Howard Lewis Receives Third Purple Heart Certificate
Marine Lance Corporal Howard E. Lewis 20, son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Lewis of 917 Maiden Lane Muscatine, was awarded a Purple Heart Certificate for three wounds in Vietnam. Ceremonies at Marine Barracks Moffett Field Cal. He entered the Marine Corps in 1965 and is married living in Mt View Calif. with his wife near his unit. He saw 13 months in country with multiple injuries including head neck shrapnel and a 15 lb satchel charge. Now at NAS Moffett Field his latest address is 2115108 USMC Bar racks.
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Howard E. Lewis
Stanley Lewis
Maiden Lane
Muscatine
Vietnam
Marine Barracks
Moffett Field
Cal
Mt. View
Maj
R. D. Fredericks
Lewis
Marine Corps
Quang Ngai
Chu Lai
Howard
U.S. Naval Hospital
Yokusha
Japan
Marble Mountains
da Nang
T.N.Y
U.S.S
Camp Pendleton
George Washington
U.S. Marine Corps Barracks
N.A.S
Moffett’ Field
Calif
Tyrella
Apt
California
Muscatine Weather: 1967 Year Much Wetter Than Normal
Muscatine's December 1967 was near normal while the year totaled 44.45 inches of rainfall and snow, 31 percent above the 33.69 inch average. High December temperature reached 58 on the 21st. low dropped to minus 4 on December 31. Precipitation for December was 1.14 inches with 3.2 inches of snow. December had 9 clear, 9 partly cloudy, and 13 cloudy days.
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Muscatine
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bauerbach
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Carrier and Mail
Delivery terms for Muscatine and surrounding areas list monthly and weekly rates. Prices cover in city carrier delivery two dollars per month, out of town carrier delivery forty cents weekly, and mail options from fifteen dollars yearly near Muscatine to twenty nine sixty yearly for distant residences. Office hours, special delivery times, and dial number included.
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City of
Muscatine
Dial
Man’s Name Appears on Unclaimed Postal Savings List
Harold C. Spaethe of 311 E 7th Muscatine appeared Saturday on a published list of unclaimed U S Postal Savings accounts in The Journal. The retired man found his name at the money order window of the post office this morning.
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Harold C. Spaethe
Muscatine
U.S
Spaethe
Ing
Sapethe
Spaeth
Brower
Central State Bank
Postal Region
St. Louis
Walter Conung
Weather Delay Keeps Rep Schwengel From Noon Muscatine Meeting
About 40 people from Muscatine and nearby towns attended lunch at Hotel Muscatine and left before Rep Fred Schwengel spoke. His arrival in Muscatine was delayed by weather, and he missed the noon session sponsored by the Republican central committee. He was to be an honorary pallbearer at Charles Hanley’s funeral and planned to attend the League of Women Voters at 3 pm and GOP meetings later.
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Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Letts
Wilica
Hotel Muscatine
Fred Schwengel
Schwengel
Republican Central Committee
Quality
Vernon Shepard
Muscatine County
County Board of Supervisors
South
Vietnam
Shepard Schwengel
Tom Manton
William Spieth
Charles P
Chap) Hanley
League of Women Voters
Finance Committee
County Board Names Taylor Chairman for 1963
Muscatine county farmer Leroy Taylor was elected to serve as chairman of the board of supervisors for 1963. He succeeds Burton Mills of Nichols. Taylor named Vernon Shepard and Elmer Ihms to the at home committee, with Mills and James Stelzner appointed to the courthouse committee.
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Leroy Taylor
Muscatine
Board of Supervisors
Auto claims in Iowa reach record $67 million in 1967
Des Moines AP reports Iowa automobile insurers paid an estimated $67,099,000 in 1967, a new high surpassing 1966’s $61,003,856. Mike McCrary of the Iowa Insurance Institute cites inflation in auto repairs and medical care and higher auto vandalism as key factors. the institute covers 22 Iowa-based insurers and all companies writing auto insurance in Iowa.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Insurance Institute
Mike McCrary
Institute
Minor Traffic Accidents On Muscatine Streets
Four cars were damaged in two icy day traffic incidents on Muscatine streets. Duane Lukansky, 20, rural Columbus Junction, hit Harry Schneider, 53, rural Muscatine, on Grandview Avenue after Lukansky skidded on ice at 4 30 am Monday. Jerry Stokes, 33, rural Illinois City, struck a parked Edward Burlingame car on Green Street after losing control on an icy hill at 9 50 am today.
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Muscatine
Duane Harold Lukansky
Columbus Junction
Harry Peter Schneider
Schneider
Grandview Avenue
Main Street
Lukansky
Jerry Stokes
Ilinois City
Edward Burlingame
Green Street
Thieves Steal TV Set and Rifles at West 3rd Street
Thieves forced a front door lock at 116 West 3rd Street between 5 30 p m and 10 p m Monday and stole a nine inch television set and two rifles. Police are investigating.
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W. 3Rd Street
Pilot crew chief reunited after service at Lakenheath
Sergeant Antonie Gomez from Irwindale California was reunited with his pilot crew chief team at the 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron after serving together with the 4th TFS at Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath in England.
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Geant Antonie Gomez
612Th Tactical
Royal Air Force Base
Lakenheath
England
Sgt. Gomez
Irwindale
Calif
Billy Graham Aide to Speak With Muscatine Ministers
John W. Dillon, field director of associate crusades for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, will address Muscatine ministers on Thursday January 4 at 7 30 a m at a break in the community breakfast event and discuss upcoming crusade efforts.
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John W. Dillon
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Muscatine
Iowa Highway Patrol Adds Twenty Four New Recruits
Twenty four new patrolmen were sworn in today in Des Moines by Chief Justice Garfield. All graduates of the Camp Dodge patrol school, they boost full patrol strength. Applications for the next patrol school are being accepted at state patrol offices. An additional ten recruits are planned for July under recent legislative authorization. A separate note announces a united church crusade in Muscatine with Billy Graham Association involvement. Dillon leads the Billy Graham Team Office in Atlanta.
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Iowa Highay Patrol
State Senate
Des Moines
Garfield
Iowa Supreme Court
Camp Dodge
First Baptist
Muscatine
Billy Graham Association
Dillon
Billy Graham Team
Atlanta
Georgia
Flag lowered to half mast at city hall by Mayor Burns
The flag at city hall was ordered to half mast by Mayor ES Burns today in memory of Charles P Hanley, a former member of the Muscatine Levee Improvement Commission.
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City Hall
ES. Burns
Muscatine Levee
Wires Cause Fire Damaging Gas Pump At Vickers Rapid Service
A shorted wiring sparked a fire at Vickers Rapid Service 912 E 2nd Street at 7 30 am today. An attendant saw smoke and alerted firemen who extinguished the blaze before it could spread, causing minor damage to the pump components.
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Vickers Rapid Service
2Nd Street
Tryouts Tonight for Pajama Game by Muscatine Masquers
The Muscatine Masquers hold extra auditions for The Pajama Game tonight at 7 in the basement of the Faith United Church of Christ at Chestnut and Third. Bill Mitchell, director, invites anyone interested in community theatre parts to attend.
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Muscatine
Faith United Church of Christ
Chestnut
Bill Mitchell
Ito
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