Welfare Director Urges Polio Shots For Iowa Families
Fred Gulden of Muscatine County Welfare urges Old Age Assistance and related programs to vaccinate against polio. Iowa Health official Edmund Zimmerer cites Salk vaccine prevents 80 to 85 percent of paralytic polio cases. National data show many have not completed immunizations, with about 38 percent overall unprotected. Aimed at families with children, adults with children, and pregnant women, the basic three shot series can start as early as two months, with boosters a year after completion. Three teenage runaways from Annie Wittenmeyer Home near Davenport were picked up in Fulton township and returned to the home after deputies spotted youths nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gulden
Muscatine County
Annie Wittenmeyer
Davenport
Fulton Township
Charles Whisler
Whistler
Henry Rotis
Whisler
Hubert Keel
Muscatine
Lock-Picker Uses Talent To Free Self
Miami Florida 1 convicted in criminal court for picking the lock on a Miami Beach mansion. Alanis S Stein 34 appealed and bond was set at 7000 dollars. Bond forms were in a deputy sheriff’s locked desk. Deputy Court Clerk James Regan said Stein calmly used a lock picking tool to open the lock and gain freedom after bond was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami,Fla
Miami
Alanis S. Stein
James Regan
Stein
Bond
Open Summer Theater Opens With Solid Gold Cadillac
The 1961 summer theater season at the Tent Tower in Moline opens Friday June 30 with Solid Gold Cadillac. New plays include Visit to a Small Planet All the King's Men Harvey Hatful of Rain The House of the August Moon A Streetcar Named Desire Curious Savage and All of the Summer Theater plays run five performances weekly through Sunday. Curtain is 8 15 each night. Season tickets are on sale through June 30 in Muscatine via Mrs C E Schauland. Single tickets available at the theater. Wayne Louis of St Ambrose College directs two plays this season. The regular company includes New York professional actors academy students and local talent.
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Moline
King's Men
Harvey
Curious Savage
L Owly
Muscatine
C. E. Schauland
Ely Trucker Killed in Highway 52 Crash
Ely resident 48 who drove a truck died Wednesday when his vehicle left the road five miles north of Ely. His sons Charles Jr. 16 and David 12 escaped serious injury. Kenmore New York resident Voster Patents was also in the vehicle. The same day Delmar W Adams and his wife died of heart attacks leaving 623 foster children in the care of the Children's Aid Society over 18 years.
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Oanomeles Whitehy
Ely
Contol
Charles, Jr
David
Voster
Kenmore
N.Y
Delmar W. Adams
Aony
Children’s Aid Society
Local Girl Hit by Car Pamela Sue French Injured
Pamela Sue French, five, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen French of Muscatine route 4, was struck by a car on Weed Park drive between the pool and the baseball diamond at about 7 30 pm Wednesday. She has a broken leg and other injuries. condition listed as fair. Driver David L Haller, 16, of 1305 Kansas. car owner Cleo F Haller. passenger Mike Stratton, 1100 Grandview. witness Bill Fry of Letts. Police report says she walked from between parked cars and stopped in front of the car. no charges filed.
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Pamela Sue French
Glen. French
Muscatine
Muscatine General Hospital
Weed Path
Pamela
Weed Park
David L’ Haller
Kansas
Cleo F. Haller
Mike Stratton
Grandview
Bill Fry
Letts
Pamela Sue
Seven Killed In Two Blasts In Detroit Suburbs
Seven people died in two explosions near Detroit on Wednesday. One blast leveled a Linda Division oxygen plant in Ecorse, killing five workers and injuring others. A second blast at the Lehigh Portland cement plant in Mitchell killed four and injured more as a natural gas accumulation caused the building to collapse.
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Detroit
Mich
Mitchell
Inde
Linda Divison
Union Carbide Corp
Ecorse
Fivas
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Monsanto Breaks Ground For Terminal Building
Monsanto Chemical Co breaks ground for a 15,000 ton hydrous ammonia terminal near Muscatine four miles south of town. Clearing begins for excavation with completion planned in December. Options on a 500 acre tract were exercised earlier this month to proceed with the terminal project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lipinski
Date Arrant
Muscatine
Harold Ogilvie
Muscatine Development Corp
Andy Monsanto Chemical Co
Louis On
Will Present Band Concert Friday Night
A band concert is set for Friday night on the city hall lawn starting at 7 p.m. Robert Steele, Washington Ja. band director, will lead a program featuring Muscatine Louisa and Washington counties musicians. The event, funded by the Music Performance Trust Fund with Local No. 53 Musicians Protective Union cooperation, kicks off a series of June concerts. Also announced is the sale today of the Aerogramme air letter sheet for international mail, with light blue paper and a red stamp, no enclosures allowed, as the 1 July international rate takes effect.
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Shehivens US Ine Musuamteolcert
Robert Steele
Washington, Ja
Muscatine
Louisa
Washington
Marsic Performance Trust Fund
Recording Industries
The
Musicians Protective Union
John H. Hendriks
Hendriks
United Fund Budget Group Meets Today
Members of the nudge and Ad Missions committee of the United Fund of Masculine meet this afternoon at the Civic Center. Attendees include Don Carver William Spieth Elmer Bloom Sr Ronald Conkling Robert Toborg and Arthur Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nudge
Ad Missions
United Fund of Masculine
Civic Center
Don Carver
William Spieth
Elmer Bloom
Ronald Conkling
Robert Toborg
Arthur Stanley
Weather forecast shows partly cloudy skies and warm temps
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies and warmer weather for the area tonight and Friday with lower temperatures then a rise to the upper 70s. Wednesday saw a high of 80 and a low of 64 with southeast winds. downtown thermometers read 82 by noon today.
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Weather Bureau
Antique Car Show Saturday At Davenport
The Mississippi Valley Exposition of antique and classic autos will be held Saturday June 24 at the Davenport municipal status. Cars include a 1929 Buick sedan owned by William Bueser of Muscatine and a 1928 Buick sedan owned by David McLean of Wilton. Names like Rolls Royce Card Auburn Stutz Locomobile Dusenberg and LaSalle appear among entries dating back to 1905. Registration is 8 to 11 a.m. with public display 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission 50 cents. banquet and awards follow Saturday night at the Blackhawk hotel.
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Davenport
Buick
William Bueser
West Fifth
Muscating
David McClean
Wilton
Rolls Royce
Card
Auburn
Stutz
Locomobile
Dusenberg
Pierce
Arrow
Jordan
Marmion
Kissel
Franklin
Cunningham
DuPont
LaSalle
Blackhawk Hotel
New Policy On Shelter Reservations At Weed Park
A park notice announces a new policy for reserving picnic shelters at Weed Park. Residents may call Mrs Shirley McDanie to book dates. Reservations for the following year now open after the same date in the current year, changing previous practice of waiting until September 1.
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Porsons
Weed Park
Shirley
Ken) McDanie
Finian's Rainbow Opens Quad-City Music Guild Season
Finian's Rainbow opens the Quad-City Music Guild season at Prospect Park Auditorium Moline tonight at 8 00 p m with box office opening at 7 00 p m Parking off 16th Street serves each show The ballot for 1962 season offers twelve shows with votes tallied by a committee led by Mrs Ernest Mann Previous ballot selections influenced this season choosing Finian's Rainbow Kismet and Guys and Dolls.
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Finian’s
Rainbow
Quad-City Music Guild
Tinian
Prospect Park Auditorium
Moline
Quad- City Music Guild
Prospect Park
16Th Street
Binian
Music Guild
Ernest Mann
Uly
Guys and Dols
31 Boys At YMCA Day Camp
Thirty one boys participate in Muscatine YMCA first day camp session at Rotary Lodge. Camp staff includes director Bill Templin and assistants Terry Romine and Wilmer Harvey. Activities cover hosting archery cookouts fishing first aid campcraft nature study and games.
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Muscatine
Bill Templin
Terry Romine
Wilmer Harvey
Rota Lodge
Righara Shultz
James Melson
Joh Jenkins
Jimmy Bready
Douglas
Bill Parks
Joe Rauch
Laney
Davis Osborn
Jimmy
John McKee
Kerry Moore
Harold Wilson
Jimmy Stein
Rodney Oberhaus
Nicky Niclaus
Randy Howe
Dean Schenkel
Richard Eberle
David Jewell
Ted Kochwell
Joby Anderson
Steve Fox
Fred Malone
Melvin Krise
Larry Howell
Jon Heden
Mike O'Brien
Daryl Henke
Jay Hutt
Bob Young
Mishap on bus trip injures Davenport carriers near Annapolis
Ricky Hidlebaugh, 14, and 34 other top carriers for the Davenport Democrat swerved on a slick intersection near Annapolis Maryland and slid into a ditch. They received routine checkups at a local hospital and continued their five day Washington trip. Fifteen boys were from Muscatine and accompanied by George Cordwell. Investigations possible charges against the bus driver. The group aimed to return Friday afternoon.
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Ricky Hidlebaugh
Davenport Democrat
Annapolis
Annapolis J Hospital
Washington
Muscatine
George Cordwell
Mr. Cordwell
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