Levee District Flood Costs Set at $60,000
Flood cost totals reach about 60000 dollars for the levee district. A briefing on federal funds to cover recent Mississippi flood costs will be given to local officials at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Scott County courthouse Davenport. Attending are Mervin Shafer Muscatine county auditor Harvey Allbee Sr. counsel Richard Crawbaugh county supervisor and Michael Creek levees chief, with Garland Hershey relief director for Iowa.
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Thict
Mississippi
Scott County
Davenport
Levee
Muscatine
Muscatine Island - Levee
Louisa Counties
Mervin Shafer
Muscatine County
Harvey G. Allbee
Richard Crawbaugh
Muskatine County
Michael Creek
Garland Hershey
Towa
Senate Resolution Mocking Iowa Legislature Highlights Chaos
Sen. David Stanley ridicules the General Assembly in a tongue in cheek resolution citing endless days, costs, confusion, and chaos. He jokes about bingo, rabbits, and tax evasion by school lunch buyers while noting a dome coating delay and calling for a Day of Mourning on May 28, 1965. The measure, referred to the Senate Sifting Committee for a secret caucus at an undisclosed Harolds Club location.
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David Stanley
Muscatine
Iowa General Assembly
Democratic Party
Senate
General Assembly
Iowa
Capitol Dome
United States
Senate Journal
The
Muscatine Journal
Frommelt
Harold's Club
Savery Hotel
Moose Lodge Committees Named for Muscatine Lodge
Moose Lodge in Muscatine names committees and appointive officers for the new year. Regular meeting followed by class enrollment on Saturday at 2 30 p m. Local ritual team in charge. ham dinner at 6 30 p m and fried chicken dinner May 28 from 5 to 9 p m with dancing. Appointive officers listed including Harold Oberhaus and Edward Essex. Committee chairs cover membership ritual conservation publicity civic affairs and more with multiple members named. Membership team captains named.
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Muscatine Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Harold Oberhaus
Edward Essex
Clarence Higgerson
Kenneth Howard
Walter Lewis
George Rick
Harold Patterson
Clifford Bennett
John Alexander
Leonard Schweitzer
Richard Oppelt
Yorn Freund
Jim Bayers
Edward Schmidt
Glenn Richardson
Paul Colberg
Hd Moomey
Leroy King
Plan to Open Weed Park Pool for Holiday Weekend
Weather permitting the Weed Park swimming pool will be open Saturday through Monday from 2 00 to 5 00 p m The following Saturday and Sunday the pool will be open again from 1 00 to 5 00 p m Thursday June 10 the pool will be open for regular hours 1 00 5 00 p m and 6 30 9 00 p m on weekdays and 1 00 4 00 p m Sundays Prices will be youngsters up to 12 years old 20 cents 12 to 18 80 cents and 18 and over 50 cents
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Weed Park
Muscatine Woman Hospitalized After Highway Crash
A Muscatine woman, Mrs. Maxine Marshall, 47, remained in favorable condition at Muscatine General Hospital after a small car overturned on Highway 61 92 four miles southwest of Muscatine around 1 a.m. The four occupants suffered abrasions. Warren Kilburn and Edwin Kilburn were among the passengers. Sheriff Dick Oppelt investigated. the driver Charles Patterson 28 is to have a physician examine a shoulder. The crash followed a tire blowout as the car swerved onto the shoulder then spun.
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Muscatine
Maxine Marshall
Demorest Street
Muscatine General Hospital
Charles Patterson
East Fourth Ar
Wayne Kilburn
Grand Avenue
Edwin Kilburn
Dick Oppelt
Marshall
Patterson
Churchill Trucking Co
Burlington
Memorial Park service invites veterans and friends
An invitation extends to you and your friends to attend a Memorial Park service at about 8 30 Monday morning. A veterans organization hosts a silent prayer memorial for those who gave their lives in service. Manager Chuck Merrill will be at the cemetery to assist attendees.
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Memorial Park
Chuck Merrill
Stanley Engineering Receives President's Export E Award
Stanley Engineering Company was named to receive the President's E for export service for outstanding contributions to expanding export marketing. Secretary of Commerce John Z. Connor announced the honor at the company’s 26th annual conference in Muscatine. The award includes a blue and gold citation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, lapel buttons, and places Stanley among nine Iowa firms honored.
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Stanley Engineering Company
John Z. Connor
Stanley Company
Department of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Elks Club
Stanley Engineering
Iowa
Lester Bookey
Bookey Packing Company of
Des Moines
Muscatine Development Corporation
Lyndon B. Johnson
Connor
C. Maxwell Stanley
Judge Grants Full Accounting in Fox and Sons Suit
Judge M L Sutton of Muscatine district court orders a full accounting of Matt Fox and Sons work from 1963 and 1964. Don W Carver CPA is appointed master to audit the contractor’s books. The suit by Matt Fox Sr against his son Bernard seeks funds due over public projects including a bridge in Wild Cat Den state park.
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M. L. Sutton
Muscatine District Court
Matt Fox and Sons
Sutton
Don W. Carver
C.P.A
General Construction Company
Matt Fox, Sr
Bernard Fox
Wild Cat den
Bernard
Board Hires Four New Teachers
Muscatine Community school district board of education hired four new teachers at a Thursday special meeting. Donald E Gottschalk will teach psychology at Muscatine Community College, his wife Eden Bird Gottschalk to teach speech at West Junior High, Paul Koda to teach English at Muscatine Community College, and Denise Vickers to teach elementary school. The board also accepted bids for furniture including 180 junior high chairs from Triange Furniture, 70 kindergarten chairs from J S Latta, 180 elementary desks from Irwin Furniture, 15 H O N desks and chairs from Leu Typewriter, 15 Triangle kindergarten tables, and 15 H O N filing cabinets from Massey Office Supply.
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Muscatine Community School District
J. S. Latta
Irwin Furniture
Leu Typewriter
Triangle
Massey Office Supply
Mail Departure Changes With the Time
Postmaster John H. Hendriks announced new daylight saving time mail departure changes. Mail will leave for all points at 1 30 p m, 6 30 p m, 7 15 p m and 4 45 a m. Mail should be in the post office a half hour before dispatch. The post office will be closed Monday May 31 for Memorial Day with no mail delivery city or rural.
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John H. Hendriks
Trent Accepts Monmouth College Admission
Ir William Trent of Muscatine will attend Monmouth College as a freshman in the class of 1969. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W B Trent Sr of 982 Lucas and will graduate Muscatine High School in June. He appears in court papers about a highway project profit dispute casting light on partnership ownership.
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Monmouth, Ir
William ‘Trent
Muscatine
Monmouth College
W. B. Trent
Lucas
Muscatine High School
Development Corporation Announces June Banquet Ticket Shortage
Muscatine Development Corporation board met at noon to address shrinking banquet tickets for the June 10 event two weeks away minus one day. Banquet chairman George Shepley urged early purchases while president John B. Rigler was absent. Vice president Harold Peters presided, executive director Harold Ogilvie reported on an Iowa development clinic May 1, and the board approved financial statements and minutes from March 26 amid discussion of delinquent accounts.
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Muscatine Development Corporation Board
George Shepley
Harold Peters
John B. Rigler
Harold Ogilvie
Iowa
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Muscatine County Memorial Park
SEC
Henry Godeke
Verna Connor
Allen Dunton
Stan“ley
Stanley Engineering Company of Africa
Stanleynternational Limited
Stanley
Monrovia
Liberia
Lagos
Nigeria
Tunis
Tunisia
Deep Rock
Park Avenue
Jerry Jones
Route 2
Jones
Ween
Raymond E. Eyeland
Des Moines Field Offec
U. S. Department of Commerce
Amana Refrigeration of
Amana
Fisher Governor
Marshalltown
Hu‘Line Poultry
Chamber of Commerce of
Cedar Rapids
Viking Pump
Cedar Falls
Collins Radio
John Deere and Company
Waterloo
Dubuque
Concrete Pipe Company
Sioux City
Trent
Monmouth
Mahaska, Johnson, Lee, Louisa
Wayne Counties
Edward Riley
South-east Asia
Riley Funeral Home
Walnut
Larry Dwyer
No. 218
Highway 6
Hilltop
Settee
Sun-Mon
John Mills
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Comet Aseo
Coret Brando
Niven
Vincent Price
Warner Bros
Prenonia
Frank Sinatra
Clint
Walker
Tommy Sands
Brad
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