Iowa AP Wirephoto Network marks 16th anniversary
The Iowa Associated Press Wirephoto Network celebrates its 16th anniversary as a system to transmit pictures to newspapers and TV stations. It originally began with The Muscatine Journal and expanded to 23 newspapers including Davenport Times, Ottumwa Courier, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Des Moines Register and Tribune, Sioux City Journal, and Keokuk Gate City, with four TV stations. The network enables rapid illustrated news, including Friday’s NYC plane crash photos.
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Truck Rolls From Gas Pump Colliding With Utility Pole
A truck rolled away from a Zip Service gas pump at 915 Rash Street at noon Friday and struck a utility pole. Police estimate $100 damage to the pump and $20 to the tractor’s left front bumper. Curtis C. Cudaback, 31, Lincoln Neb, was driving the Good Food Products Co. vehicle. station owner Robert Harron was present.
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Max Stanley Named to Statewide Citizens' Group Board
Maxwell Stanley of Muscatine joins 19 on the board of directors of a statewide Citizens' Action Committee for Fair Representation. T. E. Davidson of Cedar Falls said the board will push steps toward fair reapportionment and will announce them soon. Muscatine County Courthouse to close Monday afternoon for funeral services of Mrs. Cora Flint Westrate, wife of District Court Judge Matthew Westrate.
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Citizens’ Group
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Muscatine
Citizens’ Action Committee For Fair Representation
T. E. Davidson
Cedar Falrs
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Cora. Flint Westrate
Matthew Westrate
Longtime Muscatine Woman Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs Grace Bauer of Muscatine died today at Mercy hospital following an illness. She was born in New York state in 1906 and married to Leroy E Bauer. Survived by son Robert Bauer and daughter Mrs George Ricketts of Muscatine, a sister Mrs Fred Dankert of Davenport, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services pending at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home. Friends may call Sunday afternoon.
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Smother Bauer
Muscatine
Ricketts
Fred Dankert
Davenport
Ralph J." Wittich Fine
Monmouth Rites Held Friday for Ralph Olander
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon in Monmouth Illinois for Ralph Olander partner in the ownership of the Steven's candy store of Muscatine He died suddenly Tuesday evening at Monmouth of a heart attack He is survived by his wife and two sons Olander was partner with William Leibovitz of Monmouth in the candy store and usually visited Muscatine a day or two weekly He had worked there last Sunday and appeared in good health then.
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Chamber board names three directors at large for year
At a Friday board meeting of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce three men were named as directors at large for a oneyear term. The Rev. E. J. Hageman Robert Taborg and Edward Maher were identified in the photo. Hageman was later chosen as first vice president for the coming year.
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Temperature Trends Iowa Weather Report
Temperature beacons show a fall from 41 Friday to near 12 today with clear sun and north winds. The Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies through Sunday and minimal snow with near normal readings across Iowa in the coming days. Minimums varied from 7 to 19, while Friday’s highs reached 41 in several towns and mid 20s to upper 30s are forecast for today.
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Walter Axel Patient at Muscatine General Hospital
Walter Axel of 720 Climer Street is listed as a patient at Muscatine General Hospital. Arthur C. Hansen, formerly general manager of Huttis Manufacturing Co. and now at River View Heights Convalescent Hospital after a stroke earlier this week, is reported in fair condition.
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Holiday plans tease invites reader submissions
The Muscatine Journal calls for reader holiday plans in the December 23 issue. Readers are urged to tear out the notice and submit details of Christmas travel visits students coming home from college and servicemen on furlough.
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Holiday Season Reflected In Lodge Club Schedule
Christmas near prompts a busy week of programs across clubs. Rotary, Toastmasters, Kiwanis, Forty and Eight, Elks, Y's Men, Eagle lodge, Muscatine club and American Legion plan talks, auctions, dinners, and a Christmas party.
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Long Distance Wide Area Phone Plan Proposed by AT&T
AT and T Co filed with the FCC in Washington proposing Wide Area Telephone Service to let customers place unlimited interstate calls for a flat monthly rate. It would supplement standard long distance and private line services, while Northwestern Bell plans a similar intrastate plan in Iowa but needs time to study traffic and install equipment, says Harold Peters.
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Muscatine
Christmas Customs Told At USSW Meet
The USS.W. of the First Friends Church held a Christmas party at Mrs. Carl Idle and Mrs. Edvard Costello’s home Friday. Miss Flossie Morse led devotions reading Luke 2. Mrs. John McCaffrey spoke on The Customs of Christmas. Mrs. Ralph Bierman presented Christmas ideas and organized games. Refreshments were served to 20 members. The next meeting is January 11 at Mrs. Robert Schmidt’s home.
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Local Employment Report Shows Seasonal Trends In Muscatine
Glenn W. Reynolds of the Iowa State Employment Service reports a weak holiday period with a five percent year over year drop in overall employment. Retail trade offers only a temporary boost while manufacturing holds steady and unemployment is expected to rise after Christmas. The local office logged 201 new applications last month as construction and semi skilled female factory positions feel seasonal layoffs.
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City planning groups to meet at city hall
Members of the Downtown Development committees of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce and the City Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at city hall with Charles Hansen of Harland Bartholomew and Associates to discuss updates to the Muscatine city plan. Washington GOP figure Charles E. Wittenmeyer joins a new executive committee preparing for 1962 elections, announced by Thurston Morton. In the Dominican Republic Rafael Trujillo wins a provincial post with 121,218 votes to 7,198. Nurses strike affects 70 hospitals in Japan. 90 additional hospitals hit by labor actions. Dr William Palmer Lucius, 80, noted pediatrician, dies in Oakland.
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