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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1973
Page
1
Jerry Jones, 1313 Cedar St, chosen as master of ceremonies for the annual Miss Muscatine pageant to be held August 4 in the Muscatine High School auditorium. Jones, a Muscatine native active in local theater groups and a university graduate, has held multiple roles with the Masquers and Jaycees and works as manager at Mosenfelder's.
In Davenport Iowa a man identified as Jerry Kloss 20 was shot and killed when he allegedly broke a window and entered the kitchen of Nancy Kahl 22. Kahl fired three shots as he moved toward the upper floors. No charges were filed and information was sent to the county attorney. The incident occurred about a.m. and the victim lived nearby.
Three weekend accidents were investigated by the Musculine Police Department. A 1971 Plymouth driven by Loren Purland failed to yield at Orange and 1st streets, colliding with a 1963 Oldsmobile driven by Curtis Kerschinske. A 1966 Chevrolet driven by Eden Hahn met a stop, after a 1973 Lincoln driven by Loren Wooten struck him at Town Ave and 7th. At 1:31 p.m. Saturday, a 1962 Pontiac ambulance and a 1973 Chevrolet pickup collided on Clay Street near the Danfeldt lot after the pickup turned into the lot while the ambulance passed. the ambulance driver Merritt Wright turned back to avoid the crash. the Daufeldt vehicle lacked a turn signal.
The Iowa Highway Commission film Roads to Build On was shown at the Port City Kiwanis meeting outlining Iowa highway types. Plans discussed for dedicating a Weed Park picnic shelter. A pancake breakfast at Sambo's July 28 from 8 to 11 a.m. to raise funds for a Trainable Mental Retarded class at the new school.
The Muscatine Chapter of Future Farmers of America will hold a summer meeting and recreation session at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the shelter near the pool in Weed Park. New members will be introduced and goals for 1973 74 year discussed along with judging contests and fair entries. All members urged to attend.
A meeting of the Muscatine County Planning Commission and the Muscatine County Solid Waste Management Agency is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Stockton city hall. Glen Erickson of the Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Commission will discuss his organization. Reelection of an attorney for the agency and review of engineering services and a landfill site are also on the agenda.
A pancakes and sausage breakfast will be held Saturday at Sambo's from 8 to 11 a.m. All proceeds go to equip the new school for trainable mentally retarded classes. The event is sponsored by Sambo's and the Port City Kiwanis Club.
If the carrier cannot deliver, call the Journal circulation department at 26 231 during weekday hours between 30 p m and 230 p m and on Saturdays from 2 30 to 4 20 p m. Office hours are 8 a m to 5 p m daily, Saturday 8 a m to noon. The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays.
Subscription prices listed for daily carrier delivery in Muscatine and outside. Rates include $2.50 monthly in advance for Muscatine delivery, $2.24 for other carriers, and $2.80 for motor carrier. Mail rates: $23 yearly within fifty miles, $27 yearly in towns with car service, $30 yearly beyond fifty miles. Servicemen $23 yearly. Students $17.50 for nine months.
Muscatine Moose Lodge No 388 earned multiple honors at the Iowa Moose convention in Davenport over a three day period. Local members were elected to state offices including George Rick as state prelate and John Roelle as chair of the Iowa Endowment Fund. Louis Vineyard of Iowa City was named state president, and Roelle received the first Paul Schmitz Moosehart diploma. Publicity chairman Fred Bunn tied for third in lodge publicity, and the ritual staff placed third in statewide competition. A school for officers and ritual staff will be held in Marshalltown on Oct 6. The convention noted 1,020,324 Moose members nationwide, with next year planned in Iowa City.
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