Four accidents plague Independence weekend auto actions
Police investigated four accidents over the Independence weekend involving autos striking three parked vehicles. A 76 year old driver left the scene after hitting three parked autos on W 2nd St and Pine. another unidentified vehicle allegedly forced a car off the road on Town Ave near 10th St. A two-car crash occurred on W 8th St near Linn with a 1962 Volkswagen and a 1971 Hornet. A separate two-vehicle crash happened at Town Ave and 8th St as a Mercury crossed barricades and collided with a Rambler.
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W. 2Nd St
Pine St
Lester Coulter
1St Ave
Wesley Murdock
Wilton
Edward Rickey
Route 5
Town Ave
10Th St
Chalotte Louise Goetzman
Iowa Ave
Chevrolet
Reynolds
5Th St
Muscatine
8Th St
Linn St
Ellen Witoske
Glen Patrick Cooney
Park Ave
Sheryl Lynn Kammerer
Catherine Honts
Fulliam Ave
Rod is unspared in British reform schools
An AP report from London notes corporal punishment remains legal in reform schools. A government study records 129 boys under 14 were caned from January to September 1970.
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London
Local couple hospitalized after Nashua accident
A Muscatine man William H. Nau, 19, and his wife Deborah remain hospitalized at Floyd County Memorial Hospital Charles City after their Jeep hit a farm driveway on Highway 218 south of Nashua. Nau in fair condition with internal injuries. Deborah in good condition with lacerations. Nau was driving south to pass a pickup pulling an ammonia tank. the vehicle swerved and flipped about 50 feet, landing on its top. Nau works as a plant worker at Grain Processing Corporation.
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Muscatine
Floyd County Memorial Hospital
Charles City
Highway 218
Nashua
William H. Nau
W. 6Th
Deborah
Nau
Accidents Lead to Injury and Charges in Muscatine County
Three weekend incidents in Muscatine County ended with injuries and a charge. Alan Heath, 23, injured and cited for failure to maintain control after a high speed crash on a Cedar River bridge damaged guardrails. Sylvia Gauther and Michael Walker were involved in a two car collision at the junction of highways 6 and 38 with over $100 damage each. Ricky Emanuel, 20, reported a wet road spin on highway 22 causing a backwards spin and about $300 damage to his Oldsmobile.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Sheriff's Department
Cedar River Bridge
Alan Leroy Heath
E. 8Th St
Sylvia Ann Gauther
Davenport
Michael Lloyd Walker
Tipton
Highway 22
Mississippi Courts
Ricky J. Emanuel
Fashionably faulty swimsuit swap at Cedar Falls clothesline
In Cedar Falls Iowa police reported a weekend incident where Mrs Richard Bradfield found a two piece swimsuit missing from her clothesline. The thief apparently replaced it with only the bottom half of another suit.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Richard Bradfield
Ruling against nuns in grand jury testimony case
A New Jersey appeals court ruled that Sister Margaret Murtha cannot invoke priests' privilege to refuse grand jury testimony. The Appellate Division upheld a lower court order directing the Jersey City nun to testify about a February conversation with a 17-year-old boy questioned in a murder case.
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Trenton
Appellate Division of
Superior Court
Margaret Murtha
St. Boniface Parsh
Jersey City
Carver Leads In British Columbia Centennial Air Race
Muscatine industrialist Roy C. Carver is competing in a London to Victoria air race honoring British Columbia's centennial. With over 70 planes, Carver and co pilot Floyd Carson fly a Lear 24 jet, winning the first leg to Quebec and planning stops at Regina and Calgary before the final leg to Victoria. Carver chairs Carver Pump Co. and Bandag, Inc.
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Muscatine
Roy C. Carver
London
England
Victoria
British Columbia
Canada
Carver
Floyd Carson
Burlington
Ontario
Carson
Quebec
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Alberta
Carver Pump Co
Bandag, Inc
Cycle riders escorted through Muscatine by police
About 60 to 70 motorcyclists were escorted through Muscatine on Saturday. Traveling on 33 motorcycles and six vehicles, they reached Shady Creek area around 4 PM. The group camped at Wild Cat Den State Park with sheriff, patrol, and highway patrol watching. Authorities said the cyclists were cooperative and gave no trouble.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
Power Boat Club to Meet Tuesday Evening
The Muscatine Power Boat Club will meet on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the clubhouse on the riverfront for a regular business meeting.
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Power Boat Club
Muscatine
Muscatine Journal Carrier and Subscription Policies
Public notice outlines delivery issues and contact hours for the Muscatine Journal circulation department. Includes office hours, publication schedule, and detailed subscription rates for in city and distant mail delivery, with rates for servicemen and students.
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Muscatine Journal
The
City of
Muscatine
Muscating
Darely
Muscaline
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Charles Sauitz
W. Bth
Carl Dipple
Woodlawn Ave
Clarence Melvin Phillips
W. and St
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Mulberry
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Insurance, Inc
Moeglin
Medical Arts
Journal
Harold Blake
Tom Oermann
Mississippi River
Oermann
Atlantic
Heath
Muscatine General Hospital
Roy Hahn
Body Shop
Larry Grenks
Mgr
Rusco
Whitey
Oregon Street
U.S. Homes, Inc
Ron Lamp
Muscatine, la
Donald L. Lee
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Cedar Street Dial
Leller
Lupton and Toyne Printers
Iowa Avenue
G. &P. Stein Furniture Co
Three Ring Circus
Sunset Inn
Water
West Liberty
Ali MacGraw
Ryan O'Neal Court
Ray Milland
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Dave Dighton
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