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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1965
Page
2
Muscatine Journal notes tonight is the deadline to enter what organizers call the grandest Independence Day parade in town history. 25 entries so far. 7 of 8 categories judged July 2 at 10 30 a m with prizes, plus new volunteer categories for parade participants and hospital volunteers listed for June 27 to July 3.
Muscatine Junior Chamber of Commerce invites entries for the Fourth of July Parade. Categories include Floats with patriotic and industrial themes, Novelty groups, marching units, horse drawn vehicles, mounted groups, and children's bicycles. Deadline is midnight June 26.
Vaughn Monroe, famed trumpet prodigy turned singer and recording star, will headline Miss Muscatine Days in Muscatine on Friday and Saturday July 2 and 3. He will perform at the McElroy store, attend downtown concert, and serve as Master of Ceremonies for the Miss Muscatine contest at Uptown Theater. The events are sponsored by RGA Victor Corp and McElroy Television, RCA dealer. Monroe began his career at 14 after winning the Wisconsin state high school trumpet championship and later led his own band, producing hits like Racing with the Moon Riders in the Sky and Cool Water.
Thirty elementary school teachers attended a week long study of the new mathematics at the University of Iowa campus. From Muscatine were Marjorie Morrison, Mrs. Jackie Ager, and Ethel May Northey. The June 14 25 workshop combined group lectures, individual study, and the creation of instructional materials for teachers to use in their own schools.
John Bruce McClenning, 24, of 309 Main Street, missed a curve on West Eighth Street, driving too fast in a red car that skidded into Everett Lange’s lawn at 391 West Eighth. Lange reported the incident at 8:10 p.m. McClenning was fined $25 and $5 costs after appearing before Police Judge Duane Goodken for failure to maintain control. He was booked at the police station 15 minutes after the incident. West Eighth, before paving, had curves that caused frequent property damage from skidding cars.
Iowa City teachers joined 39 colleagues in a week long orientation at the University of Iowa to prepare for federally funded Head Start pre school programs for culturally deprived children. The program involves U of I faculty across education social work child development medical services sociology and anthropology and notes 50 teachers completed the orientation the previous week.
Charles J. Carpenter, 16, of 1411 Oak Street, drove to a service station at 6 06 am when a traffic accident ended the trip. He paid a 20 dollar fine and 5 dollars costs for failure to have control of an 11 year old car. Carpenter was southbound on Oak when his car struck the rear of Chang H Cho 1206 Oak Street near Cottage Street, ramming Cho’s five year old foreign compact into Lester Caltvedt’s parked car at 1207 Oak Street. The front end of Carpenter’s car was damaged.
H C Bill Stansell of 880 Newell Avenue was injured this morning on a coal barge at the municipal power plant south of Muscatine. Left hand fingers two and three injured when caught between anchor cables. admitted to Muscatine General Hospital. A fellow worker Ivan Kranz summoned rescue, later canceled after assessment. In Grinnell, Muscatine County Mutual Insurance and White Pigeon Mutual received excellence of operation awards for performance in management training risk control and claims handling, accepted by Lea Maurer and Donald Lee.
The Neighborhood Youth Corps drives change this summer by restoring Harbor Drive riverfront. Fifty youths in 19 man squads level and re lay bricks clearing river debris. Next week they begin smoothing and repairing No 1 and No 2 alleys.
Paris air show opens with Soviet efforts drawing heavy attention. Russians unveil large new prototype carrying 720 passengers, the world’s largest helicopter, and exhibit Soviet space and aviation advances while fielding questions from international observers. Some observers note secrecy and spylike staging amid applause from crowds.
Vivian Lorraine Smith, 36, of 321 Green Street, was fined 500 dollars and 20 dollars costs in Muscatine district court on a May 7, 1963 OMVI charge. Judge Matthew Westrate heard the guilty plea and suspended her license for 60 days.
Bank check transactions in Muscatine and 11 Iowa communities rose 13.1 percent in May compared with May last year, driven by gains from 3.4 to 25.3 percent. The tabulation, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Research Department, notes bank checks as a broad indicator of business activity.
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays by The Muscatine Journal and Enterprises, a corporation at 301 E Third Street Muscatine Iowa 52761. This paper is entered as second class matter in the Muscatine post office under act of March 1833 and dated with Associated Press news dispatches for public publication.
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