Seventeen Cars One Bike In Rash of Accidents Here
A string of nine traffic accidents on Muscatine streets Saturday and Sunday involved seventeen cars and one bicycle. A rider and a small girl were injured, with damages running in the thousands. Tom Johnson, 19, was treated at Muscatine General Hospital after colliding with a car at Hershey Avenue. Norma North and John Mohnssen were involved in a rear and front collision on Hershey Avenue. Leslie Hahn and William Heiter collided at Wisconsin Street and Dewey Avenue. Glen Le Pave and Beverly O'Brien had a near head on crash on East Second Street. Crystalne McCleary, 4, was treated after a Grandview Avenue collision. Deanna McCleary and Harry Davis, Cleo Artell and Lonnie Carter, Gary Johnson and Donald Snyder, Robert Laske and Jerry Christianson, Lyndal Adams and Elmer Drahaus were also involved in separate incidents on Saturday.
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Muscatine
Hershey--avenue
Tom Johnson
Muscatine General Hospital
Main
Hershey Avenue
Hershey
Nancy Eitman
Kindler Avenue
Johnson
Norma D. North
Mason City
John Henry Mohnssen
Bond Street
Hers
Heiter
Glen le Pave
Route J
Beverly A. O'Brien
Lowe Street
Averiue
Pace
O'Brien
Hast Third Street
Jerry ’. Christiansos
Monroe
Christianson
Laske
Lyndal Adams
Stewart Road
Elmer E. Drahaus
Nebraska Street
Miles Avenue
Adams
Drahaus
Miles
Stewart
Sr Hahn
Weather forecast notes warm trend amid storms
The weather bureau reported partly cloudy skies Tuesday with temperatures rising into the 80s in southeast Tawa. Lows tonight near 60, Sunday’s high reached 80, with a Sunday low of 56. A Saturday night thunderstorm dropped 0.33 inches of rain, causing some wind damage but no major impacts. tornado damage was reported in northern Tong communities.
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Mosay Tar
Weather Bureau
Tawa
Municipal Electric Department and Telephone Company
Tong
Rotarians Hear SUI Coach Miller Talks Basketball Plans
SUI coach Ralph Miller spoke at a Rotary luncheon outlining aims to build a team that wins and plays a fan pleasing style at Stata University of Tawa. He noted he had not seen practice and could not predict results, discussed recruiting and scouting, and touched on upcoming events and celebrations in the club and community.
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Stata University of Tawa
Ralph Miller
SUI
Rotary
Miller
Robert Shoemaker
Charles Meerdink
C. H. Young
Glen Downing
Joe ‘Gillespie
Youths Use Stolen Credit Card Attempted Purchase Report
The missing credit card of Mrs Fred Hocking from 3 Wilson Drive was found in Amarillo Texas. Police said the card was taken Sunday August 23 from the front seat of her car. A local store reported two young men tried to buy expensive items with the yard. The pair were about five feet nine inches, one with red hair. They drove a small car with a partial Muscaline county Texas plate.
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Fred Hocking
Wilson Drive
Amarillo
Tex
Muscaline
Texas
See How They Run Tryouts Tonight by Muscatine Masquer
See how They Run play tryouts set for 7 tonight at Muscatine Community College building. Dramatics enthusiasts and actors are invited to attend and audition for roles with the Masquer Players.
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Muscatine
Community College
Boy 10 Sprays Cars With Red Paint in City
A 10 year old boy confessed to spraying a half dozen cars with red paint near East Fifth and Spring streets just after 7 am. Police logged complaints as a merchant officer later found a small tractor started at McKee Feed and Grain. The youth was to be referred to juvenile authorities. Meanwhile Pvt Donald L Clark Jr, 21, of Muscatine, completed advanced artillery training at Fort Sill Oklahoma after basic at Fort Leonard Wood.
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Phlige
Fifth
Spring
McKee
Fort Lid
Oixla
AHTNC
Donald L. Clark Jr
Willow St
Muscatine
Army Artillery’and Missile Center
Fort Sill
Okla
Clary
Army
Fort Leonard Wond
Tle
Muscaline High Schoo
Scouts Hike Black Hawk 20 Mile Trail
Scouts of Troop Py hiked the 20 mile Black Hawk trail from Camp Lowden near Oregon Illinois on Saturday August 28 after overnighting at camp. Participants included Dennis Epperly Mark Flanders Jon Hubble Michael McConahay Robert Middaugh and Douglas Middaugh Scoutmaster Paul Middaugh also joined the hike. Some hikers pursue goal of 100 miles of Scout trails and earned a cloth patch showing Chief Black Hawk with a statue medal. The route along the Rock River passed Indian mounds sandstone cliffs Sinnissippi planter and Governor Lowden’s land before returning. Troop 99 plans a future Chief Senchewine trail hike near Chillicothe Illinois in September.
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Vellersan
Camp Lowden
Oregon
Dennis Epperly
Mark Flanders
Jon Hubble
Michael McConahay
Robert Middaugh
Douglas Pee
Paul Middaugh
Black Hawk
Rock River
Five Seek Alderman Position in Second Ward
The council will interview five candidates for the Second ward alderman post after the finance meeting Tuesday night. Applicants are Fred Halier of 220 East Seventh Street, R. Wayne Tooman of 8 Alleyne Drive, Dr. William Coder of 1122 Mulberry Avenue, Francis A. Angell of 107 Sycamore Street, and Arthur R. Howe of 16 Colony Drive. The appointment, planned for Thursday night, fills the remaining 16 months of Dr. John Tillie’s term after his resignation and move to the country.
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Theory Council
Journal
Fred Halier
East Seventh Street
R. Wayne Tooman
Alleyne Drive
William
Mulberry Avenue
Francis A. Angell
Sycamore Street
Arthur R. Howe
Colony Drive
Corcil
John Tillie
Supervisors Deny Rezone Request From Goddard Parcel
The Cranston board of supervisors denied a petition to rezone 7 acres of land from A agriculture to C-1 commercial. After a public hearing the decision blocked changes for a tomato packing building on the Goddard farm near Cedar township, with the remainder planned for residential use by the petitioners.
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Benjamin J. Goddard
Ivan G. Goddard
Clarence Snyder
Cranston
Board of Supervisors
A- Agriculture
C-1 Commercial
Goddard Farm
Cedar Township
Muscatine Journal Publisher and Mailing Details
The Muscatine Journal operates daily except Sunday and is printed by The Muscatine Journal, an affiliate of Lee Enterprises, at Muscatine Iowa. It is entered at Muscatine post office under March 8 1929 act. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Muscatine Journal
Muscating Journal
Fh Meather of
Lee. Enterprises
Utd
Tywa
Muscaline
Iowa
Associated Press
AP News
Ate
Subscription Rates and Delivery Details
Subscription rates offered for daily delivery by carter and mail. One year by mail within fifty miles of Muscatine costs $12.50. over fifty miles costs $11.00. All subscriptions payable in advance. Office hours 9 am to 6 pm. Special delivery for missed papers until 1:30. Contact 263-2031.
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Carter
Afiscatine
Muscatine
Ba Doom
Public Schools Set for Enrollment Over Four Thousand Five Hundred
Public schools plan to enroll more than 4,500 students as Mulcatine addresses open for the 194-65 session. Catholics’ elementary and Hayes students return to class with 191 registered at Hayes. Half day sessions today and Tuesday, full days slated for the remainder. Afternoon and morning sessions at public elementary schools Thursday, with early dismissal. High and junior high run a short morning schedule, afternoon set for changes and clinical work, full day planned Friday.
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Catholic
Hayes
Iwitch
Tong
Help Seeks Missing Wife and Seven Children
Robert Wewenma of New York state asks police to locate his wife Dorothy and their seven children, last seen with her sister Saturday morning. Details mention a yellow dress and 98 pounds. The report alludes to unclear local schooling notes and transport arrangements for Madison and Lincoln schools.
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Robert Wewenma
Nyent
Broken Gear Stills Clock At Courthouse Muscatine County
A broken gear halted the Muscatine County courthouse tower clock and the hands have been still for nearly a week. Des Moines Insulation and Roofing Co moved in equipment to begin repair work authorized by the county board. The contract also covers roof repairs cleaning tuckpointing and protective screens.
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Muscatine
Des Moines Insulation and Roofing Co
Des Moines
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