Volunteers Begin YMCA Building Fund Drive in Muscatine
One hundred and thirty-eight volunteers started the General Gifts section of the YMCA Building Fund Drive in Muscatine seeking to raise 200000 dollars. Co chairmen George Shepley Jack Rigler Wendell Day and Richard Shultz announced early pledges and outlined plans to contact residents citywide.
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Hine
Journal
Ymca Building Fund
General
YMCA
Hotel Muscatine
Pattern Gifts Committee
George Shepley
Jack Rigler
Musser Trust
Kent-Stein Foundation
Wendell Day
Richard Shultz
General Gifts Committee
Shultz
Day
Art Miller
Elmer Bloom, Jr
Jack Nietzel
J. W. Wallis
Clyde Hubble
William Calla
Deanna Tumey Finds Fulfillment in Vista Service
Deanna Tumey, 21, daughter of Marie Tumey of Muscatine, reflects on her Vista year aiding Apache and Mandan communities. She trained in Tempe and White Mountain, built carpentry skills, tutored children, started a 4-H group and quilting club, and helped raise education and welfare in New Town North Dakota near Ft. Berthold. She emphasizes meaningful work over comfort and cherishes bonds formed with the Indian people.
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Muscatine
Tempe
Arizona
Vista
Deanna
University
White Mountain
New Town
North Dakota
Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation
Miss Muscatine Names New Manager For Miss Muscatine
Max Churchill former Muscatine Jaycees president is named manager for the Miss Muscatine pageant Linda Zimmer. Those seeking personal appearances during her year should contact Churchill who works in the Kent Feeds nutrition department.
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Max Churchil
Muscatine Jaycees
Construction Worker Injured In Fall At Heinz Plant
Ronald Dorman of Concordia Kansas fell about 20 feet during work on a Des Moines Steel Tank Co. project at the H J Heinz company water storage tank. He was admitted to Muscatine General hospital with no reported broken bones.
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Ronald Dorman
Concordia
Kan
H. J. Heinz Company
Dorman
Des Moines Steel Tank Co
Muscatine General Hospital
Des Moines Company
Heinz
Body of Kansas Woman Is Found
The body of Linda Calendar, 17, was found in a shallow grave north of Hutchinson. Ronald Warrick, 16, orally admitted involvement with Kenneth Kilpatrick, 18, in kidnapping and rape. Warrick to be charged with forcible rape and Kilpatrick with murder.
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Warrick
Kilpatrick
Hutchinson
Rotary memorial for YMCA fund approved
Rotarians voted 82 to 1 to establish a $2,000 memorial for the Muscatine YMCA building. The fund will furnish an assembly room and a youth club room as part of new building plans. Col Howard Coffman, guest speaker from Rock Island, praised local cooperation with the U S Army Corps of Engineers on flood control and river projects along the Mississippi.
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Rotarians
Muscatine
Col
Howard B. Coffman
Rock Island
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Col. Coffman
Corps of Engineer
Mississippi River
Muscatine Island
Mad Creek
Muscatine Journal Details and AP Use Policy
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises member, located at 201 E 3rd St Muscatine Iowa. The paper is entered as second class matter in the Muscatine post office under act of March 187. The Associated Press is fully used for local news and AP dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
E. 3Rd St
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
AP Anwe
Subscriptions Rates For Muscatine Daily Paper
Rates listed: delivered by carrier within Muscatine costs forty cents weekly, $17.00 annually by mail within fifty miles, and $20.00 beyond fifty miles. Advance payment required. Subscriptions operate with daily mail cutoff 4 PM weekdays and 1 PM Saturday. details vary by location and service.
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Musca
Advan
Daly
Muscatine
Grant for Migrant Health Work in Muscatine
Congressman John R. Schmidhauser announced in Washington that the health, education and welfare department approved a second grant of 5996 dollars to the Muscatine Migrant council. The funds will fund health services for migrant workers families in the Muscatine area, complementing an earlier 52000 dollar grant for a day care center and school for migrant children. Rev. H Philip Ruffrey serves as president of the Muscatine Migrant council.
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John R. Schmidhauser
Washington, D. C
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Muscatine Migrant Council
Muscatine
Federal Department
H. Philip Ruffrey
The
Fine Young Cycle Rider On 2 Counts
Ralph Lawrence Bickett, 16, of route 5, faced two traffic charges in police court. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs for driving without an operator’s license and 20 dollars plus costs for a stop sign violation. A related charge of driving without lights was dismissed. Arrest occurred on Pine Street.
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Ralph Lawrence Bickett
Bickett
Duane Goedken
Pine Street
Case Pending Against Woman Charged Here
Donna Hatfield of route 5 faces disturbing the peace charges in police court. Officials allege she made numerous calls to Alma Walker and twice struck the Walker vehicle with her car, with a $25 bond set for release.
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Donna Hatfield
Route 5
Alma Walker
Walker
Driving While License Suspended Fines Set in Muscatine
Two Muscatine residents were fined 100 dollars and assessed costs in Muscatine district court Saturday for operating vehicles with suspended licenses. Defendants David Wetzel of 1611 Indiana Street and Thomas Henry Johnson of 721 Woodlawn Avenue pleaded guilty, with Judge R. K. Stohr imposing penalties after arrests on May 1 and April 20 respectively.
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Muscatine
Muscatine District Court
David ©. Wetzel
Indiana Street
Thomas Henry Johnson
Woodlawn Avenue
R. K. Stohr
Police arrest Murphy on Louisa County warrant
Muscatine police detained Michael Allen Murphy 24 of Columbus Junction Saturday night and turned him over to Sheriff Ralph McDowell of Wapello. He is named in a Louisa County warrant charging assault and battery.
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Louisa County
Muscatine
Michael Allen Murphy
Columbus Junction
Ralph McDowell
Wapello
Murphy
Fifth Street Traffic Signal Near Town Avenue Opens
Installation of traffic control signals at Town Avenue and Fifth Street is completed by Muscatine Municipal Electric Department crews. The signals will go into operation Tuesday morning, an announce ment states.
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Town Avenue
Fifth Street
Muscatine
Cars Damaged In Collision Near East Eighth and Oak
Two late model autos were damaged in a 10 am collision at East Eighth and Oak streets. Ray W. Zeug, 718 Woodlawn avenue, was charged with failure to yield to through traffic while driving north on Oak. Beulah R. Varney, 416 East Eighth street, was eastbound on Eighth. The Varney car front and Zeug’s left front were damaged.
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Eighth
Oak Streets
Ray W. Zeug
Woodlawn Avenue
Oak
Beulah R. Varney
East Eighth Street
Varney
Zeug
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