Cornell President Here May 28
Dr. Arland F. Christianes president of Cornell college Mount Vernon will speak at a dinner meeting for alumni parents of Cornell students and friends in the Muscatine area at 40 p m Thursday May 28 at the Sunset Inn The gathering launches a regional fund raising campaign directed by W Floyd Scott Cornell plans a 12 9 million dollar drive with a 1 4 million Ford Foundation challenge grant from 1960 and will discuss curricular changes building plans and nationwide growth
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Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Muscatine Area
Sunset Inn
W. Floyd Scott
Mulberry Avenue
Christ Janer
Ford Foundation
Guest Conductors Lead Lawn Concert At Muscatine High
A benefit lawn concert at Muscatine High School Sunday at 3 30 p m features guest conductors and vocal numbers from local choral groups The concert on Ninth Street side of the school offers curies pic take soft drinks and coffee and benefits the uniform fund Charles Kreeb opens with Amparito Roc a Morning Noon and Night Hunting Scene Si Trocadero and America the Beautiful The girls ensemble and other performers follow with various numbers and arrangements including Aura Lee How Sad Flows the Streams and more.
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Livo
Muscatine High School
Ninth Street
Chris
Uniform Fund
Charles Kreeb
Amparito Roca
Home Show and Merchants Exhibit Opens Friday
Muscatine hosts its annual Home Show and Merchants Exhibit sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce Friday through Sunday at the National Guard Armory. Appliances, TVs, paint, siding, cameras and more will be showcased with booths and prizes including a $75 cash award. Booth hours run 5 to 9 p.m. Friday 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Muscatine
The
Obituary: George J. Hrate Dies in Muscatine
George J. Hrate, of 895 Pine Street, died this afternoon at Muscatine General Hospital. Services are pending at Riley Funeral Home.
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George J. Hrate
Pinestreet
Muscatine General Hospital
Riley Funeral Home
Plaintiff Seeks New Jury Trial In Damages Suit
In Muscatine district court the plaintiff seeks a new trial after a jury verdict of 8807.24 in favor of Clyde Lucas Quality Plumbing. American Insurance Co moved for a new trial on May 8 after court directed verdicts absolved American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp. and Cedar Rapids Pump and Supply Co. The case involved a fire at Glen F. Brossart’s building at 138 East Ninth Street on January 25, 1962 and a dealer-made American Radiator product sold by Cedar Rapids Pump to Lucas and then to Brossart.
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Muscatine District Court
American Insurance Company
Clyde Lucas
Clyde Lucas Quality Plumbing Company
American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp
Cedar Rapids Pump, and Supply Company
Glen F. Brossart
East Ninth Street
American
Cedar Rapids Fump
Lucas
Brossart
Morning Sun Little League Practice Schedule Announced
Morning Sun Morning Sun Little League ball practice continues this week and into next. Verll Mall is the manager. Regular games start June 1. Team members and playing schedule to be distributed next week. Mrs Susan Turk hosts Virginia Grove Happy Hour Club Thursday. Mrs Roxie Wheeler hosts Tuesday at Linger Longer Club.
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Verl Mall
Susan Turk
Virginia Grove
Roxie Wheeler
Train Crossing Battles Wrangle With Rail Lines
Alderman Tillie reports worst crossing blocks in downtown, with 25 minutes stalled at noon. A 40 minute block last week was blamed on a damaged freight car wheel and refrigerator fire. Mayor Bosch said police would arrest the engineer before cause known, and Ed Fuller of Rock Island will confer, though Fuller may skip Thursday meeting. Railroad rep says Fuller awaiting mayor’s order to act. City has long faced ongoing crossing issues across generations.
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Jon Tillie
Robert Bosch
Railroad Aid
Fuller
Bosch
Chariton Chamber Group Tours Muscatine Industrial Sites
A Chariton Iowa Chamber of Commerce group of about 20 members plans a Thursday visit to Muscatine to inspect industrial development. They will travel by bus and tour Progress Park Monsanto Thatcher Glass and Thermice areas then stop at the Muscatine Sie Center for coffee and doughnuts with local chamber officials.
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Algroup
Chariton
Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Muscatine
Jack Rigler
Local Home Ransacked By Intruder
The home at 307 Liberty Street was entered Tuesday between 3:5 and 10 p.m. by an intruder who cut telephone wires and stole 33 dollars. Mrs Laughin reported the break was through a raised window and later police were told. A wallet and 18 dollars in change were taken from a dresser, plus a bank. The office of J B Marke and Son at 120 West Second Street was damaged by a broken rear window but nothing missing. William Mark saw a man inside around 10:30 p.m. and alerted police.
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Liberty Street
J. B. Marke and Son
Second Street
William Mark
Red Tape for Bikes Distributed by Police and VFW
Reflector tape in red is issued to bicycle owners at City Hall police station and the VFW home as part of the police department bicycle safety campaign. A supply will be available when bicycle licenses are renewed, with safety pictures featured in today’s Journal on pages 13 and 14.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Muscatine Students Honored At All-College Honors Convocation
Four Muscatine students attending the State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls were recognized for scholarship leadership and extracurricular participation at the All-College Honors Convocation. David Crook received the Purple Key, Linda tones and Kristine Han were awarded the Purple Arrow, and Lynn Hanson earned the Torch and Tassel. speakers included Dr George Peage and Dr Daryl Pendergrast. A reception followed in the College Union.
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Muscatine
State College of ‘Tawaal
Cedar Falls
David L. Crook
David
Lambda Della Lambda
Linda Tones
Kristine Han
Lynn
Hanson
Sigma Alpha Tota
George Peage
SCI
Daryl Pendergrast
Labor Trouble Escorts Three Schwar man Trucks
Police escorted three vehicles of Schwar man Trucking Co Buffalo through Muscatine and toward the Louisa County line after reported labor trouble. Three dissident drivers led the procession, delaying the larger trucks as the state highway patrol supervised the escort starting at Park Avenue and Washington Street.
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Schwarman Trucking Co
Buffalo
Muscatine
Louisa ‘County
State Highway Patrol
Park Avenue
Washington Street
Sanitation worker injured fingers on refuse pickup
Leo R. Truesdale age 26 of 817 West Fulham Avenue, a city sanitation department employee, sustained two injured fingers while at work this morning. He was treated by a physician.
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Leo R. Truesdale
West Fulham Avenue
City Sanitation Department
Flash Fire Injures Man At Home In Muscatine
Donald Wilhelm, 26, of 801 West Mississippi drive, suffered burns to his left leg and both hands when a heater ignited gasoline near the stairway in his basement. He was taken by city ambulance to Muscatine General Hospital, treated, and released. Firemen, who arrived at 11:25 a.m., reported the heater and spilled gasoline caused the blaze.
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Donald Wilhelm
West Mississippi Drive
Muscatine General Hospital
Wilhelm
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