Towboats Battle Ice To Clear Mississippi Channel
Towboats A M Thompson and Peoria with U S Coast Guard Sumac pass under Muscatine High bridge after clearing the Mississippi ice gorge that flooded the Quad Cities. Thompson pushes an empty barge used by Peoria in breaking ice en route to St Louis for repairs to a leaking tank.
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A. M. Thompson Labove
Peoria
U. S. Coast Guard
Sumac
Muscatine High Bridge
Mississippi
A. M. Thompson
Thompson
St. Louis
Cabo
Sumac Clears Ice to Head for St Louis on Patrol
The Sumac coast guard cutter equipped with an ice plow worked to break ice at a wing dam opposite Muscatine before returning to St Louis. The U S corps of engineers expects barges carrying petroleum cargoes will be towed upriver to the Quad Cities next week. An earlier navigation season may result in this valley section.
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Coast Guard
Sumac
Muscatine
St. Louis
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Quad-Cities
Mississippi
Varied Topics At City Finance Meeting Discussed
City council informal session after the finance committee meeting considered motor fuel allotments from the state with potential net gains, civil defense funds for a central fire station, and regulations for fuel storage tanks downtown. Officials addressed a demolished East Seventh Street deb ris, flood control duties, bid openings for sewage plant equipment and a rubber-tired tractor, parking changes near the bus station, a building permit dispute over West Fulham Avenue, Wier Street dust, beer sales by groceries, and five street fund accounts complicating state reporting.
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East Seventh Strees
Harvey G.allbee
Muscatine City-Island
Wolverine
Jandil
Frank Nelson
West Fulham Avenue
Towa Avenue
Wier
Iowa Highway Commission
Cily
Rueckert Dog Wins Championship at Springfield Show
Mrs Gladys Rueckert of Route 3 won the long haired dachshund championship at the Springfield Missouri annual dog show held Sunday. The win crowned the top prize in the breed class and highlighted Rueckert's successful entries at the event.
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Gladys Rueckert
Route 3
Springfield
Woman Loses Purse and $430 on East Second Street
Mrs Anna Burroughs of route d told police at 6 50 pm she left her purse with 430 in it on the third floor of 404 East Second street and later found it missing after a search of upper floor hallways and her home failed to locate it. Her son Frank of 3820 Summit avenue reported the loss.
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Anna Burroughs
Frank
Summitt Avenue
Probable Date Set for Area IX Election
May 9 is the probable date for the first board of education election for Area IX community college technical school district. State Senator Joseph W Cassidy and three county superintendents met in Davenport to discuss schedules with a March 18 state decision anticipated. If approved the legal publication should appear by March 21 and filing deadlines point to a May election window between 20 and 45 days after nominating papers.
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Area IX Community College-Technical
Davenport
Frank Ralston
Muscating
Scott
C. C. Fowler
Clinton
Joseph W. Cassidy
Walcott
Ralston
Eall
Migrant Committee Names Lange to Direct Projects
The Muscatine Migrant Committee appointed Jerry Lange, Franklin elementary principal, to direct Migrant Program projects. He will also lead the Day Care and Elementary School Programs for summer, as expansion plans for a downtown community center proceed with adult education and religious activities.
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Migrant Committee
Lange
Muscatine
Masquers Prepare Next Play at Muscatine College
Muscatine Masquers at Muscatine Community College planned the next production Dial M for Murder for April 22 23 with casting at 7 p m March 14 and 45 and discussed for 1956 67 season screening of production choices and reports on Pajama Game. Committees were named Grower interests Leo Furlong Publicity Mrs Ralph Jackson Visual promotion Mrs Curtis McLeod Adult education Mrs Robert Lary Religious Father Marvin Sieger Legal Attorney Charles Courtney Migrant program opportunities and a Center Supervisor sought. A California group expressed interest in a similar migrant education program. Area IX officials and Muscatine county board members discussed library resources and advisory committees under Title II and final approvals before submission to the state.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Community College
Charles Piotrowski
Cur
Itis McLeod
Robert Lary
Marvin Sieger
Charles
Courtney
Jeambey
Aft
Migrant Committee
King's County
Calif
California
Mascatine County
Wouisa County
Clinton County
Scott County
Polio Clinic Planned by Muscatine Groups
A polio vaccine booster clinic in Muscatine is planned for March 29 and April 2. The Jaycees with county medical association public health nurses and the county pharmaceutical society sponsor. The clinic offers oral booster for those with prior full doses and initial two-dose immunizations with eight weeks between.
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The
Jaycees
County Medical Association
Public Health Nurses Association
County Pharmaceutical Society
County Weed Commissioner Appointed in Muscatine County
Melvin E. Hartman of Nichols was appointed county weed commissioner by the board of supervisors. He will earn $2.20 an hour enforcing weed laws on private and public property, with the county authorized to destroy weeds and place a lien for expenses if owners fail to act.
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Melvin E. Hartman
Nichols
Muscatine County
Board of Supervisors
Hartman
Judge Orders Jury List Drawn Here
Judge R. K. Stohr ordered the ex officio jury commission to meet and draw a list of 60 petit jurors for the April term of Muscatine district court. The term opens April 5 with Judge M. L. Sutton of Clinton presiding. No jury trials are docketed for the remainder of the January term. The jury commission is the district court clerk, county auditor and county recorder. Vietnamese mark their New Year with a festival after a national holiday, family celebration and religious rite for the dead.
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R. K. Stohr
Muscatine District Court
M. L. Sutton
Clinton
Spectraen Subscription Rates and Delivery Details
Daily newspaper rates listed for Muscatine and surrounding areas. In City of Muscatine delivered by carrier is $2.00 per month in advance. other carriers forty cents a week. Mail rates: within fifty miles $12.00 per year. over fifty miles $18.00 per year. Special delivery service available until 6:30 p.m. Dial 263-2331 for inquiries. Office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Tspecraen
City of Maustaine
Muscatine
ANL
Dial
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Muscatine, In
Journal
Finance Committee
Tral
Alex Bender
Dubuque
Ait
Ottumwa
Police
Fire and Public Works Departments
Control Commission
Rueckert
Dean
Ero Cel
Jerry Lange
Leo Jeambey
Masquers
Leo Furlong
Ralph Jack
Area IX
United World Federalists
Civic Center
West Mississippi Drive
van Styck
G. F. Fisher
van Snyder
Harvey Allbee, Jr
A. H. Dunton
Wolverine Shoe and Tanning Corp
Rockford, Mich
Clinton, Scott and Muscatine County
Magnavox
McElroy TV
East Third Street
DART
Ahilarious Vohimp
Jungle Hunter
Eaes MG Real
Padua
Teswacoldipo
Ung
Whitsitt’s
Crisp
Dregges
Daisy
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