IHC Vehicles to Get Short Wave Radio Equipment Bids
The Town Highway Commission Ames will receive bids for a state radio network. The system spans 26 counties including Muscatine and Louisa with 28 mobile relay stations 3 central stations 28 towers 294 mobile units and 15 electric generators. Federal funds totaling 253 642 45 will help cover the 507 284 cost as full deployment aims for all 89 counties.
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Town Highway Commission
Priday
Ames
Muscatine
Louisa
Highway Commission
Associated Press
Ray C. Stiles
State Civil de
Fense
Commission
Harry J. Bradley Jr
Harald Hughes
Stiles
Federal’ Civil Defense Agency
Rural Utilities Urged as Key War on Poverty Force
Washington reports that 15 000 managers and directors of government financed rural electric and telephone systems are urged to form a key task force in the war on poverty in rural areas. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture John A. Baker appeals to utility leaders to join Johnson administration efforts to create opportunities for rural Americans displaced from farming and related fields. Baker leads Rural Electrification Administration which has made loans of more than 4 billion dollars.
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Washington
John A. Baker
Johnson Administration
Baker
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Milwaukee
Agriculture Department
Johnson
Oakland Township Farm Bureau Women Meet at Canasville
Oakland Township and Orono Farm Bureau Homemakers met for a joint business and social gathering Monday June 22 at Mrs Sylvia Platts home in Canasville with 20 women and six children present. The group planned a Christmas Fair and Riggs contest at Wapello, plus a picnic in Columbus Junction and a Fourth of July program. The meeting included devotions, reports by Mrs Margaret Bloomquist, and a memory roll call.
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Conesville
Oakland Township
Orono
Ruth Buser
Louisa County Farm Bureau
Wapelle
Wapello
Margaret Bloomquist
Chautauqua Park
Columbus Junction
Shelter House
Conversation at Memphis Party Highlights Language Gap
An exchange between two guests at a Memphis party underscores the idea that people may not hear what is said. The guest of honor is praised as a brilliant conversationalist, but the other guest quips she speaks only in her own language, not English.
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Memphis
Qne
Des Moines liquor stores top $1 million in year
An audit of the State Liquor Control Commission shows eight stores exceeding $1 million in sales for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983. Des Moines hosts three top performers led by a north Des Moines self service store earning $1,286,192. Total state sales reach $44,598,253 with profits around $11.26 million, down from the prior year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Svares
Slate Liquor Contral Commission
Commission
Lyre
Cedar Rapids
Town City
Fort Deege
Waterloo
Local Jaycees Attend National Convention in Dallas
Don LaRue president of Magcaline Junior Chamber of Commerce John Moore a ta signal director Merle Strouse and Wayne Garrett with wives travel to Dallas Texas for the annual national convention of Jaycees Activities include rifle sessions and caucuses with Strouse Iowa entrant in the Junior Chamber SPOKE of the Year contest.
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Don LaRue
Magcaline Junior Chamber of Commerce
John Moore
A& Ta
Merle Strouse
Wayne Garrett
Dallas
Tex
Strouse
Iowa
YMCA Boys Trip To Fish Hatchery Planned
YMCA Fun Club members from Fairport will visit the Fairport Fish Hatchery this morning. Next Wednesday July 1 they travel to the Muscatine Pea Works to learn button making. Boys meet at the YMCA at 9:00 a.m. bring swimsuits towels and six cents for bus fare.
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YMCA
Fairport Fish Hatchery
Muscatine
Civil War Diaries Donated to Iowa State Historical Dept
Five diaries kept by Garrett Schreurs, a former Muscatine man who served as a private in the 3rd Iowa Volunteers, have been donated to the State Historical Department in Des Moines. He fought at Belmont Donelson Shiloh and Corinth, was wounded twice, and later ran a flour milling business. Grandson Warren Schreurs of Tucson presented the diaries during a return trip from Evanston.
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Warren Schreurs
Tucson
Ariz
Iowa Historical Department
Pvt
Garrett’Schreurs
Muscatine
AP Phatofox
State Historical Department
Des Moines
Garrett Sehreurs
Belmont
Missouri
Towa
Warren $. Schreurs
Evanston
Schreurs
Iowa
Donelson, Shiloh
Covin
Warren Lehreurs
Jack’ Musgrave
Historical Department
Garrett Lehreurs
Musea- Gite
Empire City Pearl Buttors Co
Vincent C. Schrauss
Eclipse of the Moon Seen Tonight Across the Area
Observers may see Earth's shadow on the moon tonight if skies clear. The eclipse begins around moonrise and ends near 10:03 p.m. Look eastward after 9 p.m. as the moon emerges from the shadow. a bronze color may outline the lunar disk.
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Earth
Steinbaugh Selected for Arizona Boys State Camp
Jim Steinbaugh of Phoenix and Atiz., son of Ellen and the late Phillip Steinbaugh, a former Muscatine resident, was among five Maryvale high school juniors chosen for the Arizona Boys State camp. He works as a lifeguard and swimming instructor in Phoenix during summer vacations.
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Jim Steinbaugh
Phoenix
Atiz
Ellen
Phillip. Steinbaugh
Muscatine
Maryvale High School
A Magsialf
DeMolay Group Meets Tonight at Masonic Temple
The G. A. Riemeke chapter of DeMolay will convene at the Masonic temple at 7 p m with all officers asked to attend. The DeMolay Mothers Circle club also meets at 7 pm.
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G. A. Riemeke
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
DeMolay Mothers Circle Club
License Charge Results in Fine for Suspected Driver
Suzarme Carol Proehl, 20, of Beliendorf, pleaded guilty in district court Tuesday the charge of operating a motor vehicle while her license was suspended. Judge Westrate fined her $100 and court costs.
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Suzarme Carol Proehl
Beliendorf
Westrate
Mild Sunny Weather Pimps Muscatine Statewide Outlook
The Associated Press reports mild pleasant conditions prevailed today in Muscatine and across the state. Temperatures tonight are expected to dip into the upper 40s with higher highs Thursday in the southeast. Downtow n Muscatine noon readings show 76. Tuesday highs ranged from 75 to 84 across several towns.
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Muscatine
Associated Press
Town
Mason City
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Wallace keynote sparks split among Jaycees delegates
At the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Dallas, Alabama Governor George Wallace drew mixed reactions as the Connecticut delegation boycotted the keynote while about 7,300 delegates gave him a standing ovation. Wallace assailed the Supreme Court and civil rights measures, calling current rulings a judicial oligarchy.
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Dallas
Tex
Connecticut
Massachusetts
George C. Wallace
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wallace
Dallas Memorial
Robert E. Joyce
West Haven
Conn
Share in Profits Paid Home O Nize Employees
Home O Nize Co paid 32000 in cash profit sharing to eligible members. The first of two annual cash distributions, with a second in December. An approximately equal amount will be added to the Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan to provide retirement income for members.
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Home-O-Nize Co
Home- Onize Co
Cedar Valley News Notes
Cedar Valley notes list local social events and visits. Mrs Le Moine Heiter is a Mercy Hospital Iowa City patient. Jack Meyers hosts a card club. eight couples attended. Steve Moneymaker from Moline visits relatives Calvin and Virgil Meyers and others for meals. Clifton Meyers hosts dinner for relatives. Mel Campbell relatives present. Guy Flater and Eddie Atchaugh from Baltimore dine with John Flater. J A Kline attends Methodist conference in Mt Pleasant. Mrs Paul Oberman attends summer conference in Des Moines as Farm Bureau Women’s chair. Guy Flater and others visit Dr John Carey’s family in West Liberty.
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Cedar Valley
le Moine Heiter
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jack Meyers
Steve Moneymaker
Moline
Methodist Church
Mt. Pleasant
Paul Oberman
Muscatine
River Traffic Report Noted Weekly Cargo Volumes Upstream and Downstream
The Corps of Engineers recorded river traffic for the week ending Monday on the Mississippi section near Rock Island. Upstream movements totaled 329,760 tons with 176 barges, including coal, petroleum products, and other materials. downstream shipments reached 92,709 tons with 149 barges across 24 tows.
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Mississippi River
Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
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