St Joseph Returns to River With Standard Power Train
St Joseph, a towboat retired in 1961, made its first Upper Mississippi appearance since 1961. Original 1953 propulsion used vertical paddle wheels. redesigned by 1976 with conventional propellers and rudder. Army engineers report new shoals due to bed load, dredging to start in two weeks, extreme caution advised for barge loading, depths limited to 6.5 feet at the lowest pool level. River steady Dubuque to Keokuk, then declined downstream.
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St. Joseph
Upper Mississippi
U.S. Army
Tock Island
Mississippi
Dubuque
Keokuk
Too Little Too Late Clerk Asks
Waterloo AP Town Methodist Bishop James 3.T warned delegates at the North Iowa Methodist Conference that a pace exists that can kill or redeem. He urged enlightened alteration, dedication, and trust in the Lord of fire, cautioned against excessive speed, and urged learning young. Another speaker, Robert H. Whitfield, urged more youth services and family support programs to aid troubled families and children. Also reported: water flow in district June 22 and tonnage and traffic through Lock 15, including coal, grain, petroleum products, towboats, and barges in north and southbound movements.
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Waterloo
Methodist
James 3
North Iowa
Thomas
Robert H. Whitfield
Newton
Kan
Methodist Youthville
Iowa
United States
Whitfield
Dr Dorothy Haas to Speak At Lutheran Homes Festival
Dr Dorothy B L Haas executive director of the women s program at the American Lutheran Church will address the Lutheran Homes 70th anniversary festival on Sunday The afternoon service at 2 30 will feature her background on Lutheran Homes and the active support from church women The morning service at 11 will be led by Rev Norbert A Schott of New Douglas T This item ties to church events and community aid to Lutheran Homes with emphasis on Haas personal ties and organizational role
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Dorothy Haas
Dorothy B. L. Haas
The
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Dr. Haas
Devil's Hole Fails to Yield Divers' Bodies
Death Valley Calif. rescue teams scoured Devil's Hole for two divers missing since a Sunday midnight dive. David Rose twenty and Paul Giancontieri nineteen failed to surface, with 20 divers and volunteers aiding the search but officials deeming recovery unlikely. Devil's Hole lies northwest of Las Vegas in Death Valley National Monument.
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Death Valley
Calif
Devil's Hole
David Rose
Paul Giancontieri
Pacific Northwest
Los Angeles
Death Valley National Monument
Las Vegas
Nev
Desert
Muscatine Journal Publisher Notice History Currency
The Muscatine Journal is a daily published newspaper serving Muscatine Iowa with Associated Press material supplied for local publication. This notice confirms its status as a second class matter and outlines its distribution and postal details.
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Muscatine Journal
Bangey
Leencorporated
E.ard St. Man Eating
Iowa
Muscatine
Associated Press
AP News Dispatcher
Subscription Rates For Daily Delivery In Muscatine Area
Subscription rates listed for daily newspaper delivery by carrier and mail within three miles of Muscatine. Rates include forty cents per week, one year by mail within nearby limits, and special delivery for papers missed in main delivery. Office hours and contact number provided.
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Muscatine Lee
Daly
Stsan
Eapers Witch
C N W Could Handle Extra CGW Freight Cars Merger Hearing
WATERLOO AP The Chicago and North Western Railroad could accommodate additional CGW cars if merged. C&NW general manager Carl Hussey testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing, noting weekly traffic study shows above average loadings but not max. Oelwein residents protest the merger citing local impact.
Opportunity Act Steering Group Makes Report
The Muscatine county steering committee studying local involvement in the federal Economic Opportunity Act will report to the county board of supervisors. Five members spoke at the Monday night city hall meeting attended by 10 people and proposed a 46 member advisory group from local government education and welfare groups. From the 46 would come an 11 member board of directors. The board would provide a five member executive committee and could represent the county in a district organization for overlapping programs.
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Muscatine County
County Board of Supervisors
Fish Fry Cancelled For Knights Of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus fish fry for members and families scheduled Friday evening has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date.
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Knights of Columbus
Home-O-Mize issues profit sharing checks today
The Home-O-Mize Co distributes 45 625 in profit sharing to employees, equal to about one and a quarter weeks of pay for eligible workers. A second payout is planned in December, with an additional equal amount added to the company's retirement plan.
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Home-O-Mize Co
Home-O-Nize
Art Guild Meets as Trodi Proffitt Gives Evening Lesson
Trodi Proffitt will lead a lesson for the Muscatine Civic Art Guild this evening at 7:20 at the Art Guild Center.
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ART Guild
Trodi Proffitt
Muscatine
Burglars Hit Triangle Inn and Mail Box Bombed
Police investigated a burglary at the Triangle Inn tavern 201 West Second Street and a cherry bomb damaged a postal box on East Fourth Street. Losses included $211 cash, 14 liquor bottles, six cartons of cigarettes, 10 six packs of beer, plus damaged coins and game equipment. No forced entry noted and suspects remained at large.
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John H. Hendriks
East Fourth Street
Triangle Inn
West Second Street
Eis Attends National Math Institute for 6-Week Program
Loryann M Eis daughter of Mr and Mrs Chester Eis of 410 West Fourth Street and a Muscatine Community College graduate has won a National Science Foundation grant to attend a six week mathematics institute at Montclair State College New Jersey. The program will educate 731 teachers from junior and senior high schools on topics including Projective and Euclidean geometry and computer programming. Eis earned a BS from Augustana College and an MS from the University of Illinois and now teaches mathematics at United Township High School East Moline Illinois where she will lead the math department next year.
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Loryann M. Eis
Chester Eis
West Fourth Street
Muscatine Community College
National Science Foundation
Mathematics Institute
Montclair State College
Upper Montclair
N. J
United States
Miss Eis
Augustana College
University of Ilinois
Ris
United Township High School
East Moline
Cancer Society To Honor Aides Thursday Night
The Muscatine county workers in the Cancer Crusade will be thanked with coffee served by the county society at Trinity Episcopal church parish hall Thursday at p.m. Various citations will be awarded.
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Muscatine County
Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall
Truck Upset Hurts Driver
Harold Lee Warnstaff, 25, of Wilton route 1, received possible fractures and cuts when his pickup overturned on its side after turning from Oregon street onto Baker street around 3 am. He was arrested on two charges: failure to have control of the vehicle and failure to have a valid driver's license. The truck owner, James Jesse Wilson of 1804 Miles Avenue, will be charged with allowing an unauthorized person to operate a motor vehicle.
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Route 1
Wilton
Muscatine General Hospital
Oregon Street
Baker Street
Warnstaff
James Jesse Wilson
Miles Avenue
Palige
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