Major League Leaders and Statistics Summary
American League leaders include Oliva batting .379 with 58 hits, Murcer and Yastrzemski leading runs, Killebrew and Petrocelli top RBIs, and Campaneris stealing 15 bases. National League highlights feature Brock and W. Davis near top batting, Stargell and Aaron tied for home runs, and Dierker and Ryan leading pitching with strong win records.
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Associated Press
Oliva
Minm
Murcer
N.Y
Yastrzemski
Bost
TR. Smith
Killebrew
Minn
Petrocelli
Bast
Tovar Mini
Conigliaro
Northrup
Det
Conighiaro
Calif
Cardenas
Unser
Wash
Schaal
Mipn
Cash
W. Horton
Campaneris
Oak
Otis
K.C
Siebert
Cuellar
Bait
Blue Oak
Lolich
Brock
St. L
W. Davis
L.A
St L
Bands
S.F
Star Bell
Pitt
Torre
Sill
Garr
Aul
Jack
St.b
M. Alou
Clemente
Pit
Kessinger
Chic
Stargell
H. Aaron
Ath
Bench
Cin
Sul
Harelson
Dierker
Houst
Ryan
Kubiak Named West Branch Varsity Football Coach
West Branch board of education hires Gary Kubiak as the new varsity football coach succeeding Dwight Spangler whose teams were 4-4 in recent seasons. Kubiak previously led football and track at Town City Regina and coached sophomore basketball since 1969. He is a Buena Vista College alum with nine years coaching experience at Garner Sioux Rapids and Crestland.
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West Branch Board of Education
Gary Kubiak
Kubiak
Dwight Spangler
West Branch
Town City Regina
Buena Vista College
Garner
Sioux Rapids
Crestland
Bunge to twirl tilt on Sunday for Muscatine Red Sox
Darren Bunge will start Sunday in the Mississippi Valley league opener at 2 p.m. at Tom Bruner Field against Camanche. Gary Adkins of Clinton CC is tipped as the mound opponent. Muscatine relievers Mike Hartsock and Tom Backey available if needed. Several players remain away for school reasons. Ed Savell sidelined with a sore arm. Last year Muscatine beat Camanche twice by one and two runs. Osceolaoska loosa meets Burlington Merchants in the other league game.
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Darren Bunge
Muscatine Red Sox
Tom Bruner
Camanche
Indians
Gary Adkins
Clinton Community College
Muscatine
Mike Hartsock
Tom Backey
Red Sox
Ron Sega
Steve Rueckert
Todd Redenburg
Oshkosh Wins NAIA Area Championship Berth in Phoenix
Oshkosh Wisconsin will represent NAIA Area in the national tournament starting June 4 in Phoenix Arizona. The Titans earned the berth by defeating Missouri Western 9 to 0 in the area final, marking Western’s first shutout loss of the season.
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St, Joseph
Oshkosh
Wis
Phoenix
Ariz
Missouri Western
Western
Obituaries and funerals in Muscatine area
Obituary items list L Ross Beatty 76 of 1502 Washington St with services at Ralph Wittich funeral home and burial in Memorial Park. Also notes Rebecca Jones 97 of Millersburg Ill and Dallas M Reynolds 69 of Muscatine with services and burial plans. Other notices include Roger Lee Wadden 33 death in Cottage Grove Minn and Edith H French 79 burial in Muscatine General Hospital obituary page.
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Huod Bhtaan
L. Ross Beatty
Washington St
Ralph J. Wittich
Henry Teele
Dave Higdon
Memorial Park Cemetery
Beatty
Muscatine General Hospital
Calvin
Callie Johnson Beatty
Lewiston
Nellie Lybarger
Wesley United Methodist Church
Muscatine Club
Elks Lodge
Muscatine County Mutual Insurance Association
Iowa State Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
Iris E. Angerer
Lloyd J. (Lum) Beatty
Muscatine
Lyje EB. Beatty
Rebecca Jones
Millersburg
Mercer County Nursing Home
Reiser Chapel
Aledo
Douglas Horner
The
Joy Baptist Church
Millersburg Cemetery
William and
Susanna Fiscus Morris
Mercer County
Dallas M. Reynolds
Drury-Township
Fairbanks Chapel
Frank Gillett
Drury- Reynolds Cemetery
Reynolds
Drury Township
Burnie
Adda Miller Reynolds
Dallas Reynolds
Sophia Klebe
First Baptist Church
Sophia Reynolds
Linda Reynolds
Paul Fischer
Roger Lee Wadden
Riley
Greenwood Cemetery
Henry C. Hafermann
Connie Herrmann
William M. Welluns
Gary Blake
Charles Burroughs
Don Dusenbury
DeWayne Rosenberry
Dean Dixon
Charles Jennings
Mr. Wadden
Cottage Grove
Minn
Elect
Fred Jens
Hershey Ave
Grace Lutheran Church
Riley Funeral Home
E.B. Meyer
Loran E
Virginia Richardt Jens
Judy Roland
Edith H. French
Geo. M. Wittich Funeral Home
H.C. Hafermann
Richard Dilts
Dean Hoehle
Ralph Bierman
Charles Bierman
Raymond Bierman
Orville Smith
Virgil Smith
Family wins 100 perfect vacations in Iowa farm stay
Mr and Mrs Daniel R West from Alliance Nebraska and their two children will spend six days at the Pitch Inn farm near Columbus Junction Iowa. Chosen as winners in the nationwide 100 perfect vacations contest by Discover America Travel Organizations the Wests will care for horses work in fields swim hike or relax at the farm operated by Mr and Mrs Leo Finke They may also visit Amana Colonies and the Herbert Hoover Memorial at West Branch during their stay.
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Columbus Junction
Daniel R. West
Alliance, Neb
Moline
Towa
Leo Finke
Wests
Discover America Travel Organizations
DATO
Finke
Pitch-Inn
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Stop Crescent rock concert planned near Council Bluffs
A temporary restraining order blocked a four hour outdoor rock concert planned for June 5 on the Bruesh family farm near Crescent in Potta wattamie County. David Bruesh, 23, student at the University of Nebraska Omaha, announced the event with two Omaha bands. County Attorney Lyle Rodenburg cited illegal drug activity and zoning and health violations to justify halting the concert.
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Council Bluffs
Town
Pottawattamie
Crescent
David Bruesh
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Bruesh
Omaha
Lyle Rodenburg
Iowa
Minority student share in Muscatine above state average
Iowa study shows Muscatine public schools have 2.7 percent minority students, slightly above the 2 percent state average. Across Iowa in 1969, 13,742 of 661,790 pupils were minority, with Afro-Americans making up most of the group and most minorities concentrated in the state’s largest districts.
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Harrison Weber
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Des Moines
IDPA
Muscatine
Muscatine Community
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa
Sioux City
South Tama
Massive fish kill shocks Dubuque area in Maus Slough
AP reports thousands of fish found dead in Maus Slough near Dubuque Iowa. Brown scum on the water prompts state conservation officials to probe a similar oil spill incident from about a year earlier.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Maus Slough
State Conservation Commission
Keith Rowley
Durant Eighth Grade Graduation Held In School Gym
Graduation exercises for Durant eighth graders were conducted in the gym with the class presented to elementary principal Mr. Ware and diplomas awarded by Mr. Langer. Names of students advancing to high school include Darold Adams Denise Bales Christine Baxter Debra Behal Scott Bland Craig Bockwoldt Barbara Boulet Lynette Broders Brian Brooks Debra Byerly Leo Chase Kathleen Collier Tom Compton Dawn Darnell Peggy Dengler Polly Dengler Karol DeWall Rodney Dietz Ruth Durand Monte Ehlers Cindy Einfeldt Melody Flicker Teresa Graham Michael Gruemmer Nancy Haulk Mike Hein Steven Henderson Lana Jepson Marsha King Roxann Klahn Mary Ann Knudsen Caryl LaManch Randy Lincoln Jan McCoy Mary Jan Meier Mary Ann Meinert Dana Meyer Penny Morrison Claire Nichols Pamela Nichols Viola Pace Myron Paulsen Sheryl Paulsen Tom Paulsen Mark Petersen Joseph Petroff Russell Price Kenneth Reimers Tamara Reimers Russell Riessen Kenneth Rohwedder David Schlapkohl Merle Schlapkohl Ricky Schoon Jane Schreck Katherine Seligman Scott Seligman Harold Smith Julie Sorgenfrey Leon Steinhagen Robert Stine Donavon Tels tow Becinda Zelstow Thomas Tisinger Merle VanDe Walle Judith Vastine Cathy Voelkers Julie Walker Ronald Watson Richard Webber Brian Wells Victoria Willroth Susan Wolf
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Darold Adams
Denise Bales
Christine Baxter
Debra Behal
Scott Bland
Craig Bockwoldt
Barbara Boulet
Lynette Broders
Brian Brooks
Debra Byerly
Cindy Einfeldt
Melody Fitzer
Timothy Furne
Teresa Graham
Michael Gruemmer
Nancy Haulk
Mike Hein
Steven Henderson
Lana Jepson
Marsha King
Roxann Klahn
Mary Ann Knudsen
Caryl LaManch
Randy Lincoln
Jan McCoy
Mary Jan Meier
Mary Ann
Donavon Telstow
Becinda Zelstow
Thomas Tisinger
Merle VanDe Walle
Judith Vastine
Cathy Voelkers
Julie Walker
Ronald Watson
Richard Webber
Brian Wells
Victoria Willroth
Susan Wolf
Ground breaking ceremony planned for MISCO plant
Wilton prepares for Wednesday ground breaking at 1 45 p m for a 750000 MISCO plant near highways 6 and 38. Gov Robert Ray will head the event with Norton Simon executive Gamache and other political and publishing figures attending. Up to 230 locals expected to be employed in the first year. A 64000 square foot building is planned on the west Wilton area.
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Wilton
McCail’s Information Services Co
MISCO
Robert Ray
Ray
Joseph H. Gamache
Norton Simon, Inc
Wilton Chamber of Commerce
Wilton Development Corp
Gamache
Mnisco
Telephone vote slated at Wapello
Voters in Wapello will go to the polls Tuesday to renew an ordinance between the city and Iowa Telephone Company. The current ordinance expires this year after December 1946 and a two year renewal is requested. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm at city hall with clerks Jeanette J. Humphrey and Wilma Bickford and judges Virginia Nelson, Patricia Samuels and Ella Johansmeier.
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Wapello
Iowa Telephone Company
Jeanette J. Humphrey
Wilma Bickford
Virginia Nelson
Patricia Samuels
Ella Johansmeier
Daily District Hospital Report Admits and Births
List of admitted patients across district hospitals including Mrs. Russell McCleary and others, discharges, and recent births. Includes names and addresses, hospital locations, and newborns to Gray, McConnaha, and Hate families. Also notes Mrs Vernon Bryant surgical patient at Moline Lutheran Hospital, Room 418.
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Russell McCleary
Route 4
Goldie Tobias
Lutheran Homes
Idn Lewis
Liberty
Donald Keen
Clinton
Jerry Bride
Grand
Randall Wagler
Fruitland
Clarence Roberts
Climer
Carl Grundstrom
Illinois City
Phillip Warren
Pine
Jessie Lockwood
Wapello
Glen Tilman
Logan
Allan Hahn
Hancock
Charles Smith
Tipton Road
Harold Muller
Roscoe
Daniel Walker
Michael Gray
Muscatine
Robert McConnaha
Randall Hate
Vernon Bryant
Moline Lutheran Hospital
Consville Town and community gatherings schedule posted
The Conesville Town Council will meet on Thursday June 3 at 7 p.m. The Lucky Clovers Girls 4-H Club hosts an all day workshop June 12 at the Oakland Community Center with demonstrations and illustrated talks. Nearby events include Grace United Church of Christ meetings June 2 and a 4-H rally night June 4. Also listed are multiple court actions, marriage licenses, and notices including custody and dissolution orders, and a motor vehicle consent case.
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Conesville
Lucky Clovers Girls
Oakland
Christine
Susan Schlapkohl
Sheila Forbes
Becky Seitz
Darlene McCullough
Christine Schlapkohl
Donna McCullough
Vicki Seitz
Susie Buser
Janene Housea
Lucky Clovers
Louisa County
Wapelio
Women’s Fellowship
Grace United Church of Christ
Hazel Saiterthwaite
Vera Showalter
Winifred Maxwell
India
Sylvia Platts
Elizabeth Lutz
Conesville Grace United Church
Sandra Jean Hutton
David Harold Hutton
Lynda E. Robinson
Ronald BE
Robinson
Huntsville
Ala
Judith Kay ‘Todd
Donald Lee Todd
Pontiac
Judith Kay Brauns
Galesburg
Wayne Lee Kelley
Tia Mae Kelley
Rebeccca Ann Kelley
Plymouth Automobile
Mary Martha Kelley
Wayne Lee Kelley Jr
Harry Homer Kelley
Frances Irene Hendrix
Donnald Merle Hendrix
East Molin
State of Town
Gerald W. Osborn
Romann and Liebbe Co
Muscatine
Donald Kallenberger
Garry D. Woodward
Durant Junior High Honor Society Installs Members
Durant reports new members inducted into the Durant Junior High National Honor Society in ceremonies led by high school society members. Eighth graders Ron Watson Becinda Teistow Cindy Binfeldt Lynette Broders Jane Schreck Cathy Voelkers Ka rol DeWulf Julie Walker join. Seventh graders Marvin Hants Jackie Ewald Mark Sorensen Maureen Jones Bill Boeller Mary Fry Sandra Sorgenfry Wendy Stoltenberg added. Warm winds forecast a long rail growing season around Palisade Colorado.
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Durant
Ron Watson
Becinda Teistow
Cindy Binfeldt
Lynette Broders
Jane Schreck
Cathy Voelkers
Karol DeWulf
Julie Walker
Marvin Hants
Jackie Ewald
Mark Sorensen
Maureen Jones
Bill Boeller
Mary Fry
Sandra Sorgenfry
Wendy Stoltenberg
Man pays county despite not owing taxes in Des Moines
Leonard Vaughn of Des Moines sent Polk County $150 after being told he owed no property tax. He noted paying taxes is a privilege and said he wanted to support local government. Deputy treasurer Fred Horner said it was the first openly given gift of its kind.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Polk County
Leonard Vaughn
Vaughn
Fred Horner
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Muscatine, Ja
Journal
Moose Lodge
Rockford Life
Robert
Barbara
Gary
Denny
Randy
Dean
Dorothy) Schmoldt
Lovan E. Jens
Nebraska
Gloucester, England
Diocese
Gloucester
Church of England
English
Hatlo
Ferrer
Alo
Borget
Waterloo
South Tama County
Davenport
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Mason City
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Ames
Cedar Rapids
West Des Moines
Town City
Pacific, Mo
Pacific
Margaret Conan
St. Charles
Kirkwood
Ware
Langer
Leo Chase
Kathleen Collier
Tom Compton
Dawn Darnell
Peggy Dengler
Polly Dengler
Karol DeWall
Rodney Dietz
Ruth Durand
Monte Ehlers
Communicating Faith
New Orleans
John Wesley
Albert C. Quiler
Dallas
Daily Report District
Consville
Nathan Grant
Neale Timothy Stelzner
Kathea Ann Pool
Dennis Eugene McKillip
West Liberty
Janet Sue Holladay
Wilton Junction
Wilton Savings Banks
Bernard J. Fox
Elizabeth A. Fox
William S. Robertson
Iowa State Highway Commission
S. G. and
P. Stein Furniture Co., Inc
Richard J. Willoughby
Clarence G. Machlan
Verna M. Machlanos
E.P. Steinmetz
L.D. Krueger
Helene H. Bartlett
Junior High Honor Society
Grand Valley
Palisade
Colo
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