Crane Fault Blows Power To Large Part Of Muscatine
A Sammons Construction crane touched a 13 800 volt feeder near West Mississippi Drive and Hershey Avenue, cutting power to downtown and eastern Muscatine for about half an hour. The Canal Street substation failed, service to Grain Processing Monsanto and Thatcher Glass continued in other areas, and the crane arm also damaged Western Union lines along the river.
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Muscatine
West Mississippi Drive
Hershey Avenue
Sammons Construction Co
Keokuk
Canal Street
East Hill
South Muscatine
West Hill
James Fuller
Monsanto
Thatcher Glass
West Loop
Sammans Company
Fuller
Rural Carrier Harry Harder to Retire After 35 Years
Rural carrier Harry F Harder of Main Street will retire from the postal service December 30 after 35 and a half years of service. He began as a substitute May 18 1931, became regular November 1 1935, served in the navy, returned March 15 1946, and became a rural carrier June 16 1948. Assistant Postmaster John Barger praised his conscientious service and presented a citation from Postmaster General Lawrence F O'Brien. Harder and wife have a son James and a daughter Mrs Larry McKnight plus two granddaughters.
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Harry F. Harder
Main Street
Postal
John Barger
Harder
Fromm
No. 4
Barger
Lawrence
Muscatine Journal subscription rates and office hours
The Muscatine Journal lists subscription prices for daily delivery by carrier and mail, details rates for city and long-distance customers, and office hours. It notes special delivery service and payment terms, with mailing and address information for Muscatine, Iowa.
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Aang
Telive
Cartier
City of Muscaine
Muscatine
Getty
Holiday Visitors From Bloomington To Velma Douglas Family
Mr and Mrs K Don Douglas of Bloomington Indiana spent Christmas with his mother Velma Douglas at 113 East Eighth Street. Mr Douglas is a manufacturing methods engineer in the tuner area for RCA color TV.
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K. Don Douglas
Bloomington
Ind
Velma Douglas
Douglas
RCA Color TV
Three Cars Damaged In Snowy Park Avenue Accident
Three vehicles were damaged on Park avenue at Halstead street at 12 30 p m today in an accident blamed on slippery snow. Wayne A Wright 25 of 519 Bond Street halted to make a left turn into Halstead when bumped from behind by William Bronner 29 of route 2 Muscatine. Loren F Jens 26 of 1616 Hershey avenue then struck Bronner s car pushing it into Wright, damaging the rear of Wright s car and the front and rear of Bronner s and the front of Jens s.
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Park Avenue
Halstead Street
Wayne Andrew Wright
Bond Street
Halstead
William
Bronner
Route 2
Muscatine
iLoren F. Jens
Hershey Avenue
Wright
Jen
Muscatine Wrestler Suffers Serious Neck Injury
Thomas J. Masterson, 17, Muscatine high school junior 180-pound wrestler, sustained a serious spinal neck injury during a Tuesday morning practice. He was taken to University Hospital Iowa City in critical condition, with officials noting no fall caused the injury.
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Thomas J. Masterson
Muscatine High School
University Hospital
Iowa City
Bob MecNiel
Thomas M. Masterson
Route 3
City Personal Property Assessments Begin Soon
City assessor Harold Davis announced that three field workers will begin the 1967 personal property assessment in Muscatine on January 3. The notice also notes the ongoing reappraisal of residential and agricultural properties, with a 30 percent tax increase ordered for those classes, and the industrial rate rising similarly. The Cleminshaw Co. handles industrial and commercial reappraisals, with two men in town.
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Harold
Jan, Davis
Muscatine
Robert Birkhofer
State Tax Commission
J. M. Cleminshaw Co
Des Moines
Cleminshaw
South Muscatine
Tax Commission
Birkhofer
Snow Slows Traffic After First Area Snowfall
Slippery highways from the area first major snow of the season stranded motorists Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Alvin Baumgartner of Chicago were injured when their car skidded off Eisele hill near Muscatine on Highway 61 92. Deputy sheriff reports injuries to Mrs Baumgartner and a neck injury to Mr Baumgartner. Two Western Transportation drivers also skidded into ditches at the hill bottom. One trailer cargo was recovered by wrecker, the other driver escaped on his own.
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Cédar River
Muscatine County
Alvin Baumgartner
Chicago
Muscatine General Hospital
Eisele
Eisele’s
Muscatine
Bob Miller
Three-Vehicle Collision injures young driver on West Fourth
At 5 20 p m Tuesday a three vehicle crash in the 500 block of West Fourth injures Gregory R Bridges 7 705 West Fourth Street who escaped with head and arm injuries. His car first hit Walter Russell s parked car then slid into oncoming traffic striking a Midwest Transit Lines bus driven by Francis B Fowlie 1512 Grant Street Bus passenger Mrs Bernie Hayes 206 West Eighth Street received medical checks. The Bridges car sustained right front and left rear damage.
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West Fourth Street
Gregory R. Bridges
Muscatine General Hospital
Walter Russell
Bridges
Midwest Transit Lines
Francis B. Fowlie
Grant Street
Bernie Hayes
West Eighth Street
Assistant Fire Chief Schlutz to Retire After 25 Years
Assistant Fire Chief Alvin J. Schlutz of Muscatine will retire Jan. 1 after 25 years with the city fire department. He began Jan. 5, 1941, served in Europe with a tank unit, and was promoted to captain on June 3, 138 and to assistant chief July 11, 1954.
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Alvin Schlutz
Alvin J. Schlutz
Parkington Drive
Muscatine
Europe
Iity Department
Man Nabbed After Chase Sentenced
DAVENPORT Iowa AP A man captured in a two month manhunt after taking a cat from a car was sentenced to up to five years. James Clifford Strohman 31 pleaded guilty to going armed with intent to injure and was committed to the Iowa Penitentiary. His wife Mary Anna 25 had been paroled from a five year sentence on the same charges.
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Davenport
James Clifford Strohman
Spencer
Iowa
Mary Anna
Strohman
Walcott
Paul Maiden
Scott County
William Strout
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Municipal Electric
Wester Union
Culver Tower
Minneapolis, Minn
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F. O'Brien
James
Larry McKnight
Moline
Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
E. 3Rd Bt
Associated Press
AP Wewa
Ted Coal
Stiles Drug
Chemical Society
John K. Stille
Organic Chemistry
University of Iowa
Thllinois - Iowa
American Chemical Society
Augustana College
Rock Island
Science Hall
Bishop's
Daven ,Port
Franklin Elementary
Franklin School
Taylor Street
Jerry Lange
Schwengel
Fred Schwengel
Robert Tyson
Allan Schimmel
Tyson
Republican State - Central Committee of
Washington
Schimmel
Schwengel- for-Congress
Shenandoah
Republican State Committee
Evan Hultman
Northwestern College
Orange City
Sioux Center
Chaser
Made IN
Paris
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Army Engineer District
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Corps At Engineers
Clock Tower
Rock Island Arsenal
Man
Chase
Beach Lumber
East Second St
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