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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1967
Page
4
William P. Hand at his filling station saw a car start and leave, then discovered his own car was missing. About 30 minutes later Wichita police reported the car recovered with two young occupants in custody.
The Small Business Administration approved a 296000 federal loan to build a 64 bed nursing home in Mapleton. A. C. Dolrman Construction Co. of Sioux City won the contract and completion is hoped for by May 1968.
On this date George Washington died at Mount Vernon in 1799 at age 67. Alabama joined the Union in 1819. Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole in 1911. U.N. HQ was decided for New York in 1946. Eisenhower arrived in Paris in 1956. Mariner 2 flew by Venus in 1962. JFK widow’s attorneys threaten publication in 1963.
DURANT The following schedule of events in local churches lists Gloria Dei Lutheran activities including junior confirmation class, Luther League gathering, Christmas service rehearsals and nursery provided. St Pauls Episcopal holds Holy Communion and sermon at two times, Stockton Baptist features morning worship Sunday School and choir practice with evening worship.
Freddie Brant alias Dr Reid L Brown, Texas lumber town Groveton's self styled physician for over five months, claims townspeople rally behind him. Residents circulated a leniency petition and consider funding medical school for him while he faces perjury and forgery charges. Brant posted $10 000 bond in Kaufman and says he would return as an X ray or lab technician, not a physician. The ruse surfaced after a drug firm questioned his order for cold pills, triggering an inquiry by Texas medical authorities.
AP reports Oklahoma City Highway Patrolman GE Duggan halted a car on the Turner Turnpike at 85 mph. The next day he stopped the same motorist in the opposite direction, again at 85 mph. A puzzled driver asked if he works all the time. The item also notes clashes involving city schools and the ACLU over school insignia policies.
The South Salem High School principal says students may wear three-pronged peace buttons. The school superintendent had previously said none could be worn, indicating a change in policy at the Oregon school.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. AP In 12 years Wofford College issued student loans for leisure items and activities through a pleasure fund created by an anonymous alumni. Over 1,500 students borrowed up to 50 dollars each, plus a one dollar paper fee that recycled back into the fund upon repayment.
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