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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1968
Page
13
Akron based report from AP notes Good year Tire & Rubber Co provides figures showing about 160000 motorcycle tires sold in the United States with 1968 total expected at 750000. Registrations rise from under one million in 1964 to about 26 lakh by year end 1968.
Archaeologists uncover a 1300 year old mummy in a Wyoming cave along with pipe smoking evidence dating 4000 years and a cache of stone weapon points that extend beyond 9000 years in the same site.
A Muscatine Journal advertisement lists JAYS by Wes Bane and other patterns with sizes 2, 4, 6 and instructions for mail orders. It promotes a Spring Summer pattern catalog with 100 styles, discounts, and a $1 Instant Sewing Book. Also mentions pattern numbers 7418 and multiple needlecraft books and price details.
AP reports Air Force Lt Charles S Erwin born at Fitzsimmons General Hospital near Denver on December 10 1943. He returned this year for a first visit to the hospital since birth after being flown there with arm and leg fractures from an automobile bus collision in Thailand.
West Liberty Eastern Star plans a picnic at Kimberly Park with a 12:30 p.m. dinner and meeting for the West Liberty Republican Women on June 28. Members will bring two covered dishes and table service. the event includes honors for Lotus Chapter C.E.S. and readings by Dorothy Schariff, plus safety remarks by Billy Scharff.
Four young motorcycle riders were injured in an accident on Highway 6 west of Durant. A semi trailer traveling east pushed the two bikes into each other as they rode west about 30 mph. Names: Jack L. Brenner, Nancy Higgins, Greg O. Neipert, and Sandra Croxton. Brenner and Higgins treated and released. Neipert hospitalized with good today condition. Croxton released after treatment.
The Oakville 4-H Merry Maids held a full day workshop with eight girls sanding wood projects and paint removal demos by Janet Thornburg and Michelle West. Oakville Boys 4-H toured eight farms with a post tour wiener roast. Wilton Hustlers met June 3 with 24 members, discussed show equipment, past events, upcoming hay ride, and a July 28 club tour. Pollyanna Girls 4-H held a June meeting with six members, planning demonstrations for the fair. Dairy news reports a Quad Cities-Dubuque milk marketing order amendment proposal to exclude diverted milk from pricing and adjust class I allocations, based on a May hearing in Moline.
Rockridge junior BUFFALO PRAIRIE David P. Boney of Rockridge High will attend the 1968 Illinois American Legion Boys State sponsored by Community Post 1165 of Reyolds. He ranks 63rd in a class of 115 and is active in athletics band and student government. Boys State runs June 23 to 29 at the Springfield fairgrounds.
A study states the United States holds about 200000 tons of inexpensive uranium which will run dry by the mid-1970s. It urges discovery of 500000 more tons by the end of the 1980s to fuel planned power plants.
A historical note compares river lengths and drainage areas noting the Amazon’s length surpasses 3.90 miles in fiction yet its basin covers about 2,368,000 square miles from the Andes through Bolivia Peru Ecuador and Colombia to the Atlantic Ocean, nearly twice that of any other river.
A musical number will be presented at the number 1 shelter in Kimberly Park this Sunday evening at 6 30.
DES MOINES AP Inspections of 735 Iowa meat plants under a new federal law will cost about 1.2 million dollars annually. State Agriculture Secretary L. B. Liddy said he may seek legislative funding to cover the inspections, or consider federal control or shared financing. The law likely requires adding inspectors to the current 63 man state team, with Iowa signing an agreement with the U S Department of Agriculture to train state inspectors. Plants processing under 20 000 pounds yearly are exempt from state inspection but fall under the federal statute. Federal officials surveyed Iowa and are satisfied with current operations, though two plants recently closed voluntarily for not meeting state standards.
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