Independence Day Parade Opens Muscatine Holiday
Muscatine readers will see the Independence Day parade Saturday at 10 30 a.m. organized by local Jaycees with 28 units led by Miss Muscatine Linda Zimmer. Prizes total 200 for floats in patriotic, religious and novelty divisions. The event kicks off a weekend of park activities at Weed Park with fireworks Monday night and the Port City rides and midway operating through the weekend.
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Muscatine
Jaycees
M Saddle Club
Weed Park
Port City
Sixty jurors drawn for Muscatine June term report July 20
The Muscatine district court announced the names of 60 jurors for petit jury service for the current June term. Most must appear July 11 to plead reasons if excused, or present doctor notes if incapacitated. Unless excused, jurors report July 2 at 9 30 a.m. for duty at the courthouse.
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Muscatine District Court
Florence Hetzler
R.K. Stohr
Muscatine Journal Local News Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR note from Muscatine Journal reflects filing details under March 1979 act and Associated Press rights. Includes garbled address and attribution lines state entitlements for publication of local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal 4
Ais. Odating
Jowa
Apmas
Subscription Rates For Muscatine Newspaper
Subscription terms show delivery options by carrier or mail with prices. Inland rates: daily mail within fifty miles nine dollars and ten cents for one year. Farther than fifty miles, price is twenty dollars yearly. All mail plans require advance payment. Special delivery service advertised with contact number 205-2531.
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Muscaee
Advanc Ly
Oreseonta
Sun
Muscatine
City Review Board Ends Work Today
Muscatine city board of review completed its two month session approving 1985 real estate and personal property assessments and adjourned. July will see abstracts of assessments and money credits forwarded to the county auditor. Tax levies for 1967 will be spread on the rolls from district budgets to be adopted later. Residential and agricultural values are not yet reflected in 1968 bills. The Corps of Engineers announced plans to bore two peepholes 250 feet back of the precipice to study rockslides near Niagara Falls.
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City Board of Review
Muscatine
Muscatine Council
Local Board of Education
County Board of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Final design of new YMCA drives $800000 fund
The final plans for a new YMCA building, aimed at an $800000 fund drive, near completion with July for final specifications. Chairman Fred Hocking reports minor changes to architects. 138 volunteers canvas the city for two more weeks as over $600000 is pledged toward the goal, including $25000 from the Heinz Company in Pattern Gifts. R C Xantz urges wider participation and asks residents to send checks to the YMCA.
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YMCA
Fred Hocking
Hocking
General Gifts Division
Pattern Gifts Division
H. J. Heinz Company
R. C. Xantz
General Drive
Kautz
Jack Harmon Takes Teaching Post at Vinton
Resignation of Jack Harmon from Montpelier grade school was accepted by the Muscatine Community board at a special meeting. Harmon held a contract at the John F. Kennedy special education school and was offered a position at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving school in Vinton, where he and his wife once studied. The Montpeline district will join the Muscatine Community district.
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Jack Harmon
Montpelier
Muscatine
Bells of Zion Sound July 4 concert for peace and liberty
The Bells for Peace event will have Zion Lutheran church ring at 1 p.m. on July 4. Bells nationwide join a four minute toll to echo Philadelphia’s Independence Day tolls. Caretaker Charles Goines will ring Zion’s steeple bells as Rev. James Engel notes the symbol of peace and freedom to a global audience.
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Zion Lutheran Church
Philadelphia
James Engel
Zion Lutheran
Charles Goines
El Salvador Delegation Arrives For Muscatine Visit
Ten university students from El Salvador arrive in Muscatine for a five day program hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Officials including Mayor Burns and Chamber president Maher greet them at the Civic Center. The schedule features tours of Kent Feeds and Grain Processing plants, a Hoover library visit, and Independence Day hosting in Muscatine homes.
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Muscatine
Central America
Civic Center
Kent Feeds, Inc
Corporation
Kent
Kent Research Farm
Chamber Board
Geneva Country Club
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Utility's Power Line Plans Told
DES MOINES Iow a Power and Light Co plans to boost electricity by linking with a Nebraska built atomic plant on the Missouri River east of Council Bluffs. It would share up to 400000 kilowatts with Consumers Public Power District of Lincoln. The 800000 kilowatt plant, costing about 9 million dollars, should be ready in 1972. Des Moines will spend about 20 million to extend a 250 mile high voltage line across Iowa. The Hills to Des Moines link, part of a Minneapolis to St Louis line, should be ready in 1969.
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Des Moines
Iowa Power and Light Co
Nebraska
Consumers Public Power District of
Lincoln
Neb
Missouri River
Omaha
Iowa
Ipaleo
Towa Power
Hills
Iowa City
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Museum Art Group Chooses Nine Directors for New Board
About 40 members of the Muscatine County Museum and Fine Arts association met for the first annual meeting at the Laura Musser Museum and Art Gallery. Nine directors were elected for terms up to three years. Officers include Max Chur chill as president, Mrs Klein as vice president, Chatfield as secretary, and Horst as treasurer. The group, with 649 members, will meet again July 26. Reports covered museum grounds, art classes, finances, and gallery progress since last autumn.
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Muscatine County Museum and Fine Arts Association
Laura Musser
Klein
Chatfield
Horst
Alva Runyon
June Rigler
Attorney Petersen
George M. Furman
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