Careless Driving Charged After Six Weekend Auto Accidents
In Muscatine six weekend collisions caused extensive damage and noise from Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. Stanley Peterson, 36, of 900 East Ninth Street, was charged with careless driving after his 1957 car left the road on a curve on West Eighth street, striking a mailbox, lawn, and fire hydrant, and he received a summons for Police court on Sept. 3. Other incidents involve Norbert Brown, Larry Gasaway, Robert Moore, Elma Slattery, Gerald Rieke, Timothy Cox, Doris Westbrook, Ruth Woodhull, Allan Abrahams, Leonora Flake, and motorist William Duncan, with various vehicle damages on Grandview, East Second, Park, and West Eighth streets.
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Muscatine
West Eighth Street
Stanley Peterson
East Ninth Street
Peterson
Norbert
W. Brown
Route 5
Grandview Avenue
Larry Gene Gasaway
West Third Street
Gasaway
Main Street
Brown
Robert E. Moore
West Second Street
Elma &. Slattery
Smalley Avenue
East Second Street
Town Avenue
Moore
Gerald R. , Rieke
Timothy P. Cox
Chicago
Doris W. Westbrook
Washington Street
Park Avenue
Cox
Westbrook
Leff
Ruth 8. Woodhull
Middle Road
Pine Street
Allan B. Abrahams
Logan Street
Judith Kay Berk
Iowa Avenue
Leonora B. Flake
Grant Street
William ©. Duncan
Columbus Junction
Dedication Set for Bell Installation at Greenwood Cemetery
A ceremony is planned at 2 p.m. Wednesday to dedicate the Arcadian Bell at Greenwood Cemetery honoring Edith Luedtke Houdek and Glen G. Houdek. The Schulmerich Carillons instrument weighs six and a half tons, uses a miniature tone generator, requires no bell tower, and includes a tape player to play hymns at noon and 5 30 p.m. The device, housed in a five and a half foot cabinet, will chime hours and is installed by Schulmerich Carillons Inc., a leading global supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood Cemetery
Edith Luedtke Houdek
Glen G. Houdek
Muscatine
Bonita Springs
Fla
L. J. Horst
Schulmerich Carillons, Inc
Selfersville
Thieves Take Copper Wire At Northwestern Bell Site
A heavy reel of aluminum coated copper wire valued at 300 dollars was stolen early today from Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. at a storage site near the Kincaid hollow underpass Milwaukee road tracks. The reel held 6,500 feet of transmission line and weighed 800 to 1,000 pounds. Deputy Miller estimated junk value at about 40 dollars. A nearby resident woke at 12:30 am as thieves drove away. two other reels of the same size were left behind.
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Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
County Road C
Kincaid Hollow
Milwaukee Road
Bob Miller
Miller
Muscatine Journal Description and affiliations
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal and is a member of Lee Enterprises. It is incorporated at 301 Bard Street, Muscatine, Iowa 52761. It is entered as second class matter in the Muscatine post office under the act of March 1879. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Paper
Subscription rates detail daily delivery in Muscatine at 2.00 per month in advance and 0.40 per week for other deliveries. Mail options include 12.00 per year within fifty miles and 20.00 per year beyond fifty miles. Payments in advance. office hours listed. special delivery for missed papers offered.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Muscatibe
Ally
Oregon St Junction Work Starts Tuesday
The junction of Oregon street and Grandview avenue will close Tuesday noon to begin a new roadway from Grandview to the main railroad crossing. The junction will be widened relocated and paved with concrete and will feature actuated traffic lights. Detour via Sampson street is advised due to limited signals at nearby crossings.
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Oregon Street
Grandview Avenue
Sampson Street
Sampson
Oregon
Grandview
Walton League to Install New Officers at September Meeting
Izaak Walton league Muscatine chapter will meet Thursday at the Fairport clubhouse with State Sen. David Stanley as speaker. New officers elected in August will be installed by district director John McGrindle. Officers: Robert Thorpe president, George Blackwood vice president, Gerald Hetzter secretary, Robert Kaufmann treasurer, Fred Bunn financial secretary. Program includes motion pictures and luncheon. Stanley to discuss litter-bug problem. Chapter trapshoot on Sept. 11. Board meeting Sept. 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izaak Walton League
Muscatine
Fairport
David Stanley
John McGrindle
Robert Thorpe
George Blackwood
Gerald Hetzter
Robert Kaufmann
Fred Bunn
Stanley
Tomato Crop Processing Expected to Peak This Week
Edward Maher of the H J Heinz Co. reports the Muscatine plant will pick up this week as the 1968 tomato crop flows in. He sees heavy activity next week and a peak the following week amid weather delays. Heinz president R Burt Gookin cites plans for the largest tomato tonnage in company history, with California harvests helping offset potential gaps in the East and Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
H. J. Heinz Co
Edward Maher
Heinz Company
R. Burt Gookin
Pittsburgh
Wolford Assigned to Nuclear Weapons Training at Lowry AFB
Airman James M. Wolford, son of Mrs. Pearl L. Wolford of 709% E. Seventh St., Muscatine, has been selected for technical training at Lowry AFB, Colorado, as a U.S. Air Force nuclear weapons specialist after completing basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas. A Muscatine High School graduate in 1966, Wolford joins the Air Training Command’s program offering specialized courses to prepare technical personnel for the aerospace mission.
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Wolford
A. F
James M. Wolford
Pearl L. Wolford
Seventh St
Muscatine
Lowry Afb
Colo
U.S. Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Air Training Command
Muscatine High School
Banking School Diploma Given To G Nelson
Gerald D. Nelson, vice president of the First National Bank of Muscatine, was among 423 graduates from 32 states and Honduras who completed two weeks yearly for three years at the University of Wisconsin banking school in Madison. The 1966 ceremony in the Wisconsin Union Theater was attended by about 1,000. Elvin J. Stahr, president of Indiana University, gave the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald D. Nelson
First National Bank of Muscatine
Honduras
Central America
School of Banking
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Central States Conference
Bankers Associations
Wisconsin Union Theater
Elvin J. Stahr
Indiana University
City Group Plans Visit to Ames Highway Commission
About 25 men from Muscatine travel to Ames for an 11 a.m. meeting with the Town Highway Commission to hear views on a possible bypass. Several bypass plans have been proposed and will be discussed with city officials and local groups including the chamber and development group.
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Muscatine
Ames
Town Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine Development Corporation
Muscatine School District Plans 1966 67 Opening
Nearly 6,000 students in the Muscatine Community school district return to classes Thursday September 1 for a half day with full schedules starting Friday September 2. John F Kennedy special education school opens Friday. Enrollment projected at 5700 or more after absorbing Area Six Montpelier No 2 and Fruitland.
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Muscatine Community
Ues
John F. Kennedy
Ken
Nedy
A. A. Johnson
Area Six
Montpelier No. 2
Fruitland Township
High School Fees Due Thursday at Start of Year
Muscatine High students must pay fees Thursday morning during first period. Activity tickets cost 6 dollars. PE padlock rental is 25 cents. Auroran yearbooks are 4 dollars. Athletic insurance with football is 8 dollars. without football 3 dollars. Student insurance is 2 dollars. Meal tickets sold at the end of the short morning schedule.
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Muscatine High School
Auroran
Tumey Recalls VISTA Year With Apache in North Dakota
Deanna Tumey of Muscatine described her VISTA year spent mainly with Apache Indians in North Dakota at a Rotary luncheon. She completed the year earlier this month and outlined four focus areas tutoring Indian children health services recreation including Four H and a pre kind. The talk noted differences between Indian and midwestern life and mentioned local school attendance shifts and transport for Fruitland students. Separate remarks covered WWI Veterans reunion attendance and the upcoming Tri County school levy vote.
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America
North Dakota
Deanna Tumey
Muscatine
Rotary Club
Midwest
German Girl to Attend School in Muscatine
Miss Erika Thoing 17 from Hamburg Germany arrives as Muscatine High School’s foreign exchange student under the Youths for Understanding program. She will stay with Mr and Mrs R W Brannen on highway 22 east of Muscatine for a year while Miss Thoing registers Tuesday.
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Erika Thoing
Hamburg
Germany
Muscatine
Muscatine High School
Miss Thoing
R. W. Brannen
Highway 22
Mrs Cecil Newcomb Patient at University Hospital Iowa City
Mrs Cecil Newcomb of 406 Pond Street is listed as a patient at the University Hospital in Iowa City. She is identified with the University of Iowa facility.
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Iowa City
Cecil Newcomb
Pond St
University Hospital
University of Iowa
Here for wedding visit in Mitchell S D
Mrs George Millen of Mitchell S D visits sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs K M White at 1717 Devitt Ave to attend nephew Timothy Causey wedding to Miss LaVonne Causey on Sept 4. Also includes a tuna fish salad recipe noting mayonnaise celery and gherkins on crisp greens.
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George Millen
Mitchell S. D
K. M. White
Devitt Ave
Timothy
LaVonne Causey
Rural Mail Boxes Hit By Vandals Near Muscatine
Vandals damaged and stole several rural mailboxes around Muscatine Iowa. The Kent residence box on highway 22 east of Muscatine was stolen, marking the fifth theft or destruction at that site. Other boxes serving Kent Feeds research farms and boxes east of town were also damaged, including those of Virgil Schneiders and Royal Clarks on route 3.
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Muscatine
Sheriff's Office
Gage Kent
Highway 22
Kent Feeds Research
Virgil Schneiders
Royal Clarks
Television Set Burns In Rural Home Near Muscatine
Rural fire crews were summoned at 9 25 am to the Robert Whitsel residence on highway 48 two and a half miles north of Muscatine where a television set caught fire. Firemen reported no damage to the home after extinguishing the blaze with a small amount of water.
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Muscatine
Robert Whitsel
Highway 48
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Walton League
Moses
Tony Curtis
Natale Weems
James MM
Banking
G. Nelson
Parker
Grimm Drug
Iowa
VISTA
Fruitland Jr. High
Central
Fruitland
West Junior High
West
Kenneth Watters
Merril Thomas
Cascade
Watters
Hilltop Drive-In
Livin’ Wu By
George's Steak House
Bob Beck
Beck
Jim Bromwell
Muscatine Cleaners
Popular Request
East Second St
Alile
Ati
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