Police log details string of Muscatine accidents
A day's Muscatine police log details a sequence of car crashes and injuries across multiple streets. Mary Jo Eisner, 21, was helped at Muscatine General Hospital after a rear collision with Dr. John Henry Spencer, 46. Other incidents include Richard Kruse, 42, cited for intoxicated driving after a solo crash, and several two car collisions with damages over $100 at various intersections including Park Ave McArthur, Oregon St, and Hershey Ave. No fatalities reported.
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Muscatine
Mulberry Ave
Parham Ave
Mary Jo Eisner
Green St
Pontiac
John Henry Spencer
Wier St
Eisner
Muscatine General Hospital
Spencer Auto
Richard John Kruse
Route 4
W. 8Th St
W. 8Th
Lucas St
McNeely
Barnts Auto
Marvin Harold Hunn
Lorenz St
E. 5Th
Clifford Lloyd Bohling
Hunn
Bohling
Isett Ave
Clay St
Lorber’s Auto
Oregon
Earl St
Teddy Lee Prath
Gerry Eloise Tate
Oregon St
Fire destroys Maynard Eckhardt home on Christmas eve
A 6:40 p.m. Christmas Day fire destroyed the rural Maynard Eckhardt home north of Highway 61 near Wilton. The family was visiting grandparents for dinner. no one was home. Neighbors reported the fire began in an electrical transformer and spread through the wiring, engulfing the house and furnishings before Wilton and Muscatine fire departments arrived, leaving only a chimney. The Eckhardts oversee the adult education department at the Muscatine campus of the Eastern Iowa College district.
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Maynard Eckhardt
Highway 61
Wilton
Dubuque man faces five charges in two accidents
Gary Gene Holladay 23 of Dubuque is charged with two counts of leaving the scene of an accident one count of driving with license suspended one count of striking an unattended vehicle and one count of contempt of court for unpaid parking tickets. The incidents began with a Thursday hit on an unattended car in the 1400 block of Nebraska Street and followed an early Thursday evening two car crash two miles east of Muscatine on Highway 22 involving Holladay and Wayne Hazen. Holladay is held on 930 dollars bond with separate bonds for the other charges.
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Dubuque
Gary Gene Holladay
Holladay
Nebraska St
Jack Ellman
Muscatine
Highway 22
Wayne Edward Hazen
Davenport
Hazen
Muscatine Journal office hours and publication notes
The Muscatine Journal lists daily office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday hours until noon. The paper is published daily except Sundays and holidays and is a member of Lee Enterprises with a Muscatine address. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
The
Lee Enterprises
Muscatine
Lawa
Post Ifice
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Newspaper
Rates shown for city carrier, other carriers, motor delivery, and mail options. Includes in-state, long distance, servicemen and students pricing. Special delivery hours in Muscatine are 6 39 p.m. weekdays and 2 30 to 4 00 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 263 2331.
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City of
Muscatine
Dial
Leuthauser Eyes Astronaut Dream at Air Force Academy
Dennis Leuthauser, a regular linebacker and kicker at 195 pounds, hopes to become an astronaut. He sparked a 20-10 win over North Carolina with a late interception and helped in a victory over Oregon by blocking a punt for a touchdown. He also kicked the extra point after the TD and remained in defense afterward.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Dennis Leuthauser
Leuthauser
Ning
Seaion
North Carolina
Oregon
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Jan Griesenbrock
Baker St
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Nichols
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Patricia Sander
Dodge
Sander
Ford
Towa Ave
5Th St
Robert Donald Ripley
Iowa Ave
Oldsmobile
Evva Grace Hargrave
Newell Ave
Riley Auto
Riley
Hargrave
Hershey
Watson Auto
Strauser
E. 5Th St
Cy- Press
Dorothy Powers Elliott
Route 3
Tony Martin Lorber
Oak St
Lorber
Elliott
Tate
Pra‘h Auto
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Robert Dickson
Santa Maria Foundation
Haiti
Midway Inn
Atalissa
VFW Hall
Columbus Junction
Vern Bramwell
Country Gentlemen
the Elms Restaurant
Tom Carpenter
Sterneman’s
Kodacolor
DusTin Hoffman
Mia Farrow
John and Mary
Natalie Wood
Robert Culp
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EX Reed
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Bernard Miles
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