Great River Days in Muscatine Va Vibe Promises Three Busy Days
Muscatine schedules three days of free boat rides on the Kent Feed Boat from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, plus a Friday Battle of the Bands led by KSTT host Johnny Novak. Saturday features a sidewalk sale, a AAU marathon, a Masquer play at Upper Riverview park, and a second Battle of the Bands with cash prizes. Sunday closes with a Waterhawks water ski show and Hawk Eye Parachute drops. Booster buttons fund the event at $1 each.
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Muscatine
Chamber of Commerce
Kent
Cedar Street
KSTT
Johnny Novak
Harold DeFosse
Merchants of
Harold Blake
Jim McFadden
Muscatine Masquers
Upper Riverview Park
Muscatine High School
Power Boat
Dick Willits
Waterloo Waterhawks
Hawkeye Parachute Club
Relief From Hot Weather Is Due
Soaring temperatures were expected to drop in Iowa beginning Thursday and continue into Friday. Thursday would be partly cloudy with possible afternoon thundershowers in the northwest, with the rain threat spreading statewide by Friday. Lows Tuesday night stayed above 70, and highs ranged from 68 to 97 across Mason City, Waterloo, and Burlington.
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Iowa
Lamont
Sioux City
Mason City
Waterloo
Burlington
Urban Renewal Plan Preview Set for Sept 9 Meeting
Muscatine officials unveil initial urban renewal information at a 7:30 p.m. public session in City Hall chaired by Marvin Krieger. The plan, drawn up by Stanley Consultants, is funded by a $95,460 federal grant to study renewal, with loan copies available in the planning department.
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Muscatine
Marvin Krieger
Citizen’s Advisory Committee
E. S. Burns
Ses
Sion
Stanley Consultants, Inc
Youth Held On Charges Of Burglary
Randall Calvin Rowe an 18 year old resident of 1515 Mulberry was bound over to Scott County District Court on burglary charges. He was remanded to jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond following municipal court appearance. Davenport police had arrested him in April after investigating a break in at 2635 Le Claire Avenue.
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Muscatine
Randall Calvin Rowe
Mulberry
Scott County
Rowe
Davenport
le Claire Street
Registration under way for Muscatine schools
Elementary students begin registration Thursday while high and junior high entries open today for new or moved students. Senior High at 81 Cedar and West and Central Junior Highs at 600 Kindler Ave and 515 Iowa Ave host sessions 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:15 to 3:25 p.m. Kindergarten through sixth grade registrations run Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fees: elementary five dollars, kindergarten three fifty. West Junior High fees due August 29. Central fees August 27 and 28. In Washington, AP: Army doctors report cautious optimism on Eisenhower’s condition but deem it critical, noting a comfortable night and improving heart irregularities.
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Muscatine Community
Cedar
West
Kindler Ave
Central
Iowa Ave
West Junior High
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Nixon Favored Over Humphrey In Gallup Poll
McCarthy spokesman Patrick Lucey cites a Gallup poll placing Richard Nixon ahead of Hubert Humphrey by 16 points with Humphrey not electable. The poll also shows Nixon leading McCarthy by 5 points, as Yarborough and Lucey spoke at a Chicago news conference ahead of next week's Democratic national convention.
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Chicago
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Patrick J. Lucey
McCarthy
Nixon
Humphrey
Gallup
Lucey
Wisconsin
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Muscatine Journal Publication Details
The Muscatine Journal is published daily excluding Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises unit. It is incorporated at 301 Bard St, Muscatine, Iowa 52761 with AP News Service content and local news dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Bard St
Muscatine
Iowa
AP Sa
Associated Presa
Subscription rates for Muscatine paper expose details
Subscription rates listed for Muscatine and nearby areas include daily carrier delivery in Muscatine at $2.00 per month in advance, other Muscatine carriers at forty cents weekly, and mail options from $14.00 to $20.00 per year depending on distance. Payments in advance. Office hours, special delivery for missed papers, contact dial 263-2331.
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City of Muscat
Muscatine
Willes Ffun
Dial
Correction Dr and Mrs McPike and Potters head abroad
Dr and Mrs J D McPike and Dr and Mrs John W Potter of Muscatine will depart Saturday September 7 from Kennedy Airport New York on a 21 day People to People Goodwill tour to Sweden Soviet Union Bulgaria Germany Czechoslovakia and Switzerland The Journal previously reported December 7 by error.
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J. D. McPike
John W. Potter
Muscatine
Kennedy Airport
New York
Sweden
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Property transfers fix deeds in three Iowa towns
Melvin H. Larion and Marion E. Larion transfer part of lot 1 block 13 in Marclf s addition Wilton to Evelyn Washburn. John Chrystal, Iowa banking superintendent, quit claims strip of land in Park Place to Minnie F. Tice formerly Minnie F. Miller. Minnie F. Tice and Clarence F. Tice convey tract in Lake Park Blvd Park Place addition Muscatine to John L. Timm and Leah M. Timm as joint tenants. Donovan L. Campbell and Shirley R. Campbell sell lot 5 and part of lot 4 block 15 Railroad Addition Nichols to Dorothy M. Doud. William Eugene Winfrey and Pamela Winfrey sell part of lots 29 and 30 in Warfield s Addition Muscatine to Fred H. Buttgen and Helen Buttgen as joint tenants.
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Melvin H. Larion
Marion E. Larion
Evelyn Washburn
Marclf
Wilton
John Chrystal
State of
Iowa
Minnie F. Tice
Minnie F. Miller
Park Place
City of Muscatine
Clarence F. Tice
John L. Timm
Leah M. Timm
Lake Park Blvd
Donovan L. Campbell
Shirley R. Campbell
Dorothy M. Doud
Nichols
William Eugene Winfrey
Pamela Winfrey
Fred H. Buttgen
Helen Buttgen
Warfield
City of Muscating
Nixon Seeks Rockefeller Backing In New York Meeting
Nixon meets with defeated rival Nelson Rockefeller in New York as he hopes the former foe will back his Republican bid. A Rockefeller endorsement could unite liberal Republicans behind Nixon and strengthen his campaign.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Nixon
Three Charges Against Driver After Mishap
Muscatine patrolmen filed three charges against Gerald Lee Jeffers, 20, for leaving the scene, failing to control his vehicle, and operating with an invalid operator's license after a late Tuesday accident at 108 W. 7th Street. A black Ford convertible struck a parked car, then fled east on 7th with a left headlight out and radiator damage. Jeffers, of 601 E. 6th Street, was to appear in court on the charges.
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Muscatine
Gerald Lee Jeffers
W. 7Th Street
7Th Street
Jeffers
E. 6Th Street
Wyoming, Mich
Anna Downey
John W. Downey
California
Downey Family Crashes On I-80 Near Malcolm
John Downey a former Muscatine resident and three family members are hospitalized after an Sunday crash on Interstate 80 about five miles west of Malcolm Iowa. Downey's daughter Paula ten was killed. The Downeys were north on Chestnut Street and turning east on West Seventh Street when the car owned by Arthur Sissel rural Muscatine was parked on the north side. Damages included the right rear of the Sissel car and the left front of the Jeffers car.
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John Downey
John V. Downey
Muscatine
Malcolm, Ia
Downey
Paula
Chestnut Street
W. 7Th Street
Arthur Sissel
W 7Th Street
Sissel
Jeffers
Downey Family Injuries and Deaths After Accident
Mr Downey, Dorothy, and Debbie 13 are in University hospital Iowa City with critical injuries after a car crash while en route to California. Debbie, Judy 16, is in Grinnell hospital. Paula Downey’s body was returned to Wyoming Michigan for burial. Walter Kochneff and family from Grinnell have visited the hospital.
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Mr. Downey
Dorothy
Debbie
University Hospital
Iowa City
Judy
Grinnell
Walter Kochneff
Muscatine
Paula Downey
Wyoming
Mich
Grand Rapids
Pauline Foor loses left arm in Heinz pickle room incident
Pauline Foor, 33, of Fruitland, is in fair condition at Muscatine General Hospital after her left arm was severed at the shoulder in an industrial accident at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at the H. J. Heinz Co. plant. Her arm was caught in the paddle mechanism of a mixing machine in the pickle department while she attempted to reach around a guard shield.
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Pauline Foot
Fruitland
Muscatine General Hospital
H. J. Heinz Co
Paulina Foor
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