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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1964
Page
2
Muscatine High School auditorium nearly sold out for the annual winter band concert as about 300 musicians of varied ages performed, with parents and friends filling the balcony and aisles. The program showcased students’ progress from grade school through high school in a lively community event.
The Soviet Union reportedly agreed to fund part of the airlift supplying Congolese rebels led by Christophe Gbenhye, replenishing Soviet weapons as Algeria and the United Arab Republic ship arms. China quietly aids via its Burundi embassy as lines weaken near the Sudanese border.
Muscatine High School staged its annual United Nations program in the school auditorium led by Larry Hudson as president with Nannie Woodhouse vice president and Jane Breckenfelder secretary. Dr. Dwight Saunders spoke on Freedom From Want, noting his economics background at Brake University and Ford Foundation fellowship. The International Club sponsorship and performances by the Madrigal Group and student recitations highlighted the event.
The Muscatine Journal supplies daily news with Associated Press dispatches. Delivered by carrier for forty cents weekly. mail rates 11.00 within Muscatine and 18.00 beyond fifty miles. All subscriptions are prepaid. Office hours and a local phone number are listed.
Peter Arnott Theatre presents Doctor Fausius Tuesday at Muscatisve Community College by the Marionelli Theatre of Peter Arnott. A matinee at 2 pm and an 8 pm showing. Admission for the general public is 78 cents. children under 12 are not permitted. Arnoll, English born, is an associate professor at the State University of Iowa in classics and Kamalic arts.
The third annual economic development conference of the Town Arena Development committee will include three Muscatine representatives in Iowa City on Tuesday. BE. W Mathern of Muscatine County Extension Service Frank J Killian executive secretary of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce and Merle Strause of the Muscatine Jaycees will attend. Dr Marvin Anderson of Iowa State University will chair. Sessions at the Iowa Memorial Union cover recreation and tourism education vocational technical warning and The Path for Progress a speech by Gov Harold E Hughes.
Snow removal crews will clear the riverfront parking area tonight causing a parking ban after nine. Men and trucks will move in to clear drives and stalls, with stores open until 9 and the riverfront lots available during extended shopping hours.
Muscatine Lodge No. 304 B. P. G. Elks held a memorial service for deceased members at the lodge home. Dec 1 is the first Sunday of December nationwide per Grand Lodge decree. Exalted Ruler Gerald Blaesing presided and Father Clems of St. Marys parish spoke. A large turnout of members and families attended.
Mrs. David Baur of 815 Sycamore Street won first prize in Muscatine merchants Brand Names contest. Second and third prizes went to Mrs. Raymond Beh and Mrs. P e L Grandjean, with 13 auxiliary award winners also named. The Muscatine Journal thanked contestants and said certificates are mailed.
Marshalltown police charged Hubert Callahan John Pelham James Gray and Robert Brown with burglary with aggravation after they robbed Walter Munter 84 seven miles southwest of Marshalltown on Nov 10. They tied up Munter and Daisy Anderson 18, his housekeeper, and fled with 1 75. Munter not seriously harmed.
Seaman Recruit Charles E. Norwood, Ui, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Norwood of Muscatine, is taking nine weeks of basic training at San Diego California. Early in training he will take aptitude tests to determine his future Navy specialty from among 68 fields.
Miscatine stores are open this evening for Christmas shoppers. Santa Claus will be at his headquarters at the gag company to greet all his young friends from 7 to 9 o'clock.
A Winona biologist report shows mayflies thrive where water is clean, indicating river health. Across 1000 miles of the Mississippi, three mayfly species reveal pollution levels with mass emergences scarce below Minneapolis and near zero below St. Louis.
The State Historical Society publication Palimpsest, detailing Muscatine history, is on sale at the Civic Center 109 West Mississippi Drive. The Chamber of Commerce provides copies at 50 cents each. The booklet includes narrative on the city with numerous color and black and white photos.
Youngsters sold bangles Friday and Saturday to raise 98 dollars for the Muscatine County Tuberculosis and Heart Association. Michelle Parish led the effort with 2.22 dollars. The drive mails 4500 reminder letters this week. total raised reaches 3409 dollars. California trip highlights Hawkins and family visit. the Novinski family welcomes a new son, Robert Joseph.
An advertisement from Excelsior Medical Clinic offers a free illustrated book about a non surgical treatment for glandular inflammation. It claims relief from back hip leg and nervous symptoms with a time saving, inexpensive approach backed by a lifetime assurance certificate.
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