Railroad traffic resumes on Rock Island line after derailment
Rail traffic in both directions on the Rock Island line through Buffalo was back by nine this morning after a Saturday derailment. Eight pole lengths of track and roadbed were damaged and wheel failure was blamed. State police diverted highway traffic around Buffalo over the weekend and Highway 22 was closed during the cleanup. Prior reroutes had moved trains via Columbus Junction to West Liberty.
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Buffalo
9 Line
Muscatine
Don Gibson
Moline
Columbus Junction
West Liberty
Veterans Office Open Wednesday in Davenport
The temporary Veterans Administration contact office in the Scott County Courthouse Davenport will be open Wednesday July 10. C G Snook will be available from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to provide personal assistance to veterans dependents and beneficiaries. Robert Nelson Takes Duties at Muscatine Monsanto Company announced today the transfer of Robert J Nelson to Muscatine to assume duties of area production supervisor. Nelson joins from El Dorado plant and is a 1960 University of Iowa mechanical engineering graduate. He and wife Jean natives of Ottumwa have two children Jim and Karen. They will move around August 1.
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Veterans Administration
Scott County Court House
Davenport
C. G. Snook
Robert Nelson
Muscatine
Monsanto Company
Robert J. Nelson
Nelson
el Dorado
Arkansas
University of Iowa
Monsanto
Jean
Ottumwa
Jim
Karen
Muscatine Journal details and AP affiliation
The Muscatine Journal operates daily except Sundays and holidays under Lee Enterprises, with offices at 301 E. Third Street Muscatine Iowa 52761. It is a second class matter publication since March 1 1879 and reserves AP exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
E. Ird St
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription rates and delivery terms for Muscatine daily paper
Rates list delivered daily by carrier in Muscatine at 2.00 per month and 0.40 weekly elsewhere. One year by mail within 50 miles 15.00, 50 miles towns 18.00, over 50 miles 26.00. Subscriptions payable in advance. Office hours 3 am to 9 am daily, Saturday 8 am to noon. Special delivery for missed papers available until 4:00 pm weekends. Dial 243-301.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Aew
Gariy
Spatarasye
Police Reports From Muscatine Face Traffic and Minor Violations
The Daily Report lists arrests for speeding and other offenses in rural Muscatine and Atalissa including Melvin Terry Grim and Daryle Snyder with fines, plus Gary Dean Thomas for beer by a minor and defective brakes. Kenneth Harold Terry and others face various charges and court actions. A dismissal for Fer enc Olak due to lack of evidence is noted, along with multiple admissions and dismissals of local residents in a long roster. Births and a divorce involving Judith Ann Kosowski are also recorded with dates and parties.
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Shirley Hagerman
Muscatine
Melvin Terry Grim
Atalissa
Terry Ray Smith
Orange Street
Daryle DeWayne Snyder
3Rd Street
Gary Dean Thomas
Burlington
Kenneth Harold Terry
Junior Golf Leagues Near At Muscatine Course
Muscatine Municipal Golf Course manager Larry Dwyer urged youths ages 12 to 14 to register this week for a six week junior league beginning Monday July 15 with boys and girls divisions. An additional league for ages 15 to 18 is planned. Adult golf lessons five sessions cost 5 dollars. Women’s lessons start July 9 Tuesdays 6 15 to 7 30 pm. men’s start July 13 Saturdays 8 15 to 9 40 pm.
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Muscatine Municipal
Larry Dwyer
Americans Drink 441 Million Coffee Cups Daily
Washington AP reports Americans consume about 441 million cups of coffee each day while relying on others to supply it. Latin America remains a major exporter to the United States which buys roughly half the yearly production. The Agriculture Department notes world supplies are below demand for a third straight year.
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Washington
Rockies
Appalachians
Latin America
United States
Department of Agriculture
Brazil
Two Muscatine youths in critical condition afterJuly accident
Douglas Terrill and Susan Brewer, both residents of Muscatine, were hurt in a Fourth of July evening incident and remain in critical condition at University Hospital in Iowa City. Their injuries are serious but not yet described as life threatening. The report notes hospital care continues as authorities investigate the crash.
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Douglas Terrill
Susan Brewer
University Hospital
Iowa City
Bullets injure two in Fort Dodge theater area
In Fort Dodge two 18 year olds, Dennis L. Johnson and Leah Webber, were shot while standing on the main street in front of a theater. Witnesses heard rifle fire around 10 30 p m. Johnson had a flesh wound to the hand and was released. Webber was hospitalized in good condition with a shoulder wound.
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Fort Dodge
Mercy Hospital
Dennis L. Johnson
Leah Webber
Johnson
Miss Webber
Cars Damaged In Collision In Muscatine
A Muscatine traffic crash at 2 12 p m involved Wille Leaver 60 of 200 Sherman street and Michael Bramer 15 of 517 Mulberry Ave Bramer was exiting a stall while Leaver traveled east on East 2nd Street near Sycamore Street. Police said both cars had bumper and fender damage.
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Wille Leaver
Sherman Street
Muscatine
Michael Bramer
Mulberry Ave
Leaver
East 2Nd Street
Sycamore Street
Bramer
YMCA Summer Fun Club Visit to Dam No 16
The YMCA Summer Fun Club will visit local and Dam No 16 at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Boys should bring swim suit and towel for a swim. The program should end about noon. Parent permission slips are available at the YM.
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YMCA
Dam No. 16
Local youths join engineers team for summer work
Thirteen young men aged 16 to 21 will work for the Rock Island District of the Corps of Engineers this summer under the Youth Opportunity Campaign. In Muscatine two youths, Arthur J. Johnson and Albert G. Stevens, join others at Lock and Dam No. 16 and related sites along the Mississippi. The program, aiming to place at least half a million youths nationwide, offers useful temporary jobs that may influence students to return to school, without filling regular civil service positions.
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Engineers
Muscatine
Rock Island
Corps of Engineers
Arthur J. Johnson
Albert G. Stevens
Lock and Dam No. 16
Mississippi River
Coralville
Two Area Men Become Lawyers In Iowa Ceremony
Two Muscatine County residents were admitted to the bar in University of Iowa ceremonies. Thomas Walter of Iowa City plans to enter military service. Bion Hitchcock of route 4 works as a patent attorney in Bartlesville Oklahoma with Phillips Petroleum and holds a 1965 electrical engineering degree from Iowa State University.
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Muscatine County
University of Iowa
Thomas Walter
Robert Walter
E. 8Th St
Iowa City
Bion Hitchcock
Stewart Hitchcock
Route 4
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Phillips Petroleum Co
Atty. Hitchcock
Towa State University
Ames
Five Day Iowa Forecast Sees NearNormal Temperatures
The outlook calls for near normal highs in the 80s across most of Iowa Tuesday through Saturday with the extreme north two to four degrees below average. Normal highs range from the upper 80s in the south to mid 80s in the north, and lows around 62 to 66. Precipitation totals near a quarter inch with showers midweek. Des Moines highs near 87 and lows near 65 Burling ton around 83 and 66.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Burlington
Maytag Exhibit Marks 75th Anniversary in Muscatine
The Maytag company 75th anniversary is celebrated with a two month exhibit at Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum in Muscatine. The exhibit, which began Sunday, features a 1911 Maytag model in the industrial room viewed by museum helper Norma Todd.
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Maytag Company
Newton
Iowa
Laura Musser
Muscatine
Norma Todd
Maytag
XL's to Appear At Armory Dance Wednesday
The Bark Commission hosts another Armory dance on Wednesday from 8 to 11 pm featuring the XL's. Admission is 1 dollar for a single and 1.50 dollars for a couple, with all area teens invited to attend while support remains high.
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Armory Dance
Armory
Bark Commission
ISU Orientation Attendees List For Fall Quarter
Area students enrolled at Iowa State University Ames attended orientation meetings on campus this week. From the College of Sciences and Humanities appear Rex E. Gantenbein Muscatine Don R. Brown Nichols and Charles F. Goodall Stockton. From the College of Engineering Michael Nitzer Montpelier David Walters Muscatine and Thomas Ortmeyer Wapello.
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Iowa State University
Ames
The
College of Sciences and Humanities
Rex E. Gantenbein
Muscatine
Don R. Brown
Nichols
Charles F. Goodall
Stockton
College of Engineering
Michael Nitzer
Montpelier
David Walters
Thomas Ortmeyer
Wapéllo
James Wolford Is Promoted To Sergeant In Air Force
Mrs. Pearl Wolford of 1113 Tsett Ave. has learned her son James Wolford has been promoted to sergeant. He is stationed with the United States Air Force at Comox British Columbia Canada, Det 5 425 Munition Maintenance Sq. (ADC).
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Pearl Wolford
Tsett Ave
James Wolford
United States Air Force
Comox
British Columbia
Canada
James ‘Wolford
Det
Munition Maintence Sq
ADC
Cbf
PAS Sucfog
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Donald Bridges
Island View Addition
Harry W. Atkins II
Ruth L. Atkins
Jennie P. Atkins
Pearl H. Martin
Park Place
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Lester C. Petersen
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Violet M. McGinnis
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Jack W
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Country Club Hills
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James C
Grace E. Carey
Daily Report
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Ray L. Pace
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Iowa Ave
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Crestline
William Moore
Leo Lacroux
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Clinton
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Lewis H. Stalkfleet
Ford Hilton
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Henry F. Sexton
Rose Morrissey
Dale
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Marquette
Edward L. Dye
Stella Holliday
Hershey
Keith Jackson
New Boston
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Kansas
Ben Kolpack
Magnolia
Abe Lieflanter
Hotel Muscatine
David L. Painter
Schiller
Leroy Preston
Fillmore
Gene Proffit
Mississippi Drive
Donald Noll
Raymond Taylor
Elard Wasson
Donald Heavilin
Henry Paul
Jerry Bouland
Leroy
George Cole
Oregon
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George Schaffer
Fletcher
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Betty Tistie
Richard D. Harrison
Wapello
Mets
James Strasser
Wilton
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Gary L. Herlein
Mls. Labode
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Sherman
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Cedar
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