Elderly Tax Relief and Property Tax Repeal Passed
Iowa lawmakers report passage of an elderly and disabled tax relief bill cutting property tax burdens for residents over 85 or totally disabled with incomes under 4000. Renters may qualify, with 20 percent of rent tied to property taxes. first payments in 1974. Also repealing personal property tax over ten years, with exemptions rising as revenue grows. low cost power bill advances for utilities. Vietnam veterans bonus approved at 17.50 per month.
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Iowa
House
Senate
Ray
Vietnam
Lock and Dam operator to retire after 40 years service
Russell E. McVicker 64 of 1419 Devitt Ave Muscatine will retire Friday from the Rock Island District Corps of Engineers after more than four decades. He began in June 1930 as a seasonal laborer on the Illinois and Mississippi Canal, later becoming junior laborer, then lockman at Lock No 22, overseeing lock operations and recording vessel details. He moved to Lock No 16 in Muscatine in 1951 and was promoted to the position in 1955, serving until his retirement.
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Russell E. McVicker
Devitt Ave
Muscatine
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Illinois and Mississippi Canal
Mississippi River
Illinois River
Hennepin
Ilinois
McVicker
Canal
MecVicker
Mssissippi River Navigation Lock No. 16
Davenport to honor rock tickets for July fourth show
Concept Investments spokesman said 1300 tickets sold for the canceled Muscatine county rock festival will be honored at the Mississippi Valley Music Fair on the Davenport levee July 4. The festival near the Cedar River, about 10 miles NW of Muscatine, was canceled after talks with Iowa officials and Gov. Ray staff.
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Concept Investments, Ltd
Davenport
Muscatine County
Davenport Levee
Cedar River
Muscatine
Iowa
Richard Turner
Robert Ray
Edward Price
Concept Tivestments
Democrats Plan Family Picnic at Weed Park
Muscatine county Democrats announce their annual family picnic at Weed Park shelter house near the tennis courts. The event is set for 6 40 p m on Thursday June 2. The Women's Club will furnish the meat and each family should bring a covered dish table service and a drink.
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Muscatine County
Weed Park
Rabedeaux votes against town salary boost proposal
State Senator W. R. Rabedeaux voted against a pay raise for Town legislators from 5500 to 8000, approved by the Senate 26 to 23 after House passage. Rep Richard Drake supported. Rep David Stanley opposed. All three are Muscatine Republicans.
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W. R
Bill) Rabedeaux
Wilton
Senate
House of Representatives
Richard Drake
David Stanley
Muscatine
Extended three day forecast from AP
The extended forecast calls for Thursday through Saturday with generally fair and mild conditions. Daytime temperatures will rise into the 80s while overnight lows dip from the upper 60s to low 60s.
Voluntary Action Center Board Meeting Tonight
The Voluntary Action Center of Muscatine will hold a board meeting at city hall tonight to hear Michael Walsh from the National Center For Voluntary Action. The session will be moved to a later hour due to Walsh’s 7 PM arrival and the Musser Public Library closing at 9 PM.
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Voluntary Action Center of
Walsh
Voluntary Action Center
Charles Coates
R.S.V.P
Moose Legion District Meeting Set Here
A district meeting of the Mississippi Valley Moose Legion will be held Saturday at the Muscatine Moose lodge. A ceremonial and dinner will begin at 5 p.m. and will include a class initiation and special entertainment. Admission will be by paid receipt. The Moose Legion district includes Muscatine Clinton Davenport Maquoketa Tipton Iowa City and DeWitt.
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Mississippi Valley Moose Legion
Muscaline Moose Lodge
Moose Legion
Muscatine
Clinton
Davenport Maquoketa
Tipton
Iowa City
DeWitt
Miss Your Paper Delivery Contact Info
Miss your paper contact the Journal circulation department at 243 2331 between 5 30 pm and 6 30 pm Mondays through Fridays and Saturdays 2 30 to 4 pm. Muscatine Journal office hours 4 am to 5 pm daily Saturday 8 am to NOON. Published daily except Sundays by The Muscatine Journal.
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Journal Circulation Department
Muscatine Journal
The
Lee Enterprises
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily
Subscription rates list in city and surrounding areas. In City of Muscatine two dollars fifty cents per month in advance. Other Muscatine delivery two dollars twenty five cents monthly in advance. Motor carrier delivery two dollars fifty cents monthly in advance. Mail rates vary by distance and duration with yearly prices ranging from twenty three to thirty dollars. Special rates for servicemen twenty three dollars per year and students twenty seven fifty for nine months in advance.
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City of
Muscatine
Daiely
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