Muscatine Property Tax Compared With Iowa Cities
A Journal analysis shows Muscatine’s 1969 mill levy of 107.077 places it above 15 of Iowa’s 21 largest cities in property tax rate. A $20,000 home would pay $515.67 after homestead credit in Muscatine, while other cities like Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Ames, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Sioux City show higher or lower totals under 27 percent assessments.
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Ames
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Des Moines
What Humphrey could do in Vietnam by Roscoe and Geoffrey Drummond
Washington The essay urges President Nixon to broaden his Vietnam peace talks with bipartisan support by including former Vice President Hubert Humphrey. It argues bipartisan leadership would foster public and congressional backing, reduce partisan conflict, and help Hanoi negotiate in good faith.
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Don Johnson profile from West Branch native chosen by Nixon
Donald E. Johnson of West Branch, born in Cedar Falls, rises from a foster family to national status as Nixon’s Veterans Administration head pick. A Bronze Star recipient with a long career in business and American Legion leadership, he twice failed in bids for office and has opposed campus violence while urging student visits to Vietnam for real insight.
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Veterans Administration
Donald E. Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Johnson
Henry Johnson
Cedar Falls
Chris E. Hansen
Germany
West Branch Farm Supply Co
J Poultry Co. Inc
Waterloo
Iowa
Commission On Human Relations
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Commission
Conscientious Objector
Vietnam
Shapes of Nipples and Bottles In Baby Care
Foster parents seek guidance on nipple shape and bottle design for infant feeding. Experts say texture matters most for flow, with too soft nipples collapsing and too firm ones hard to manipulate. shape does not affect future speech. Wide mouths ease cleaning. monitor nipple integrity weekly.
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Dr. Thasteson
Letters to the Editor Praise for 1969 graduation photo
A Muscatine reader commends the Journal for a top photo in Tuesday's issue. The letter lauds the class of 1969 for their graduation day performance and notes recognizable faces among the smarter students. Signed as a friend from the class of 1970.
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Muscatine
New York Diet Advice Sparks Lighthearted Advice Column
A humorous column examines who needs a diet, listing telltale signs like wider shoe ties and larger sandwiches. It notes that many adults feel pressured to diet, even normal-weight people seeking social approval, and ends with the punchline that yes, you do need a diet despite compliments.
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New York
Obscure Muscatine items recall war era letters
A column of decades old musings notes a young servant praised as promising yet unreliable, travels of C D Raton in Muscatine, illness in St Louis, and a former resident returning from France. It records missing in action reports for Army air corps bombardier Robert Walter and Pvt Lawrence Proffitt, plus death of nurse Margaret Williamson Matheson at Grandview Nursing Home.
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Robert T. Walter
Army Air Corps
Austria
Dorothy P. Walter
Sycamore St
War Department
Lawrence C. Proffitt
Gene Proffitt
East Fifth Street
Italy
Secretary of War
Margaret Williamson Matheson
Muscatine
Grandview Nursing Home
Today in history spotlight for June 6 1969 events
AP notes key dates such as D Day on Normandy 1944 and Nathan Hale born 1755. It recalls Belleau Wood actions 1918 and Yorktown sunk 1942, plus SEC founded 1934 and Meredith wounded 1966. It mentions Lee Kuan Yew’s first day as prime minister in Singapore, Saigon rally Buddhist tensions, and RFK death in Los Angeles.
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Normandy
France
Nathan Hale
Coventry
Conn
Alsace
Germany
U.S
Belleau Wood
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
Midway
James Meredith
Meredith
Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
Daily prayer on mindful speech and nature's lesson
A TEV prayer expresses gratitude for nature as a teaching, asks to listen for God's voice, and seeks strength to be still and obey His will. The prayer emphasizes using helpful words that build up others and promote good.
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