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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
1
Residents complained about the siren on the city hall lawn. A new roofmounted siren will be less conspicuous, addressing the public displeasure while keeping alert functionality intact.
Georgia Mae Sterling, 21, of 403 2nd Street Muscatine, was in an early Sunday crash at 2 50 a.m. when she rolled her car on Town 22 east of Nichols curve. Deputies say she was traveling east and lost control, the vehicle rolling into a ditch and sustaining damage.
About 100 Elks and their ladies attended memorial services Sunday afternoon for deceased lodge members. Officers of Elks lodge No. 304 led by Exalted Ruler Carl Sachs conducted the ceremony with guest speaker Father F J Lenoch. Deaths this year included A F Wagner C P Hanley R H Naber R Paullins Rieke W J Shoultz Floyd Blake Bert Olsen Lester Foster James E Green Robert Tadewald William Wendlandt John McCullough E Klein Walter D Miller.
Gamma Forum hosts a Christmas party at Mrs Gary Weber 33 Geneva Drive on Tuesday December 3 at 8 pm. Christian Youth Fellowship holds a chili supper at First Christian church 700 Kindler Thursday December 5 from 6 to 730 pm with adult 1 and children 50 cents. Proceeds aid a Christmas party for needy children. Letts United Methodist WSCS meets Wednesday December 11 at 1 80 pm due to funeral services Wednesday afternoon.
Steven C. Boulton and William C. Jones, sons in law of Mr. and Mrs. Burdette Boulton, are stationed in Vietnam. Boulton serves as Sgt. Steven C. Boulton AF 16862300 Box B 14th Combat Support Group APO San Francisco 96205. Jones is Sgt. William C. Jones RA26783779 HHC 3rd BDE RADAR APO San Francisco 96373. Ann and their two daughters live at 1516 E Fifth St Muscatine.
Weather observer F. J. Bud Bach reports November in Muscatine ranged from 73 degrees on the 1st to 20 degrees on the 20th. First snow fell on the 8th, with 2.43 inches of precipitation for the month and 0.75 inch of snow on the 15th. An earthquake near 11 a.m. on Nov. 9 was noted as an unusual phenomenon.
Six road accidents damaged vehicles on Muscatine streets over the weekend. Edward Vance and Joseph Rogers collided at Walnut and East Suh streets at 11 25 a.m. Sunday with Vance facing failure to yield charges. Earlier, Robert Elshoff and Jesus Cantu Martinez collided on 2nd at Cedar at 5 15 p.m. Saturday. Ronald Harmon and Noel Prussman collided at 8 20 a.m. Saturday on Orange and East 10th, sending Harmon's car into a fire hydrant. water crews shut the hydrant until repairs.
Thatcher Export Corporation and Thatcher Plastics Packaging Muscatine subsidiaries of Rexall Drug and Chemical Company will receive the President’s E Award for export achievement. The recognition highlights outstanding export growth and company leadership in expanding international markets.
Muscatine police logged a spate of automobile thefts including firearms from cars at 3rd and Pine and Park Avenue. Guns, a toolbox, a stereo, and tires were stolen from several vehicles. Home break ins yielded cash and coins, with a man beaten at the Union Hall tavern and hospitalized. Thatcher Export to receive national export award. Thatcher Plastic Packaging to honor long service workers.
A Davenport resident, Steve Leonard Reynolds, 2714 Fair Ave, was bound over to Muscatine County district court on a driving with a suspended license charge after a 3 am pursuit by Muscatine police when Reynolds failed to stop in a chase along U.S. 61. Reynolds was fined $25 plus costs for reckless driving and $10 plus costs for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.
A long line of people waited outside the Muscatine County courthouse at opening to buy 1969 vehicle license plates. Glen Biery, 69, won first plate, with others ahead in line securing plates for autos, trucks, antiques, motorcycles, trailers, and a travel trailer.
A Sunday afternoon Christmas musicale at the home of Mrs. Richard F. Drake featured students including Ted dy Whitman Marlene Neuman Kathy Werner Diane Weis Cin dy Buster Ricky Drake Kris Gregersen Barbara Titus Kim Su Sheldon Peggy Lilienthal Debbie Ruckles Amy Hoffbauer Jennifer Ruckles Steve Gregersen Tracey Olson Susan Miller Kathy Bockwoldt Patty Walker Jane Bockwoldt Lynn Schroeder Amy Bosch Lucy Fosholt Mary Lynn Goddard Janet Titus and other attendees Refreshments in the Christmas motif followed the program Meanwhile Muscatine county board of review reconvened and county assessor John Graham said protests must be in writing The county attorney was authorized to file suit in Polk county district court Des Moines against the Iowa Department of Revenue to stop the state from finalizing a raised assessed valuation to avoid delays in tax disbursements.
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