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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1973
Page
3
Marshalltown Times-Republican editorial warns that cutting alcohol age to under 21 correlates with higher teenage drunk driving fatalities. It cites Massachusetts Michigan and New York data, urges increased awareness, stricter enforcement, and responsible handling of new privileges by parents schools and police.
A reader asks about the difference between fissures and adhesions, possible treatments, and whether surgery is needed. The doctor explains fissures are a painful tear in the membrane that can cause spasm and bleeding, while adhesions are scar tissue usually forming after surgery. The only way to know is to be examined with a light, and treatment ranges from dilation or possible operation if a fissure is found, to simpler measures if adhesions are the cause. Hemorrhoids can be cured, and the doctor offers a booklet titled The Real Cure For Hemorrhoids by writing to him with a stamped self-addressed envelope and 25 cents.
The report lists individuals with charges including reciprocity violation, no fuel permit, speeding, no driver's license, over tandem axle weight, over group axle, and unsafe tires. Amounts range from 10 to cats, with several $20 to $75 fines and various dockets. Names include Jack L. Burns Bob Bryant Donald Vanderhart Neil Lewis Gloria Miller and many others across Pinola Kammerer trailer court Muscatine Letts Cedar Rapids Joliet and surrounding areas. Some cases dismissed or forfeited bonds.
The Muscatine General census lists patients admitted or dismissed including Stella Tobias Kimberly Legg and Mrs George Bechmann at various local addresses. Additional notes mention Sara Elizabeth Garvin and Marjorie Ash.Grandparents named. Marjorie Ash in surgical care at University of Iowa Hospital room 208-5.
Police report details multiple incidents from one night including Lloyd Lee Havemann, 17, charged with an improper left turn after a collision at Green and Mill. Minor injuries reported but no treatment required. Additional cases involve unattended vehicle damage, a hit and run plan, hubcap theft, and a stolen truck front end.
Local stock report lists Monsanto at 485 and Wolverine at 3 with Central Soya 324A Heinz U.S.A Mis Keller rh Dart 18 Bandap 27a HON Intl 144-1 Lee Ent 10 percent noted. Market movers include diverse equities across chemicals, agribusiness, and industrials with varied price indicators and percent changes.
District Court Judge Robert K. Stohr issues marriage licenses to Andreas Jackson Ferns 24 and Christine Phyllis Lorber 21 both of Muscatine and to Dennis Ray Cole 24 and Connie Sue Welker 21 both of Muscatine.
Estimated receipts Tuesday 6000 hogs 1300 cattle 230 sheep with hogs trading moderately active and butchers strong to higher. Prices shown for various weight classes with U S 1 2 200 230 lb hogs at 41 25 to 41 30 and sow ranges. Also notes retirement of Harold Schuessler longtime Muscatine Post Office employee planning a move to Florida after 30 years in postal work including 26 years in Muscatine and four in the Navy.
Obituaries list Verne W. Jones 69 funeral 11 a.m. at Fairbanks Lamp Chapel. Also Ann Hidlebaugh of Huntington Park Cal died. services at St. Mathias Church with rosary. Charles K. Schrieber Alden Burzell Stanley K. Carey and Mrs. Ray Doan noted with service details. Edward F. Miller and Grace Miller commemorated. Clarence Harris, Raymond Sherman, Wilbur Ochiltree, and others listed with burial, dates, and locations.
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