Muscatine Considers 64,000 Urban Renewal Study
Muscatine City Council will vote March 21 on ratifying a Stanley Consultants contract for a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan study. The $64,000 study, funded by a $95,460 HUD advance within a $3.113 million urban renewal grant, analyzes feasibility for a downtown renewal project amid mixed local views on impact and bidding.
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Jerry Russell
Stanley Consultants
Muscatine
Muscatine City
Council Chambers
G.N.R.P
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
H.U.D
Chicago
E. S. Burns
Duane Keough
E.S. Burns
Marvin Krieger
Citizen’s Advisory Committee For the Improvement of
Krieger
Harry Fryberger
Mulberry Ave
John Parks
City
Bill McElwee
Iowa
Parks
Ray Benter
E. 8Th Street
Bob Marasco
3Rd Street
Stanley
Mirs
Chester Hubbard
Hlu.d
Pine Street
Mad Creek
5Th
6Th Streets
Harbor Drive
New Superintendent Signs Contract for Muscatine School
The Muscatine Community School District hires Webster City’s Dr. John W. Fields as superintendent for July 7 after approving a $22,500 salary. The board also approves a $522,213 payment plan to Eastern Iowa Community College, funds new elementary teachers, and discusses school landscaping and athletic program needs.
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Muscatine Community
A.A. Johnson
Dr. Fields
Supt. Johnson
Eastern Iowa Community College
Community College
Muscaline
Supt
Johnson
Washington School
Lincoln School
Colorado
Floral
Arts Garden Club
Colorado School Pta
Robert Walter
John Tillie
Law School Dean Voices Draft Unfairness
University of Iowa Law School Dean David H. Vernon urged skepticism of the draft at a Muscatine Rotary Club talk. He said a democratic society must balance rights with law, criticized the current system as unfair, and supported a wartime lottery model without deferments. Ladies’ night and the Boone Rotary Conference dates were noted.
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David H. Vernon
University of Iowa Law School
Muscatine Rotary Club
Vernon
Harvard Law School
Iowa
Dean Vernon
United States
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Boone
Muscatine Daily Subscription Rates Released
Delivered daily by carrier in Muscatine city at $2.00 per month in advance. Other carriers forty cents weekly. Mail rates: within fifty miles $15.00 yearly, towns with carrier $19.00 yearly, over fifty miles $20.00 yearly. All subscriptions in advance. Office hours 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Special delivery till 6:30 p.m. daily and 4:00 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 263-2331.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
NOGN
Dial
Burns Enters For Muscatine County Attorney Nomination
Atty Jack L Burns, 35, filed papers today to seek the Republican nomination for Muscatine County attorney. A lifelong Muscatine resident, he earned a JD from the University of Iowa in 1965 and has practiced law with Eelchardt Geedken and Burns since 1965. He is a 1990 Muscatine High School graduate, former ObERhaus Brothers Grocery and Leu's Garage employee, and served as a paratrooper in the 2nd Airborne at Fort Bragg from 1954 to 1956. He later attended Muscatine Junior College and earned AA in 1961, BA in psychology in 1963. His hobbies are softball and bowling.
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Muscatine County
Atty
Jack L. Burns
Burns
Dorothy
Roadybush
Hagerman Drive
Muscatine
State University of Iowa College of Law
Eelchardt, Geedken and Burns
Muscatine High School
Oberhaus Brothers
Leu’s
U. S. Army
2Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Stanley Engineering Company
Muscatine Junior College
State University of Iowa
Adults to Receive Education Certificates at Muscatine Campus
Seventy one adults will receive high school equivalency certificates at eight oclock tonight during commencement exercises at the Muscatine campus of Eastern Iowa Community College. Dr Robert W Johnson superintendent will be guest speaker and certificates will be awarded to a long list of graduates led by James Allen and Sharon Allen. A reception follows the program.
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Muscatine
Eastern
Robert W. Johnson
Eastern Iowa Community College
Johnson
James Allen
Sharon Allen
Barbara Andresen
Gary Anson
Bonnie
Coffee Day supports retarded children plans outlined
Regional Iowa Restaurant Association cochairmen announce Muscatine County chair Robert Dougherty will coordinate local efforts for the Friday March 15 Coffee Day. Restaurants will serve coffee on the house to raise funds for the Iowa Association for Retarded Children and the National Association for Retarded Children research program. Explaining the aim, organizers urge residents to participate, identify participants with banners, and help Lowa’s retarded children receive training, care, and treatment. A third art session Exploring Art and Gardens led by Mrs. George Koenigsaecker is set for March 20 at 2 p.m. in the Laura Musser Art Gallery. the date was moved from March 13.
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John Winga
Washington
Bette Scott
West Burlington
Iowa Restaurant Association
Robert Dougherty
Henry’s Drive In
Muscatine
Muscatine County
Towa
Iowa Association For Retarded Children
National Association For Retarded Children
George Koenigsaecker
Laura Musser
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Stanley Engineering
Woodward
George Silberhorn
Silberhorn Hardware
2Nd Street
C.L. Lang
Lang’s
E. 2Nd Street
Ansner
NFC
Evelyn Straub
Baja Roach
Mary E. Tice
Mildred Fogarty
Charles Shook
Genevieve McCandless
Jean Loving
PW Willey
Jean Anne Phillips Tice
Paul J. Boyd
Marcus
Central Junior High
Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Associated Press
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Lynne James Paul
West Liberty
Colorado School
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Garfield
Marilyn J. Drake
Jefferson
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Arthur Miller
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Columbus Junction
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Wilton
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Sella Bradley
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Katherine Britt
Mary Brown
Helen Bullock
Norman Bunn
Nina Calvelage
Gay Carter
Ruby Closter
Richard Coon
Janice Crooks
Eula Deese
Dorothy Dillaway
Richard Eilis
Mike Diviney
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Roland Elliott
Ara Essex
Carl Freese
Shirley Garvin
Howard Hesford
Wilma Hesford
Robert Hindbaugh
Ruth Hindbaugh
Twyla Hoag
June Hunter
Clarence Jamison
Ruby James
Loren Jens
Lyle Kemper
Clayde LaRue
Donna LaFue
Cindy Lee
Evleyn Libenguth
Ida Martin
Robert McCreary
Patricia McElroy
Ken McKinney
Lyle Morse
Roy Nesbit
Sherry Painter
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Nancy Quigley
Rith Reiter
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Larry Schmelzer
Ray Schneider
Martin Schwineru
Donald Snyder
Fern Storm
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Tommy Todd
Sandra Toyne
George van Dyke
Bette van Est
Carroll Walter
Vera Webb
Vivian Wilks
Dorothy Woolsy
Emil Wulfmeller
Carolyn Zelimer
East Second St
Service Exchange
Foster’s Water
Bell& Howell
Airequipt
Avventura
Bell & Howell
Minolta
Kodak
W. 2Nd Street
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