Light Rain Follows Warm Day Sunday
Light rain is forecast after a warm Sunday as cooler weather moves in tonight and Tuesday. The region saw the year's highest temperature earlier, with conditions expected to shift to a cooler trend.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1963
Page
2
Glandular Inflammation Treatment Promises Relief
The notice targets men over 40, warning that glandular inflammation is a constitutional disease requiring lasting cures, not temporary relief. It claims 1000 communities’ men treated at Excelsior Springs found soothing relief and improved health, urging recognition of glandular issues and surgical remedies for serious cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Springs
Weekend Weather Review Temperatures Rise Across the Region
A warm weekend left Sunday with a high of 81 in Sioux City and 72 Saturday. Night lows dipped to the low 30s, with light rain reported this morning. The Weather Bureau predicts 3 to 5 degrees above normal highs for the coming days and little precipitation overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Weather’ Bureau
Town
Sioux City
Towans
Weather Bureau
Mail Letters To Business And Industry Drive Aims High
Matt Leuck Jr co chairs the Business and Industry section of the 196% Cancer Crusade as nearly 600 letters go to local firms. After mailings, Rev Stephen Roat Edward Freers and Charles McBride will conduct personal calls starting today. Leuck notes Muscatine County raised nearly 36000 with total expenses around 44 dollars, expressing optimism for meeting the year’s goal through volunteer effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Leuck,Jr
Stephen Roat
Edward 0. Freers
Charles McBride
American Cancer Society
Muscatine County
Leuck
Six Receive York Rite Mason Degrees
York Rite Masons of Muscatine and Davenport held a class of six on Saturday with Royal Master and Select Master degrees in the afternoon and Super Excellent Master in the evening. Visiting dignitaries from Davenport Rock Island Oliver I Underwood and others assisted. A 6:30 p.m. dinner for 67 Masons and wives was served by El Bey Caldron of Muscatine. The Caldron group included Lois Kolpack Marian Day Maxine Buttgen Velma Phillips Elva Leu Mary Jane Meyer Lareda Crow Ina Floyd Gladys Hartman Wilma Kindler Vera Fulton. Another York Rite day is set for April 13 for the Knight Templars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Rite Masons
Muscaings
Davenport
Degrona
Rock Island
Oliver I
Underwood
el Bey Caldron
Muscatine
Caldron
Lois Kolpack
Marian Day
Maxine Buttgen
Velma Phillips
Elva Leu
Mary Jane’ Meyer
Lareda ‘Crow
Ina, Floyd
Gladys Hartman
Wilma Kindler
Vera Fulton
Knight Templars
Rain Brings Temporary Halt To Grass Fires
Rain this morning slowed grass fires that troubled Muscatine and nearby areas over the weekend. Fire Chief Alex Bender urged residents to cap fires and avoid burning on windy days, noting seven fires—five Saturday and two Sunday—were reported by fire crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Satur
Alex Bender
Caye
Birthday Dinner for Edward Rick on 16th Birthday
Mr and Mrs George Rick of East 10th street hosted a dinner Sunday to honor their son Edward on his sixteenth birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Vernon Lowe Mr and Mrs Walter Meredith Mr and Mrs William Lowe Karen and Bar ney Mr and Mrs Ronald Swet land James Tomasson Mr and Mrs James Lowe Gary Kevin and Larry Rick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rick
East 10Th Street
Edward
Vernon Lowe
Walter Meredith
William Lowe
Karen
Barney
Ronald Swetland
James Tomasson
James Lowe
Gary
Kevin
Larry
Rick
ISU Alumni Gold Service Pin Awarded to Peterson
Lewis Peterson superintendent of the Agriculture Experimental Farm at Fruitland received the gold ISU Alumni service pin at a banquet Saturday evening at the Elks lodge. Charles Hendriks presented the pin. Dr William Murray TSU sociology and economics professor spoke on university changes and federal needs for graduates in math engineering and physical sciences. The 105th university birthday was celebrated with a campus replica campanile centerpiece as seventy alumni and faculty attended led by president Mrs Walter Runyan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Peterson
Agriculture Experimental Farm
Fruitland
ISU
Elks Lodge
Charles Hendriks
Wiliam Murray
TSU
United States
Murray
Muscatine Community College
Tax tempo rises with Saturday tax deadline
The Muscatine County tax scene centers on public funds spending debates in Des Moines while Eastern Town Electric Cooperative leads as the county’s largest taxpayer with a $112,904.85 bill, $100,024.72 from the Montpelier generating station. Heinz Co is second with $86,544.66, Grain Processing Corp $85,709.52, and Iowa Electric Light and Power $83,353.24. Northwestern Bell's operating property taxes total $76,580 with total company taxes at $5,449,092 in Iowa, including federal excise and state sales taxes billed to customers, equaling a 1962 total of $29,788,201. The article notes rising telephone taxes, questions about fair share for users, and lists other top taxpayers like Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, with various big-dollar amounts in Muscatine County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Eastern Town Electric Cooperative
Muscatine County
Montpelier
Towa
Heinz Company
Muscating
Grain Processing Corporation
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
H. E. Peters
Bell
Northwestern Bell
Telephone
Vandalism and Thefts Reported in Local Incidents
Police noted thefts from a construction site tool shed at Home-O-Nize warehouse, including an electric saw drill two hammers and a flare taken by breaking a window. Additional thefts included cash from Marlene Stauffer at Edwards grocery and car parts from Albert Flatham and Wesley Herwig vehicles, with vandalism on several cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean’ Fry Construction
Home-O-Nize
Oak and
Third Streets
Marlene Stauffer
Fast Sixth Street
Edwards Grocery
Mulberry Avenue
Rotarians Hear Girl From Holland
Miss Katinke Feeve, Rotary Fellowship student at Iowa University, spoke to Muscatine Rotarians about the Netherlands. She described dikes, windmills, and water management, noting the Netherlands as a western Europe trade center and outlining education and history. The club nominated officers and directors for next year with Marlin Schopland as president and other posts filled by Nyweide, Sweiluc, Lande, Leu, Bauer, Gillespie, Melion, and Schoemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Katinke Feeve
Rotary
Iowa University
Muscatine
North Sea
Miss Feeve
Europe
H. Breckenfelder
Marlin Schopland
Wallace Nyweide
Paul Sweiluc
Roger Lande
Herbert Leu
Mom Away From Home
Hayward California report profiles Susan Fisenberg a sixth grade lunch room monitor praised for efficiency and crust inspection duties as cited by school officials and students including Syear-ald David Dolling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Calif
Susan Fisenberg
Syear-ald
David Dolling
Bonjour, Broke Jail Here in 1961 Escapes Saturday
Earl Lee Bonjour, 25, who cracked the Muscatine city jail in 1961, led a jailbreak from a Montrose state penitentiary farm with two accomplices. They wore blue inmate uniforms and fled after 3:30 p.m. Saturday, triggering a statewide manhunt. Bonjour’s prior jail break and forgery scam involved rubber stamps and bank blanks. Police tracked him to Emporia roadblock before his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonjour
Earl Lee Bonjour
Muscatine City
Montrose
Larry Lee Hanson
Newton
Cone
Lonnie D. Murray
Omaha
Neb
Fort Madison
Scott County
Muscatine
Davenport
Towa City
Emporia
Kan
Dick Appelt
Imporia
Jaycees Plan Community Survey in Muscatine
The Muscatine Junior Chamber of Commerce begins a survey of about 50 Muscatine families tonight to measure community attitudes. The project, to be completed by April 15, will map strong and weak points for future development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Bible lectures announced at Kingdom Hall in Southeast Town
M H Van Dolah, presiding minister of Jehovah's Witnesses, announces a special series of Bible lectures at the Kingdom Hall 322 Banecock beginning Sunday April 7 at 3 p.m. The talks titled Resurrection of a Dead Body or of a Dead Soul Which will be based on the Bible and show prophecy fulfillments. Ministers from other congregations will participate. all meetings are free and open to the public. Also noted is a historical line about the first helicopter designed for useful work left Bridgeport, Conn. in 1942 for delivery to the Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. van Dolah
Jehovah's Witnesses
Kingdom Hall
Banecock
R. M. van Dolah
Three Traffic Charges Face Youth Here
Michael Wayne Berry, 18, of 1319 Cedar Street, was cited for faulty equipment and lack of brakes and lights, no registration, and running a stop sign at East Ninth and Cypress. Bonds totaled 4 dollars. Ray Upshaw of Buffalo Iowa posted 100 dollars. George Blodgett of Rock Island was fined 15 dollars and costs for speeding 30 mph over the night limit on Highway 61 east of Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Wayne Berry
Cedar Street
Justice of the Peace
Harvey G. Albee, Jr
Berry
East Ninth
Cypress Streets
Ray Dean Upshaw
Buffalo
Iowa
Pond
Court of Justice of the Peace L. A
George L. Blodgett
Rock Island
Allbee
Muscatine
Vehicle Damaged in Hospital Parking Lot
Police officer Marcus Montagna's 1961 station wagon suffered extensive damage when struck by an unidentified vehicle in the Muscatine General Hospital parking lot around 2 p.m. Sunday. Montagna was visiting his wife and newborn son at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Montagna
Sampson Street
Muscatine General Hospital
Montagna
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Muscatine, Va
Cancer Crusade
Moose Lodge
Arlen Elliott
Jock Lawther
Wilton
Rex Bennett
Ward
Richard Smalls
Excelsior Medical Clinic
Esdiu Krcelsler Springs
York Rite Mason
Muscatine Civic Center
Peterson
Eant
Delers
Peters
Muscaling County
Nateural Gas Pipeline Company
America
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Iowa-Ilinois Gas, and Electric
Hutlig Manufacturing
Homeo-Nize Company
Thatcher Glass Manufacturing
Kent Feeds
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Lauren Goddard
Harold ‘Chub) Bain
Jaws Electric Light and Power Co
Pat Terhune
Holland
Jaycees
Bridgeport
Conn
Army Air Corps
Asi and His Orchestra
the Hawk
Iowa City
Clae
Eleee
Peon Mn
Aero
State Bank
Pat Svs
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