Mobile Veterans Van to Visit Muscatine Monday
A National Assistance for Veterans Van will park at Sycamore Street and Mississippi Drive in Muscatine from noon to 6 p.m. It features three mini-offices and two VA benefits counselors, Mike McDonald and Brent Bailey, plus John Wessels of the Iowa Employment Service. The unit aims to inform rural and urban veterans about health benefits home loans education and job training and to coordinate with local agencies for follow-up services.
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National Assistance For
Sycamore St
Mississippi
Veteran’s Administration
Mike McDonald
Brent Bailey
John Wessels
Iowa Employment Service
Robbery at Park Ave Sun Mart in Muscatine
Police continue the investigation of an armed robbery at the Park Ave Sun Mart Friday night. A young white male, medium height with dark hair and a Levi jacket, demanded cash from the registers and fled on foot. Between 400 and 500 dollars were taken.
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Muscatine
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Sun Mart
Town Forecast Shows Weeklong Warmth and Threats
Extended forecast for Town calls for fair conditions Monday with a chance of showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperature shows little daily variation, with highs near the Ws and lows in the 50s.
Hiller among 16 vying for Iowa 4 H offices
Steve Hiller 18 Morning Sun is among 16 candidates for eight state 4 H offices. Dr Gauger state 4 H leader says four boys and four girls will be elected by delegates at the 1973 state 4 H conference June 12 15 at Iowa State University Ames. Candidates were chosen in final interviews in Ames after early county nominations. Hiller has eight years in 4 H and has served as club president and on county area and state councils. His projects include swine sleep beef agronomy and leadership. He has county 4 H merit awards in agriculture and swine and has attended the state conference conservation workshop and 4 H camp counselor roles. He has church youth group officer council of ministries National Honor Society basketball captain student council band chorus and class officer.
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Steve Hiller
Morning Sun
Iowa
Hiller
Council of Ministries
Piano recital set Wednesday at Musser Public Library
Holly Hart presents her senior piano recital with the Muscatine High School fine arts department. She will perform Renaissance to contemporary pieces including Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg and Schoenberg. Free public event at 7:30 p.m. in Muscatine.
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Holly Hart
Muscatine High School
Fines Arts
Bach
Mozart
Beethoven
Chopin
Grieg
Arnold Schonberg
Commission outlines aging focus for community
A Mission on Aging is identified as a needed focal point to highlight the problems and needs of the elderly in the community. Coates notes strong impressions with the commission's progress to date and says the city will continue coordinating its activities with the commission as they concern the elderly.
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Two Injured In City Car Crash At Intersection
Police report two people injured in a Muscatine crash at the intersection of Both and Poplar Streets at 3 50 p m A 1971 Buick driven by Joann Arsen Cervantes 24 of 213 Pine St westbound collided with a 1989 Ford driven by Mary Dorothy Adams 49 of 1617 Foster St after Adams pulled from a stop sign Cervantes struck a telephone pole and Adams hit a parked 1967 Chevrolet registered to Don B E Law Adams suffered leg and arm injuries Cervantes knee injuries neither required hospitalization Adams charged with failure to yield The Muscatine County Democratic Women's club will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at Wilton Savings Bank Wilton members will run the program and refreshments
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Poplar Sts
Joann Arsene Cervantes
Pine St
Sth St
Mary Dorothy Adams
Foster St
Muscatine County
Democratic Women's Lib
Wilton Savings Bank
Wilton
One Man Ambassador Kevin Steen Inspires Skylab Hope
Kevin Steen, 12, once given months to live after cancer spread through his abdomen, is described by father Orion Steen as a "one man ambassador" for the Skylab program. Doctors warned in a prior operation that recovery seemed impossible, yet Kevin later joined the Apollo era splashdown visit aboard the USS Ticonderoga, inspiring space program fans.
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Kevin Steen
Orion Steen
Kevin
Ticonderoga
Cancer Crusade Nears End in Muscatine Schools
Muscatine elementary and junior high students participate in Send a Mouse to College raising funds for cancer research. Students contribute 2,805 mice at 51 cents each and collect 3,335 pop bottles. Central Junior High alone raises 450 dollars, totaling 1,454.64 dollars for the Crusade as chairman James White commends all participants.
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Central Junior High
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Crusade
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