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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1963
Page
6
Three Muscatine young women plan a 6 a.m. Sunday hike to Davenport and back. The walkers are Alice Hubbard of 1603 Kansas Street. Janet Pallips of 4 Alleyne Drive. and Lenore Etter of 1610 Onio Street. They will follow Highway No. 61.
Stanley Engineering Company of Muscatine received a contract of about 34000 from the state board of regents for the University of Iowa campus. The work increases capacity of an electrical connection near the power plant with a 6.9 percent fee. Regents also approved contracts for Hillcrest dormitory air conditioning, well drilling for water for air conditioning, electrical services at the hospital, and library equipment purchases for the new pharmacy building near medical laboratories.
The Iowa Automobile Dealers association meets at Hotel Fort Des Moines March 24 1 with theme Improving the Iowa Image. Director Charles Rehwaldt of Muscatine says auto dealers aim to promote the state's advancement and stable growth as good business for all.
The American Chemical Society section will meet Wednesday March 20 at 7 30 p m in room 321 of the Chemistry Building at the University of Town Minnesota Town area. Dr Robert West of the University of Wisconsin chemistry department will be the speaker and will be honored at a dinner at 1 p m at the Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity on East Market Street.
Townsend M. Cass admissions counselor for Shattuck school Faribault Minn will be in Muscatine on Friday March 22 to confer with alumni and patrons of the school.
Sanford Fosholt, vice president of Stanley Engineering in Muscatine, was elected president of the National Consulting Engineers Council. He will assume office in May at the CEC annual meeting in Haddonfield New Jersey. The council comprises over 1500 member firms and covers nontechnical interests of consulting engineering.
The narrator travels from Philadelphia to Baltimore and Williamsburg, stays at the Annapolis Hotel, uses the Free Bus to tour restored colonial sites, and dines at the Kings Arms. She notes candlelit Bruton Parish Church, Governor's Palace, and Chowning's Tavern with authentic 18th century ambiance and period costumes.
Fire crews found a carload of petroleum coke burning and moved the locomotive to a siding along Mississippi drive. Muscularine firemen responded shortly after midnight as the freight halted near the Kent drive in. A clam shovel was used to reach the fire while unloading began.
J W Mc Killip of 1015 East Third street reports killing a large bullsnake at the J P Walton farm on Muscatine island on March 17 1902 after leaving its winter home to be out and around for St Patrick's day.
Hayes Catholic high school students will compete March 30 in the Town High School Speech Association contests at Grinnell. From left in the photo are Linda Halter Angela Shoultz Pam Potthoff Jeanne Pohl Linda Flander Paula Petersen Jerry Lambrecht Will Webber. They earned state meet ratings at a district contest in Wilton.
Major Cyril E. Baker of Muscating retires after more than 20 years of service. An administrative officer at Robins Air Force Base Georgia he entered the service in 1942 and was commissioned in 1944. He served in Panama and Alaska and earned the Air Force Commendation Medal oak leaf cluster. He is married to Patricia A Geary, daughter of Mrs Joanne Geary.
Community events listed include area choral music festival at Muscatine High School, Kiwanis basketball banquet at Elks Lodge, Dad and Daughter date night at National Armory, Civic Music Bonus concert at Muscatine High School, Soil Conservation speech contest at YWCA parlors, and Girl Scouts activities. Local Civic and youth organizations coordinate the week.
The Federal Reserve Board reports a slight rise in February industrial output with steel up 5 percent from January, car production down slightly but at high levels, continued strong March outlook, higher consumer goods and home appliance output, and crude oil output down.
Sg t Pennington takes over as Marine Corps recruiter in Muscatine County succeeding Gs t Kind who moves to the Third Marine Division overseas. Pennington brings 13 years of service and Korean War era experience. He hails from Rapid City SD and served with the First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton before Davenport posting.
The document lists the major’s residence at 3987 W Arizona Ave Denver Colorado and his sister Rita Elshaff in Muscatine Rt. 5. It notes he is a graduate of St Mathias High School Muscatine and that his brother John Baker lives at 11408 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito California. The major and his family will move to Houston Texas where he will work at the Manned Space Craft Center NASA.
Washington officials say Secretary of Defense McNamara has postponed six months a decision on merging the Dyna-Soar and Gemini spacecraft programs. NASA and Boeing are progressing their respective projects at Houston and Seattle, aiming to develop winged, reusable vehicles for future space flights.
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