
Masonic Grand Lodge
Davenport
K. P
Today in history overview for June 5, 1969
Summary of historical highlights from June 5 across years. Notable items include the start of the Battle of France in 1940, the first performance of Onward Christian Soldiers in 1865, Grant’s 1872 nomination, mass WWI draft registration in 1917, the U S gold standard removal in 1933, Marshall Plan outline in 1947, 1950 civil rights rulings on segregation, Adenauer’s 196? candidacy decision ten years earlier, de Gaulle Ball talks in Paris in 1965, and RFK assassination in 1968 Portland reference.
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Associated Press
France
Harvard University
Europe
WS. Supreme Court
University of Texas Law School
University of Oklahoma
Konrad Adenauer
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
George W. Ball
Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
California
Prayer for empowerment to witness today
A daily prayer asks for the Holy Spirit to empower the believer to witness across Jerusalem and to the ends of the earth. It echoes Acts 1 8 urging readiness and adequacy to serve in Jesus name with Amen.
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Jerusalem
Judea
Samaria
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Dial
H.L. Nelson
Federal Aviation Administration
John D. Dailey
FAA
Cuba
Terre Haute
Ind
Tribune
Small Society
Aan
Brickman
True Tales of
Margaret Wilson
James
George C. Thesteson
M. D
Dr. Thosteson
Bach
West End
Spruce Street
H. E. Pressler
Rudolph Blass
Verley Miller
Atalissa
Richard C. Miller
Navy
West Virginia
Vern Miller
Verle Miller
Corsica
Conesville
Charles William Wolford
Horace Ireland
Methodist Church
Harold Lee Janney
United States Navy
San Francisco
Garry Woodward
Philadelphia
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
the Daily Prayer
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