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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1963
Page
10
New York business weekly reports Iowa personal income rose 4.9 percent in November from a year earlier. The monthly figure reached 529.2 million dollars, with a year to date total of 5.5 billion, up 4.1 percent from 1961.
Max Hibbs, former Town Junior Chamber of Commerce president, died at 37 from a broken neck after a fall down basement stairs Saturday at his home in Marshalltown. Services will be held here Tuesday. He was in the real estate business.
New Orleans private Tuane University officials enrolled eight Black students for the spring semester, making Tulane the seventh Louisiana college to admit Black students in defiance of the all white policy.
Exhaust smoke from two vehicles caused two separate crashes on Muscatine streets within a half hour. Mrs. Mary L. Blake 26 was hospitalized briefly with facial cuts, while her son Harald Blake 7 sustained a possible broken nose. The collisions involved Harold Blake and Jacob Roberts on East Sixth Street, with a parked car’s smoke obstructing vision. Minor injuries also reported for Beckie Blake 4 and Hal Blake. Police cited smoke from a car near Walnut Street as a factor. Another crash on East Second Street near Poplar involved Eugene Anthony whose vision was obscured by exhaust smoke, causing over 100 dollars in damage to a truck. Henry Hamman 64 driving a coal company truck helped start the incident chain.
Soybeans held gains despite profit taking as August futures moved in narrow ranges on the Board of Trade. Public speculators continued heavy buying driving strength while other grains traded modestly. Prices showed mixed moves with soybeans up about 3 to 4 cents and wheat and corn also firm in early afternoon trading.
Chicago arrivals show 162 bags for potato stock with moderate old-supply levels. Friday to Sunday demand trends indicate moderate to good activity, with round red varieties showing stronger movement. carrot sales steady. Hed River Valley red supplies listed as 220 to 208, while new shipments are insufficient to quote.
The Omaha market shows cattle and calves mostly steady with some declines. Slaughter and feeder figures vary, with cattle totals around 18,500 head and slaughter at 14,000. steers and heifers demand steady, choice grades pricing around 24.75 to 25.60 per hundredweight.
Oakville Savings Bank of Burlington office was broken into early Saturday. A portable steel vault was moved about eight inches, drawers ransacked, and small sums bypassed. Bank manager Everett Gates reported $54 in a cattle box and $9.20 untouched. glass front door pane broken. Sheriff notes possible link to telephone line cuts near Oakville and Wapello.
Daily report lists divorce suit Lela M Rohde vs Robert J Rohde asking for home at 821 Cedar Street and alimony plus debts. Sparks Supply Co. Davenport sues Ivan Gorguch for 1217.91 plus interest. Wehmeayer vs Wehmeyer seeks modification of divorce decree for greater visitation as child resides with defendant and new husband in Davenport.
Chicago wholesale hog and cattle markets showed slow trade with prices generally steady to 25 cents lower. Hog offerings around 9,500 head reflected softer slaughter figures, with 190-200 lb mixed No.1-2 hogs at 16.50-17.00 and sows to 14.50. Cattle trading steady to lower with slaughter steers 27.00-28.25 and varying weights. lambs and ewes also mixed with 18.00-20.00 ranges and per-head weights noted. Multiple names and addresses listed for buyers and sellers appear in the processed notes.
Holywoon N Jour Far, notable film director and producer, was found dead from an apparent heart attack at his Beverly Hills residence Sunday night. He was 5 percent of a century old, according to preliminary records.
Obituary notices list Mabel Newton 62 died in Phoenix with funeral at Stacy Funeral Home Letts cemetery burial in Letts. Also Donald Elmer Wagner 65 died at Muscatine hospital funeral at Stacy Funeral Home with burial Indian Creek cemetery. Lillian Haan 91 died in Muscatine area funeral at Fairbanks chapel interment Greenwood cemetery. Donald Bates 52 of Wapello funeral home pending return from Fort Lee hospital. George W Mentink 73 funeral held at Ralph J Wittich Funeral Home. Glenn Helmick 82 died at Muscatine General Hospital services by United Presbyterian Morning Sun. Ryv Vander Vos death reported from Manhattan Montana obituary noted.
Hoover district scouting schedule lists multiple troops and explorers meeting evenings at Jefferson Lincoln Trinity Zion Lutheran Lutheran Homes K C Hall Madison and West Liberty locations. Special events include a Thursday rally at the National Guard Armory.
The State University of Iowa will extend its romance language program to Monterrey Mexico this summer offering credit for Spanish courses at all levels. Students will study at Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey while experiencing Mexican life and interacting with local and other Mexican students.
Beginning courses taught by English speaking teachers and advanced courses by natives in Mexico. Six week term begins July 13 with tuition of 310 dollars covering room, meals, activities, and credit for six semester hours. Students arrange their own travel. facilities on the Monterey campus mirror American universities. Armand Baker will participate and can provide more information through the Romance Languages department.
Sealed bids are invited by the Muscatine City Clerk for sale to the city including 1963 dump body mounted spreader and heavy duty dump trucks and related items. Proposals must include certified checks of 10 percent of bid price and are due February 1963 with rights reserved to reject or waive technicalities. Florence Mason, City Clerk, approved January 24 1963.
A condensed listing of public and closing out farm auctions across Iowa and Illinois with dates from January 26 to February 16. Entries include locations near Grandview Tipton West Liberty Muscatine Nichols Wilton and Taylor Ridge, times ranging 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, owners such as Homer Hill William Agne Everett Kline and Maurice Begyn, and auctioneers and banks serving as clerks.
Public notice from Blue Grass Community School District in Scott and Muscatine Counties Iowa announces a special election on February 18 for issuing seventy nine thousand dollars in bonds to fund a school addition. Polls open 12 noon to 7 pm at the Blue Grass School. voters to decide on the bond proposal.
The Muscatine Journal classifieds page lists sections from notices to autos and farms with guidance on insertion deadlines, rate calculations by word count and times, and ad-taker assistance. An example shows a wanted woman with a downtown apartment posted as a tiny notice.
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