Muscatine County Bands Return From Winnipeg Exhibit
Two Muscatine County high school bands, including Wilton and Muscatine, were praised as outstanding representatives at the 1973 Manisphere exhibition in Winnipeg Canada. The groups enjoyed a memorable trip with competition thrills, city sights and friendly Canadian hosts, while thanking chaperones directors students and supporting parents for funding the trips.
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Muscatine County
Winnipeg
Canada
Wilton
Muscatine High School
Warning on siren tests stirs Muscatine area
Muscatine Civil Defense had planned advance media notice for siren sounds to avoid alarm but a test at city hall Wednesday proceeded without notice. The police desk logged 29 calls about the sirens while officials promise future notifications to keep the public informed on real emergencies.
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Muscatine Civil Defense
Muscatine
Cesar Chavez’s labor battles falter as new boycotts loom
Cesar Chavez faces renewed friction as United Farm Workers pressures F.H. Hogue Company to sign. Arizona’s right to work law blocks forced unionization of cantaloupe pickers, while recent Shafter election losses undermine Chavez’s push. National polls show broad opposition to compulsory farm unionism, reducing chances of new farm labor laws this year.
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John Chamberlain
Cesar Chavez
California
East
Chavez United Farm Workers Union
F.H. Hogue Company
Yura, Ariz
Hogue
Arizona
Chavez
Colorado
America
Teamsters Union
California Supreme Court
Little Cesar
Jimmy Hoffa
National Right To Work Committee
I*3
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Shafter
Calif
Heggblade Marguleas Company
United Farm Workers
Heggblade Marguleas Asparagus
Heggblade Marguleas
Catholic Bishops
Delores Huerts
la Pasionaria
Vhin
Asparagus
Opinion Research Corporation
North Central States
Nixon
Congress
Contextless Q&A on biblical tale and move to Rockford
A fragment shows a Sunday school exchange about who led the Israelites out of Egypt. Jimmy, who recently relocated from Rockford aged 11, deflects responsibility and jokes about baggy pants and junk in pockets.
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Israel
Egypt
Jimmy
Rockford
Minimum wage folly fuels political clash in Washington
The Nixon administration resists rapid minimum wage hikes citing likely unemployment and higher costs. Senate and House debates shape bills toward 1.60 and proposals up to 2.50 by 1973, while critics warn of job losses, welfare rise, and price increases harming the poor.
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Washington
House
Senate
White Hose
Afl-Cio
Harrison Williams
New Jersey
Williams
Jacob Potofsky
Congress
Nixon
Questions on the pill and fertility misunderstandings
Reader inquiries to Dr Thosteson address how birth control pills prevent ovulation, the effect of missing pills, and whether pregnancy becomes possible if doses are skipped. The doctor explains mid cycle ovulation, remote hormonal suppression, and guidance to use backup contraception after missing two days. He also notes weight loss may restore ovulation and mentions cataracts could be age related with welding exposure as a possible factor.
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Dr. Thosteson
Jumping to conclusions laughs about beliefs and habits
New York based column mocks prejudices and everyday quirks with humorous asides. It riffs on lamb meat tastes, door to door sales, money lending, marital dynamics, politics, dieting, aging friends, and the cost of experience in business, aiming for light satire.
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New York
Yesterday and Years Ago Local society notes and events
Our yesterdays 75 Years Ago Mrs. C. H. McBride is home from a visit to relatives and friends to St. Paul. Miss Cora Winn entertains her cousin Miss Bessie Munson of Denver. Years Ago Though no robberies were reported the Hagenbeck Wallace Shows visit brought petty thefts. 25 Years Ago Dorothy Wilder chosen by Weber and Sons Pearl Button Co. employees for Muscatine Pearl Button Queen's Court of Honor. coronation July 4 during Town's Centennial. 10 Years Ago Nichols New officers elected by Band Parents include Mrs. Albrecht Chown Carter and Marine.
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C. H. McBride
St. Paul
Cora Winn
Bessie Munson
Denver, Colo
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Dorothy Wilder
Weber and Sons Pearl Button Co
Muscatine
Pearl Button Queen
Ronald Reagan
Warner Brother
Hollywood
Dorothy
Palm Street
Court of Honor
Nichols
Marie Albrecht
Genevieve Chown
Colleen Carter
Mabel Marine
Today in History, June 29, 1971 highlights and recalls
Key events on this date include the 1946 British actions against Jews in Palestine, Rubens birth in 1577, Virginia’s 1776 constitution, Tahiti’s 1880 control, 1943 New Georgia landing, 1946 Trieste riots, Kennedy’s 1961 disarmament idea, 1970 Hanoi Haiphong bombings, and 1970 Cambodia troop withdrawals.
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Palestine
Peter Paul Rubens
Virginia
Patrick Henry
France
South Pacific
Tahiti
Mier Ignace Padeheski
New York
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Trieste
John F. Kennedy
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Cambodia
Prayer reflection on opening hearts to Christ
A devotional prayer asks God for daily actions that enrich others and reveal Christ in the believer. It seeks opportunities for others to open their hearts to Him, invoking blessing and guidance for compassionate living.
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God
Christ
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