Court Records Show 352 New Civil Cases in Year
Muscatine district court opened 552 civil cases and disposed SST actions. Clerk Mrs Floweren Hetzler reported today. In centennial actions the docket was old actions filed and 143 handled. There were 292 estates opened for probate and 201 closed, 2 guardianships opened and 22 closed. For the year there were 230 marriage licenses issued and 69 divorces granted. December saw eight divorces and 29 marriage licenses. Child support funds handled for three months totaled 9 536.93. Ten passport applications were issued in the last quarter for 2 dollars. Three marriage licenses were issued for 177 dollars. Quarterly fees totaled 2 784.2? across multiple categories including district court, probate, sheriff, and miscellaneous office fees.
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Muscatine District Court
Floweren Hetzler
Han
Mishaps Damage Property In Muscatine At Year’s End
Police report multiple mishaps in Muscatine around year’s end. Donald E Baer, 30, struck a fire hydrant on Newell Avenue near Logan Street at about 3 am while braking to avoid a vehicle. A semitrailer in 200 block No 2 alley backed into a building, causing over 100 dollars in damage. Darrell M Lyons, Midwest Emery Freight, reported the brake loss incident. Ronald Cockshops, 16, paid fines in police court for failure to control a vehicle after an incident on West Fulham Avenue. A car on Logan Street ended in a yard at 9:40 pm Monday, damaging front wheel and bumper. Joseph Rohr reported damage to his 1961 foreign car while parked, suspected by another vehicle.
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Donald E. Baer
Clinev Street
Wags
Newell Avenue
Logan Street
Baer
No. 2
Alley
W. Baul
Darrell M. Lyons
Midwest Emery Freight
Chicago
Ronald D. Cockshops
Sid
Pahee
West Fulham Avenue
Joseph Rohr
Grandview Avenue
Hershey Home Residents See Parade in Color
Mr and Mrs Steve Crow of Crow's Ragio Repair provided a color TV for Hershey con Valescent frame residents to watch the Tournament of Roses parade and New Year activities. Crow adjusted the set at the nursing home Monday and Tuesday morning. Attendants reported many aged residents sat in the lobby chairs and were thrilled to see the parade in color.
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Steve Crow
Crow
Ragio Repair
Burning 3500 Christmas Trees In Muscatine Fire
A large fire Tuesday evening consumed about 3000 discarded Christmas trees gathered by 25 Muscatine Jaycees. The trees were collected that day from town streets and piled at Weed Park where spectators watched. Charles Sabbath chaired the Jaycee project.
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Ames
Muscatine Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Weed Park
Charles Sabbath
Jaycee Project
Will Conduct Martin Luther Life Series at Grace Church
David Young of Mascaline, a senior at Augustana seminary, will present a series on the life of Martin Luther at Grace Lutheran church. He will speak every other Sunday morning starting van. 6, from 9 30 to 10 30. The public is invited. Grace church has mailed letters to other community churches about attendance. Young will be ordained this year as a Lutheran minister. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J Terrill Young, route 4 Muscatine.
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David Young
Mascaline
Augustana Seminary
Martin Luther
Grace Lutheran Church
Young
Luther
Terrill Young
Route 4
Muscatine
First Methodist Chancel Choir Rehearsal Tonight
The First Methodist church chancel choir will hold a regular rehearsal at 7 30 tonight.
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First Methodist Church Chancel
Raymond Randleman New Chairman of Supervisors
The Muscatine supervisor Raymond Randleman was elected chairman to succeed John Rox as the five member board plans annual chair rotation. The organizing session counted funds in offices and set committees, roles, and registrar appointments for vital statistics and social welfare, with Mrs. dune Crackers continuing as deputy registrar. The county unitary district court opened today with Judge Matthew Westite presiding.
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Gounty Board of Supervisors
Raymond Randleman
Muscatine
John Rox
Cours
Board of Social Welfare
Inue
Qthar
Hy J Griffh
Louis C. Gill
Wilton
Vi A. Gehrke
West Liberty
Kent
District Cour
Toaday
Jude Matthew Westite
Boys Admit Poo Theft From Warehouse Cages
Two boys aged 9 and 43 admitted taking three cages from Don Sprouse’s warehouse on Sampson Street last Sunday afternoon. Police said they questioned the boys Tuesday night. They admitted breaking a warehouse window and removing vases and breaking a window of a storage building near the Sprouse warehouse but found nothing else.
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Don Sprouse
Sampson Street
Pole Clifford Bennett
Sprouse
Weather forecast for area with light snow and mild warmup
The Weather Bureau forecasts fog drizzle and occasional light snow for the area tonight with freezing drizzle in some sections. Decreasing clouds and warmer temperatures are expected Thursday with highs in the mid 30s and tonight’s low in the mid 20s. Temperatures earlier ranged from 82 New Year’s Day to 21 today, with noon at 30. highs Tuesday ranged from 25 in Mason City Waterloo and Dubuque to 41 in Burlington.
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Uoudy
Weather Bureau
Towa
Mason City
Witterloo
Dubuque
Burlington
Pilot Club Meets Thursday at Motel Muscatine
The Pilot Chu af Muscatine will hold a business meeting at Motel Muscatine Thursday at noon with luncheon at 12 o'clock on January 3.
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Chu
Wrist injury to Wag teen after striking glass table top
Joseph Beckey sixteen of 907 Tawa avenue Wag was rushed to Muscatine General Hospital for treatment of a wrist laceration suffered Tuesday night when he struck a glass table top.
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Joseph Beckey
Tawa Avenue
Northeastern Storms Subside After Severe Weather
The Associated Press reports temperatures moderated as the Northeast endured the season's worst storm last week. Maine saw 37 inches in Old Town and 40 inches in Millinocket with winds driving snow drifts up to 20 feet in some areas. Light rain hit the Mississippi Valley and Pacific Northwest while snow fell in the Great Lakes and Atlantic regions. Temperatures ranged from below zero in Michigan to near 80 in Florida with a strong Southeast warmth and a cold pocket in Utah.
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Associated Press
Maine
Ole Town
Mississippi Valley
Pac
Issippi Valley
Great Lakes
Grampia
Utah
Renew Effort For Settling Dock Strike
Negotiators moved to settle the 60,000 dock workers strike along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts as talks resumed in New York with mediator Wirtz. APL and Longshore unions showed signs of possible understanding while tensions remained over contract issues across ports from Maine to Texas.
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New York
Maine
Texas
Atlantic
Gulf
Muscatine Assessor to Use Mail In Personal Property Listings
Muscatine city assessor W. Connor announced a shift to mail in listings for personal property to cut field work and costs. Two workers will canvass homes. if no one is home an envelope with instructions and a stamped return envelope is left. The form covers livestock, machinery, equipment, and various hobbies, with five days to respond.
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Muscatine
Co. W. Connor
Connor
Earl Peterson
Dian McCullough
Amenora Iave
Conway
Muncatine
Waterlow
Ares
Tshombe to Resume Talks on Congo Unification
Leopoldville report says Moise Tshombe will return to talks on Congo unification if U.N. forces halt advances on Kolwezi where Kalangan troops reassemble. He seeks guarantees for safety plus freedom of movement and consular escort through Elisabethville to his capital Elizabethville. The cease-fire on the road to Kolwezi is doubtful. U Thant noted Tshombe and ministers would not be molested if they refrain from provoking U.N. forces.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Kelwezi
Kolwezi
Elizabethville
U. N
Ul ‘Tshombe
Elisabethville
U. WN
U Thant
Tshombe
Elisabethiville
Command Shifts in Europe as Alliance Heads Turnover
In Europe the North Atlantic alliance announces a full leadership change. General Lauris Nor hands over supreme command of forces in Europe to General Lyman L. Lemnityer in a ceremony at supreme headquarters near Paris.
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Paris
Lauris Nor. Jaintatias
North Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Lyman L. Lemnityer
Supreme Headquarters
Bishop Nominated for World Study Conference
Des Moines theologian F. Gerald Ensley named among 14 Methodists to represent the church at the Faith and Order World Study Conference in Montreal next July 12 96.
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Des Moines
F. Gerald Ensley
Methodist Church
Montreal
Canada
City Board Appointments On Thursday Council Agenda
The city council will appoint nine city officeholders to boards and commissions and city positions. One new appointee is the city hall janitor. Hearings include transfers of lands from the city to adjacent owners tied to rerouting Colorado street at Park Avenue.
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City’ Board
City Hall
Colorado Street
Park Avenue
A. W. Wack Spratt
Rylan
Mylan Philips
Spratt
Sealon
Phillips Brothers
Jtrailer
Stamped Envelope Price Change and New Winslow Homer Stamp
Effective immediately pres stamped envelopes under 300 go at the envelope value plus one cent. 500 or more of the same denomination retain bulk discount. The new four cent Winslow Homer commemorative stamp went on sale today, second in the fine arts series following last year’s Remington revival.
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Muscatine Post Office
Winslow Homer
Fine Arts
Remington
Winslow
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Accident Claims Second Victim In One-Car Crash
Maquoketa resident Thomas Dimmer 19 of Spragueville died in a hospital Tuesday night from injuries suffered in an auty accident last Thursday. He was the second victim of a one car crash on Right Way 64 about six miles from here. Donald J. Mueller 19 of Motte died about 12 hours after the same crash.
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Maquoketa
Thomas
Dimmer
Spragueville
Donald J. Mueller
Motte
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