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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1971
Page
9
Variable cloudiness tonight with scattered showers and thundershowers. Tonight cooler with highs 40s to 60s. Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the upper sixties to near seventy. Measurable precipitation chances 60 percent tonight, 20 percent Tuesday, high Sunday around 74 and low near 49.
Washington reports next Sunday will mark the last week for a nickel postcard rate as postage rises across classes. Letter mail will cost eight cents, air mail eleven, with second and third class rates up twenty percent, and special delivery and registered mail also increasing. A six cent postcard is noted.
Funeral services are planned for Mrs. Mabel Houseman 74 of Muscatine Iowa killed in a two car crash on Houser Street at 8 07 p m Sunday The accident also left Raymond Russell Miller 82 of route 2 in serious condition at University Hospitals Iowa City with multiple injuries Mrs Wesley Hunter 46 of route 4 is in good condition at Muscatine General Hospital with wrist and head injuries Tony Hunter 19 and Todd Hunter 18 were treated and released at Muscatine General The report states Miller failed to yield the right of way leading to the collision. Mrs Houseman a life resident of Muscatine was born November 25 1899. She was married to Fred Houseman and was a member of the Women of the Moose. She leaves two daughters a brother a granddaughter and a great grandson. Burial will be at Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning this evening.
In Saigon the U S Command said it will not pursue an inquiry into accusations by ex Sgt Danny Spencer Notley and five Vietnamese women that Americal Division troops killed 30 to 60 villagers at Truong Khanh in April 1969 after a booby trap killed a popular soldier. Army officials in Washington have started a separate inquiry.
A 1968 Corvette owned by Mark Willis burned in the lower engine compartment after crossing from Muscatine into Illinois. Willis and a girlfriend escaped unharmed as traffic continued and Muscatine firefighters cited jurisdiction rules. The owner said insurance covers the loss and the fire began around 1 p.m. near Highway 92.
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