Citizens group backs Iowa judicial reform plan
A Muscatine county Citizens Committee for Judicial Reform with 27 members backs a proposed constitutional amendment on judge selection. The June 4 primary will determine support gain. Endorsing bodies include the Iowa State Bar, Iowa Judges Association, League of Women Voters and Farm Bureau.
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Muscatine County
Citizens Committee For Judicial Reform
Towans
Iowa
Citizens’ Cormsmittee
Iowa State Bar Assa
Iowa Judges Assa
Towa League of Women Voters
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Norbert F. Beckey
Robert D. Hasch
Donald W. Carver
Arthur E. Dahl
George Drakos
Richard F. Drake
Daldo Elder
John W. England
F. ©. Fair
Everett’ I. Magerdatt
Lindley B. Hoopes
Richard C. Kautz
John L. Klein
Roger Knott
Harry G. McKee
Otto Neaison
Park Pool to Open Wednesday at Weed Park
Muscatine officials announce Weed Park pool will open Wednesday afternoon if weather allows. Manager George Oveson says hours run 1 p m to 6 p m with lifeguards on duty. The pool will reopen this weekend but close Monday to Friday noon in June before summer season resumes.
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Muscatine
George Oveson
Salvation Army Advisory Board May Meeting Set
The Salvation Army Advisory Board will hold its May meeting at noon on Thursday at Lotel Muscatine.
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Salvation Army Board
Muscatine
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Lotel Muscatine
Damage suit against Roy J Carver dismissed in Muscatine
Carol Molkkiddy withdrew a $4,000 damage suit filed in Muscatine district court against Roy J Carver after seeking a jury trial for 2500 actual and 1500 punitive damages. The complaint alleged injury from a March incident and an out of court settlement was reported.
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Carol Molkkiddy
Roy J. Carver
Muscatine Distret
Former Muscatine Woman Honored At Texas Library
The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Library Award was presented to the Val Verde County Library in Del Rio Texas. Mrs Max Slooly formerly Libbie Polsky of Muscatine presided as library board president during the acceptance program. Derman H Winfrey rector of the Texas State Library and John McMalon president of Our Lady of the Lake College spoke at the event. Stool aided in founding the award winding library. She is daughter of Ruth Golder of Musentine.
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Val Verde County
del Rio
Texas
Max Slooly
Libbie Polsky
Muscatine
Val Verde
Shellady to Receive Drake University Degree
Des Moines Muscaline resident Ron Shellady, son of Mr and Mrs Habvey Shellady, is among about 450 seniors and graduates set to earn degrees at Drake University on Monday June 4. He will receive a Bachelor of Science from the College of Business Administration with a major in marketing.
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Des Moines
Ron Shellady
Muscaline
Habvey Shellady
Drake University
Shellady
College of Business Administration
Fair Skies Predicted On Holiday
Mostly fair skies are predicted for this section of Iowa on Memorial Day with slightly lower temperatures and less humid conditions. Highs of 77 to 83 expected, with partly cloudy tonight and possible brief showers. Rainfall 0.68 inch in 24 hours. thunderstorms early today. Severe winds missed this area. rainfall statewide up to 4.60 inches in Dubuque, 4.30 in Malvern. First Presbyterian Church to observe summer services starting June 3 with Sunday school at 9 a.m. and a single worship at 10 a.m.
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Iowa
Muscaline
Muscatine
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Muscatine Municipal Electric Department
suWe
Associated Press
Malvern
Dubuque
Red Oak
First Presbyterian Church
Awards Given At Meeting Cub Scout Pace
Cub Scout pack held a Saturday night meeting at Zion Lutheran hall with opening prayers and a varied program. Prizes totaling 187.00 were awarded for ticket sales for the annual Scout Exposition, recognizing multiple dens and individual sellers led by Mrs Beatty’s den.
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Zion Lutheran Pagish
Dens Bya
Bot
Musser
Tom
Flidanger
Den
David Starkweather
Ce Grady
Tom Fullerton
Cary Beatflg
John Avihood
Ray Dange
Ricky Skubal
Daryll Henke
David Umbanhower
Mike Brendel
Jim Mills
Sherwood Terry
Randy Walsh
Evie Dietrich
Terry Franklin
Tom Fickinger
Terry King
Paul Thomas
Forrest Brady
Tom Flickinger
Tey King
Brad Fear
Joe Hollingsworth
Jion
Mike Grady
Silver Arrow
Lon
Mike’ Grady
Denners
John
Stolly
James
Whitmore
den‘Hers
Steve Cochran
Ray Dans
Bik
Reichert
Kim Hageman
Bill Reichert
Steve Smith
Mike Freese
Mike ‘Grady
Carl Freese
Harry Stableweather
Robert King
L. Y. Beatty
Jim Grady
Bob Musser
Harry Starkweather
Bill Grinnell
Jim
Grady
Carl Froese
Post Office to Close Wednesday for Memorial Day Observance
The Muscatine post office will observe Memorial Day as a holiday with no city or rural mail delivery and no Special Delivery. Perishable parcels will be delivered within the city limits. Substitute clerks will handle incoming and outgoing mail and place mail in boxes while the lobby remains open.
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Muscaline
Kime Its
Preliminary Operations Begin on Mad Creek Repair Project
Work started today on the Mad Creek Blood Control repair project. A $105,500 contract was let earlier this year to McCarthy Improvement Co of Davenport by the Corps of Engineers. Marvin McCoy, Muscatine contractor, and Travis Booth, superintendent for McCarthy, were on site with a crane and two bulldozers, planning to remove four sections of damaged seawall and restore bank protection. The project follows flood damage from the June 30 Nash flood that wrecked 90 feet of concrete flood wall and harmed sewers and fill along the creek. Work is scheduled for completion in 120 working days.
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Mad Creek
McCarthy
Davenport
Corps of Engineers
Marvin McCoy
Muscatine
East Second Street
McCoy
Nash
Area Six seeks alternate site for Muscatine school
Area Six Community School District has chosen an alternate site on Colorado Street donated by the Heinz family to build one of two new elementary schools. Negotiations closed Monday, saving about 13,000 in structural costs and reducing construction challenges such as grading and drainage. The new 208 foot by 400 foot building will run parallel to Park Avenue, with ample playground space and room for future expansion, and will sit across Colorado Street from a Heinz campus planned for a $400,000 Muscatine junior college project due by 1983.
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Schoo
Colorado
Heinz
Muscatine
Frank Ralston
Charles Richardson and Associates
Davenport
Coxis
Ralston
Park Avenue
Colorado Street
Muscatine Junior College
H. J. Heinz and Company
Radsson
Aves
Aves Six Board With Their Attorney, A. Wayne Eckhardt
Raymond Tipton
Hitler
Elk Arrival Stampeding Park Turf in Davenport Plan
Elk shipment arrives today to Weed park 200 with two elk from Brookfield Zoo near Chicago destined for Davenport children’s park and Muscatine. Clarence Weber leads Davenport lodge effort as Eldridge trucking firm pickups four elk between 8 and 9 am. Specialists tranquilize and crate each animal for the six hour trip to Davenport then on to Muscatine. The pair, a male and a female, will be Weed park 200's first residents.
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Weed Park
Brookfield Zoo
Chicago
Muscatine Elis
Davenport
Clarence Weber
Ure Davenport’ Lodge
Eldridge
Brookfield
Ferevary Park
Muscatine
Polio Shots To Be Given On Thursday
Youngsters in Muscatine city schools who got the first Salk polio immunizations three weeks ago will return Thursday to the Public Health Nursing office in city hall for final shots. About 200 children will travel to city hall by bus. rural parents will provide transport. The Muscatine County Medical Society supplied the free immunization for first and second grade pupils.
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Muscatine
Public Health Nursing Office
Ellamae Ratelif
PHNA
Chamber Groups Plan Meetings
Members of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce executive committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hotel Muscatine coffee shop. A board of directors meeting is set for noon Friday at the hotel.
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Muscatine
Amana
Chamber of Commerce
Women’s Cubs
Bept
Civil Defense Film Shown At Kiwanis Meeting
A noon Muscatine Kiwanis luncheon featured the Civil Defense film Two Hours 10 Live about fallout dangers from an atomic attack on the Strategic Air Command base at Omaha. Mike Goddard introduced the film. Muscatine Civil Defense chief Tom Price spoke on program need. County Attorney Gary Woodward and Sheriff Richard Oppelt attended.
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Civil Defense
Muscatine
Muscatine April spending up 4.1 percent over 1961
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports Muscatine bank check clearings in April rose 4.1 percent from a year earlier. Major city check transactions through Town show a 4.5 percent gain in the first four months of this year versus the prior year. Jerry Schreurs of 508 Main Street Muscatine elected social chairman of the Alpha Chi Rho fraternity at Town State University Ames.
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Federal Reserve ‘Bank of Chicago
Schreurs
Jerry Schreurs
Kenneth Schreurs
Main Street
Muscatine
Town State University
Ames
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