School to Open Watch for Youths in Traffic
Muscatine police chief Glenn Axel urges drivers to watch for children crossing city streets after August 28 when school resumes. He warns that about ten percent of children will be new to traffic and may not grasp dangers. Motorists are asked to slow and check intersections, with a free bumper sticker available at the police department as a reminder to drive carefully near students.
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Muscatine
Glenn Axel
Axel
Police Department
Childen
Muscatine man injured in three car crash
A Muscatine man remains hospitalized after a three car crash at 2:50 a.m. on county road X-54 about one mile north of Muscatine. Michael Dean Haskins, 22, suffered a broken wrist and facial cuts and was treated at Muscatine General Hospital. Cars driven by Daryle Snyder, Jerry Beading, and Haskins involved. Beading rear ended Haskins, Snyder passed Beading and side swiped Haskins, sending him into a ditch. Sheriff's investigators are probing.
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Muscatine
Michael Dean Haskins
Smalley Ave
Muscatine Geneva Hospital
Daryle D. Snyder
W. 7Th St
Chevrolet
Jerry Beeding
Wapello
Volkswagen
Haskins
Beeching Auto
Snyder
Beecing
Illinois
Boston
Robert Randolph
Rock Island
Earl Reece
Gulfport
Miss
Muscatine General Hospital
Charles Walli
Lyndon
Wisc
Shriver to open Iowa headquarters for McGovern
Sargent Shriver will officially open the state wide headquarters of the McGovern for President organization in Iowa at 10 20 am on Wednesday August 30. The office is located at 1120 Mulberry Street Des Moines near downtown at the southeast corner of the intersection of Twelfth and Mulberry streets.
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Sargent Shriver
McGovern For President
Iowa
Mulberry Street
Des Moines
Twelfth
Mulberry Streets
Racial charges investigated in Waterloo schools
A fact finding investigation into charges of racial discrimination in Waterloo public schools was ordered by the State Board of Public Instruction. Dr. Robert Benton was named to lead the inquiry and report back, with caution that Iowa law limits the board’s authority though efforts will be made to pursue remedies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Waterloo
State Board of Public Instruction
Robert Benton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Benton
Department of Public Instruction
Beef Producers donate 90 dollars at West Liberty Fair event
Gordon Streger, president of the Muscatine County Beef Producers, presents Randy Powell with a $90 donation raised at a West Liberty Fair car cass show followup meeting. The steer carcass entered by Powell was rejected by state veterinarians on inspection.
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Gordon Streger
Muscatine County
Lifesaving awards honor 26 at Iowa State Fair
Gov. Robert Ray presented 26 lifesaving and meritorious service awards at the Iowa State Fair. Recipients include Doyle Davis and Elmer Peltz for saving Theodore Jensen in Humboldt County on July 7, 1971, and Rebecca Griswold for rescuing Angela Van Pelt in Fort Madison on June 18, 1972. Others aided victims from burns, drownings, and accidents across multiple Iowa cities, with a posthumous award to Paul Springer for saving Jack Hartman in Sumner on July 30, 1970.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Doyle Davis
Dakota City
Elmer Peltz
Humboldt
Theodore Jensen
Lake Mokomis Dam
Rebecca Griswold
Fort Madison
Angela Marie van Pelt
Mississippi River
Scott Rebik
Iowa Falls
Michael Walters
Iowa City
Jeff ‘Sones
Cedar’ Rapids
Paul Springer
Sumner
Jack Hartman
Four Vehicle Mishaps Overnight In Columbus Junction
Muscatine police investigated four separate traffic incidents overnight in Columbus Junction. A 1963 Corvair struck a parked car near Orange Street injuring no one. a three car crash on Park Avenue involved a 1963 Corvair, a 1966 Buick and a 1969 Pontiac with charges filed against Richard Leland Wagg for driving under control. A two car mishap in the alley near Sycamore Street occurred when a 1972 Dodge collided with a backing 1970 Plymouth. A separate parked car was struck on Orange Street by a 1962 Chevrolet, and a rear-end collision at Grandview and Schley involved a 1966 Buick and a 1965 Ford.
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Columbus Junction
Muscaline
Park Ave
Clay St
Donald Alfred Hecht
Fairview Ave
George Eugene Monson
Route 4
Richard Leland Wagg
Monson
Hecht
Wage
Sycamore St
Richard Lavern Cambell Jr
Halstead St
Record lamb price at Hawkeye Hampshire sale Iowa State Fair
A ram lamb sold for a record price at the Hawkeye Hampshire Sheep Sale during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Allison B. Cecil Underwood paid $389 for a ram lamb owned by Marvin Secrest of Altoona, who also set a top sale for his ewe at $260 to Watson Hampshires of Stanton.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Attorney General’s
Worth County
Northwood
Boyd Harmon
Richad
Turner
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Harmon
Arnold Buechele
Harvey Bartz
Des. Moines
Hawkeye
Hampshire
Allison B. Cecil
Underwood
Yam Lamb
Marvin Secrest
Altoona
Secrest
Watson Hampshires
Stantori
Three charged after cantaloupe theft near Conesville
A husband and wife and another man were held in Louisa County jail after allegedly stealing about 150 cantaloupes from a farm west of Conesville Friday night. Turner siblings and Kaizenburger, all of Route Columbus Junction, were arrested as they tried to sell the melons to sheriff's deputies. No formal charges filed yet as authorities verify the farm ownership. Forecast predicts a slight chance of showers in the north Monday, otherwise fair with highs near 80 and lows in the upper 50s.
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Wapello
Ralph McDowell
Louisa
Davy’ Werner
Larry No
Tro
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