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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
2
Community support lifts annual Salvation Army Christmas fund to a $3000 target, with organizers thanking residents for their generosity as the appeal closes. The fund was boosted by widespread local backing and timed announcements today.
Captain Israel Velazquez reported a fund of about 3000 dollars supported Salvation Army activities in Muscatine. The holiday program included a Moose Club Christmas party for about 500 children, food baskets, clothing gifts to families, Sunshine bags for nursing home residents, and a party for Golden Age club members.
George Oveson city park recreation director announced day that winter activities are being organized at Weed Park. An organizational meeting for the Little Hockey League will be held at 10 a.m. Youths interested in playing ice hockey are urged to attend. Skating contests for various age groups will be held Friday on the ice at 10. There will be events for boys and girls aged 9 to 12 13 to 16 and 16 and over. The ski run is now an ideal corridor for skis and toboggans and people with toboggans are invited to use the run extending down the hill from the swimming pool.
Muscatine reports a record Christmas mail volume with Saturday deliveries on time. Postmaster and staff, including substitute clerks, stayed on duty through the holiday period to handle outgoing mail and distribute incoming letters to boxholders. Special and perishable items were delivered, with Sunday and Monday closures noted prior to Christmas.
Francis Cardinal Spellman completed his Christmas visit to Berlin with U S troops. He spoke of pride and sorrow over the Communist wall, touring the outpost and taking a helicopter trip along the wall. He briefly crossed the line at Frie Michstrasse to greet Red Border guards and wish them a Merry Christmas.
The International Control Commission began an airlift of 220 neutralist and pro Communist troops to Vientiane for a three day meeting among princes Boun Oum Souvanna Phouma and Soupha Nouveng. They plan to discuss posts in a coalition government led by Souvanna Phouma and expect multiple meetings before agreement.
The New China News Agency reports Albania and China signed an agreement to form a joint stock shipping company to develop shipping between the two countries. The pact was signed in Peiping by a visiting Albanian trade mission.
A sixmember Czech family brave snow and mines to escape Communist Czechoslovakia on Christmas Day near the West German border town. Police reported the family, a father mother and four children aged 3 to 11, as the first to flee in months.
Dr Robert Klein called the King-Anderson Bill H R 4222 the first step toward socialized medicine in the United States saying it would provide compulsory health insurance for all over 65 and could expand to all ages. He warned against a broader socialist system affecting dentists veterinarians lawyers and more. He cited England as an example and urged letters to Rep Schwengel and Senators Miller and Hickenlooper opposing the measure.
Mrs. Elsie Robinson and John hosted a Christmas dinner and gift exchange at 113 West 4th Street on Monday. Guests included Join Schmitt Lloyd Schmitt and son Wirwil Miss Laura Schmitt and 3 Maggie Eckhardt, all of Muscatine. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Schmitt and sons George and Albert, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schmitt and family, all of Nichols. Mrs. Carrie Yeduil and son Paul of Lone Tree and Miss Marcelene Robinson of Oltumwa also attended.
Two New Orleans youngsters enjoyed a white Christmas as Willian Wungesser, owner of a seafood cannery, spread six tons of chipped ice on his front lawn Sunday and another four tons on Christmas morning. His children Nancy, 4, and Billy, 2, built a four foot snow man before the sun melted it.
Mr and Mrs Gene W Kopp and Gregory are spending the Christmas and New Year holidays at the homes of D W Kopp and Robert M Halm with other relatives and friends They will return home at Oxnard California on Jan 1 Mr Kopp is employed at the Pacific Missile Range located at Point Mugu California
Rabbi Samuel A. Friedman of Congregation B N a i Israel volunteered Christmas Day as relief man in New Hanover County Sheriff's Office. For ten years he has answered phones kept records and operated the police radio to free three deputies for Christmas with their families.
Bangkok Thailand A Navy antisubmarine vessel was rocked amidships by an explosion killing the commanding officer and three Thai sailors The ship moored on the Chao Phraya River was beached to prevent sinking Madrid Spain General Franco left hospital after arm injury from shotgun blast while hunting partridges outside Madrid The accident is under investigation
The State Conservation Commission awarded contracts to build 1 22 new foot bridges on trails in State parks. Seven bridges will be at Wildcat Den near Muscatine with work starting early next year and completion in spring. Other bridges include Waubonsie Fort Defiance Pummel A A Call Springbrook Pine Lake State Parks.
City county and state crews pressed snow removal today on city streets county and primary highways following last Friday night snow. Muscatine teams cleared alleys and main thoroughfares while county engineers widened shoulders and treated slick spots with sand and cinders. Road conditions ranged from normal near normal to heavy snow packs south of area, with some drifting and limited visibility on U.S. 34 near Corning and Town 2 near Bedford.
The Weather Bureau warned of colder conditions in Wits section of Tawa with light snow likely tonight or Wednesday. Temperatures were expected to dip to around 20F and reach about 20F on Wednesday, while other Iowa cities reported highs near 34F and lows from 15F to 29F. Skies were mostly cloudy with a light southwest wind as the week remained cold across the region.
Mel Freese age 34 of 1431 Devitt Street and Albert Blake age 17 of 2007 West Fulham Avenue were damaged on Highway 61 eight miles east of Muscatine at 1 a.m. Monday. Freese tried to pass Blake as Blake left turned. both cars eastbound. Deputy Sheriff Bob Miller investigated the crash detailing right front damage to Freese’s vehicle and left front damage to Blake’s.
Donald L. Cohn of 609 Fairview Avenue identified and claimed a $40 found by Mayor Robert D. Bosch. Cohn recovered the money at 4:45 p.m. Saturday after it was found in the 20 block of East Third Street.
Weed Park lagoon hosts skating tonight with uneven ice in places and an area sprayed to smooth the surface. Park officials discuss adding a 300 foot ski slide on the bluff above the lagoon, with Ollie Bently as Park Commission chairman leading talks. CAR FIRE Muscatine rural fire truck responds to a car fire attributed to Leo Hinsbayah near Geneva market, minor rear seal damage reported. no injuries.
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