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Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1963

Page

2

Clover Leaf Pals Achievement Day at Fork Avenue Church

Clover Leaf Pals held Achieverent Day at Fork Avenue Methodist Church with eight members and ten guests. Demonstrations to select entrants for West Liberty Fair included Salad Dressing Cake and Matins. Milk Beverages won. Two food items per girl were exhibited and judged by Miss Benson and Mrs Day.

Tre Fork Avenue Methodist Church West Liberty Fair Dorothy Amel Pat Witter Janet Rada Jackie Busch Linda Copple Ann Peterson Miss Benson Day Louis Angel Harry Busch Garden Rogers Bob Rada Robert Petersen Marlin Schauland Dipple Lowell Witwer Miss Griffin Maynard Stych

Migrant Festival Queen Judging Set at Civic Center

Judges will name a queen for the migrant festival evening at the Civic Center. Candidates must be under 30 from migrant families and of Hispanic American heritage. The Fiesta, sponsored by the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce, will be Aug 10. An invitation meeting is set for Saturday at the Civic Center. Weed Park pool will be closed to the public Saturday for a swimming meet and reopen Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Civic Center Muscatine Ayiied Weed Park Surdey

Assessor's 1964 Budget Proposed by City Officials

The city conference board Tuesday night set a proposed 1964 budget for the assessor's office at 29,685 dollars. The plan awaits a public hearing and may be altered. It would require 32,655 dollars to be raised by taxation, including a 2000 annual salary increase for the assessor and 100 dollars for the police force of three.

Pds Allice

LDS Women Meet Tuesday at church gathering

The Women’s Department of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints met at the church Tuesday evening. Marilyn Wagner opened with a prayer and Jennie Schmidt conducted the lesson titled My Agency Is Appointed Unto Me. A brief business session followed, with Marilyn Wagle and Katie Allen serving hostesses for the evening.

Women's Department The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints Marilyn Wagner Ani Allen Jennie Schmidt Cine Avening Marilyn Wagles Katie Allen

Local Visit By Missouri and Buffalo Families

Mr and Mrs Mazel and McIntyre along with Mr and Mrs Robert Molser and family of Buffalo visited Mr and Mrs Frank Grien ex Conway Missouri during a vacation period.

Mazel McIntyre Ting Robert ‘Molser Buffalo Prank Grienex Conway Missouri

Area Six Sets 356595 School Budget for District

Area Six adopted an annual budget totaling 356,595 with expenditures split among general operations 187,902 high school tuition 115,750 and bond interest. The plan raises the mill rate about 4.8 and funds new school construction on the outskirts. Projected enrollment includes 5, with 200 additional Muscatine tuition pupils.

Egin Wwilson Muscatine Geventh

Windus Damages Suits Reinstated By Iowa Supreme Court

Iowa Supreme Court revokes a Muscatine district court ruling and remands three Windus damage suits totaling 395000 dollars. Lawsuits stem from a gas explosion that injured Loren Windus and fatally injured his wife in their rented home near West Liberty on August 15 1957. The case involves Great Plains Gas National Propane Fisher Governor Wolf Wolf Appliances and other defendants. previous actions included a dismissal petition by Judge Glenn D Kelly later vacated for trial. The ruling may trigger further district court proceedings.

Muscatine - District Court Iowa Supreme Court Loren Dale Windus West Liberty Supreme Court Windus Tuidge Glenn D. Kelly High Court OLL Great Pleins Gas National Propane Corporation Fisher Governor Co Herbert Ivan Wolf Gladys Wolf Wolf Appliances Raymond. Penderson and Ruvd Manufacturing Corp

Spain Requests Cuba Shipping Exemption Rejected

Washington rejects Spain's appeal to avoid penalties on shipping to Cuba as the United States presses a broader economic campaign against the Castro regime. Madrid’s ambassador Antonio Garrigues sought an exception for Spain’s ships, but the request was denied. Spain has cooperated in restricting air and sea traffic with Cuba.

Washington United States Spain Cuba

Rainfall Touches Muscatine As Weather Clears Briefly

Muscatine reported rainfall this morning with 0.28 inch by early hours and additional moisture later. The forecast called for possible showers or thunderstorms tonight and a mostly clear to partly cloudy Thursday with upper 60s to near 80 degree highs. Tuesday saw a high around 81 with overnight 66, while Iowa rainfall in the last 24 hours reached up to 0.25 inches, and highs ranged from 83 at Davenport to 87 at Mason City.

Muscatine Souteast Iowa Estherville Davenport Mason City

Obituary for Helen A Koepping formerly of Muscatine

Mrs Helen A Koepping, a former Muscatine resident, died today at Monmouth Memorial hospital Lang Branch Nal. She lived in Muscatine from 1908 to 1926 and was married to Lee Koepping in 1924. Survived by sister Mrs William C Hinkley of Muscatine, a nephew and two nieces. Services pending at Riley Funeral Home Muscatine.

Helen 4. Koepping Helen A. Koepping Muscatine Monmouth Memorial Hospital Lang Branch Nal

Compact Car Flips Driver Held by Belt

A Parsons student escaped serious injury when a 1961 model compact car skidded on GL82 during heavy rain, rolled down 220 feet of embankment, and landed in a farm feed lot after crossing a fence. Driver Mrs J Knittel, 24, wore a seatbelt and suffered minor injuries. husband retrieved her.

Parsons Callet Fairfield Iselay Wally Ten McNeal Mies, OleNeal, & Nurse Knittel

Airline Fined For Using Plane Damaged Four Engine Airliner

Washington reports the Federal Aviation Agency fined United Air Lines for operating a four engine DCB plane with passengers after striking a bird. The accident occurred during approach to Quad-City Airport in Moline, Illinois, in November. The aircraft suffered a six inch tear in an engine cowling and a 20 inch tear on the left wing leading edge.

Washington Federal Aviation Agency United Air Lines Birus Quad-City Airore Moline FFA

Paving Contractor Begins Clean Up Work

City engineers report Woodbury Construction started cleanup on 10 segments of permanent concrete paving built this summer. Some streets reopened during curing, with closures to continue as repairs and utility work proceed. The contractor has until August 15 to finish, and permanent openings are expected after.

Swith Woodbury Harriers Wiliam McElwee McElwee U.S. ‘Public Health Service Kansas City Ciy Council

Fireworks Bomb Damage Continues At Grandview Avenue

Early today a series of fireworks bomb tossings damaged a toilet at Easy Wash on Grandview Avenue. Police could not determine the explosive type though Chief Clifford Bennett noted it did not seem like a cherry bomb. The blast around 2:30 damaged toilet bowl and water tank and echoes similar rural mail box incidents in Muscatine in the past two weeks. Daughters visit Mae Townsley and relatives from Washington, Pa.

Easy Wash Faundsty Grandview Avenue Clifford Bennett Muscatine

Dog License Revenue Tops City Records

The city reports a record high in dog license revenue as of this year with $1,010 from ASB tags sold since June 28. Alderman Roger Knott notes 393 unlicensed dogs, 1,135 licensed so far this year, and second notices planned for nonrespondents amid joint county city efforts to fund the Muscatine County Humane Society and enforce the dog ordinance.

Roger Knott Knott

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