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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1968
Page
5
Bob Probst of West Liberty wins blue ribbon with a heavyweight market lamb at the state show. Photo credit Jack McNett.
A sniper fired into a moving Long Island Rail Road train early Sunday killing 31-year-old Vincent Maher and wounding 48-year-old Gabriel Jansen. Seconds later 16-year-old John Whitmore of Long Island City was arrested and charged with homicide after confessing he fired at three LIRR trains for "the whim of it."
Muscatine County youth excelled in the live stock judging at the State Fair in Des Moines. Shorthorns dominated the baby beef and champion female titles with Dave Eichelberger’s October heifer named junior champion in the open show. Multiple county entrants earned top placings across heifer classes in shorthorn, angus, and hereford divisions, plus awards in hog and sheep competitions. The county herd of mixed breeds also placed fifth.
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