Will Distribute Type III Vaccine
The city nurses and Junior Chamber of Commerce members organize Type III vaccine distribution for students at local schools on Friday. Rural students will ride buses to Muscatine High School for vaccination. The Saturday clinic at Central Junior High School runs from noon to 5 pm with local pharmacists and Pilot Club members assisting. immunization is urged for all citizens under 30 due to Type II virus accounting for 52 percent of paralytic polio.
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Central Junior High School
Pilot Club
Charge Against Gilfoyle Is Dismissed by Judge
Judge M. Sutton dismissed on his own motion the embezzlement charge against Stanley Gilfoyle, former Muscatine store proprietor, before trial. The grand jury had returned a true bill April 16 based on county attorney Garry Woodward's information relating to the sale of a refrigerator.
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M. &. Sutton
Muscatine County
Stanley Gilfoyle
Muscatine
Gilfoyle
Ktate
Sutin
Garry Woodward
Veteran Sub Toro to Aid Thresher Search
Portsmouth N H veteran sub Toro part of Ten Grander club heads to Boston then to ocean search site of Thresher. Navy plans to sink Toro if Thresher remains unfound, using sonar to identify subsound echoes. Also, Maurice Aistrope 20 Glenwood dies after weekend car crash near Waterloo.
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Portsmouth
N.H
Navy
Philadelphia
Boston
Theft Reported From Beached Boat at Holly Street
Fred Schell of 2811 East River road reported to police that a fire extinguisher life jacket grab hook a box and tools were stolen from his boat beached at the foot of Holly street.
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Fred Schell
East River Road
Holly Street
Pilot Club of Muscatine to Install New Officers
Members of the Pilot Club of Muscatine will meet at Geneva Golf and Country Club for a special evening dinner to install new officers for the year. Officers to be installed include Ruth Vander Ploeg as president and Twila Rutka as first vice president with other posts filled by Carel Macon Agnes Rosenberger Berneice Petersen and Elsie Spieth. Board members are Elsa Bain Evelyn Schauland and Ethylle Rexroth. A social hour from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. precedes the dinner and installation. Mae Poole will present films from her trip abroad. Plans were made for the annual May breakfast at Hayes Catholic High cafeteria on Sunday May 26 from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Pilot Club of
Mae Poole
Muscatine Pilot Club
Hayes Catholic High
City Traffic Committee To Urge Uniform Control
The traffic committee will recommend to the city council that Muscatine adopt uniform traffic control devices as proposed by the state highway commission and federal Bureau of Public Roads. In doing so the city will join efforts to end confusion and hazards facing motorists and pedestrians.
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Muscatine
State Highway Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Bank Robbery Conference Set by FBI
Eastern Town law officers banks savings and loan institutions and others will gather at a bank robbery conference sponsored by the FBI at the Civic center in Town City on May 21. The Iowa City meeting and others at Des Moines and Sioux City form part of four nationwide conference series before June 1. Thomas J. Gearty of the Omaha FBI office said agents will attend. Director Hoover cites rising bank crime as the reason, noting 1969 federal bank robbery and incidental crime violations totaled 7,250, up over 30 percent from 1961.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Civic Center
Town City
Iowa City
Des Moines
Sioux City
Thomas J. Gearty
Omaha
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Equip Mailmen Against Dogs in San Francisco
Five hundred spray dog bombs will be issued to San Francisco mail carriers to deter dog attacks. The cacao pepper oil based lip stick shaped devices will be carried for direct use on attacking dogs.
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San Francisco
Post
City plans soybean crop on new disposal plant site
The city owns 55 acres near the Milwaukee railroad tracks for a sewage disposal plant to be built next year. Massey has lease talks for 12 to 13 acres for soybeans on the South Park site and may lease none or more of the land. The park commission would get about $10 per acre in rent and has used Massey’s equipment for weed control. Aldermen see farming as a way to reduce maintenance costs. Baseball diamond sites are also being laid out on the east portion near Bruner Field with west-side development planned later. The Papoose Creek trunk sewer system is nearly finished. a Houser Street lift station remains the final major portion.
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R. D
Doe
Massey
Park Commission
New South Park
The
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Bruner Field
Commission
Roger Knott
Houser Street
Wullor
Bike Rider Injures Knee In City Crash
Fifteen year old bicycle rider Paul Schafer suffered a knee injury when his bicycle collided with a moving car at West Fourth and Chestnut streets around 9 pm Tuesday. He was treated at Muscatine General Hospital and released. The car, driven by Larry Schwender, was westbound on Fourth and turning left onto Chestnut. the impact damaged the car’s radio antenna.
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West Fourth and
Chestnut Streets
Paul Schafer
West Fulham Avenue
Muscatine General Hospital
Larry A. Schwendar
Cedar
Schrovder
Statewide plan to lift Iowa education gains pace
A statewide framework to boost Iowa education began with district meetings led by Muscatine Superintendent A A Johnson as chairman. The coordinating committee links the Iowa School Administrators Association planning group with the state department of public instruction and four Iowa higher education education graduate programs. District IX covers Scott Muscatine and Clinton counties.
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Iowa
Bellendorf
A. A. Johnson
Muscaline
Bettendorf
West High School
Davenport
J. L. Pickett
Scott County
Scott
Muscatine
Clinton Counties
State Department of Public
Muscatine VFW Events Slated This Month
The John Harold Kemble post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars plans events this month leading to the state convention at Arnal Park June 21 to 23. A delegation will attend the First district meeting in Keokuk on May 21, with George Gerth as current commander.
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John Harold Kemble
Veterans of Foreign Wars
State Department
Arnal Park
Keokuk
George Gerth
Muscatine
Post
Mulberry Avenue
Wilian Jeschke
Buddy Poppy
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Musserville Church
Fred Holler
Haller
James Hart
Walter Hatfeld
Norman Beitz
David Watson
William Jeschka
Robert Stohr
Lyman Fish
William Randybush
George Waggoner
James Rieke
Joe Ma
Methodist Church to honor 50-year members tonight
Four former pastors of the First Methodist church of Musseauine will join Rev. Edwin Frohardt in a program honoring 50-year members. A 6:30 dinner precedes the 7:30 sanctuary program, with Rev. Schwartz of Omaha, Rev. Shipman now retired at Ames, Rev. Cooper of Fort Madison, and Rev. Steffenson of Omaha participating with their wives. Mrs. L. L. Weis will also appear. About 100 members, including those from the former German Methodist church, are eligible for 50-year certificates.
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iFirst Methodist Church
Musseauine
Edwin Frohardt
Benjamin Schwartz
Omaha
Raymond Shipman
Ames
Claude Cooper
Fort Madison
A. D. Steffenson
Ouumwa
L. L. Weis
Park Lane Women Meet For Golf Invitationals
The Park Lane Golf and Country Club women met for coffee then golf with Myrtle Othmer low gross and Ber nice Sheligbarger low on number eight. The invitational will be held Tuesday June 4 with prize committees led by Margaret Root and Mary Young.
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Park Lane Golf and Country Club
Myrtle Othmer
Trene Meerdink
Bernice Sheligbarger
Mary Kemp
Margaret Root
Roberta Causey
Arlene Foster
Mary Young
Maxine Norton
Melba Goddard
Myrtle Olhmer
Bernice Shell Jabarger
Marie Pulliam
Mary Proft
Chaiman
Helen Jehring
Joe, Williams
Doris Foster
Dorothy Reeves
Rezoning Approval Granted for Kemper Property Plan
The plan to rezone property bounded by Wallace Street to the north and Stewart to the east from R-2 residential to M-1 light industrial received approval from the plan and zone commission on Tuesday night. The commission rejected a request to preserve a 300 foot north residential strip and will read its recommendation to the city council. The unimproved land extends 1200 feet along Wallace Street and 700 feet on the west side.
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Wallace Street
Stewart
Frank, Mavis
Martha Kemper
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