Autos collide at Liberty and Bond streets causing hydrant damage
In Muscatine at about 5 pm Sunday, William H. Campbell and George E. Goodall drove cars that collided near Liberty and Bond streets. Arnold L. Howard swerved to avoid another car and hit a hydrant on Grandview near Warren street. his fender was damaged. A separate Lincoln boulevard mishap damaged two vehicles, one parked, after Katherine Alice Duncan struck a parked car while reportedly trying to catch a fallen baby. Another crash at Grandview and Main involved Susan P. Hammond's 1964 vehicle rear ending Robert P. Farrar as he waited at a traffic light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
William H. Campbell
Grandview Avenue
George E. Goodall
Liberty
Bondstreet
Arnold L. Howard
Kansas City
Grandview
Warren Street
Howard
Polite
Lincoln Blvd
Katherine Alice Duncan
Jefferson Street
Fred Wismer
Lincoln
Hammond
Scouts Honor Winners From Area Receive Honors
Kennith Smith of Muscatine and Betty Jones of Durant were honored for scouting work at the annual council meeting at Camp Minnegatta with the Honor Scouter award and special praise for Cubs work. Carl Gehrman of Davenport was re elected president of the Gary Bil council. State prosecutors Harvey G. Albee Jr. and Robert H. Wilson attended an Iowa county attorneys conference at Lake Okoboji, with return to Muscatine expected by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennith Smith
Muscatine
Betty Jones
Durant
Council
Camp Minnegatta
Smith
Harvey G. Albee, Jr
Robert H. Wilson
Iowa
Lake Okoboji
Retired Group Plans Mississippi Boat Ride
The National Association of Retired Civil Employees chapter announces a boat ride on the Mississippi Tuesday for all retired federal civil service employees and spouses. Refreshments will be provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Retired Civil Employes
Mississippi
Federal Civil Service
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Coming, Club Told
Rotary club members heard about peaceful nuclear energy uses and future impact at a luncheon in Muscatine. M. M. Dockendorff described applications and safety, likening the nuclear age to early electricity, noting control advances and emergency readiness. Local civil defense officials and airmen news followed.
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Club
Rotary
Ela
Hotel Muscatine
M. M. Dockendorff
Department of Public Instruction
State Civil Defense Office
Des Moines
Dockendorff
Earl Jones
Civil Defense
Young Mom Shot in Back By Revolver in Car
Nancy Sturms, a young mother of Muscatine, was shot in the back while in a borrowed car Sunday evening. Police believe a six shot revolver owned by Ronald Chapman fired unintentionally, with the weapon later found in the car and three people questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Sturms
East Sixth Street
Muscatine General Hospital
Clifford Bennett
Bennett
Our Town in Air For Aviation Day
Aviation Day drew about 2 500 people to Muscatine airport as Glenn Heller oversaw the Muscatine Aviation Corporation operations. Parachute jumps and 80 planes arrived for the event with rides offered at one cent per pound and 15 minute flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Glenn Heller
Muscatine Aviation Corporation
Heller
Obituaries and funerals in Muscatine area rites and deaths
Obituaries cover several services. Msgr J Welsh led a solemn Requiem high mass with deacon Rev Francis Lerioch and master of ceremonies Rev Waldschmidt present along with multiple clergy. Mary Lynn Brecht played organ. St Mathias School pupils formed the choir. Bearers included local men. burial at St Marys cemetery. Riley funeral home arranged. Thomas G Hardy, 63, died of heart attack. services held in Spring Valley with Bar funeral home in charge. burial at Valley Memorial Park. Bierman and Camery obituaries note local ties and survivors. missing 1953 car found abandoned around riverfront. more details on other local deaths and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Hardy
Spring Valley
East Second Street
Thomas
Anna ' Graham Hardy
Seatonville
Rock Island Lines
Cedar Rapids
William Hardy
Reckford
Castle Campbell
Barle Funeral Home
Valley Mermorial Park
Ralph J. Wittich
Fruitland Township
Mr. Bierman
Muscatine
Dietrich
Katherine Heinbecker Bierman
Muscatine County
Henry C
Fred C. Bierman
Lawrence
Anna) Lutz
George M. Wittich
John Quamn
Greenwood Cemetery
Wife of Harold W. Sturms Sues for Divorce From Anamosa Inmate
The wife of Harold W. Butch Sturms, presently an inmate at the Anamosa reformatory, has filed suit for divorce citing separation and estrangement. The action seeks dissolution of the marriage and related relief based on alleged incompatibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W
Butch)Sturms
The
Anamosa Reformatory
Library receives visitors in Muscatine this week
In Muscatine the library will stay open for visitors this week. Motion pictures will be shown from 3 to 4 32 p.m. on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday according to a Journal Photo caption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Leonard Ott and Bride Head East on Horseback
Leonard Ott and his companion Ted Friez traveled from Seattle on May 16, 1964, toward the New York World's Fair. They stopped in Muscatine as part of a long journey, enduring cold weather and spending the winter en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Ott
Bride
Ted Friez
Muscatine
Seattle
Wash
Fisherman and Two Boatmen Fined by Justices of the Peace
Paul Ross and Jerry Wilharber of Davenport were fined 85 dollars and costs for insufficient life preservers. Wilharber also paid 10 dollars and 5 dollars costs for an overloaded motor boat. Jim Robertson of Muscatine paid 10 dollars and 35 cents for not having a fishing license. They were fined by Leslie Sterner and Harald Hanson, with enforcement by Dan Nichols, on the Cedar and Mississippi rivers at Illinois border farms. Ted returned to Muscatine then headed to New York on horseback. Leonard Ott and his bride-to-be concluded their honeymoon voyage, also on horseback, likely via New York, after a spring wedding last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justices of the Peace
Paul Ross
Jerry Wilharber
Davenport
Leslie Sterner
Moscow
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Muscatine, Ta
Cedar
East Third Streets
At & P.m
Rey William Jacobs
Fairfield
William
Emil Palze
Roscoe Avenue
Paize
Earl F. White
West Locust Street
Jacob
Jounal Phota
Scouts
Dennis L. Lepper
Harold Kallenberger
Park Avenue
U.S. Air Force
Amarillo Afb
Tex
Leppet
Air Force
Mustatine High School
Jr. High Cook
Luete Keith
West Junior High School
Iowa State University
Ames
Merjoris M. McKinley
University
E. E. Cowan
Pacific
Los Angeles
California
Hawaii
Sharon
Cattalina Island
Navy
Washington
Paul H. Nitze
Marine
Viet Nam
SY Warcel Hellmai
Mik
Uptown
OLL Flanders
Stakwalai
Terence Young
Denis Cannan
Roland Kibbee
John Freeland
Harry Freeland
Wilton
State College of Iowa
Ackley High School
Iowa Wesleyan College
University At
Omaha
Joan
Hawkeye Boys’ State
Joseph P. Camery Wapello
Louisa County
Joseph P. Camery
Harlan Hospital
Harlan
John D. Bierman
Ollie Blake
Route 1
Letts
Hilltop Drive-In
Cary Grant
Audrey Hepburn
Christine
Tony Curtis
fRank
Robin
Het Hoods
Troy Donahue
Ensign Pulver
P.M. Musser Public Library
Illinois
Ted
New York
Leonard
Mundelein, Jr
Sycamore Street
P.O
Hahn Bros. Sand & Gravel
Northwestern Bell
Newark
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