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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
2
A Winter Fun Club cartoon show will be held at 2 pm Saturday at the Muscatine YMCA. The event, hosted by the Y M C A Winter Fun Club, will feature hot dogs and a soft drink for 40 cents.
A Muscatine youth Gary Alan Gray 18 of 1215 First Ave was charged after a disturbance. He faced assault with intent to commit great bodily injury profanity and obscene language and malicious mischief charges. He was released to his parents in bonds totaling 100 and will have later court appearances.
The Muscatine Journal lists office hours 8 am to 5 pm daily with Saturday 8 am to noon. It is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, Lee Enterprises, Inc. Rates show daily delivered by carrier in Muscatine $2.00 monthly, other areas 40 cents weekly, mail subscriptions from $15 to $20 annually, with special delivery until 6:30 pm daily and 4:60 pm Saturdays. Dial 263-2331.
Airman Earl F. Plyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilfred W Plyer of Muscatine Iowa has finished basic training at Lackland AFB and is assigned to a Strategic Air Command unit at Malmstrom AFB Montana as a fire protection specialist He is a 1987 graduate of Rockridge High School Edgington IL
Police report two separate crashes in Muscatine. Donald Weggen and Dorothy Hicks collided on Fletcher Avenue at 2 13 p.m. Wednesday causing damage to a parked Opel on Mulberry Avenue struck by Daniel Horton from Rock Island at 10 40 a.m. Tuesday.
Acting Postmaster Walter J. Conway announced a three phase rise in second class postal rates for newspapers and magazines starting January 1 1969 The change follows the 1967 rate law to raise most rates in three steps with the first phase in 1968 and the final step in 1970 Editorial material rates rise from 3 to 3 2 cents per pound while advertising rates shift from 4 6 to 4 9 cents up to 16 cents per pound for distant mailings Special lower rates apply to classroom and nonprofit publications who also see increases Readers are advised to contact the local Post Office for detailed rate data
Muscatine County 4 H clubs hold their annual Awards Night at 7 30 tonight in the Muscatine High School auditorium. New county 4 H officers are announced and installed. Seventy one awards will be presented for project activity achievement leadership citizenship and merit. Alumni members and honorary 4 H members will be recognized. The program closes the 1968 4 H year and starts the 1969 program in Muscatine county.
Bradford AP reports Allegheny Airlines Flight 736 crashed into a Pennsylvania mountain on Christmas Eve. Twenty people died, 27 were injured, and rescuers rushed to the scene as a 35 member investigative team began gathering facts. Survivors described frostbitten injuries and gratitude to be alive.
Muscatine County supervisors named Harl Dealer and Irving Hurlbut of Fruitland to fill township justice of the peace terms from January 2, 1969 to November 1971. No candidates ran for the office last November. Hurlbut sought a supervisor post instead, but did not win. Both currently hold the role.
Washington AP The Census Bureau said its 1970 plan shifts to mail back forms in major cities, trimming temporary census takers from about 200,000 to roughly 150,000. Rural areas will still require field workers with follow ups by phone or in person. Tests since 1961 show 65 to 91 percent mail-return rates.
The U S Newell Sargent of Worland won a $140,000 operation by Israeli doctors to investigate links between heart disease and road accidents, says the Ministry of Transport. It is described as the first such study ever undertaken.
Forest and Madeline Ridenour, Muscatine County farmers, were awarded $12,000 by a district court jury after suing over road abandonment that affected all or part of their 208 acres. They had amended from $10,000 to $20,000, citing the road’s impact on their property two miles north of Atalissa, Goshen township. The road had been abandoned by county supervisors in December 1967 citing maintenance costs and limited public use.
President elect Nixon spent Christmas Day at a Biscayne Bay compound in Florida with his family. He walked beaches and remained largely silent on dinner plans and gifts while newlyweds Julie and Dwight Eisenhower stayed nearby during their honeymoon visit.
Communications Technician Sidney Karnes of Belleville recounts the 82 Pueblo crew members crossing Panmunjom in buses with windows covered by sheets. Karnes feared being shot, chose the long walk, and later celebrated with coffee after captivity ends. Seaman Robert Hill Jr. of Harrisburg recalls dreams of good news proven true.
A sequence of warranty deeds recorded in Muscatine Iowa lists Beach Lumber and Supply Co. transferring Lot 2 Block 1 in Pane View Addition to Ronald D. and Sharon Kay Brunk. Lillie M. Jackson conveys Lots 8 9 Block 31 Abraham Smalley’s Addition to South Muscatine to Jerry A. and Sandra Kay Stalkfleet. Lois E. Woodhouse and Robert Woodhouse transfer part of Lot 4 Block 49 to Robert and Elizabeth Gwendoline Woodhouse as joint tenants. Beverly J. Nyenhuis transfers Lot 30 Sunset Addition and Lots 5 Stoeffers Addition and Lots 17 19 Lucas St. Addition to Robert D. and Miriam J. Bosch. Ray Buster and Frieda Buster sell part of Lot 1 Block 101 City of Muscatine to RC Petersen. RC Petersen and Twyla Petersen transfer part of Lot 1 Block 101 City of Muscatine to Frieda Buster.
Frederick Maryland AP reports Robert M. Childers, 49, surrendered after 13 years, confessing to killing magistrate Charles Leslie Moats in 1935. He said worry over the case drove him to reveal the crime. Moats, 71, was found beaten and shot at his home on April 23, 1935, in Mount Sterling Kentucky.
Muscatine police investigate theft of a four barrel Holly carburetor from a 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle owned by Jerry Pearson at 1502 W Acre Drive. The loss occurred Tuesday night or Wednesday morning with a value of 60 dollars.
Lowell Snyder, son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Snyder of 503 Liberty, completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas on December 12. He was admitted to the hospital for a virus infection lasting two weeks and is now recuperating at Lackland awaiting orders.
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