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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
2
Muscatine residents may have their discarded Christmas trees collected by the Jaycees on New Year’s Day starting at 8 00 am. Trees should be placed on the front curb with donations optional. The trees will be burned at Weed Park in a 7 pm bonfire.
The corps has approved an L shaped wing dam to shield the small boat harbor from debris at its entrance. Bids for the project will be sought in the new year as Muscatine area improve ments proceed.
Jacksonville reports 22 deaths from the Roosevelt Hotel blaze. The latest victim is Mrs. Josephine Dupre of Atlanta. her husband Walter died earlier. Fire Marshal McDerreon will announce findings on the cause as injuries among guests and firemen are tallied and hospitalize three.
Marshall Daut of Davenport sustained both legs broken in a bobsled party incident. He is recuperating in Mercy Hospital at room 318 after the mishap on a recent evening. he is the grandson of Dr W W Daut and son of Dr and Mrs B W Daut.
Perry man Jack Edward Graney, 25, of Perry was killed Monday night when his car ran off a paved Boone County road about three miles north of here and overturned. He was alone.
Mrs. Robert McConahay hosted former schoolmates for a Saturday afternoon party in Wapello. Attendees included Joan Smith of Gunvamento California and Larry Jack, Des Moines, among others. Conversations centered on old times as McConahay, a patient at Burlington hospital, prepared for surgery.
President Johnson plans to spend about 51 billion dollars on defense next year after a budget session with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary McNamara. Commanders sought 60 billion as cost estimates tighten. officials say loose ends remain. A battery stolen from Roy Farnsworth’s car on Lincoln Street was reported.
An acute coin shortage nationwide drives banks in Muscatine and Davenport to scramble for pennies nickels and dimes. Bankers report heavy demand from cash users and change machines as mints operate 24 hours to meet orders amid limited Fed shipments.
Clifford Spitsnogle, 29, Breese Street, was fined $104 for shooting out four street lights. He pleaded guilty in Police Court after a juvenile delinquency charge linked to a December 20 citywide vandalism spree. Judge William Wellens presided.
Two city commission terms expire January 1 for R. Meyar Sr. and J. Robert Levis. The five year terms are part of the plan and zoning commission. the commission has seven members. Appointment is by the mayor with council approval.
Muscatine Community College French class gathered Monday at Miss Catherine Millar’s home to prepare and serve a French restaurant meal. They listened to French poetry and music and discussed current changes in France with guest Diane Schmarje from the American College in Paris on holiday leave.
Iowa farm leaders met Gov. Harold Hughes in Des Moines to discuss farm problems. Attendees included Kenneth Schuman Des Moines president of the Farmers Union J Merrill Anderson Newton Farm Bureau Federation president and Earl Riediger Hinton president of the National Farm Organization.
Federal judge orders commitment of Robert Beary Fennell 28 to a state mental hospital after a psychiatrist found him psychotic for carrying a threatening note claiming allegiance to a Cuba group and targeting President Johnson. Fennell, a former Sioux City resident, was arrested in Berkeley after a war grant charge. The note warned of assassination and was tied to a Fair Play for Cuba Committee claim.
Attorney Duane Goodken was noted at Monday afternoon’s city council meeting as a committee of the whole for the post of judge of the Police Court. Attorney William Wellens affirmed his resignation from the Pilot Club of Muscatine, which will be holding its first meeting tonight, as the council is expected to name a successor Thursday night at the Hotel Muscatine.
Harald Gibbons, an international vice president, denied a report that he offered a deal to drop charges against James R. Hoffa. The Post-Dispatch claimed Hoffa proposed resigning as president in exchange for dropping the case, while the Justice Department said no deal was known. Hoffa faces Tennessee jury tampering charges and Chicago fraud conspiracy indictments. trials are set for January in Chattanooga and Chicago.
Carl Leroy Spitanogie, 50, of Route A, was arrested October 12 in Muscatine for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated second offense. He pled guilty in Muscatine district court before Judge Matthew Westrate, receiving a $500 fine, $20 costs, and a four month license suspension.
Mrs. Barbara Jean Wither wax, music teacher at Brooklyn College, presented a group of vocal selections at Monday's Rotary club meeting in Washington. She was accompanied by Mrs. Marion Templeman.
DES MOINES on a $900 damage suit against Ottumwa officials was dismissed in US District Court. The case, brought by Mrs. Belly Francis of Ottumwa, claimed nine men conspired to deny constitutional rights after a liquor raid at Woody’s Boat. Defendants included the Ottumwa Municipal Court Judge Willard Dullard and city and county officials.
The Muscatine post office will observe Wednesday January 1 as a holiday. No window service rural delivery or contract station service. only special delivery and perishable mail handled. The lobby remains open for box holders and substitute mail carriers will handle incoming and outgoing mail.
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