Fire at Maplecrest Turkey Farm Endangers Young Turkeys
Muscatine rural fire department battled two fires at the Maplecrest Turkey Farms near Fruitland Friday night, saving thousands of young turkeys. Only three birds died as flames damaged one end of a long frame building. Fire reported at 2 10 a m and 10 54 p m, with the Hunts unaware until the truck arrived. Cause undetermined.
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Muscatine
Maplecrest
Fruitland
Clare Hunt
Wellman
Go Cart Parts Stolen From Track Storage Building
Go cart parts valued at 300 dollars were stolen from a storage building at the track on Grandview avenue. R. M. Meyer, an owner, reported the theft Friday afternoon. The building was opened by prying off a padlock from a door. Stolen items include six aluminum wheels two axles two sets of brakes three clutch assemblies two tires and three motors.
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Grandview Avenue
R. M. Meyer
Program Given At Meeting Of Chemical Group
Robert Meyer of Davenport, a retired farmer and naturalist, presented his motion picture Wild Life on the South Fork at the Iowa Illinois section of the American Chemical Society meeting at Geneva Golf and Country Club. Dr. Lamp was ill. Dr. Garbutt chaired. The dinner meeting marked the annual ladies night with 50 attendees.
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Robert Meyer
Davenport
South Forry
American Chemical Society
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Meyer
Robert Lamp
University of Wisconsin Medical School
John T. Garbutt
Killian Elected to Iowa Chamber Board Post
Trank Killian, executive secretary of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce, was elected a director for the southeast Iowa section at the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives Assn spring meeting in Marshalltown. The meeting, which began Wednesday and ended Friday, concluded with Killian’s return Friday.
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Trank Killian
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives Assn
Marshalltown
Killian
Lemkau Named RFE Chairman for Muscatine County
H E Lemkau executive vice president of Muscatine Bank and Trust Co is named chairman for the Muscatine county RFE fund campaign announced by Kenneth J Brenda Hartwick Iowa 1964 Homecoming Committee member Linda Weis daughter of Homer Weis Woodlawn Avenue a sophomore at Iowa University will chair the Alumni Coffee Hours subcommittee
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H. E. Lemkau
Muscatine Bank and Trust Co
Radio Free Europe Fund
Muscatine County
Kenneth J. Brenda
Hartwick
Iowa
Linda Weis
Homer Weis
Woodlawm Avenue
Iowa University
Graduate Stroup at NCO Academy in Germany
Army Specialist Four Larry E. Stroup son of Mr and Mrs Robert D Stroup of Muscatine graduated from the Seventh Army NCO Academy in Bad Tol Germany on May 8. He completed four weeks of leadership and command training and studied map reading weapons history and teaching methods. The 23 year old served in Battery D of the 10th Artillery 6th Missile Battalion near Hohenfels and entered the Army in September 1938. He attended Muscatine High School and was last stationed at Fort Carson Colorado.
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Stroup
NCO Academy
Larry E. Stroup
Robert D. Stroup
WG Middlerd
Muscatine
Seventh Army
Bad ‘Tol
Germany
10Th Artillery
6Th Missile Battalion
Hohenfels
Fort Carson
Colo
Muscatine High School
Pocketed $25 At Carnival Grounds
Charles Brockett of 1601 Cypress Street told police a thief picked his pocket at the carnival grounds on Grandview Avenue, taking $25 from a billfold before dropping the wallet and papers nearby. Police recovered the items.
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Charles Brockett
Cypress Street
Grandview Avenue
Iowa Motor Vehicle Deaths Reported
A dated clipping notes fatalities in Iowa linked to motor vehicles with terse data lines from May 16 and 1864. The text references casualty counts and generic public notices, reflecting 19th century reporting on transport accidents. The fragment preserves the event feel without clear names or locations.
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Iowa
Youth 17 Sentenced For Auto Theft In Muscatine
Terrill James Schmidt, 17, of Muscatine, was sentenced to 50 days in county jail after pleading guilty to taking an automobile without the owner's consent. The car, a 1951 model belonging to Richard Young, was reported missing from the 200 block of Ast ith Street about two hours earlier. Judge Matthew Westvale transferred the case from juvenile to district court and assessed costs of 14.50.
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Terrill James Schmidt
Muscatine
Schmidt
Richard Young
Mulberry Aversue
Young
Astith Street
Matthew Westvale
East German Youth Rally Draws Half Million in Berlin
East German authorities staged a massive youth rally in East Berlin offering three days of entertainment including a concert by the secret police. Officials predicted about 500,000 youths from across East Germany would attend, the first such rally since 1954 when many fled to the West.
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Berlin
East Berlin
East Germany
West
Perjury Sentence and Divorce in Wapello Court
Noreen s Stanford of Morning Sun was sentenced in district court for perjury and paroled to the Swale Board of Parole with a term not to exceed 10 years, plus court costs. Fay F Stroup of Yorkville Illinois paid a $300 OMVI fine. Divorce granted for Sandra Mae Bell of Wapello from Frederick John Bell of Vista California on grounds of cruel treatment. restoration of maiden name Saundra Tompkins granted.
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Wapello
Noreen’ S
Stanford
Morning Sun
Women's Reformatory
Rockwell City
Swale Board of “Parole
OMVI
Fay F. Stroup
Yorkville
Sandra Mae Bell
Frederick John Bell
Vista
California
Saundra Tompkins
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