Four Muscatine youths injured in Sunday traffic crashes
Four Muscatine youths were injured in traffic accidents Sunday in Muscatine. Wayne Beverlin, 17, rural Muscatine, suffered shock and neck pains at 10:14 p.m. on Main Street and Hershey Avenue as a passenger in a car driven by Larry Gene Haber, 23, rural Wilton Junction. Beverlin is in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Wayne Beverlin
Main Street
Hershey Avenue
Larry Gene Haber
Wilton Junction
Beverlin
Burglary Stole Wire Rolls From Tri County Plumbing
Burglars stole 36 rolls of six volt non metalic cable valued at 700 dollars from Tri County Plumbing and Electricity at 501 Grandview Ave Muscatine. Entry gained by breaking basement door. Police Inspector Cliff Bennett leading the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County Plumbing and Electricity
Grandview Ave
Muscatine
Tri-County
Cliff Bennett
Mattress Fire and Grass Blazes Put Out in Muscatine
Firemen extinguished a mattress fire at 1006 Cedar Street causing bedclothes damage and a partially burned mattress due to a bed lamp too close to material. They also doused multiple grassfires Sunday at 1000 Mississippi Drive, rural Muscatine County, Moscow Road, and Lake Township with safety checks afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Cedar Street
Richard Polson
Mississippi Drive
Muscatine County
Moscow Road
Lake Township
Four Attend Music Festival at Fairfield
Four students from Valla dares Music Studio traveled to Fairfield on Saturday for the Junior Music Festival. Holly Hart earned a superior rating and Peggy Ross a very good. Kim and Roxanne Kahn in the medium grades also received a superior rating. Entrants are judged on individual merit, not in competition with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valladares Music Studio
Fairfield
Holly Hart
Peggy Ross
Kim
Roxanne Kahn
Loner Charged In Rifle Spree Kills Seven in Ironwood
Seven people were killed in a two hour rifle rampage in Ironwood Michigan. Eric Pearson a 56 year old outdoorsman and janitor is charged with the killings. A seventh victim died Sunday and two others remained in very serious condition. The spree began at a tavern and included a home where four were slain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironwood, Mich
Eric Pearson
Gogebic County
Chester J. Prebish
Pearson
Ronald Swetland Promoted to Specialist Five in Vietnam
Army Specialist 5 Ronald D. Swetland has been promoted from Specialist 4. He arrived in Vietnam on January 29 and serves as squad leader with C Company of the 299th Engineer Battalion at Pleiku. His wife Judy Swetland lives with her parents Mr and Mrs William Lowe at 629 Lake Park Blvd.
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Ronald D. Swetland
Vietnam
C Company
299Th Engineer Bn
DBT
Pleiku
Judy
William Lowe
Lake Park Bivd
Goddard Family Reside at 1617 West Acre Drive
The Bill Goddard family lives at 1617 West Acre Drive. Bill, a senior inspector at Home-O-Nize Co., enjoys hunting, fishing, and softball. Mrs. Goddard bakes and cooks and cares for Deb bie 244 and Billie, 1 year old. They attend Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Goddard
West Acre Drive
Home-O-Nize Co
Debbie
Billie
Presbyterian Church
New Address For Hunter Daly Seeks Iowa Jaycee Post
Hunter Daly of Sioux City native of Muscatine announces candidacy for Iowa Jaycee president. Election in Des Moines May 4 at state convention. Army Far East tour precedes California college, joined Northwestern Bell in 1955, now Sioux City engineer. Past director Storm Lake Jaycees and Eistherville leader, current Region I director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Daly
Sioux City
Muscatine
Iowa
U. S.army
Far East
Doty
University of California
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Davenport
Storm Lake Jaycees
Eistherville Jaycees
Iowa Jaycees
Muscatine High School Takes 2nd at Little Six Debate
Muscatine High School earned second place in both varsity and novice debate at the Little Six speech tourney in Keokuk. Varsity team members were John Heden Tina Meyer Jan Fisher and John Foshalt with a 4 4 record. Novice team included Jack Fishburn Bob Weis Becky Hall and Bob Dahl with a 4 2 record. Individual honors went to John Heden third in prose Jan Fisher second in original oratory John Foshalt second in rapid speaking and Bob Dahl second in extemporaneous speaking. Other participants included Nancy Canarr and Carol Ann Wetzel.
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Muscatine High School
Keokuk
John Heden
Tina Meyer
Jan Fisher
John Foshalt
Jack Fishburn
Bob Weis
Becky Hall
Bob Dahl
Muscatine
Nancy Canarr
Carol Ann Wetzel
Cars Damaged in City Accident Fining Driver
The front end of a car driven by Anne Irene Devilbiss 32 of Davenport and the right side of a car driven by Lillie C Keller 69 of Illinois City were damaged in an accident at 525 p.m. Saturday at Walnut and East 2nd streets in Muscatine. Keller was traveling south on Walnut and Devilbiss east on East 2nd when the crash occurred, Muscatine police said. Devilbiss was fined 20 for failure to obey a traffic signal in municipal court.
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Muscatine General Hospital
Haber
Ronald Eugene Nichols
Lake Park Blvd
Muscatine
Main Street
Nichols
Hershey Avenue
Fred John Birkhofer
Cedar Street
Clay Street
King Street
Kenneth John Brower
Magnolia Street
Birkhofer
David Allen Lane
Locust Street
Eugene E. Pasdach
14Th Street
Rock Island
Sycamore Street
Mississippi Drive
Anne Irene Devilbiss
West Pleasant Street
Davenport
Anne Devilbiss
Two Honored For Lutheran Homes Service
Miss Florence Laue and Miss Frieda Blobaum were honored Sunday for a combined 55 years of service at Lutheran Homes during an anniversary dinner. Laue has 30 years and Blobaum 25 years, with remarks from R. E. Mattheis and participation by staff and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Laue
Frieda Blobaum
Miss Laue
Miss Blobaum
R. E. Mattheis
18 Scouts Win Awards In Kite Flying Contest
Eighteen Muscatine area Boy Scouts were winners in a kite contest at Weed Park. About 409 people attended as many entries forced a new awards category with four extra blue ribbons.
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Muscatine Area
Weed Park
Muscatine
Bob Groom
Boy Scouts of
Bill Schultz
Mike Leatherman
Bill Bloom
John Bashore
David Keough
Mark Elliott
Mike Safely
Tip Willis
Jeff Graham
Terry Eckhardt
Jeff Groom
John Porter
Jeff Johnson
John Haller
Shattuck Teacher James E Becker to visit Muscatine crowd
James E Becker French teacher at Shattuck school Faribault Minn will visit alumni and patrons in Muscatine on March 25.
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Shattuck
James E. Becker
Shattuck School
Faribault
Minn
Muscatine
Fire Truck Damaged In Sunday Muscatine Collision
A Muscatine fire truck responding to a mattress fire on Cedar and East 4th streets collided with Lois Henderson’s car after a malfunctioning signal caused her to run a blind corner. Firefighter Dennis Snyder, 23, and Henderson, 19, were uninjured. no charges filed.
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Lois Henderson
East 4Th Street
Snyder
Cedar Street
Muscatine
Veerhusen earns bachelor’s degree at Wisconsin Madison
Dale H. Veerhusen, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Veerhusen of 207 Broadway, received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin Madison as the first semester of the 1967 68 school year closed. More than 700 students earned degrees at the end of the fall term.
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Dale H. Veerhusen
Robert Veerhusen
Broadway
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Robert Spaulding
Busch
Highway 22
Bob Miller
Spaulding
Miller
Waterloo
William Parker
Parker
Upper Peninsula
Mulberry Avenue
Harold Ashley
East Second St. Dail
Cook’s Music Shop
Ron Swetland
NEW Colonial Inn
New Shell
Wapello
DIAL
Mrs. Goddard
Jaycee
Hunter
Louis Hunter
Linn St
Jerry
Air Force March
A B Hunter
Jerry L
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Jack Doty
MHS
Lutheran Homes
Miss Lane
Miss Biebaum
Orra Mullenix
Millard Nelson
R. J. Rassmussen
R. N
L. A. Stumme
H. C. Hafermann
Wittnauer
Sheypiog
E. 2Nd St
Uptown
Mee
Audrey Hepburn
Alan Arkin
Crenna
Mary
Library
James White
Coulter
Charles. Coulter
Resolutions Committee
Bill Racedeau
Wilton
Jim Dreibelbeis
West Liberty
Frank Killian
Mike Goddard
Gordon Day
Wendell Day
Williams
Tri-City Symphony
Tri-City Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Hall
Augustana College
Rocky Island
Masonic Auditorium
John Williams
James Dixon
Beethoven
Schumann
Rimshky - Korsakoff
Rodrigo
Dennis Snyder
Climer Street
Seagrave
Ceda Street
Wisconsin
Old Town Inn
Granny Caple
East Second St
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