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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1963
Page
2
City crews under Superintendent Claude Figgins continue snow removal tonight starting at 11 p m. They hauled 20 truck loads from downtown by 6 30 a m and will clear four streets with parking meters hooded and no parking. Streets to be cleared include Cedar Day, Sixth, Mississippi Drive, and Hershey.
A theft was reported at Neels store at 309 East Seyond Street where two transistor radios valued at 20 dollars were stolen. Police were informed today about the incident, with details under investigation.
The 1th annual Muscatine Chamber of Commerce meeting will be at 6 30 p m Thursday Feb 14 at the Elks Lodge. WOC TV public affairs director Bil Gress will give Comment Muscatine Past Present and Future based on his nightly program. Entertainment by Maroureen Ten and Bruce Pieper of Quad City Music Guild. Appreciation certificates to Past Presidents K B Fairall I D Krueger R R Stark and others. Dinner tickets available at Muscatine Civic Center. Wives invited. Choir rehearsals cancelled due to subzero weather at First Baptist Church.
Georgia native Doug Blankenship arrives in Muscatine as national president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. He plans a year of travel across the U S and abroad, emphasizing citizen responsibilities and community service, with over 210000 members and 390 new chapters formed in the past year.
City and county officials agreed Tuesday night to advance funds to the Muscatine County Humane Society to cover operations through the current bleak period. The crisis stemmed from winter revenue shortfalls, with the budgeted 1 400 domestic social fund increased to 900 lump sum plus a 50 monthly amount to sustain an animal shelter south of Muscatine and stray-pickup services. Officials from five bodies, including supervisors, aldermen, and society representatives, attended the meeting at City Hall.
A two million gallon soybean oil tank at Honeymead Products Co. burst in subzero weather in Mankato Minnesota, flooding three streets and isolating a liquor store, restaurant, and several homes. One man injured. plant official Lowell Andreas cites $13 million oil value. Oil backed into a nearby river. cleanup underway.
Rep. Tom Riley introduces a bill requiring all new automobiles sold in Iowa after next July to equip front and rear seat safety belts. The belts must be of a type approved by the state public safety commissioner. The measure argues that belts save lives and reduce injuries in car crashes.
Three Mascot line Journal advertising staff members returned from Chicago after attending Newspaper Advertising Executives Association sessions. Hodges, a Commerce official, stressed advertising's role in speeding growth and maintaining national per capita income amid the 1960s economic era.
The city skates at Weed Park are canceled due to cold and drifting snow. Attendance is poor and wind hinders snow removal. Lights were off 6:30 p.m. Monday and off all Tuesday night. Muscatine Shrine club officers will be elected at the annual meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Mac's Cal.
Reader-friendly ad copy touts a pill for backache, headache, and fatigue with a note on mild diuretic action. It promises restful sleep and quick relief from overexertion and urinary discomfort, recommending Dean's Puls for convenience.
Gene Rodenbeck assumed the managership of the W. T. Grant Co. department store at 123 West Second Street this week. He succeeds Brice Terrell who was transferred to Cape Girardeau Missouri. Rodenbeck has worked for the firm at Cedar Fats Cedar Rapids Lincoln Nebuo and spent two years in Ohio prior to this posting. He and Mrs Rodenbeck are Nebraska natives.
Emil Schulz Jr of 1110 Westwood Lane received the Distinguished Service Award as Outstanding Young Man. He is a Muscatine native, worked through school, teaches Sunday school, and has been active in United Fund and Boy Scout projects. Orville Luedtke of West Liberty won Outstanding Young Farmer. The event featured Jaycee leaders Ron OBrien Boo Cronk and Ron Reynolds, with John D Moore and Dick Marr presenting and toasts and prayers during Bosses Night.
Vladik Krasnov, 25, a Moscow Radio program editor, defected after slipping away during a tour of a Stockholm department store on October 28. He told reporters he worked as editor and writer for the Swedish section of Moscow Radio and read foreign papers, adding a world opened to him. He has been granted political asylum in Sweden.
Members of the Muscatine Salvation advisory board will hold their January meeting at noon Friday at Hotel Muscatine.
It describes FASTEETH powder that grips denture plates for firmer comfort, claiming pleasant texture, nonnausea, and alkaline formula. It mentions reducing denture odor and recommends purchasing at drug counters nationwide.
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