Teens Work Vacation Service At Migrant Center
A group of 21 high school youths from 20 Iowa cities spend a week in Muscatine during summer vacation working unpaid at the South Iowa Methodist Migrant Youth Work Camp. They paint, nail, sort, and perform tasks at the Migrant Center while staying at Musserville Methodist church, with meals provided by local United Methodist churches. The group aims for meaningful religious experience and evening recreation, led by Rev. T Ray Crews and Rev. Frank Greenwood, with nursing student Jeanne Miller and Penn College senior Diane Barns assisting.
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Allan Collins
Muscatine
West 2Nd St
Lake Darling
Golden Valley
South Iowa
Musserville Church
United Methodist Churches
Park Pool
Frank Greenwood
Carter Johnson
Greenwood
Johnson
Jeanne Miller
Diane Barns
Penn College
Iowa
South Town Methodist Youth Conference
Warren Said To Resign Court Spot
Washington AP Chief Justice Earl Warren quits the Supreme Court after 15 years amid debates over liberal rulings on race and police powers. White House offered no comment. Warren once favored compulsory retirement but noted no fixed age. federal judges may retire at 70 after ten years with a lifetime pension.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
White House
Warren
Underground Streamlining For Piccadilly Circus
London officials unveil plans to revamp Piccadilly Circus with underground traffic ducts new buildings and hotels while preserving the bright lights and the Eros statue. Work to begin in about three years according to the Greater London Council.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
God of Love
Greater London Council
Eros
Monday Last Day to Pay First Half Property Tax
Muscatine county residents have little time left to pay their first half taxes without penalty. Treasurer Lauren Goddard says Monday is the last day before penalties apply, with a three fourths of one percent monthly charge starting Tuesday for unpaid amounts. Lifesaving classes at the YMCA begin once enough names are listed, with sessions on Tuesday evenings until 22 hours completed.
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Muscatine County
Lauren Goddard
YMCA
Y.M.C.A
Hijacked Liner Lands in Caracas After Cuban Stop
A Venezuelan airliner with 79 aboard landed in Caracas 122 hours late after being hijacked by a grenade wielding Dominican. Pilot Capt Harry Gibson said 74 passengers and five crew were well during their unexpected stay in Santiago Cuba. The hijacker, a young Dominican, sought asylum in Cuba and ordered a Havana flight before the pilot explained insufficient fuel for that leg.
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Carscas
Caracas
Cuba
Harry Gibson
Santiago
Gibson
Viasa Airlines
Santo Domingo
Curacao
Havana
Youth Burns Draft Card in Saigon Protest
Mark W Rankin from Annapolis Md publicly burned his draft card in downtown Saigon to protest American involvement in Vietnam. Soon after, two trucks of South Vietnamese police with truncheons and machine pistols dispersed reporters and arrested Rankin, who was released a few hours later.
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Saigon
Mark W. Rankin
Annapolis
Vietnam
Rankin
Firemen Respond to Brush Fires East of Muscatine
Firefighters with rural truck battled brush fires along the Rock Island railroad east of Muscatine at 5 p.m. Thursday. About an hour was spent extinguishing scattered blazes reportedly set by a locomotive.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Wires Burn In Alley Cuts Power Across Downtown
Electrical service for East Second street and Town avenue businesses was interrupted when a pothead in the No 2 alley burned from a possible short. A transformer behind City Hall burned lines carrying 120 240 volts. A second smoking transformer in the 100 block halted service as linemen began repairs. Repairs were expected to finish and power restored this afternoon. The fire and outages were reported around 11 30 a.m.
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East Second Street
Town Avenue
Seward Hathaway
Muscatine Power and Water
No. 2
City Hall
Hathaway
Groundbreaking Planned for Church of God Sunday
The Church of God at 222 Bleeker announces groundbreaking ceremonies to be held Sunday, June 23 at 2 30 p.m. at their present site for a new church building. Rev W M Doc Horton Des Moines state overseer will preach and officiate the ceremony with Rev W B Rains Davenport district pastor taking part. Public invited.
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Tod
Bleeker
W.M
Doc) Horton
Des Moines
W.B. Rains
Davenport
Tools stolen from Noble Payne’s garage on Sampson Street
Noble Payne reported Thursday night that a number of tools were taken from a garage at his home on Sampson Street. The loss, valued at 150 to 200 dollars, included socket and box end wrenches of various sizes a tool box and other miscellaneous tools. The theft occurred Wednesday night according to Payne.
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Noble Payne
Sampson Street
Payne
Muscatine Journal Details Publication Model
Muscatine Journal is a daily paper except Sundays and holidays. It is published by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises at 301 E 3rd St, Muscatine Iowa 52761. It is entered as second class matter in the Muscatine post office under the 1879 act. Associated Press owns exclusive local news use.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Exterprists
E. 3Rd
St. Muscatine
Iowa
Muscatine
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Paper
Rates listed for subscribers including city carrier at $2.00 per month, non Muscatine carrier 40 cents for two weeks, mail within fifty miles $15 per year, towns with tarder service $13, over fifty miles $20.00 per year. All mail subscriptions prepaid. Office hours and special delivery details included. Dial-263-2331.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Heinz Factory Manager Named to Bank Board
Douglas L. Bartley new manager of the H J Heinz plant in Muscatine has been elected to the board of directors of First National Bank of Muscatine. Bartley succeeds Edward R Maher who heads to Ohio to oversee a Heinz distribution center. Bartley began with Heinz in 1940s and is a 1932 Illinois graduate with an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh earned in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinz
Douglas L. Bartley
H.J. Heinz Company
Muscatine
First National Bank of
George Shepley
First National Bank
Bartley
Edward R. Maher
Maher
H.J. Heinz
Toledo
Ohio
Heinz Company
IMG
Bowling Green
University of Il
Lawn Concert at Laura Musser Art Gallery
Muscatine High School band under Larry Hintz performs a Sunday lawn concert at 2 p.m. with America the Beautiful and the Star Spangled Banner as bookends. Includes Air for Band, Selections from the Sound of Music, and several marches. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine High School
Laura Musser
Larry Hintz
Two Area Students Named to St Ambrose Dean's List
Two area students were named to St Ambrose College Davenport Dean's List for outstanding scholastic achievement. Eleven earned 4.0 GPAs and seventy reached 3.5 or higher. Muscatine's Jom E. Peters appears on the list, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Peters of 217 W Uth. Reynolds Illinois native James C Conway Rt 1 also appears on the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
St. Ambrose
Rev Higdon Named New Associate At Wesley Church
Rev. Dave L. Higdon will assume duties as associate pastor of Wesley United Methodist Church this Sunday. A Newton Iowa native, he graduates from Boston University School of Theology and previously served West Hill Methodist Church in Burlington in 1966. He and his wife Dorothy have two sons Gerald and James. the family resides at 1497 Washington.
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Dave L. Higdon
Wesley United Methodist Church
Higdon
Newton
Iowa
Boston University School of Theology
Boston
Mass
West Hill Methodist Church
Burlington
Dorothy
Gerald
James
Washington
Cornell Univ Food Scientist In Muscatine
Cornell University food scientist Dr Kosikowski from Ithaca New York visits Muscatine to conduct a food seminar for Grain Processing Corporation R D staff. He is renowned for milk chemistry and bacteriology work and has held Fulbright and State Department exchanges. Tito dePaolis of GPC collaborated during a post doctorate fellowship with Kosikowski at Cornell.
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Kosikowski
Cornell University
Ithaca
New York
Muscatine
Grain Processing Corporation
France
State Department
Ireland
Food and Agriculture Committee
United States
Tito dePaolis
GPC
National Institute of Health
Cornell
Research and Development Department
Cars Damaged In Accident At Grandview And Warren
At 4 08 p m Thursday police reported a collision at Grandview avenue and Warren Street. No injuries. Kennard John Schroeder of Wilton driving a Buick hit Gonzalo Valenzuela of 505 East Mississippi drive driving a Chevrolet. Both cars sustained damage to front and side components.
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Grandview Avenue
Warren Street
Kennard
John Schroeder
Route 1
Wilton
Chevrolet
Gonzalo Valenzuela
East Mississippi Drive
Schroeder
Central Soya Third Quarter Earnings Up
Central Soya reports third quarter earnings of 2,437,091 with 37 cents per share, up 9 cents from a year earlier. For the quarter ending May 31, 1968, sales reached 128,828,000 versus 146,025,100 last year. The Fort Wayne company, ranked 150th in Fortune’s 500, operates grain terminals and a livestock feed plant in Muscatine.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Central Soya
Fortune Magazine
Muscatine
Veterans Admin Office Davenport Opens Wednesday
The temporary Veterans Administration Contact Office in the Scott County Court House Davenport will be open on Wednesday June 26 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. to provide personal assistance to veterans their dependents and beneficiaries.
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Veterans Administration
Scot County Court House
Davenport
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