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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1968
Page
1
The 1969 edition of Summer Employment Directory arrived at the library. It lists 80 000 openings across the United States and Canada in resorts camps parks theatres ranches and restaurants with wages from 200 to 600 and up to 1500 including room and board.
The James A Waters family of four sons residence at 335 Hagerman Drive includes Jim Waters a USDA livestock inspector and former Roseland Mustang. Separate Muscatine police reports detail rear end and skid accidents on city streets with multiple local youths and residents cited in collisions and a parade of damaged cars.
The P. M. Musser public library in Muscatine will close at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, and will remain closed all day Dec. 25. Sgt. Denison R. Waterman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Waterman, 1111 Oakland Drive, has returned from a year at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam. His next assignment after a 30 day leave will be at the Army induction center in Sioux Falls, S. D.
Kris Habeck, 12, is in good condition at Muscatine General Hospital after a two car crash on Grandview Avenue at 9:20 a.m. Saturday. He was in a car with his parents when it collided with a vehicle driven by Kenneth L Fowler of 817 Bath Street Muscatine.
Richard L Staats 22 of Muscatine drove on U S Highway 61 near Burlington when the steering wheel detached from the column causing the car to run into a ditch and damage 100 feet of fence. An unidentified passing motorist with a wrench helped reattach the wheel and Staats with his wife and two passengers continued without injuries.
Families plan holiday gatherings with multiple households listed. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Kraklow and children from Richardson Texas. Willey family in Muscatine hosting relatives from Davenport Rock Island Conesville. Miss Holly Hendriks visiting from Northeast Missouri State College. extended visits in Tri Cities. Additional out of town visitors stay with Emil Schulz Jr. residence and include Philpott family from Burkesville.
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner ordered an immediate halt to paying welfare department employees while they study full time at universities. Two Muscatine County workers are enrolled with state funds, raising questions of legal authority and oversight. Turner demanded enrollment stop until legislature considers authorization.
Theft report from Muscatine cites 11 eight track stereo tapes taken from an unlocked car in the east 100 block of city alley No 1. Steve Minder, rural Muscatine, reported the incident at 4 p.m. Saturday and assigned a $70 value to the tapes.
Nichols residents Mr and Mrs Gerald E Lanfier announce their son Larry Lanfier has enlisted in the Navy and left for training December 5 His mailing address is SP Larry Lanfier USN B 634710 Co Pat Recruit Training Command Great Lakes Illinois 60088 The Muscatine Journal publishes local news from Muscatine Iowa under the Lee Enterprises umbrella with limited post office access and AP news use
Subscription rates listed: delivered daily by carrier in Muscatine for $2.00 per month in advance. carrier outside Muscatine 40 cents weekly. by mail within 50 miles $15.00 yearly. towns with carrier service $18.00. over 50 miles $20.00. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Special delivery for missed papers until 6.30 pm daily and 4 pm Saturdays. Dial 263-2331.
Seventh-day Adventists distributed food baskets in the Muscatine area. Last week 72 fruit plates were prepared and given to 51 families at Health and Welfare Center 513 and to residents at the County Home and various nursing homes helping about 211 people.
City sanitation department alters schedule so Wednesday pickups occur Tuesday. Tuesday routes will collect Monday through Tuesday refuse, with residents on Tuesday urged to place garbage at curb tonight before 1 am Tuesday when trucks begin.
Sgt and Mrs Roger Fletcher of Colorado Springs will spend Christmas with their parents Mr and Mrs Everett Lange and Mr and Mrs Woodrow Fletcher. Their daughter Linda a senior at St Anthony's School of Nursing Rock Island will also be home for the holidays.
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