Kent State death coverage nets two Pulitzer prizes
Two Pulitzers were awarded for Kent State University campus coverage. Beacon Journal Akron won local reporting for reconstructing the shootings under deadline pressure. John Paul File won spot photography for his image of a distraught girl beside a slain student.
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New York
Kent State University
Ohio National Guardsmen
Akron
Ohio
Beacon Journal
John Paul File
Lucinda Franks
Thomas Powers
United Presss International
Diana Oughton
Greenwich Village
Public Service
Winston-Salem
N.C
Journal and Sentinel
Jimmie Lee Hoagland
Washington Post
South Africa
William Jones
Chicago Tribune
Paul Conrad
Los Angeles
Times
Jack Dykinda
Chicago Sun-Times
William A. Caldwell
Hackensack
N.J
Record
Horace G. Davis Jr
Gainesville
Fla
Sun
Supervisors deny two rezoning requests in Muscatine County
At Monday hearings in the supervisors office, the Muscatine county Board of Supervisors denied two rezoning requests. Dr Schlichter of Town City sought R-2 to T-1 for a Fairport Landing boat sales operation, and Wayne Tinnian of Montpelier township sought R-1 to C-1 for a bait and tackle shop.
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Muscatine
Balloonist performs second Muscatine flight
Muscatine balloonist Tom Oerman completed his second local flight driving from a field two miles outside Muscatine on Highway 61. The 45-minute ascent began at 6 25 under cloudy skies reaching about 400 to 500 feet before landing at 7 10 a.m. in a field two miles north of Durant.
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Muscatine
Tom Oerman
Highway 61
Oerman
Durant
Steeple and Bell Removed From Former Methodist Church
In Columbus Junction the steeple and bell from the United Methodist church were taken down Monday to finish converting the building into four apartments with two more planned in the basement. The 1883 structure was dedicated debt free January 20, 1889, cost just over $4000, and a 1911 parsonage remains in use. An addition of Sunday School rooms and a kitchen was added in 1949. Wood and Sons handle the project. Rev. and Mrs. George Pennington plan to live in one of the apartments. he previously pastored the church here. A new United Methodist church was built and dedicated last summer on the site of the old Columbus grade school.
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Columbus Junction
United Methodist Church
Wood and Sons
George Pennington
Ainsworth Church
United Methodist
Columbus
Vietnamization progress praised after Resor visit
Army Secretary Stanley Resor reported progress in Vietnamization during an eight day South Vietnam visit while warning of a tough period ahead as more American combat troops withdraw. He praised advisory teams and noted more experienced officers and NCOs remaining, with South Vietnamese forces taking over more combat operations in areas formerly led by U S troops.
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Saigon
Stanley R. Resor
Vietnam
Resor
U.S
Court Fees Totals For April In District Court
Florence Hefzler, clerk of the district court, reports April receipts totaling 33,725.77 including district court fees 889.70 probate 843.64 20 marriage licenses 100 copies 180 transcripts and certificates 327 fines 2115.92 sheriff fees due county 32.25 reporter and jury 260 miscellaneous justice fees 55.30 child support 24009.82 miscellaneous funds 4912.74 dissolutions 11 annulment 1 and 20 marriage licenses issued.
TRAIN board to meet Muscatine County Advisory Board
The TRAIN board in Muscatine County Iowa East Central will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the offices at 526 Mulberry The meeting is open to the public The flight musculature of the tiny hummingbird is the strongest of any bird one third of its weight.
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Muscatine
Hayes States Registration for New Pupils
Hayes elementary school will hold registration for all pupils entering Hayes for the first time on Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. in the school office.
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Hayes Elementary School
Hayes
Galardi Leads Iowa Defenders Banquet in Sioux City
Fred Galardi of Muscatine presided over the second annual spring banquet of the Iowa Chapter of Defenders and Bat an and Corregidor in Sioux City. As chapter commander, he led a dinner and program that highlighted the event.
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Fred Galardi
Muscatine
Sioux City
Iowa
Defenders and
Bataan and Corregidor
Galardi
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Dubuque
Sears
White
Harry Hafner
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Florence Hefzler
District Court
Delft
Woodbury
Marie Lindsay
West Seco
Hayes States
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Hase
Sterneman’s
Coats
Barton's
Elas
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