Old Central School Demolition or Redevelopment Debated
Muscatine district faces July 12 meeting to decide whether to demolish the unused Central building or sell for development. Bids earlier proposed $27,075 to demolish with district retaining land, while others seek to repurpose for apartments. Dr. William Roudybush proposes an all electric, multi family project with at least 40 units, urging community need for rentals and preservation of the building as a shell for redevelopment.
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Muscatine Community
Dietz Central
Cecil Schaapveld
Washington
Kennedy
6Th
Town
Muscatine
William Roudybush
Roudybush
Old Central
Bicentennial travel shocks travelers to historic eastern cities
A Cedar Rapids Gazette opinion notes that the 1976 bicentennial has sparked a vast tourism surge. With 215 million Americans celebrating, 85 million will leave home. 77 percent plan to drive, chasing historic sites from Philadelphia to Washington. High costs and crowds test fuel rules and lodging, prompting questions about home stays and conservation.
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U.S
Seaboard
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
W.C
Uncle Sam
Towans
Delaware
Cedar Rapids
Foresight Behind Iowa Rail Funding Plan
Iowa Senator Dick Clark notes a Senate committee nears a transportation funding bill that could deliver up to eight million dollars for railroad repairs nationwide. Iowa stands as a rare state with a comprehensive plan, potentially securing federal funds if the measure passes the House and Senate in a fair, balanced approach. The plan strengthens Iowa's leverage with the federal government to support rail and agricultural movement.
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Iowa
Dick Clark
U.S. Senate
U.S
Senate
Clark
Ray
Food price comparisons across centuries by Census Bureau
The Burlington Hawk Eye quotes a Census Bureau comparison of 1776 and today showing Abigail Adams or Betty Ford would need hours of work to buy staples. Sugar took 77 vs 8 hours, butter 12 hours vs 12 minutes, rum 4.5 hours vs 4 hours, and today’s prices imply overall greater comfort, though earlier drink costs were lower.
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Bureau of the Census
Abigail Adams
Betty Ford
Washington
Burlington
Hawk Eye
Names Make News In Congress Sex Scandals Debate
A Washington Star columnist argues that public interest justifies reporting on lawmakers’ sexual and financial misconduct, contrasting legitimate stories about Hays Howe Vanik Waggoner and Young with Jack Anderson’s Byrd smear. The piece stresses named public figures, verifiable sources, and press standards over sensationalism.
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Washington
Congress
Hays
Howe
Vanik
Waggoner
Young
Jack Anderson
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Anderson
Harry Byrd
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Washington Post
Elizabeth Ray
the Star
Allan T. Howe
Utah
Joe D. Waggoner, Jr
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Charles A. Vanik
John Young
Texas
Colleen Gardner
Byrd
Virginia
Post
Durham bull slaughtered for market weighing six eighty-two dressed
Yesterday an aged Dur ham bull raised by William Fairweather was slaughtered at Charley Kern's City Meat Market. The animal dressed at 682 pounds, reflecting a robust beef yield for local trade. Aged notes mention past and future community items and service details.
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Charley Kern
City
Durham
Wm. Fairweather
English Language Protest Letter and Border Patrol Mention
A reader endorses a June 23 editorial asserting high English knowledge among local Spanish American residents while criticizing non speakers. The letter proposes threatening non speakers with Border Patrol enforcement and labels noncompliant immigrants as wet backs, referencing Texas education laws and regional upbringing.
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U.S
Rio Grande River
Texas
Sesquicentennial reenactment in Muscatine recalled
Svend Petersen recalls the 1926 Muscatine Sesquicentennial event featuring an American Legion reenactment of Custer's Last Stand with the Improved Order of Red Men as Indians. He hopes the future Bicentennial on July 4th will be equally memorable.
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Custer
Muscatine
American Legion
General Custer
This Day in History for June 26, 1976
Highlights include the 1945 signing of the United Nations Charter by 50 nations in San Francisco. Other events note the Pied Piper legend in 1284, Pizarro’s death in 1541, the Netherlands’ independence declaration in 1549, Tyler's secret 1844 marriage, Finland’s 1941 war entry, Cherbourg’s 1944 capture, civil rights march in Mississippi, Vietnam bombing around the DMZ, and the 1975 and 1976 legal and military updates.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Hamelin
Germany
Francisco Pizarro
Lima
Peru
Netherlands
John Tyler
Julie Gardiner
New York
Finland
Soviet Union
Cherbourg
France
Mississippi
Jackson
Vietnam
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Congress, Sex and Us
House
Donner Nunes
James J
White Star Bus Company
Lorna Morgan
Fred Morgan
Route 6
Pfc
Raymond W. Nyenhuis
Josephine Neynhuis
2Nd St
Calvary Baptist Church
Russell A. Huesmann
Dover Afb
Svend Petersen
Temple Avenue
Fem Park
Florida
Rarcaine Journal
Independent Lee
William L. Fahy
Max Christy
Harold Blake
Ton Schweitzer
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