Towboats and Barges Headed for Muscatine as Navigation Opens
Mississippi navigation returns to Muscatine with towboats Cap'n Howder and Amico Missouri en route from St. Louis and Cairo. McKee Grain and Grain Processing plan loads of corn, soybeans, and other cargo for export as crews adjust to a new season after ice jams and floods last year.
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U.S. Corps of Engineers
Quad-Cities
Buffalo
Bettendorf
Ingwersen
McKee Feed and Grain Company
McKee Company
St. Louis
Muscatine
Dubuque
Melinda B
Rev Marvin Sieger Speaks At Lenten Service Thursday
The Rev. Marvin Sieger of St Marys Catholic Church will deliver the sermon at First Presbyterian Church Muscatine at 12 05 p m Thursday as part of a weekly Lenten series. His topic is Before Abraham Was I Am and he is assisted by Pastor E B Meyer and Rev Leo K E Jeambey. Clergymen from seven Muscatine county churches participate with an invitation to all residents.
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Marvin Sieger
St. Mary's Catholic Church
First Presbyterian Church
Sieger
Presbyterian Church
Fr. Sieger
Marcos-Mariners
Abraham
Christ
Father Sieger
E. B. Meyer
Grace Lutheran Church
Leo KE. Jeambey
Opportunity Program Opens Local Offices in Courthouse Quarters
The grand jury room on the third floor of the Muscatine county courthouse will house the community action program for Muscatine Cedar and Louisa counties. The board of supervisors approved the use after county bought the Walnut and East Fourth street residence. The department’s move freed space later renovated for the grand jury and law library conference room. The program operates under the federal Economic Opportunity act. Auxiliary News: Muscatine County WW T Barracks 2097 and Auxiliary hosted a potluck at the Legion home Monday with games and prizes. Frank Oaken won the door prize. A yeast beer dinner is planned Sunday March 20 at Legion noon.
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Muscatine County
Muscatine
Cedar
Louisa Counties
Board of Supervisors
Walnut
Fourth Street
County Department of Social Welfare
Auxiliary
Legion Home
Frank Oaken
Bomb Threat Shuts All New Sharon Schools
AP reports four New Sharon district schools were closed after a bomb threat. Police searched the buildings and found no explosives.
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New Sharon
NEW
Heart Drive Brings Muscatine Unit Over $5500
Muscatine County Heart unit reports Sunday donations totaling 5500 plus a small amount pending counting. Keith Herrick elected president for the coming year with Rosalie Dietrich in charge of memorial gifts Beverly Olson secretary and William Henning treasurer. Delegates Herrick and Margaret VanAtta will attend the April 28 Mississippi Valley division meeting. Alter nates are F Warren Allen and Beverly Olson. Four Muscatine residents were listed as patients at the Veterans hospital in Iowa City: George A Reynolds Clyde E Gabriel Frank S Roberts and Theodore A Douglas.
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Heart
Muscatine County
Herrick
Margaret VanAtta
F. Warren Allen
Beverly Olson
Iowa City Hospital
Muscatine
Veterans’ Hospital
Iowa City
George A. Reynolds
Clyde E. Gabriel
Mulberry Avenue
Frank S. Roberts
Sycamore Street
Theodore A. Douglas
Kansas Street
Happiness Comes With Good Life Rotary Talk
Harold C. Kessinger told Rotarians and wives at the hotel Muscatine Ladies night that happiness springs from a good useful life. He traced Rotary’s 61 year history from Paul Harris’s Chicago beginnings to global leadership training and shared anecdotes from his Illinois boyhood.
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Sam’ Kessinger
Hotel Muscatine
Paul Harris
Rotary
Chicago
Kessinger
Illinois
Three Burlington youths die in highway crash near Risele hill
A 16 year old, Mike Knoll of Burlington, is to face charges of failure to control a vehicle after a crash on highway 61 that killed Raymond Werner, 45, and three Burlington youths Tim Dailey 17, Gary Tillotson 16, and Robert Werner 16. Knoll survived with injuries and was hospitalized at Muscatine General. A related charge of possession of beer by a minor will be filed.
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Mike Knoll
Burlington
Risele’s Hill
Highway 61
Knoll
Muscatine General Hospital
Bob Miller
Harvey G. Allbee, Jr
Raymond Werner
Route 2
Letts
Grandview
Werners
Robert
University Hospital
Iowa City
Tim Dailey
Gary Tillotson
My Fair Lady to Be Presented at Muscatine High
Allan Collins plays Professor Higgins in a Spanish bullling mock scene. Kathy Bender appears as Eliza Doolittle with Mike Bloom as a horned bull. The performance runs Friday and Saturday night at Muscatine High School as shown in a Journal photo.
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Spain
Allan Collins
Professor Higgins
Mike Bloom
Kathy Bender
Eliza Doolittle
Fair Lady
Muscatine High School
Journal
Technology Spurs Growth and Nobler Aims, Speaker Says
Wyatte F. De Loache of Du Pont spoke at a Kiwanis noon luncheon on The Challenge of Change. He argued technology boosts material prosperity and reduces human toil, while education, retraining, and government support help individuals and industries adjust to rapid change.
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America
Wyatte F. de Loache
Midwest
du Pont Company
Kiwanis Club
de Loache
Mr. de Loache
Change as necessity and solution for economic strength
A speaker argues that change is not optional but essential, shaping economic health and growth. He links proactive shifts to maintaining freedom, urging acceptance of transformation as the path to resilience.
Muscatine Journal Publisher and AP Rights Notice
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sunday by Lee Enterprises at 301 E. Sid Smith Street Muscatine Iowa. It is incorporated and entered as second class matter. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Sid St
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription rates for Muscatine paper listed in ad
Daily city delivery in Muscatine is 2.00 per month in advance. Non Muscatine carrier delivery is 0.40 per week. Mail rates: within fifty miles 12.00 per year, beyond fifty miles 13.00 per year. All subscriptions in advance. Office hours are 3 AM to 5 PM daily, Saturdays 4 AM to 1 PM. Special delivery for missed papers runs until 6 30. Dial 263 220L.
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