Study on Endangered Illinois Mud Turtles at Drake University
Drake University biology researchers led by Dr. James J. Christiansen place radio transmitters on Illinois mud turtles near Windy Hills Hunt Club in Muscatine. The project aims to track movement and behavior to explain reproductive success and why the species has declined, with field observation, a predator-proofed site, and potential laboratory study if needed.
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Christiansen
Drake University
Tom Williams
Salem
Ore
Illinois
Des Moines
Spring Lake
Windy Hills
Muscatine
James J. Christiansen
Drake
Iowa
Blind ten year old Chris Strembler debuts in San Diego softball
A blind ten year old, Chris Strembler, prepares to swing at a softball while following its beeper. The catcher and umpire remain sighted as the Deep Ball League in San Diego reports typical high scores and competitive play.
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Chris Strembler
San Diego
Calif
Miss Your Paper Delivery Contact Details
Miss your paper if carrier fails to deliver. Contact Journal circulation dept at 262 2931 from 6 30 pm to 6 30 pm Mondays through Fridays and Saturdays 2 to 4 pm. Muscatine Journal Office hours 4 am to 6 pm daily Saturday mornings to noon. Published daily except Sunday and holidays by Muscatine Journal, a unit of Lto Enterprises, 301 Eard Blvd Muscatine Iowa 5274. Entered as second class matter in Muscatine Iowa under act of March 3 7. The Associated Press has exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
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Carter
Journal Etreuiation Department
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily and Mail Delivery
Rates list daily carrier delivery in Muscatine at 2.50 per month in advance and outside Muscatine at 2.25 per month. Mail delivery within fifty miles is 23 per year, towns with carrier service 7.7 per year, over fifty miles 0 per year. Servicemen 23 per year, Students 17.50 for nine months in advance.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Miter
Dellery
Daiely
Geneva women name golf winners at club event
Forty four women played golf at Geneva Golf and Country Club on Thursday. Nancy Thayer had low gross with 43. Best ball tournament winners were Sandra Langmin and Jaret Barry first, Nancy Thayer and Angie McKinley second, Jane Ogilvie and Norma Shepley third, Blanche Johnson and Gladys Stein, Rosemary Mantovie and Berniece Hatm, Mary Ellen Goedken and Anita Ranhe, Helen Madre and Kay Smaus fourth.
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Geneva Golf and Country Club
Nancy Thayer
Sandra Langmin
Jaret Barry
Angie McKinley
Jane Ogilvie
Norma Shepley
Blanche Johnson
Gladys Stein
Rosemary Mantovie
Berniece Hatm
Mary Ellen Goedken
Anita Ranhe
Helen Madre
Kay Smaus
Marquette Joliet crew reenacts historic voyage at Muscatine exhibit
A Muscatine museum display highlights Marquette and Joliet with lithographs, navigational tools, and native artifacts. An art prize of 250 dollars will be awarded at 3 30 p.m. for the best painting amid an entry of fifth and sixth graders inspired by the Marquette Joliet explorations. Reid Lewis plays Joliet while Rev. Charles McEnery portrays Marquette as a cast of Illinois park workers and local figures participate, plus 13 year old Jef LeClerc joins as a boy Indian companion.
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Muscatine High Bridge
Muscatine County
Reid Lewis
Elgin Larksin High School
Chicago
Louis Joliet
Charles McEnery
Father Marquette
Dean Campbell
Springfield
Ilinois State Park System
Kenneth Lewis
Reid
Jim Phillips
Aurora, Ill
Leon Braske
Aventurer
Bill Dwyer
Rockford, NI
Jef LeClerc
Toolesboro
U.S
Canada
Free Sunday Concerts At Weed Park Featuring Shady Creek
A free public concert will be presented at 2 p m Sunday at Weed Park featuring Shady Creek Coal Company. Dick Willits and the Western Playboys will also perform at 2 p m on July 8. Concerts are planned weekly through Labor Day funded by the Music Performance Trust Fund.
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Weed Park
Shady Creek Coal Company
Dick Willits
The
Western Playboys
the Park
Music Performance ‘Trust Fund
Muni Women Golfers Crown Winners at Muscatine Course
Winners were named at the Muscatine Municipal golf course during a women’s event. Olive Rhodes had the fewest putts, Muriel Finnegan led on 17, Elma Danner topped 18, and Mary Breedrove tied with Carol Tomeek for low on 12.
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Muscatine Municipal Golf Course
Olive Rhodes
Muriel Finnegan
Elma Danner
Mary Breed-rove
Carol Tomeek
Wreck Hospitalizes Muscatine Woman After Three-Car Crash
A Muscatine woman, Mar gett Sparkman, 78, of 913 Tacas Street, is in fair condition at Muscatine General Hospital after a three car crash shortly after 6 30 Friday evening. Her husband Ollie was driving the 1963 Chevrolet. others involved were Mary Lou Koehler 28 of Crawfordsville and Alfred James Bush 63 of Mus W Park Avenue. Police noted conflicting reports on which light was green. Koehler and several children were treated and released.
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Muscatine
Margett Sparkman
Tacas St
Muscatine General Hospital
Ollie
Mary Lou Koehler
Crawfordsville
Ford
Alfred James Bush
6Th St
Sparkman
Washington St
Koehler
Park Ave
Bush
Mary Koehler
Beth
Ann
Linda
Michelle
Kohler
Musser and Houser Sts
Edward L. O Connors Iowa legal career remembered
Funeral services pending for Edward L. O Connor former state Attorney General and long time Iowa lawyer He died Thursday at a Tipton nursing home aged 82 O Connor a Democrat was elected attorney general in 1933 and reelected in 1935 He was a candidate for the State Supreme Court in 1952 and 1960 but lost both races
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Lowa City
Lowa
Act
Edward L. O'Connor
Iowa
O'Connor
Tipton
Johnson County
University of Iowa Law School
O’connor
State Supreme Court
Lone Tree High School
Burt
Grade school yearbooks available at multiple centers
Westmer grade school yearbooks can be picked up at Joy Keithsburg New Boston and Eliza attendance centers on Wednesday June 27 and Thursday June 28 from 1 until 3 p.m. Extra copies are available. An informational meeting for a Westmer choral European tour is set for Tuesday June 26 at 8 p.m. in the music room at Westmer High School. The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit the Aledo VFW building on Tuesday June 26 from 12 to 5 p.m.
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Joy
Westmer
Keithsburg
New Boston
Eliza
Westmer Choral
Westmer High School
Blood Mobile
Red Cross
Bloodmobile
Aledo Vfw
First Woman Lifeguard Joins Los Angeles Beach Patrol
Kiane Lokelani Nowell, 21, becomes the city's first woman lifeguard, assigned to a stretch of Venice Beach to aid rescues. The historic appointment marks a milestone for Los Angeles lifeguarding as Nowell begins duty on the coast.
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Kiane Lokelani Nowell
Los Angeles
Venice
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