Pvt Morris Aids Fire Fight at Kit Carson Theatre
Pvt Morris of the Seventh Engineers Battalion at Fort Carson fought a theatre blaze on January 16 that destroyed the Kit Carson theatre. The fire, sparked in a boiler room, burned quickly in 30 below wind conditions with crews from Fort Carson and Colorado Springs removing valuables and preventing spread to adjacent buildings.
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Lawrence E. Morris
Mulcatine
Seventh Engineers
Fort Carson
Tite
Kit Carson
Colorado Springs
Carson Theatre
Pyle
Morris
Hq. Co
First Plat
Colo
Valley Construction Low Bidder On Mad Creek Sewer Project
Valley Construction Co Rock Island low bidder on the Mad Creek sanitary sewer repairs with offers from three contractors opened Thursday Aldermen tentatively accepted Valley's 13058.40 bid to rebuild an interceptor and prevent a line from Fourth to Fifth Street plans include iron pipe and creosoted piling option bids 12636.40 for alternate plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Construction Co
Rock Island
Mad Creek
A. Pam
Rock Island Company
Valley Construction
Hast Beer and Strent
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
Stanficht- Pyland . Construction Co
Dew Molnon
Gjellefold Asnouluten
Forest City
Stanfierd-Pyland
Giellefeld Associates
Fappose Creek Bank
Second Street
Maderock
Midwest Dredging Firm Wins Levee Contract
Midwest Dredging Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota won a U S Army Corps of Engineers contract to raise and strengthen ten miles of Mississippi River levees in the Bay Island district north of New Boston Illinois and along Eliza Creek diversion channel. The low bid was 1 088 740 with completion set for November 30 1965 and overall flood control project to finish by 1986 at a total federal cost of 54 280 000.
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Bay Island
Mercer County
New Boston, Il
Midwest
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
U. S. Army Engineer District
Rock Island
Bay Island District
Rock and Dam 17
Corps of Engineers
Eliza Creek
Three Children Hurt in Muscatine Mishaps
Three children were injured today in two traffic incidents on slippery streets in Muscatine. Vicki Stack, 9, was dragged briefly by a car at Sycamore and East Eighth streets. she was treated and released from Muscatine General Hospital. Cindy Kay, 1, and Vicki Lee Kirkland, 13, sustained head bumps when a two car collision on Washington Street involved a vehicle driven by Bernard Flake, who turned near Park Avenue. Flake injured his thumb and both cars suffered damage.
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Muscatine
Vicki Stack
Jerry Stack
Sycamore Street
Sycamore
East Eighth Streets
Muscatine General
Hos~pital
Gary Hartman
Logan Street
Larry Joe Wheeler
Buffalo
Flake
Wheeles
Area Six school bond bills pass Iowa House without dissent
Area Six school district bond issue of 600000 to build two new attendance centers near Muscatine and relocate classes to a Colorado street site advances after approval by the Iowa House. Legislation validates the district’s reorganization and bonds as it awaits Senate action and the governor’s signature. The project aims to replace 49 rural buildings with modern facilities for kindergarten through grade six, with occupancy planned for 1963.
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Area Six
Des Moines
Senate
Muscatine
Legisnlature
Anlon
Colorado Street
Mulberry Avenue
Govers
Iowa
David Stanley
Musgatine County
Prison Term For Tibbetts
Richard Stanley Tibbetts, 24, of Mulberry Avenue, was sentenced to up to 10 years in the Anamosa reformatory after pleading guilty to breaking and entering at the Muscatine airport. Police arrested him near his car on Sampson Street around 5 am January 8, finding a glove with about $14 in coins. the money box had about $25 total. Judge Matthew Westrate ordered the term.
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Anamosa Reformatory
Richard Stanley Tibbetts
Mulberry Avenue
Muscatine
Tibbettg
Sampson Street
Tibbetts
Matthew Westrate
Salvation Army Advisory Board Elects Sabbath Chair
Charles Sabbath was elected chairman of the Salvation Army advisory board for the coming year at the January business meeting today. Officers named include Jack Nietzel as vice-chairman James Allen as treasurer and B Griesenbrock as secretary. Three new members Miss Glyde Beach Don Day Stanley Howe were elected alongside three reelected members Dr H G Johnson Otis Joiner and James Allen. The Christmas campaign reported 433000 met with 1543 individuals assisted 241 food baskets 900 bags of candy 700 new toys 250 sunshine bags 300 pieces of new clothing distributed. The office served as a clearing house for 320 families with 86 aid from other sources and 23 receiving no aid. Captain Ismael Velazquez ends his Muscatine duties January 30 and will move to Clinton receiving a farewell gift. he narrated his 64 4 years in Muscatine. He will be succeeded by Captain and Mrs John Spicer recently from Petoskey Michigan.
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Charles Sabbath
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Jack Nietzel
James Allen
B. Griesenbrock
Muscatine Corps
Clinton
Muscatine
John Spicer
Petoskey
Mich
Two Penny Gum Machines Taken From Laundromat
Thieves removed two penny gum machines from a wall at Westinghouse Laundromat 616 Mulberry Avenue. Police were told at 3 30 p m Thursday that the machines contained about 5 in pennies. An attempt to pry open a soft drink machine was noted. The theft occurred after 530 p m.
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Westinghouse
Mulberry Avenue
Joe Maher Teaches Scout Safety in Muscatine
Joe Maher a VFW candidate teaches bike and gun safety to Boy Scouts in Muscatine and West Liberty. He stresses observing traffic rules, signaling, keeping to the right, and bike safety while also demonstrating firearms. he is a Marine veteran and VFW safety official pursuing national office.
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Randy Rowe
Elmer Iserhart
Jos Maher
Maher
Muscatine
Joe Maher
VFW
Gil Diet
Joe Mater
Veterans of Foreign Wars
West Liverty
Terry Mealy
Boy Scout Safety
Augr Maher
National Safety Committee
Iowa First District
America
Shrine Club Officers Named in Muscatine
Ray Olhmer was elected president of the Muscatine Shrine club at a Thursday night meeting at Ina Mae's cafe. Clyde Crow is vice president, A. J. Phillips secretary-treasurer, George Thayer, C. Muir and Ernest Floyd trustees. Appointive officers to be named later. Next meeting is a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 27.
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Ray Olhmer
Muscatine Shrine
Ina Mae
Clyde Crow
A. J. Phillips
George Thayer
C. Muir
Ernest Floyd
Ice Skaters Return to Weed Park Lagoon
Skating will resume this afternoon at Weed Park lagoon and the upper Muscatine slough with limited space by school dismissals. The Tights will operate until 10 p.m. Snow depths reach 20 inches in the lagoon, and extreme cold forced the park board to close skating areas earlier in the week.
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Tce
Weed Park
Muscatine Slough
Pato
Park Board
Parole Granted to Williams in Local Theft Case
Lucius Lee Williams Jr., 17, of Muscatine, won parole after a three month Muscatine district court sentence for taking 35 dollars from Reynolds Electric on December 15. Judge Matthew Westrate ordered jail time and placed him on probation for a year with officer Fenton Barnard. Police said the theft occurred when a clerk left the cash register unattended.
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Lucius Lee Wiliams
Muscatine
Wiliams
Reynolds Electric
West
Matthew Westrate
Fenton Barnard
Williams
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Tom J. Price
City Civil Defense
Alvin J. Schlutz
Ken Royl
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Journal
Caeraone Dist
Louisville -Oweheborg
Saat
Vith
Pvt. Morris
Stanley
Iowa House of Representatives
Muscatine County
Rep
Fred Schwengel
Item
Towa
Williave McElwee
Harold
Pat) Finnegan
Orange Street
Third
Fourth Streets
Oregon Street
Stewart Pond
Harold’ Peters
Area
Cherry Street Art Center
The
AAUW
McCueen Wagner
Central State Bank
M Muscatine
VFI
Meher
Seville
Towa Department Council of Administration
National Council of Administration
Wisconsin
United States
Senate Finance Committee
VRW
Shrine Club
Muscatine County Memorial Park
Life Insurance
Chuck Merrill
George Preers
Dial
East Sixth St
Walter E. Riley
Riley Funeral Home
Walnut
Riley
Boy Scoute
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