Old Fort Madison Ruins Found Near Sheaffer Plant
Archaeologists led by Marshall McKusick uncover a 20 foot square stone foundation near the W A Sheaffer Pen Co site, identified as Fort Madison blockhouse No 3. Artifacts including Indian beads and pottery shards are being stored for a historical organization.
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Fort Madison
W.A. Sheaffer Pen Co
Donald D. Jackson
University of Illinois Press
Marshall Mukusick
University of Towa
Mississippi River
Macksuf
Towa
Madison
Wis
McKusick
John Vincent
Sanford Museum
Cherokee
McMusick
Sheatier
Bernard Hesse IV
Robert Alex
U. of 1
Bettendorf
Mill Creek
St. Louis
Jackson
Palimpsest
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Sheaffer Company
Sheatier Company
Old Fort Madison
Schaeffer
Old Fort
Soviet Union denounces Red China over unity call
The Soviet Union denounces Red China as openly hostile and blocking steps toward unifying the Communist bloc. Pravda published an editorial Sunday criticizing Beijing while advocating a world Communist unity conference that China opposes.
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Soviet Union
Red China Moscow
Red China
Pravda
Muscatine Journal Publisher Details
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sunday by The Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises affiliate. It is incorporated at 20% E. 3rd St, Muscatine, Iowa, entered as second class matter, and the Associated Press receives exclusive rights to local news and dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
3Rd St
Muscating
Iowa
Muscatine
Associated Press
Subscription Rates and Mailing Details for Local Paper
Terms outline daily carrier and mail rates, including forty cents per day and weekly price, one year by roll within fifty miles of Muscarne twelve dollars, one year by mail beyond city limits eighteen dollars. Advanced payment requested. Office hours 9 am to 3 pm daily, Saturday 8 am to 1 pm. Special delivery for missed papers until 6 pm. Dial 263-2371.
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Muscarne
Lutheran Homes Festival Plans Mark 70th Anniversary
Lutherans at Lutheran Homes prepare for the 70th anniversary festival to be held Sunday June 27. Two religious services are planned in Memorial hall at 9:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Meals will be served at noon and evening. Tours and meetings of alumni will occur. Mil lard Nelson is general chairman. Zion Lutheran congregation assists with preparations and hosting. R B Mattheis leads the Zion Lutheran men’s committee and Mrs Clarence Bieri heads the church women’s group.
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Memorial Hall
Millard Nelson
Zion Lutheran Congregation
R. B. Mattheis
Zion Lutheran Committee of Men
Clarence Bieri
Zion Lutheran Church Women
American Lutheran Church
Decorah
L. A. Stum
Lutheran Homes
H. C. Hafermann
John Quamn
Zion Lutheran Church
Garry Woodward
Selma Hafermann
Hermann W. Siefkes
Iowa
Luther College
Aged Step Siblings Reunite in Muscatine at 186 Years
Two aged half sisters Lulu Webster and Eva Phelps, aged 92 and 94, met in Muscatine for a six year reunion. Webster, once a grocer, is in poor health and confined to her upstairs room, while Phelps, from West Branch, was brought by two nurses to visit. Their combined ages total 186 years.
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Muscatine
Lulu Webster
West Sixth Street
Eva Phelps
Cookton Mem
Orial
West Branch
Phelps
Lulu Coder
Eva Fitzsimmons
Muscatine Island
Webster
Journal
Walter Russell
Iowa Traffic Toll 6 For Weekend
The Associated Press reports six Iowans died in weekend traffic incidents. Richard Box, 25, died near Keosauqua after his car sideswiped another vehicle. Emil Witoka Jr., 26, of Sioux City, died when his pickup rammed a parked semitractor across a bridge from South Sioux City. George Furman, 4, died near Town City after a collision with a tank truck near hills. Carrie Herman, 29, of Des Moines, and her two children were injured when their car overturned near Rising Sun. Larry Daly, 23, of Chillicothe, and Robert Tole, 30, of Glidden, died in separate crashes including a bridge accident near O t tumwa and a collision with a train near Bayard.
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Emil EB. Witoka Jr
Sioux City
Neb
George L. Furman
Town City
Hills
Carrie Pearl Herman
Des Moines
Rising Sun
Ottumwa
Larry Daly
Chillicothe
Robert Tole
Glidien
Bayard
Vandalism damages Garfield school windows over weekend
Vandals destroyed 2 plate glass windows at Garfield school during the weekend, with the inside corridor panes broken after outer windows were knocked out. Police reported a 24 by 72 inch plate pane valued at 35 dollars and a 1 by 60 inch plate pane broken, plus two 14 by 40 inch and sixteen 18 by 40 inch windows damaged.
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Garfield School
Opportunity Act Report Is Tonight
The steering committee appointed to decide Muscatine county's participation in the federal Economic Opportunity Act will report at 8 tonight in the city hall council chamber. The county board of supervisors named the steering committee to decide if federal funds will be sought for welfare programs. Max Chutchill is temporary chairman.
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Muscatine County
County Board of Supervisors
Max Chutchill
Klaus Haeusler Chaperone for 1992 European student tour
Klaus Haeusler of Austria, an exchange student at Muscatine high under the American Field Service in 1992, will chaperone American students traveling in Europe this summer. He is one of 21 European guides leading more than 600 Americans through 20 nations. Chaperones will run orientation sessions on culture politics economy and daily life and hold extensive language classes.
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Klaus Haeusler
Austria
Muscatine High School
American Field Service
Europe
Klaus
State Buys Birth Control Data For Welfare Families
DES MOINES The state department of social welfare moved today to start distrib
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Des Moines
State Department of Social Welfare
Simpson Boy Recovers From Head Injuries At Home
Family reports four year old Mark Simpson is rapidly recovering from a skull fracture and forehead laceration after a table dropped an electric saw on him at 1301 Houser Street. He was taken to University Hospital Town City and remains in room C518. The article also notes state welfare funding and birth control pamphlets distributed to recipients on welfare rolls.
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Mark Simpson
Houser Street
Uniersity Hospital
Town City
Jack Simpson
State Executive Council
Planned Parenthood - World
New York City
Welfare Board
Judo Club Competes at Waterloo Meet
Muscatine YMCA Judo Club competed Sunday at the naval armory in Waterloo. Jerry Newman took third in the 10 to 12 age bracket. Dan Wagler finished second in the men's open division and earned a promotion to Yankyu. Gary Newman Clifford Riegel and Edward Trumble also competed.
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Judo Club
The
Muscatine Ymca
Naval Armory
Waterloo
Jerry Newman
Dan Wagler
Gary Newman
Clifford” Riegel
Edward Trumble
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John Flinchpaugh
Meeko
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Burlington
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Paul Dysart
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Buddy
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Fryer
Grace Lutheran Church of
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Richard Box
Keosaugua
Tai
Shiva Gee UL
Universal Picture
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Hilltop Drive
James Pamela Darren
Tiffin
Sommers
Acuntersal Protore
Shirley Jones
Opportunity Act
Simpson Boy
Executive Council
R. H. Whitlatch
S Welfare Board
Ina Mae
West Miss
Skeeter’s Frozen Food
West Mississippi Drive
Dial
Ma von Oem Tana
Leven
Northwestern Bell
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