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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1968
Page
4
Local notices list fines for speeding and altered license charges with names and addresses in Muscatine. Separate items report hog and cattle prices at Chicago stockyards with receipts and quoted ranges, plus Omaha quotations and grain notes. Minor items include livestock futures and local births and dismissals.
CHICAGO AP Wheat and corn futures mix in early trade on the Chicago Board of Trade with some strength later. A government report estimated 1969 carryover higher than first reported and possible lower exports next year, aiding declines in wheat while corn rebounded from opening lows. Soybeans also fluctuated as traders weighed domestic demand and supply signals.
Harden A Semler 76 of 1312 Orange St died at Muscatine General Hospital. Retired contractor, lifelong Muscatine resident born March 19 1892 in Adair County Iowa. Survived by daughter Ethel F Knott, three brothers, one sister, one granddaughter and a great grandchild. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday at George M Wittich funeral home Greenwood cemetery. George Edward Benson died in Sacramento California at Camellia Terrace Nursing Home. Born Feb 7 1891 in Wapello, lived there after marriage to Ruth Brockert. Operated a bakery in Wapello and was a baker at Yosemite National Park. Survived by wife in Modesto nursing home, two daughters Vivene and Marjorie, son William, three sisters, six grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 Friday at Franklin and Downs Modesto. burial Modesto Cemetery with Masonic services. Gail West 33, died after stockcar races at the Columbus Junction fairgrounds. Services 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at George M Wittich Funeral Home. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
In Arkansas, Sen J W Fulbright wins renomination with 53 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff but short of his predicted 55. He leads Jim Johnson 202,024 to 122,072 with 2,548 of 2,659 precincts reporting. Bobby Hayes from Calico Rock has 46,701 and Foster Johnson from Little Rock 10,952.
The United Steelworkers Union closed its richest pact, a billion-dollar-plus package to keep labor peace for three years. Approved narrowly after a month of secret talks, it moves wages and benefits for about 450,000 Steelworkers by roughly 6.5 percent annually, with a 9 cents to a dollar rise per year.
International Hockey League officials in Fort Wayne granted a contingent franchise to Cincinnati for the league eighth team pending a suitable arena. A league meeting Saturday will hear from Cincinnati backers. Flint, Michigan also faces arena delays. The current seven clubs are Fort Wayne Muskegon Port Huron Toledo Dayton Columbus and Des Moines.
Tampa officials announced the first American All-Star Game to be played January 4 in Tampa. Bear Bryant will coach the South team formed from 1968 senior players, with Jack Mollenkopf leading the North.
Bob Gibson of St. Louis pitched his 12th straight victory as the Cardinals defeated the New York Mets 7-1. Ed Kranepool doubled home Ed Charles for the Mets' lone RBI off Gibson in the fourth, while Gibson extended his season record to 15-5 with eight shutouts and 13 complete games and cited his low chances of a no hitter. His ERA sits at 0.95 as the chase for the modern mark continues.
An 8-year-old girl named Jit and her 4-year-old brother Kirby Sinclair were found after six days and five nights lost in bush country in northern Manitoba. Scratched and bitten, they were located near Buffalo Lake by Indian trackers and taken to Gypsumville radar station for examination. They had wandered from their parents’ camp on Thursday, about 12 to 15 miles away.
A nationwide series of post office closings prompted Idaho officials to protest as thousands of Christmas letters arrive for Santa. Rep. James McClure suggested the Post Office Department opposed kids, but Sen. Frank Church announced the department reversed course, keeping Santa’s northern Idaho service intact. Dorothy Knowles, Wisconsin’s former first lady, wed Milwaukee industrialist Francis J. Trecker after a Mexican divorce, reported in New York. Public notice from Muscatine Iowa zoning officials proposes rezoning land from B-2 to B-1 with a public hearing set for August 15 1968 in City Hall.
Last will of Lulu E. Webster admitted to probate on Sept 1 1985 in the named court. Executors F L Webster and Blanche D Chamberlin appointed. Creditors must file claims with the district court and all actions to set aside the will must be brought within one year from the second publication. Date of second publication July 31 1968.
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