MCC Enrollment Surpasses 1000 as Fall Term Opens
Muscatine Community College reports over 1,000 full and part time students this fall, with registrations still being accepted. Registrar David Porter says enrollment could reach about 1,030, influenced by veterans programs and job security fears. Off campus programs in Davenport and other sites bolster totals across the Eastern Iowa Community College District, including Clinton with 850 and Scott with 617 students.
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Muscatine Community College
MCC
David Porter
Muscatine
Veterans' Farm Cooperative
Maquoketa
de Witt
Miles
Belleview
Columbus Junction
Davenport
Porter
Iowa Community College
Clinton Community College
Scott Community College
History talk on Muscatine Jewish community opens series
Mrs. Bess Pearlman will open the 1975 76 history study series of the Muscatine Area Heritage Association. The 7 p.m. program Thursday at Musser Public Library covers the history of 100 years of Judaism in Muscatine and the local synagogue. Frank and Frank Drucker assist in tracing Jewish families. A question and answer period follows. Free public programs run the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the library.
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Bess Pearlman
Muscatine Area
Frank Drucker
Muscatine
Heritage Association
Geneva
Towhead Islands
Drury’s Landing
Stamp club elects officers
The Muscatine Stamp Collectors Club held an election Saturday naming Sarah Stanley president Tim Dean vice president Lee Anne Rada treasurer Susan Lowmer secretary and reporter and Dominique Bahringer historian. A stamp quiz is planned for Sept 20 at 3 p.m. to prep for the United Nations Stamp contest. Birthday notes mention four members with birthdays near Sept 6 as co hosts of a Mason Koffee Club breakfast. hosts were Robert Stohr Harry Davis Jesse Wagner and Kenneth Hathaway with 37 attendees.
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Muscatine Stamp Collectors Club
Sarah Stanley
Tim Dean
Lee Anne Rada
Susan Lowmer
Dominique Bahringer
Stamp Club
Masonic Koffee Club
Masonic Temple
Robert Stohr
Harry Davis
Jesse Wagner
Kenneth Hathaway
Robbery nets man fish and cash near Dougherty Bridge
Wilton man Kenneth Stepanek was robbed early today while fishing near Dougherty Bridge. A man offered to buy his catch, pulled a knife, took his fishing basket and dumped the fish. The thief then grabbed $25 in cash and fled with bullheads. Deputies investigate.
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Muscatine County
Kenneth Stepanek
Dougherty Bridge
Stepanek
Retiring Presidents Hand Over Iowa Daily Press Association
At the annual Iowa Daily Press Association banquet in Des Moines on Saturday night retiring president Bill Fahy publisher of the Muscatine Journal completed his year in office and passed leadership to Dave Elder publisher of the Washington Journal.
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Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Bill Fahy
Muscatine
Classified ads win 5 awards at IDPA contest
Five Muscatine Journal classified ads earned awards at the Iowa Daily Press Association contest in Des Moines. Second place went to Action Realtors ads in the large series category, Muscatine Journal Valentine baby photos ad in single black and white, and Krieger Motors ad in single black and white. Third place to Alpine Realtors in single black and white real estate and Ziegenhorn Realtors in small series. The Journal’s women’s pages won third in the under 12,000 circulation class. Publisher Bill Fahy presented general excellence awards to the Ames Tribune and Mason City Globe Gazette, and a community service award to the Mount Pleasant News at a Saturday banquet. Fahy has led IDPA, comprising 39 Iowa dailies, this past year. Attendees included Fahy and staff from advertising and news departments.
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Muscatine Journal
Iowa Daily Press Association
IDPA
Des Moines
Action Realtors
Krieger Motors
Alpine Realtors
Ziegenhorn Realtors
Journal
Bill Fahy
Ames Tribune
Mason City Globe Gazette
Mount Pleasant News
Fahy
Iowa
Don Schweitzer
Trudy Streets
Ruth Vorhees
Gary Hopker
Steve Hammer
Janet Everett
Gil Dietz
Harold Blake
Allan Winder
Muscatine Grain Quotations At 11 A.M
Grain prices for Muscatine with corn and soybeans quotes. Corn No 2 at 2.9030 delivery day and moisture discount 1 percent per 1 percent moisture over 15.5. Soybeans at 5.4030 day delivery with 1 percent of contract price per 1 percent over 13.0.
Muscatine School Board Election Set With Pool Vote
Voters in the Muscatine Community School district will elect two three year board members Esther J. Dean Ann Hart Ed Stuhr and Chris J. Zogg at eight polling places open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. A separate ballot asks Yes or No on using 100000 of Washington elementary funds to build a swimming pool at the new high school.
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Muscatine Community
Board of
Washington Elementary
Esther J. Dean
Ann Hart
Ed Stuhr
Chris J. Zogg
West Junior High
Central Fire Station
Grant School
Franklin School
Cedar
Seventy-Six
Fruitland
Lincoln School
Bloomington Grange Hall
Lake
Bloomington
Sweetland
Wilton
Montpelier School
Montpelier
Fulton
Primary election Oct 21 in 3 way mayor race
Nomination papers for two candidates to seek city office were filed with the Muscatine city clerk. Evelyn Schauland and Alex Bender turned in petitions at the auditor’s office. The three candidates for mayor are Schauland, William Angell, and John J. Henderson. The run off is set for Oct 21. Several aldermen filed for re election or announced intentions to run.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Schauland
William Angell
Maid Rite
John J. Henderson
6Th St
Bryant Roofing Co
John Rex
Bender
Harold H. Vischer Sr
Bandag Inc
Vischer
Robert Rada
Mark Butterworth
W. 7Th St
Harold Peters
Atlarge
Robert McFadden
Patrick Hopewell
John Duncan
Larry D. Kemp
Break in and two thefts hit Muscatine weekend
Muscatine city police logged a break in and two thefts over the weekend. Larry Uleh’s stereo tape deck and record changer were stolen Sunday from 1221 Lincoln Blvd after a basement window screen was removed. Evelyn Norris reported an antique table stolen from her basement and an oak plant stand worth 75 dollars. Tom Petersen’s lawn mower, a power mower valued at 100 dollars, was taken from 1219 Lincoln Blvd. Accidents included a Sunday 8:42 p.m. crash at Ninth and Lombard with two Bancroft men injured. a Saturday 11:54 p.m. collision on Grandview Avenue with Jackie Harris hospitalized and later released. and a Saturday 4:55 p.m. incident involving Evelyn Curry and a train at Benham Avenue.
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Muscatine City
Larry Uleh
Lincoln Blvd
Evelyn Norris
9Th St
Tom Petersen
Ninth and
Lombard Streets
Bancroft
Muscatine General’ Hospital
Robert T. Schwade
Steven Schiltze
Riley’s Ambulance Service
Firemen rescue 17 from ride at county picnic
Muscatine firefighters freed about 17 people from a ferris wheel when a cable broke at the Grain Processing Co Kent Feeds annual picnic in Flaming Prairie Park Louisa County The operator Port City Rides and Daryl Snyder aged 7 of 211 Liberty St. received bumps and bruises from the incident.
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Muscatine
Grain Processing Co.-Kent Feeds
Flaming Prairie Park
Louisa County
Port City Rides
Daryl Snyder
Liberty St
Weather Forecast for Midweek Clearing Winds
Extended forecast shows clearing from the west Wednesday with fair to partly cloudy conditions on Thursday and Friday. Little daily temperature variation with highs 70 to 75 and lows 50 to 55.
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Masonic Koffee Klub
Massey
Muscatine Community School
Colorado
Franklin
Jefferson
Lincoln
Madison
McKinley
West Jr. High
Ringergarten
Ae Bees
Bane
Sheriff's Department
John W. Lemaster
Banks Hill
Lemaster
Muscatine General Hospital
Stockton
Earl R. Martz
Blue Grass
Allan F. Freund
Plaza Theatres
Tie Hunted
Clint Eastwood
George Kennedy
Evita
Denn Nora
Synaclear Ct
Tues
Buford
Tal
Robo
UVES
Jackie L. Harris
Oregon St
Grandview Avenue
Evelyn Curry
BE. Ath St
Benham Avenue
Dan J. Harmon
Eldon
Ride
Muscatine Co. Farm
Bureau Young Members Committee
Farm Bureau
Waiscatine
Madam Patsie
Ist Ave
Coralville
Dan DE
Standview Av
Park Ave
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