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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1966
Page
11
Fire Chief Alex Bender cited two boys playing with matches as the possible cause. Occupants evacuated and tenants found temporary housing elsewhere. Property owner Herman Lard noted rent arrangements while repairs proceed. Journal Photo.
A 30-year-old rural Moscow man, Chester Hampton, father of seven, died when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by William Middagh three miles south of Durant at 7:15 p.m. Thursday. Middagh, 44, was hospitalized in good condition with injuries and his wife survived with bruises. Hampton, a J. I. Case Co. employee and Korea veteran, left a widow Joy Bennett and seven children. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. Monday at Fairbanks Funeral Home with military rites at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mus Less than 1968 resurfacing study calls for bids on three blocks in the business district. City engineer William McKines cites $90,000-plus for a two and a half inch mat and proposes heated planing to remove surfaces then a one inch dense asphalt mat to curb height. Four streets East Sixth Spring Cypress Isett Avenue from Ninth to Heinz plant entrance. Diane Reesink earns BA from William Penn college and will teach elementary education in Waterloo.
The Jaycees moved their vehicle display on Iowa avenue between Fifth and Seventh streets to create a level area. Vehicle inspections will be free for owners. The council approved a July 4 fireworks show at Weed Park and a June 21 parade at 11 a.m. in conjunction with the Miss Muscat line pageant, starting on Iowa avenue by Central Junior High and routing through Third Mulberry Second and Pine streets.
Dale Bodman of Dewey reported his 1960 automobile missing. At 7:30 a.m. police learned the car was in Fort Madison and the driver, 16-year-old Tommy Tompkins of Muscatine, was being held on a misdemeanor for not paying for gasoline. Bodman is the youth’s father. In other notes, potato and livestock market items from Chicago and Omaha are summarized with arrivals, prices, and conditions.
Mrs. Barbara Bixby and her three young sons were left without a home after a Thursday fire damaged the apartment building at East Seventh and Cedar Streets. The blaze forced temporary displacement and required police and fire department response. No injuries were reported.
New York stocks showed modest gains as investors moved into steels, rubbers, and chemicals while the market reflected caution. Volume reached about 4.3 million shares with notable swings in glamor issues as IBM fell ahead of a stock rights offering and several tech and mining stocks declined slightly.
Pvt Dewayne Smith son of Mrs Alene Smith of 207 Clinton Street left for Kansas City Missouri after completing a W day furlough from air force duty. He recently finished basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas.
Mayor Burns will appoint a special council committee to study licensing tavern dancing after aldermen approved the move amid parliamentary wrangling. The ministerial association opposes licensing, citing dancing and drinking as causes of brawls. The panel will report by June 16. few local taverns meet state dance-license standards.
Funeral services for William P. Gray 2t will be held at Grace Lutheran at 1 50 p m Monday Rev B E Mevert to officiate. Gray died after a gravel truck collision with a Rock Island Lines freight train southwest of Muscatine. He was born Feb 18 1945 and survived by his parents and a brother. Also listed are Mabel Solomon 80 Conesville, Sharon Evelyn and Karen Bernice Rohwedder infant twins, and H Hendriks 72 Muscatine postmaster. adicionais include Parant baby twins, Bessie Franta Brokel New Boston, and Dr John Kimball of West Liberty.
Elmer Davis owner of Mid west Transit asked the council for a £7,500 annual appropriation to raise bus drivers’ pay from $1.05 to $1.50 per hour and to fund better equipment for local routes. Davis noted wage rises save $6,262 yearly plus $263 in social security costs, with a $4,700 net profit last year. The Chamber of Commerce board supported the subsidy to keep the company operating locally.
Donald Hamilton of Conesville reports his pickup truck parked at 1528 Washington Street was struck in the rear at about 2:20 a m by a Schwerman Trucking tractor driven by Arnold Brockmann, 33, route 3. The impact occurred on Washington Street east of Park Avenue.
USDA reporting Monday receipts show 13 000 cattle 6 000 hogs and 500 sheep. Hog prices slipped as much as 75 cents per cwt with butchers down 25 to 78 cents. Slaughter steers remained mostly steady with early declines.
AP reports a volatile day in New York stocks with mixed quotations across major names. Gains appear in Allied Ch and AmChain while declines touch several sectors including oil, rail, and consumer goods, reflecting cautious investor sentiment.
Admitted: Anne Cottingham David Ashby Sally Axel Emil Blaesing Mrs Jonnie Bea gon William Middagh Maynard Parchert Juanita Stromer Harold Woods Jr Scott Donovan Fred Christian James Stecher Born: Son to Mr and Mrs Fred Busch Jr Wednesday Born: Son to Mr and Mrs David Trimble Wednesday Former Residents: Daughter Mary Beth to Mr and Mrs Thomas Marten Muscatine grain quotations as of a.m. today Corn 12 22 for 30 day delivery Soybeans 3 08 for 3 day delivery Police Court Judge Duane Geecien Speeding Harry D Lewis 15 dollars and costs Robert James Neipert 25 bond Darrell Leroy MeIntire 24 summons to appear Sane Violate restricted license Darrell Leeroy MeIntyre 24 summons to appear June 4 Excessive matter noise Clyde Melvin Haines 22 for 10 dollars and costs Anson Clare Weeks 24 Sherman street dollars and costs
Wallick, 45, and wife Joan, from Wellsburg Iowa, piloted a propeller craft for a round the world attempt. They left Manila on Thursday and have stopped only for refueling at Tokyo Wake Island and Honolulu. They paused in Honolulu less than an hour after a 2300 mile leg from Wake Island.
East German border guards clashed with a mother and her 25 year old son as they slipped past barbed wire at the southern border into West Berlin Thursday night. Customs police confirmed the escape but withheld the mother’s age and other details.
Eight youths from Eastern Iowa will take part in the 1966 Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D C. The group includes Dianne Stange, Renae Best, Larry Reif, Janet Hartwig, Lela Norton, Barbara Drumm, Bill Card, and Kathleen Gilroy. They will visit the Capitol, Supreme Court, Library of Congress, and senators offices, with tours of Arlington National Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial amid a packed itinerary.
Speculators liquidated in the grain market over the weekend, weakening most commodities. Wheat and rye fell over a cent a bushel while soybeans gained strength with old crop months and July delivery hitting season highs. Carrier receipts list sparse wheat imports and notable soy bean figures.
First of the season's aerial sprayings for Muscatine insect control will occur in the first half of June. Frank Anson Jr sanitation superintendent said Ames Applicator service will apply the insecticide under a 1966 council contract. A Muscatine Garden Club petition with 565 signatures opposed the spray, presented at Thursday's council meeting.
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