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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1968
Page
1
Muscatine Community College agriculture major Tux Pabou, a Thai boxing enthusiast, demonstrates the sport between heavy study. He describes Thai boxing as not for close fighting and notes Thai customs and language work during his U S stay.
The Muscatine Chamber of Commerce warns businessmen about sob story salesmen who seek sympathy to push overpriced office supplies. Des Moines BBB confirms these con men use rehearsed narratives and high pressure tactics, often claiming charitable motives or ties to refugees and ill relatives.
Nominations are being sought for the Outstanding Young Farmer Award to be presented by the Muscatine Jaycees at Bosses Night on January 23. Applications and nomination forms are available at the Civic Center. Applicants must be 21 to 35 years old with two thirds of income from farming. Local businessmen experienced with farm operations will judge.
City officials announce a material improvement in peril from fuel oil shortages and Hong Kong flu. About 15,000 to 28,000 buildings lacked heat earlier. by Friday night most were heated. Health officials say 6,000 more Hong Kong flu vaccine doses arrived and centers will inoculate the elderly and chronically ill, with 16,000 additional doses rushed to the city.
A Wisconsin housewife died Friday after five of her children aged 2 to 9 were strangled in a rural Deerfield home while the mother slashed her wrists. Coroner Clyde Chamberlain termed the deaths murder death by own action and said an investigation would continue.
The Public Library now offers the 1969 edition of J. K. Lasser's Your Income Tax. It covers the tax exchange withholding changes and new estimated tax rules and is available in several copies for readers who prepare their own returns.
The BBB faulted executives for letting misguided sympathy override judgment. It said they would likely urge others to rely on experienced purchasing agents to buy office supplies only from firms of known reliability.
A dance will be held at the National Guard Armory on Park Avenue in Muscatine from 8 to 11 p.m. Monday featuring the Undergrounds of Town City. Sponsored by Muscatine Red Sox, admission is 1 dollar per person and 1.50 dollars per couple.
Fog bound river traffic slows as four tow boats work the Rock Island District south of New Boston. The Kay A Phyllis and Colonel Davenport operate near Quincy Iowa while Muscatine five inch and New Boston six inch ice covers reported. Keith Pace linked to John Thirtyacre farm barn fire discovered after he left at six morning.
Gerd and Ann Van Veen sue Clarence R. Hollenbeck Jr for 1500 dollars claiming agents destroyed a fence Mulberry trees and removed a surveyor stake on their property The petition says the fence was replaced but stake and trees not and Hollenbeck is subdividing and building houses for sale nearby.
The Muscatine Journal publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 2 PM to 2 PM with hours listed for Saturday. It is a Lee Enterprises property at 302 Beard Street Muscatine Iowa 52761 and entered as second class matter in Muscatine. The AP provides local news and dispatches for this newspaper.
Delivered daily by carrier in Muscatine city is $2.00 per month in advance. Outside Muscatine is forty cents a week. Mail subscriptions within fifty miles are $15.00 per year and towns with carrier service are $18.00. Subscriptions over fifty miles by mail are $20.00. All payments in advance. Special delivery for missed papers until 6:30 p.m. daily and 4:00 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 263-2331.
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