Car Fatality Sparks $250000 Lawsuit in Oklahoma District Court
Gracie M. Shepherd sues Harry Christianson doing business as Monroe Street Market for $250000 in a district court action. The petition alleges Christianson sold or furnished intoxicants to Clifford Aukins Jr., leading to a fatal motor accident on January 30, 1968, on Highway 22 near Montpelier that killed Amos Joe Shepherd, husband of the plaintiff and father of Amos Joe Shepherd Jr. The case seeks a jury trial and loss of support damages.
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Harry Christianson
Monroe Street Market
Gracie M. Shepherd
Amos Joe Shepherd
Christianson
Montpelier
Clifford G. Aukins, Jr
Monroe Street
Clifford G. Atkins, Jr
Amos Joe Shepherd, Jr
Atkins
Shepherd
West Junior High Christmas Concert Set Thursday
West Junior High presents a Christmas concert featuring the Blue Band Gold Band Boys Glee Club Girls Glee Club Swing Choir and Mixed Chorus under band director Charles Piotrowski and vocal director Robert Danner. The program includes traditional carols classical numbers and modern tunes at 8 p.m. in the school gym.
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West Junior High
Charles Piotrowski
Robert Danner
Swing
Federal conference invites Iowa city officials to Washington
Iowa Congressmen Fred Schwengel and John Kyl will sponsor a Community Officials Conference in Washington on February 23 and 24. Invitations have gone to mayors and council members and chamber presidents. Federal agencies such as Housing and Urban Development Health Education and Welfare Agriculture Treasury Interior Justice Army Corps of Engineers and SBA will send representatives to explain programs and answer questions. The lawmakers aim to improve city officials access to information and highlight city problems to federal staff.
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Washington, DC
Iowa
Fred Schwengel
John Ky
Washington, D.C
Chamber of Commerce
Schwengel
Kyl
Iowa City
Housing and Urban Development
Health, Education and Welfare
Agriculture
Treasury
Interior and Justice
Muscatine bridge dispute sparks call to dissolve commission
Norbert Beckey chairman of the Muscatine Bridge Commission denounces legal delays over state takeover plans. He says the commission may seek district court dissolution and offer the bridge to Iowa and Illinois, citing past efforts since 1967 to obtain a new bridge and concerns over funding legality.
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Norbert F. Beckey
Muscatine
Towa
Sinois
Beckey
Iowa State Highway Commission
Retiring council members gifted over bridge project dispute
Local officials clash over a muscatine bridge issue with references to state agencies and potential dissolution of the local bridge commission. The speaker questions safety and public welfare versus legal opinions and hints at a move to petition the district court to dissolve the commission and transfer control to Iowa or Illinois.
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Point Pleasant
Iowa Highway Commission
Lego
Muscatine Bridge Commission
Iowa
Ilinois
Retiring Muscatine council members honored at party
A Muscatine city event honored three retiring council members Mrs Evelyn Schauland Alderman at large and Charles Rehwaldt and Karl Reichert Aldermen for two terms. Mayor E S Burns presided with council heads attending a steak dinner. Certificates of merit were presented and remarks promised for the final retirees meeting.
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Muscatine City
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Evelyn Schauland
Mulberry Ave
Karl Reichert
Charles Rehwaldt
E.S. (Kelly) Burns
Burns
Schauland
Reichert
Rehwaldt
Muscatine
City to discuss municipal court facilities at council meeting
Muscatine city council will meet Thursday evening to discuss municipal court facilities led by City Administrator Gordon Jaeger and new judge Jack Burns. Plans consider converting city hall council chambers into a daily court room with judge’s offices, a law library, and clerk space.
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Muscatine
Gordon Jaeger
Jack Burns
Jaeger
Two-Vehicle Crash on W Second Street
At 2:45 p.m. Tuesday a 1963 Ford driven by Ronald D. Goodrick and a 1965 Pontiac driven by John J. Lenz collided on West 2nd Street near Chestnut. Lenz's car, which had stopped for a light, was rear-ended. Lenz reported over $100 damage. Goodrick's car had slight front-end damage.
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Ford
Ronald Dean Goodrick
Houser St
Pontiac
John Jacob Lenz
W. 4Th St
W. 2Nd St
Chestnut
Lenz
Goodrick Auto
Jaycees Take 85 Residents on Christmas Lights Tour
Operation Cafe sponsored by the Muscatine Jaycees brought 85 elderly nursing home and county home residents on a 5:30 p.m. tour of the city to view Christmas lights and decorations. Buses and cars transported the group, who after the tour were served refreshments at the Muscatine Civic Center.
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The
Muscatine
Probe continues into death of man by gunshot wound
Authorities investigate the fatal gunshot of Donald Joseph Kusnik a 39 year old resident at Kammerer Trailer Court Route 5 found near a pickup on a county road west of the Friends church. A 30 30 rifle lay in the truck and no foul play is yet established.
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The
Highway Commission
Attorney General's Office
Lego
Muscatine Bridge
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Donald Joseph Kusnik
Kammerer
Friends Church
Richard Oppelt
Kusnik
Wolverine World Wide, Inc
California
Ted Kusnik
V.W. Swayze
Riley Funeral Home
Oppell
John Julie
BCI
33 Club Elects Paetz President for 1970
Jack Paetz was elected Tuesday evening as president of the 33 Club for 1970. Officers include Jack Garbutt as first vice president, Roger Lande as second vice president, George Hart as secretary, and Ed Jones as treasurer.
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Jack Paetz
Swith Paetz
Jack Garbutt
Roger Lande
George Hart
Ed Jones
Muscatine Journal Office Hours and AP Claim
The Muscatine Journal operates daily except Sundays and holidays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday hours are 8 a.m. to noon. Published by The Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises member, at 301 Ward St, Muscatine, Iowa 52761. It is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act. The Associated Press holds exclusive publication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
The
Lee Enterprises
Muscatine
Iawa
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Newspaper Deliveries
Rates list daily carrier and mail options for Muscatine city and surrounding areas. Includes in advance prices for city, outlying, and long distance subscriptions, with special delivery and service hours. Government, student, and serviceman prices noted, plus miss-delivery policy and weekend hours.
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City of Muscatine
Han Muscatine
Muscatine
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