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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1972
Page
1
The Eagle Scout court of honor for Bruce Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Thomas, will be held at Letts United Methodist Church at 7 30 p m Monday. The public is invited to attend.
Seventeen people were arrested in a four month drug investigation in Ames. Several charged with possession and sale of controlled substances include Marvin Lande Aaron Kitzman Diane Rogers James R Dickson and others from Ames Belmond Carlisle Joliet DeWitt Essex Cedar Rapids Racine and Illinois. Two juveniles also arrested. three others face possession charges.
Fire gutted the continuity office on the second floor of KWPC KFMH at 3218 Mulberry and damaged three other offices with smoke water and fire. Three people were injured in three separate Friday incidents investigated by Muscatine Police. Separate vehicle crashes on Grandview and Warren Mulberry and Barry intersections caused injuries. Des Moines schools chief seeks wage increases for 1973 74 averaging 360 per teacher. Station personnel resumed FM broadcasts after 45 minute outage and coverage continued from Muscatine High School gym. Federal judge orders Times reporters to surrender Watergate interview tapes. appeals planned.
Muscatine Community College Chamber Singers join with local residents to stage Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti at 8 15 p m on Monday December 18 and Tuesday December 19 at the Musser Public Library The cast features Amahl played by David Hurlbut and his mother sung by MCC student Vicki Denkman with Jim White Paul Temple and Darell Hepker as the three kings and Derf Winn as their page The MCC Chamber Singers portray shepherds and neighbors with a full chorus of sopranos altos tenors and basses along with two dancers Roberta Beatty and Jim Ayres The operas 45 minute runtime and its historic NBC Television Opera Theatre premiere in 1951 are noted.
David Hurlbut and Nancy Keel inspect the wooden cratch built by David and his father for the Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors. The performance runs at 8 15 p m Monday and Tuesday at the library.
Delivery instructions require prompt contact for a carrier. The Muscatine Journal lists circulation department contact details and office hours, indicating publication schedule and postal service affiliations. The notice mentions The Muscatine Journal and its Associated Press content usage.
The Wapello area social calendar lists events for December 17 to 24. On Tuesday the VFW Auxiliary Christmas party VW Ha and TTT Christmas Party at Coun try Club are planned. On Thursday Senior Citizens gathering is scheduled.
Centerville Iowa AP Dick Clark the U S Senator elect said at a breakfast supporting Arlo Hunginer that voters now seek merit over party labels. He urged candidates to stand on their positions rather than partisan appeal.
Rep Neal Smith of Iowa, elected to his eighth term, spoke at a breakfast discussing leadership and human compassion, highlighting qualities expected in political leadership and public service.
The Musser Public Library notes the Sunday trial period ends this week after nine Sundays of testing public demand for the hours. The board will review usage at the January meeting and announce plans to continue or discontinue the extra hours.
A 19-year-old girl named Kathleen Dolan, who was to be married on Jan 13, died when a bomb exploded outside a Kilkeeter tavern in Northern Ireland. An unidentified youth was later killed in Belfast by a motorcycle gunman. The blast injured several others, and the violence pushed the regional death toll to 6653 with eight killings in the past week. Frank Dolan, Kathleen’s father, owned the tavern, and doctors fought to save him and others in the blast.
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