Dust and crowds blot Kent-Stein park in Muscatine
Kent-Stein park in South Muscatine buzzes with 400 to 1,000 people on busy nights. Sixteen Little League teams plus softball squads fill multiple diamonds, drawing families and spectators. Dust from gravel driving areas spills onto fields. options include paving, watering, oiling, or calcium chloride to reduce dirt and dust while preserving the park’s valuable community role.
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Kent-Stein Park
South
Muscatine
Kent-Stein
Park Commission
Kent - Stein
Nixon's Vietnam plan may end war by next year
President Nixon hints at withdrawing all U.S. ground combat troops by end of 1970 with Clark Clifford advocating a similar timetable. The analysis suggests Nixon and Clifford share a plan to Vietnamize and steadily reduce U.S. participation while maintaining air and naval support. Progress depends on three flexible conditions including South Vietnam’s army readiness and Paris talks.
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Nixon
New Hampshire
Clark Clifford
U.S
Clifford
Johnson
Robert McNamara
L.B.J
Thieu
United States
South Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Southeast Asia
Paris
The World in a Drop of Water
New York essay extols water as life giving and endlessly varied. It covers water’s abundance on Earth, its cycles, molecular strength, and role in weather, geology, and biology, noting Niagara erosion studies and Columbus Iselin’s critique of focus on space over seas.
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New York
Earth
Jesus
Lazarus
England
France
Siberia
Alaska
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Lake Erie
Columbus Iselin
Hypoglycemia worries and medical insight for a child
A letter asks if a four year old with low blood sugar is seriously ill and if she will outgrow it. The doctor explains hypoglycemia is not deadly but requires careful study to identify type, with tests guiding treatment. Another reader notes a son’s mood changes linked to hypoglycemia and emphasizes early suspicion and a sugar tolerance test.
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Dr. Thostesen
M.R
The Lettermen Hip Yet Clean Cut On Campus Tours
The Lettermen, a popular singing group, avoid flashy Bohemian looks and perform with normal attire. Tony Butala Gary Pike and Doug Curran lead a conservative image as they travel 75,000 miles yearly for 150 college concerts plus Las Vegas and TV appearances. Since 1961 they’ve released 24 albums and sold about 12 million records. They project $8 to $10 million annual operation and expect no breakup soon.
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New York
Bohemia
Risny
Tony Buiala
Sharon
Tony
Gary Pike
St. Louis
Doug Curran
Silver Spring
Brigham Young University
Brazil
Church of Latter Day Saints
Lettermen
Jim Pike
Gary
Las Vegas
Butala
Hotel Plaza
Roads Repaired West Of Bridge In North Muscatine
A long damaged road west of the Mad Creek bridge in North Muscatine has been repaired after rain. The item also notes 75, 50 year highlights and local community updates including a Chicago-bound Muscatine native in a good position, a Lauson tractor dealership, and a war death.
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Mad Creek
North Muscatine
John Althaus
Chicago
John
Muscatine
Lauson
Lauson Tractors
Detthof Hardware Co
Today in History June 25 1964 highlights
On this date in 1950 North Korea invaded the Republic of Korea signaling the start of the Korean War. Other notes reference John Withrop introducing a table fork to America, Virginia ratifying the U S Constitution in 1788, Napoleon’s farewell at St Helena in 1815, Custer’s defeat at Little Bighorn in 1876, Belleau Wood action in 1948, and race-related events in 1941 and St Augustine in 1964.
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Associated Press
North Korea
Republic of Korea
John Withrop
America
Massachusetts
Virginia
U. S
Napoleon Bonaparte
U.S
Belleau Wood
France
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
United Nations
St. Augustine
Fla
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Liberal Party
Canada
Daily prayer for strength in spirit from Hazel
A concise devotional prayer asks for steadfastness in faith despite physical pain and illness. The speaker, Hazel, seeks grace to keep love for God and zeal for eternity, ending with Amen.
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Geoffrey Drummond
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Sahara Desert
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George C. Thesteson
M. D
J.R
Dr. Thosteson
Hal
Boyle
Pvt
Vaughn Yeater
Roy Yeater
McArthur Street
War Department
Pvt. Yeater
Camp Blanding
Bert Budelier
Near
Wilton
F. W. Bishop
Budélier
Walter Phelps
Danny Hants
Ann Hillyer
Archie Hillyer
East 10Th St
University of Chicago
Hazel
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