Grand Opening at New Holiday Station in Muscatine
The Holiday Station Store at 502 Grandview Ave, Muscatine, opens in a new fireproof building with 2720 square feet, expanded stock, nine gas pumps, large parking, and daily events across Thursday to Sunday. Prizes include a portable color TV, children rides, and gifts with gas purchases. Monte Woodford manages, with newly added drug section and broad merchandise lines. First Holy Communion at St Marys Church noted, followed by religious Vacation School and a priest’s retreat attendance by Father John A Hebenstreit.
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Holiday Station
Grandview Avenue
Holiday
Monte, Woodford
St. Mary’s Hall
Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Marie
Laverne
John A. Hebenstreit
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Hippies in Los Angeles County Get Soap Ahead of Exams
Los Angeles County supervisors, amid a $1.22 billion budget wrangle, paused to mandate soap for hippies hired by the Venereal Disease Control Department. The department plans to recruit a small group to encourage peers to undergo medical examinations, with a $240,000 health division appropriation conditioned on providing soap for each hire.
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Los Angeles
Venereal Disease Control Department
Health Department
Harvard to Offer Afro-American History Relations Course
Harvard will offer a full year basic social science course titled Afro-American Experience Race Relations Through American History for general education students next year. Professor Frank Freidel, noted historian and biographer of Franklin D. Roosevelt, will teach the course at Harvard College in Cambridge.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Frank Freidel
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Production of Livestock Dropping in Soviet Union
Washington AP reports a severe downward trend in Soviet livestock production despite high government development priority. The Agriculture Department cites a sharp hog decline as the era’s most severe retrenchment since 1963, attributing part to disease and noting additional factors.
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Soviet Union
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Decline in Chick Production Reported by U S Agriculture
The Agriculture Department said hatcheries produced 321 million chicks last month, a one percent drop from a year earlier. Boiler-type chicks rose to 262 million while egg-type chicks fell to 59 million. May turkey poults dropped 10 percent year over year. 73,445,000 poults hatched in the first five months, down 20 percent from 1967.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Turkey
Few Horses Comply With Law in MarbleheadAP report
Marblehead registrar of horses reported low compliance with a new law. Officials said few horses meet the requirements, and enforcement actions were discussed. The AP dispatch notes how the issue affects local stables and horse owners seeking clarity on future compliance.
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Marblehea, Mass
Registrar of Horses
Town Hall Fails to Register Local Horses Amid New Law
A draft notice notes that only a small portion of the community’s 150 horses comply with the new town ordinance requiring registration at Town Hall. Officials urge owners to register promptly to avoid penalties.
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Muscatine In
Nichols
L.A. County
U.S
Department
Casey’ Jones
Muscatine
Carl Sachs, Inc
W. 7Th Street
Fred Terry & Sons
Best
Willis
Mississippi
P.& S Electric
Hershey Avenue
Electrical Contractors
Sale Bsc
Jamaica
West Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
Pye
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