Raft Heads Upstream on Mississippi River Trip
Twelve Explorer Scout Post 127 members from Muscatine travel upriver on the Mississippi aboard a two engine raft Miss Tri Bar. Adults Norman Smith Bode LaBade will be joined by Kenneth Myers and Bill Myers as leaders. They plan a six to seven day upstream journey toward La Crosse Wisconsin with no fixed goal.
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Explorer Scout Post No
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Explorers
Richard Carver
Dave Perkins
John Meyer
Loren Britcher
Carl Bublitz
Pete
Doug Nelson
Bill Myers
Arthur Bardwell
Explorer Post
Wesley United Methodist Church
Credit Island
Davenport
Bardwell
la Crosse
Wise
Bill Meyer
Buddies Join Marine Corps Under Buddy Program
David Courtois age 19 and John M. Shelangoski age 18, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Courtois and Mr. and Mrs. Shelangoski, enlist this week in the Marine Corps for two years under the Buddy program. They are assigned to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego to train together, then to Camp Pendleton for individual combat training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Courtois
George C. Courtois
Wisconsin Ave
John M. Shelangoski
Andrew E. Shelangoki
Terrace Heights
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
Camp Pendleton
Commodity Distribution Is Scheduled in Muscatine County
The Muscatine County Social Welfare Department announces the next commodity distribution for residents outside Muscatine city on August 13. The following two days serve city residents with August 14 for A through L and August 15 for M through Z. Only applicants approved before August 5 are eligible. Also, Zion Lutheran church reports progress on a proposed educational unit and announces the Sunday School picnic at Lutheran Homes on Aug. 11 with 10:30 worship there and no Sunday school that day.
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Muscatine County
Zion Lutheran Church Council
Roy Gjertson
Walter Jensen
Girl and Pony In First Place at Davenport Fair
Christy Matthiessen aged nine won first place in the Western Pony Pleasure Class at the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport. She rode her pony Black Beauty to the top honor, the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dennis Matthiesen of Muscatine Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Matthiessen
Davenport
Christy
Black Beauty
Dennis Matthiessen
Indiaria
Muscatine
Six Arrested on Beer And Delinquency Charge
Muscatine police arrested six people on liquor violations and contributing to delinquency after a night watchman reported a disturbance at the Muscatine Lighting Mfg. Co. Six were charged or cited for beer or delinquency related offenses, with several scheduled to appear in local or juvenile court.
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Muscatine
Robert Dale Philpott
Demorest Ave
Vickie Sue Irick
Grandview Ave
Richard EU
Lester Arthur Kistenmacher
Tipton
Muscatine General Hospital
Kistenmacher
East 2Nd Street
Oak Street
Rock Island
Larry Lynch
Philpott
Townsend
Justice Court
Willa Mae Morgan
Pace
Muscatine County
Hatfield
Hahn
Wolfson and three associates convicted of SEC violations
New York financier Louis E. Wolfson and three Merritt-Chapman & Scott executives were found guilty of perjury obstruction of justice concealing documents and filing false SEC statements. The verdict stems from a scheme where Kosow bought Merritt-Chapman stock then sold it back to the firm at above market price. Wolfson faces up to 14 years and a 32000 dollar fine.
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NEW York
Louis E. Wolfson
Wall Street
Securities and Exchange Commission
Kosow
Merritt-Chapman
Postal Workers In Canada End Strike Return To Jobs
Canada’s three week mail strike ended as 24 000 postal workers began returning to work after voting to accept a new contract. Union leaders said 12 73 percent voted yes for a wage raise of 21 cents an hour retroactive to Aug 1 1967 and 18 cents more in October through Sept 1959.
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Ottawa
Canada
Wrong Change Shocks Bank Teller at Drive-In Window
In Bellingham Washington a couple arrived at a bank drive-in and gave teller Owen Swisher a $100 bill asking for change. Swisher misread it as a $1,000 bill and handed back $1 000 in change. The couple fled and have not returned.
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Bellingham
Wash
Owen Swisher
Five High School Girls Aid Muscatine Migrant Education
Five Hayes High School volunteers assist the Muscatine Migrant Education Program this summer. Freshman Sue Montgomery and sophomore Kathy Curry join veterans Tracy Kerschewski and Anita Arington, with Denise Hutchinson and others helping families of two to five year olds through classroom aid, teaching methods, and sign language.
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Sue Montgomery
Muscatine
Hayes High School
Sue
Kathy Curry
Kathy
Hayes
Tracy Kerschewski
Tracy
Denise Hutchinson
Nichols
Denise
Lone Tree High School
Anita Arington
Anita
Subscriptions Rates and Delivery Options for Muscatine Region
Daily newspaper subscription rates listed include Muscatine city carrier delivery at 2.00 per month in advance and non Muscatine carrier delivery at 0.40 weekly. Mail rates: within 50 miles 15.00 yearly. within towns with carrier service 18.00. over 50 miles 20.00. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Office hours 8 am to 5 pm weekdays, Saturday 8 am to noon. Missed paper delivery service ends at 4:30 pm daily and Saturdays. Dial 263 2331.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Dial
Sen McCarthy to Appear on CBS Telecast Tonight
Norbert Beckey, local chair of Citizens for McCarthy, announced Minnesota Senator McCarthy will join a nationwide CBS telecast at 7:30 p.m. to discuss his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Norbert. Beckey
Citizens For McCarthy
Minnesota
CBS
McCarthy
Local Delegates Will Attend 1968 Kiwanis Convention
About 1500 Kiwanis delegates from Illinois and Eastern Iowa gather in Chicago at the LaSalle Hotel August 18 to 20 to elect a 1969 governor and treasurer. Muscatine Kiwanis will be represented by Paul L. Lehnert M. E. Werner and Jerry Othmer, with a district report on Spastic Paralysis Research.
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Kiwanis
Iowa
Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Kiwanis Club of
Kiwanis Club
Illinois
Canadian Mail Embargo Lifted
Acting postmaster Walter Conway announced the Canada mail embargo is lifted effective immediately due to the settlement of the Canadian postal strike. Letters and card mail can move by air or surface, and parcel post can move by surface to Canada, while magazines newspapers and samples remain embargoed.
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Walter Conway
Canada
Nursing Students Are Commended In Town College
Local area students are among 31 at The University of Town College of Nursing who received letters of commendation from Dean Laura C. Dustan for a 3.6 grade average in the second semester of the 1967-68 year. Muscatine Mary Fishburn, Janet Day Williams of Tipton, Jean Spaulding Wilder of Mulberry are named among those honored.
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Studets
University of Town College of Nursing
Laura C. Dustan
College
Muscatine
Mary Fishburn
Atty
John C. Fishburn
Mulberry Ave
Janet Day Williams
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Deborah DR. Allen
The
Muscatine Journal
David
Courto
John Shelangoski
Hill Top Drive
Sunset Strip
Nashville Rebel
Phyllis
Gene Townsend
Atalissa
Gary Dean Hatfield
Stewart Road
Norman Curtis Hahn
Vicki Sue Irick
Ray L. Pace
Wolfson
John E. Goodrich
Iowa State Department of Health
Shirley Beaver
R.H.D
Mulberry School
Lee Enterprises
3Rd St
Associated Press
Sen. McCarthy
Riley Funeral Home
NCU
First National
ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul- Minneapolis
Paul
Leo Binz
Leo Byrne
Archdiocese of St. Paul
Minneapolis
West Liberty Fair
Booth No
Republican Central Committee
Gary Woodward
Uptown
Barre Davis
Deture Esdae A
Elvis Presley
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