Youthful pair held on false check charges
Two young travelers posing as a Missouri couple were held for issuing a false twenty dollar check. Cecil James Womack, 19, and a 16 year old girl claimed to be his wife. Womack admitted five false utterings and the girl two. The pair traveled through several states en route to Des Moines and Wichita. Charges to be filed in justice court.
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Missouri
Cecil
James Womack
Piro
Park Avenue
San Mari
Clifford Bennett
Womack
Bennett
Des Moines
Justice of the Peace Court
Dixon
Ill
Golden State Time Changes On Rock Island Trains
The Rock Island railroad announces schedule changes for the Gold en State Limited westbound and eastbound trains effective Sunday. Westbound Chicago departure moves up to 1:40 PM DST with Muscatine arrival at 5:33 PM DST, while eastbound Muscatine departs at 4:54 PM DST and Chicago arrives 9:20 PM DST. The Davenport eastbound Rocky Mountain Limited also shifts to 6:00 AM DST departure from Davenport and 10:00 AM DST arrival in Chicago.
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Golden State Limited
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Muscatine
Davenport
Rail Officials Discuss City Crossing Signals
Rock Island officials met city representatives for an hour Thursday to study traffic control signals at five crossings. They expect further investigation into installation and cost sharing, with Sampson Street needing a signal on the main line and other crossings on East Second East Fifth Washington Streets and Oregon Street near Grain Processing and Kent Feeds. Train-actuated lights may replace some signals. unprotected crossings have long troubled officials and residents.
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Rock Island
Hat
Sampson Street
Grandview Avenue
Rocksland
East Second
Fifth
Washington Streets
Oregon Street
Grain Processing Corporation
Kent Feeds Plats
City Okays Preliminary Home Plats
City council on Thursday night approved preliminary plats with changes from the planning and zone commission. The Bidwell addition adds over 20 lots with a playground portion to be split into two lots. Fletcher avenue lots along Greenwood cemetery land were approved, and Hamman's West addition north of Pulliam received preliminary approval with a five foot casement at the rear of each lot.
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Planning and Zone Commission
Bidwell
Fletcher Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
Hamman
Pulliam
Block east of Kindler Avenue rezoned for commercial use
Request by H J Fuller and Ray W Zong to rezone Texone from R 2 to B1 for a 24 by 95 foot building on southeast corner of Cedar and Houser streets. Lot fronts 330 feet on Houser and 100 feet on Cedar. City planning referred. groc store planned for site.
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Kindler Avenue
H. J. Fuller
Ray W. Zong
Texone
Cedar
Houser Streets
Hivways
Council Accepts Sewer System Contract After Short Recess
Aldermen halted action for 15 minutes to revise the motion accepting Normoyle and Berg of Rock Island HL as complete on sewer and interceptor lines. City Engineer McElwee noted a pipe under railroad property awaits testing and a pumping-station contract by E B Caldwell must be completed first. Final payment to Normoyle and Berg is about 43000 dollars, with a one-month hold after project acceptance to avoid penalizing the Caldwell contract.
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Normoyle and Berg
Rock Island
John
Tillie
William McElwee
McElwee
E. B. Caldwell, Inc
Robert Bosch
Local employment outlook stays bright in Muscatine
Local manager Cloyce Rudolph reports 72 firms in Muscatine added 4 885 positions in May, up 210 from 1963 and 48 from April. Manufacturing led gains and 140 new applications were filed. unemployment claims fell to 59, the lowest since August 1962. Forecasts expect 821 more payroll positions by mid September, with a September peak possibly 300 above 1953.
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Muscatine
Cloyce Rudolph
State Employment Service
IMA
Musane
Dietz to Attend American Press Seminar at Columbia
New York reports Dietz, managing editor of The Muscatine Journal, will join 25 other editors for a two week seminar starting June 22 at the American Press Institute at Columbia University. The program targets newsroom organization, content, typography, wire use, and libel issues with leaders from The Daily Oklahoma N T and other papers guiding discussions.
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Ten Carter
the National» Observer
Silver ‘Spring
Malcolm
Mallette
Winston- Salem’ Journal
Winston- Salem
Clarence Dean
The
New York Times
New York City
Herbert’ W.spendrove
Jackson Citizen Patriot
Jackson, Mich
Ben’ Reese
American Press* Institute
Edund C. Ammold
Department of Graphic Arts
School of Journalism
Syracuse University
Syracuse
New York
Gil Dietz
Muscatine Journal
American Press Institute
Columbia Universersity
Dietz
Russ~Schoch
API
Charles L. Bennett
the Daily, Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
Oklahoma City
Okla
James B. Barnhill
Kenosha News
Kenosha
Wisc
Henry H. Schulte, Jr
Savannah Morning News
Evening Press
Savannah. Ga.y
Robert D. de Plante
Miami Herald
Miami, Fla
J. Montgomery Curtis
B.dougal Hamilton
Brown, Cross and Hamilton
First Band Concert Set Sunday at Weed Park Zoo
The 1954 Weed Park band concert features the Key Federation of Musicians directed by Fred L Mannhardt. Musicians are invited to sit in during the first Sunday rehearsal at 2 50 p.m. at the Weed Park band stand, opening with America.
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Weed Park Zoo
Fred.l. Mannhardt
Federation of Musicans
Weed Parks
America
Will Reseal Soybean Loans Concert Announcement
Bay area officials announce a 1963 spring concert featuring selections such as March Imperial Moonlight and The Prince of Pilsen with an overture Triumphant. The program includes works by King Wenrieh Warren Rosenkrans Lue ders Romberg Grafulla Hayes and closes with the Star Spangled Banner. Supported by the Music Performance Trust Fund and Local No. 55.
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Mannhardt
King
Harold War’ Zandt
Bay
Wenrieh
God of Our the Muscatine Agricultural Stabil- Fathers
Warren
Ourization and Conservation Service
Rosenkrans
Ring
Bean Loans
Pilsen
Lueders
Romberg
Washington Grays
Grafulla
Operaland
Hayes
Music Performance Trust Fund
Soybean loan extensions set to July 31 1965
The program extends price support loans for 1963 crop soybeans to July 31 1965 making all producers eligible for relief. Storage payments are set at 14 per bushel per year with pro rated storage if loans are redeemed before maturity.
Noise debate at city council over racing car nuisances
About 20 stock car drivers protested alleged discrimination at a Thursday city council meeting. Chief Bennett and City Attorney Jehring discussed the nuisance ordinance, asserting it treats all internal combustion engines the same. Reports describe drivers and shop owners alleging and denying bias amid noise from racing cars and repairs in the Leo Treisdale area.
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Clifford Bennett
Robert Jehring
Seek Additional Parking Space at Riverside Park
Riverside Park moves to add parking along the riverfront after a city council meeting. Aldermen voted to ask the levee commission to provide the extra space bounded by Cedar Street to the Mississippi High Bridge supports near Walnut Street. The river harbor side and nearby park access are part of a revival project begun last year with new roads trees and sod.
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Riverside Park
Levee Commission
Robert Bosch
Cedar Street
Walnut Street
Lane Reported 'Good' Today After Car Crash
Dorsey Lane of 1911 Liberty Street, operator of partons, was listed in good condition at Muscatine General Hospital after a Wednesday afternoon crash that left him with multiple fractures. His 17 year old passenger Gary Naber of 1714 Miles Avenue escaped with minor injuries when catapulted over the top of the struck car. In another item, a 40 pound flounder was stranded between railroad tracks near DeMossville as floodwaters from the Licking River receded, drawing a work crew’s fish dinner plan.
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Dorsey
Falmouth
Licking River
DeMossville
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Arthur Bunn
Lester Suhl
West Pulliam Avenue
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