Charge Three Drivers After Weekend Crashes
Three Muscatine traffic crashes over New Year weekend led to charges against the drivers involved and the arrest of one for being absent without leave from the army. Latimer, 17, escaped injury when his 1957 car rolled in a ditch on Houser street. He was charged with failure to have control, posted a $25 bond, and paid $25 in fines and costs. Starman, 27, struck a parked car on West Fulham, paying a $15 total in fines after bond forfeiture. Cozadd, listed AWOL, backed into a parked car at Mulberry and East Fifth, and was charged with driving without a license.
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Muscatine
Army
Virgil Wayne Latimer
Hershey Avenue
Houser Street
Latimer
Houser
Fulham Avenue
Kenneth Leroy Starman
East Third Street
West Fulham
Roscoe Avenue
Starman
Paw G. Petersen
Lef
A.W.O.L
Alvie L. Cozadd
East Sixth Street
Mulberry Avenue
East Fifth Street
Pair to Muscatine To Face Bad Check Charges
Harold A. Federlein and Vivian Ann Federlein, both bound over to Muscatine district court on worthless check charges, faced hearings after being returned from Las Vegas. Bonds set at 5000 dollars each. checks totaling 1274.35 involved. Waived preliminary hearings. Mrs Federlein sought counsel. couple previously tied to a $70.51 and $62.15 checks. Sheriff Oppelt helped return them from Nevada where they had registered as a Las Vegas motel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Harold A. Federlein
Dick Oppelt
Las Vegas
Federleins
Iowa
Nevada
Muscatine Toll Reaches Eight Dead In 1965 Traffic
Eight people died in Muscatine county traffic in 1965, four within Muscatine city. County records show 95 highway deaths over eight years, averaging about eight per year. Notable crashes occurred on Weed Park Hill, Oregon Street, Park Avenue and Washington Street, and near West Mississippi Drive and Hershey Avenue. A truck driver died when struck by a train between Moscow and Wilton.
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Muscatine County
Muscatine
Park Hill
Oregon Street
Park Avenue
Washington Street
West Mississippi Drive
Hershey Avenue
Highway 22
Highway 61
Town
Atalissa
Moscow
Wilton
Muscatine Journal Publisher and Subscription Details
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sunday by The Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises Inc. member. Subscriptions cost 12.00 yearly by mail within fifty miles and forty cents weekly by carrier, with office hours listed and special delivery for missed papers.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
St. Mun
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Moscatine
Sm Gally
Izaak Walton League Meeting At Fairport Clubhouse
The Muscatine county chapter meets January 6 at the newly rebuilt and freshly painted Fairport clubhouse. Two movies will be shown: Know Your Ducks and Better Pond Fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Jeaak Walton League
Fairport
Fog on Highway Causes Dozens of Collisions in Italy
REGGIO EMILIA Italy Fog blanketed part of the new Superhighway of the Sun Sunday night and more than 100 cars piled up in a chain of collisions. Thirty five persons were injured.
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Reggio Emilia
Italy
Burglars Take $550 From Davison Oil Station
Police report a break-in at the Davison Oil Co. service station at 202 Grandview Avenue early Sunday. A rear window and casing were found broken and an inventory showed $550.42 taken from the storage area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison Oil Co
Grandview Avenue
Ito
Clifford Bennett
Driver Claims Vision Not Obscured In Walnut Street Crash
Walter Viner, 72, of 1012 Cypress Street, contests a Journal account saying he failed to see an approaching car at Walnut and East Fifth due to parked vehicles Thursday. Police say his vision was obscured by parked cars. Viner was northbound when the rear right of his car was struck by David Lee Venghous, 18, of 901 Oregon Street, eastbound.
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Walter Viner
Cypress Street
Journal Friday
Walnut
East Fifth Streets
Viner
David Lee Venghous
Oregon Street
December weather shows above normal temperatures and rainfall
December temperatures and precipitation exceeded normal levels, with a mean daily temperature of 6.8 degrees and 3.01 inches of precipitation including 4.5 inches of snow. Highs reached 60 and lows dipped to 10, while 11 days were clear, 8 partly cloudy, and 12 cloudy. Local musical events and a union meeting were noted.
Muscatine Adopts New City Council With Special Meeting
Muscatine's new council opens with a 7 p m special meeting Tuesday to appoint a finance committee to review bills and pay accounts. The first regular meeting is set for 7 30 p m Thursday with mayoral appointments to offices and boards likely. Hold over members Finnegan Hilton Powell will continue two-year terms. Evelyn Schauland becomes the city's first woman alderman at large. Harold Vischer takes Third ward, Wayne Tooman Second ward, and Robert Wheeler First ward. The seven aldermen and mayor begin their terms today.
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Muscatine
B.S. Burns
Fenance Committee
Harold
Pat) Finnegan
John Hilton
Gerald Powell
Finnegan
Hilton
Powell
Evelyn Schauland
Harold Vischer
Wayne Tooman
Robert W. Wheeler
Rockford Man Recalls Rotary Trip to South America
Rockford HI cigar. Walter H. Williams, proprietor of a Rockford glass firm, described a Rotary luncheon trip to primitive South American regions with a dentist friend. He piloted his own plane to the continent, displayed color slides of cities and native life in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico, with jungle travel by boat in Colombia. Bob Newberry, Muscatine Community College student, spoke briefly on four weeks of Rotary activities.
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South America
Rotary Club
Walter H. Williams
Rockford, HI
Glass Firm
Williams
Panama
Colombia
Ecuador
Guatemala
Mexco
Bob Newberry
Muscatine Community College
Four Escape When Car Spins Out of Control
Four persons escaped injury when a car spun out of control on highway 22 near Weed park hill at 11 20 p m Saturday. Driver Craig Fryberger age 92 of Mulberry avenue was fined 10 dollars and costs by Justice G Pollock for failure to control the vehicle. Fryberger drove a 1965 model car belonging to William Roby of McKinley avenue Deputy Sheriff Bob Miller reported the east bound car left the highway struck a guard rail and ditch then swerved to the shoulder. Fryberger Roby and two companions were in the car.
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Highway 22
Weedpark Hill
Craig Fryberger
Mulberry Avenue
Justice of the Peace
G. Pollock
Fryberger
William Roby
McKinley Avenue
Bob Miller
Roby
Remove Box Car Door From Tracks Rock Island Line
Two police officers and two railway workers removed a 10 foot steel boxcar door from the main Rock Island Lines tracks near West Mississippi drive in Muscatine on Sunday. Investigators traced the door to a freight train that passed Muscatine early Sunday after the door fell from a car on a siding and then toppled onto the main line when a switch engine moved stored cars at night.
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Rock Island Lines
West Mississippi Drive
William F. Brendel
Forrest Brady
Hershey Avenue
Muscatine
Moline Man, 53 Killed by Train
Dale B. Terry of Moline, 53, was struck and killed by a Rock Island Railroad passenger train while crossing the tracks in East Moline early today.
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East Moline
Ill
Dale B. Terry
Moline
Rock Island Railroad
Masquers Hold Casting For New Comedy
The Muscatine Masquers at Muscatine Community College cast a six men and four women for The Robin Hood Caper. Casting runs 7 to 9 pm with tryouts and a Tuesday meeting to announce the cast. The production premieres Feb 18 and 19 with director Eldon Benedict overseeing casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Muscatine Community College
Eldon Benedict
January Court Term Opens in Muscatine District Court
The January term of the Muscatine district court will open Tuesday morning with Judge R. K. Stohr presiding. The term runs until April 5. Court convenes at 11 a.m. for docket arrangement with local bar, and jurors drawn for the term report at 10 a.m. to seek excusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine District Court
R. K. Stohr
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Izaak Walton League
IBM
IBM Office Automation
Sea
IBM Automation Development Box & Muscatine
Journal
Clinton ‘D. Singleton, Jr
Muscatine General Hospital
Clinton D. Singleton
West Sixth
Lois Butts
R. W
Port City Taxi
Iowa Avenue
F. J. Bauerbach
Musicians’ Union
Rockford Man
Drama Group
West Second St
Dial
Ina Mae
Mississippi Drive
SMU Ea
Suave
Debonaire
OlorooTne
Vincent Price
Frankie Avalon
Susan Hart
Dwayne Hickman
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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