Local Explorer Scouts Return From National Conference
Arthur Bardwell of Explorer Post 127 in Muscatine and James Nard of Post 12 in Clinton returned Friday from the Second National Explorer Delegate Conference at the University of Kansas Lawrence. Five days of sessions covered citizenship tomorrow and Exploring with the theme Seek the Truth in All Things. Special activities included 27 skit contests and an all Explorer show with Miss Teenage America Jeanine Zaved as mistress of ceremonies. State Representative David Stanley spoke at Bennet on highway safety and seat belt law. Major General Robert H. Warren and Leslie B. Worthington were among the speakers highlighting the event.
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Arthur Bardwell
Explorer
Muscatine
James Nard
Clinton
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Highac Hockage
Boy Scouts of America
Jeanine Zaved
Tress
Ceremonis
Authmo
U.S. Officials Safe After Congo Disappearance
The State Department reported three U.S. officials Col William A Dodds 50 Col Donald Ratlan 30 and Lewis R MacFarlane vice consul at Bukavu were missing in Congo but are safe in good condition. No further details were provided as rebel advances occurred in eastern Congo.
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Waslington
State Department
U.S
Congo
Bernund
William A. Dodds
Submarine Patents in England and Europe by 1729
By 1729 about fourteen submarine types had been patented in England and many more were registered in other European countries.
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England
Quack Remedies Warn Doctors and Public in Iowa
The Iowa chapter of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation mailed 7000 bulletins to doctors and laypeople warning against questionable cures for arthritis. A joint statement by Dr. William D. Paul and C. William Schneider cites hot humid weather increasing vulnerability to unendorsed treatments. Sacraments to shift to English in U S Mass begins Sept 14 per Archbishop Dearden. Vatican Council discusses language shift. Negro GOP meeting in Philadelphia aims to strengthen minority input without splitting from the party. John Clay notes intent to establish a permanent party organization.
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Quack Remedies
Des Moines
Iowa
Arthritis and Eleumatism Foundation
William D. Paul
Towa City
Foundation
C. William Schneider
Hey
Washington
United States
John F., Dearden
Detroit
U. S
Bishops’ Commission of Litursi
Cal
Rome
Philadelphia
John Clay
Muscatine Girl Runner-Up In U S Talent Event
KaVonne Schuessler, 16, of Muscatine, was runner-up in the Miss U S Talent contest at the Lafayette Hotel hall in Long Beach California. She is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs George Dick and will be a senior at Muscatine High School. The organist played Dark Eyes. About 400 contestants entered. Frankie Lane chaired the judges with Francis X Bushman Phil Crosby and others from Hollywood. As runner-up she received two large prizes and will have a screen test.
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United States
Frankie, Lane
Francis X. Bushman
Phil Crosby
Hollywood
Cunnerup
Kennedy Keating Lead New York Senate Race
Democrat Robert F Kennedy faces Republican incumbent Kenneth B Keating for the U S Senate seat in New York. Mayor Robert F Wagner Jr endorsed Kennedy and Kennedy plans to announce candidacy next week with aides and a PR firm. Most challengers dropped out. Rep Samuel Stratton vows a floor fight claiming Kennedy is ineligible as a non resident. Kennedy may relocate to New York to satisfy residency for election.
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John Morganthaler
New York
U. S
Robert F. Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Robert F
Wagner
Kennedy
Virginia
Massachusetts
Cally
Samuel $. Stratton
Amsterdam
Car Damage After Truck Rolls Back On West Fourth
An unattended truck rolled backward striking a parked car on West Fourth and Linn street at 8 am. The car, owned by Gary A Shoppa of 11512 West Fourth Street, sustained about 800 to 1064 dollars in damage. The truck, owned by Myrton Epperly of route 5, reportedly rolled due to brake failure. no damage to the truck was reported.
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West Fourth
Linn Street
Gary A.shoppa
Fourth Street
Myrton
Epperly
Route 5
Car Hits House in Fairport. Driver Falls Asleep
A car crashed into a house in Fairport around 4 am causing extensive damage but no injuries. The house owned by Earl Blake was occupied by an elderly man not identified. Driver Ronald D. Gunthre of Buffalo, formerly Ottumwa, said he fell asleep at the wheel while driving to Ottumwa on Highway 22.
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Fairport
Sheriff's Office
Earl Blake
Ronald D. Gunthre
Buffalo
Bolivia Cuba Ties Broken Official Break Cuts Havana Ties
The Bolivian government announces breaking relations with Cuba, tightening the hemispheric boycott of Fidel Castro regime. Only Uruguay and Mexico still maintain ties with Havana. President Victor Paz Estenssoro’s government braces for potential reaction from leftist elements.
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LA Pad
Bolivia
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Uruguay
Mexico
Havana
Organizado
Washington
Victor Paz Estenssora
General Taylor to Report to Washington on Vietnam Crisis
Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor will return from Saigon to Washington for consultations with President Johnson. Officials say his return does not signal a crisis, and he is to arrive August 30 to brief on South Vietnam and related matters.
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Washington
Anud
South
Viet Nam
Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
Saigon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Goldwater Urges Iowa GOP Backing for Candidates
Senator Barry Goldwater urged Iowa Republicans to rally behind the GOP slate for national and state races. The Iowa Conservative party, backing Governor hopeful Robert Dilley, repudiated GOP contenders for state office. Des Moines Republican Stephen Robinson criticized Goldwater unless conservatives aligned.
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Des Moines
Barry Goldwater
Iowa
Robert Dilley
Goldwater
Dilley
Man Rober
Ray
William Miller
New York
Republican Party of
Radioactive Release Claimed After Upper Manhattan Crash
A track carrying radioactive materials collided with a car in Upper Manhattan. Police reported a slight release of radioactivity into the air but said the amount was not dangerous. The area around 125th Street and Amsterdam Avenue was cordoned off as emergency crews with Geiger counters worked to monitor levels. Experts from the Atomic Energy Commission and Sylvania Electronics, Hicksville, were dispatched to the scene.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
Tatth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Atomic Energy Commission
Sylvania Electronics Cr
Hicksville
Long Island
Firefighters Halt Keokuk Blaze Threatening Renewal Block
Firemen from six towns fought a daylong blaze in Keokuk near the Urban Renewal Project. The VEW building, once Veterans of Foreign Wars rooms, burned to ruins but the flames were confined after 14 hose lines. Help came from Montrose and Denmark, Hamilton and Warsaw, Kahoka and Wayland.
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Keokuk
Asiive Story
The
Veterans, of Foreign Ways
Hotel Iowa Ner
Towa
Montrose
Denmark
Hamilton
Warsaw
Ilinois
Kahoka
Wayland
Missouri
Charges Dismissed in Muscatine Court
Cecil Harold Rhodes and Michael Knipe saw charges of false pretenses dismissed by Judge Matthew Wes trate in Muscatine district court on Friday. County Attorney Garry Wood ward had recommended dismissals for lack of evidence. The men had been bound over from a West Liberty Justice of the Peace Court on charges dated July 21.
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Cecil Harold Rhodes
Michael Knipe
Muscatine District Court
Matthew Westrate
Garry Woodward
West Liberty Justice of the Peace
Sleeping Sickness Hits Houston Doctors Warn More Deaths Loom
Houston health officials report 14 sleeping sickness deaths in the city as cases rise. Dr. C A Pigford notes the peak is not yet reached and urges emergency facilities at Bayley University for rapid diagnoses. Entomologists will collect mosquitoes and birds to identify the virus carrier and source.
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Houston
Tex
C. A. Pigford
City Health Ien
Pigford
Bayley University
Syncom 7 Satellite Halted for Eastward Drift
Washington space agency scientists announced the Syncom 7 communications satellite stop and its eastward drift toward the International Date Line. A delicate maneuver Friday night achieved success, with officials noting timelines depend on computations and may take weeks, while no rush exists. Syncom 2, nicknamed the Olympic Star, launched earlier to relay Tokyo Olympics broadcasts in October.
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Washington
Space Agency
Tokyo
Muscatine Journal Daily Except Sundays Background
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sunday by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises Incorporated. It is entered as second class matter at Muscatine, Iowa, under the act of March 1873. The Associated Press material is used exclusively for local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine
Munsetie Doormal
Lie Enterprises
Yowa
Elasy Mtattar
Towa
AP News
Muscatine Daily Subscriptions and Rates Noted
Subscription terms outline delivery by carrier at 40 cents weekly and 12.00 yearly by mail within fifty miles of Muscatine. Advertises special delivery and missed papers service with office hours and contact dial.
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Catiier
Muscatine
Mall
AL Mall
S Puyally
Pam
Maine
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Robert H. Warren
U. S. Air Force Academy
Air Force
Leslie B. Worthington
U. S. Steel Corporaton
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East Second Street
Bob and Janet Roelle
Rise
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Mars
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