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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
2
A family project completed this year produced a Nativity scene at 2310 Cedar in front of the Martin Taylor home. The display was built by Mrs. (name not provided) and is part of a communal family effort observed locally.
Des Moines AP counts a Council Bluffs housewife, 36, on the Town Law Enforcement Policy Committee. Mrs. A M Strohbehn criticizes liberal trends, urges enforcing laws, more focus on good citizens, and disciplined parenting for three boys and a girl. She favors traditional dissent channels over demonstrations.
DES MOINES AP two Iowa legislators plan to end state control of liquor sales. State Sen. Charles Sullivan proposes privatizing liquor stores while Rep. Harold Ischer favors transferring licensing duties to the Revenue Department and enforcement to Public Safety. He argues the current Iowa Liquor Control Commission is inefficient and too many stores exist in large towns, not small ones.
The upper lagoon at Weed Park is open for ice skating. Park superintendent Paul Colberg said skaters were on the ice Monday and the heated skate shack will operate 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily during school vacation, with skating also allowed on the Muscatine slough’s upper end. DES MOINES AP The proposed 18,000 seat municipal stadium in downtown Des Moines is temporarily postponed due to lack of cooperation among city groups, but Councilman Richard E. Olson remains convinced a municipal facility should exist and would support it if built.
A welding torch sparked a minor blaze at the R. and J. Dick Co. painting booth at 912 E. 5th street Muscatine at 9 20 a.m. today. Minor damage occurred and firemen arrived to extinguish the flames.
Muscatine Jaycees open nominations for a young man aged 21 to 35 to receive their Distinguished Service Award. The honor will be presented at Bosses Night Banquet January 23 at the Elks Lodge. Nominees must be male residents of Muscatine. members not required and president is ineligible. Deadline January 10.
Apollo 8 commanders report planned water dumps to shed waste create tiny thrusts affecting course as they near moon. Ground stations seek precise navigation before leaving lunar orbit early Wednesday. Mercy flights to Biafra resume after Equatorial Guinea ban, Red Cross says to feed 650,000 refugees, many children.
Paul E. Detring, 32, died of head wounds after he and his 9-year-old son were abducted from an Otto convenience store. Two men and a woman forced them into a car on Highway 21, drove about five miles, then forced them to walk along a creek. The boy, pistol whipped, was later reported in satisfactory condition. the motive remained unclear.
Airman Jerry N. Steinke, son of Mr and Mrs Bernard F Steinke of Muscatine Iowa, completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. He is assigned to Keesler AFB Mississippi for communications training after graduating from Muscatine High School and attending Northeast Missouri State College. His wife is Connie Fuhlman.
The Muscatine Journal lists daily operations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with Saturday hours until noon. It is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, part of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated at 301 FE and St. Muscatine Iowa. The paper is a second class matter under March 1973 act and uses AP for local news and dispatches.
Daily paper delivered by cash carrier in Muscatine is 2.00 per month in advance. Other carriers charge 0.40 per week. Mail rates: within 50 miles 15.00 per year, towns with carrier service 18.00, over 50 miles 20.00. All subscriptions paid in advance. Special delivery for missed papers until 6:30 p.m. daily and 4:00 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 243-2331.
Des Moines AP report on Gov. Harold E. Hughes closing his last session as chair of the State Executive Council with bipartisan accord. Hughes leaves Jan 2 to join the U.S. Senate and receives a leather chair from the council for Washington use. Lt. Gov. Robert Fulton will serve until Robert D. Ray takes office Jan 16.
The notice lists Airman K Arthur G Bardwell IV at Karot Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand and his address via Mrs Ernestine Bardwell. It also notes Iowa Representative Vernon Bennett proposes a half cent tax on inorganic beverage containers to fund cleanup, aiming to introduce the bill in the 1969 Iowa Legislature.
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