Whopper Catch Near Montpelier Reported by Fishermen Duo
Charles Rhodes Cront and Wall Hatfield pose with a 23 inch 14 inch girth perch two miles from Montpelier in the Mississippi River. The fish reportedly surpasses the state record and was landed with a worm bait as witnesses include Ash and Walner along with Kindler. details note the trip lacked tipping along.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rhodes Cront
Muscating
Wall Hatfield
Kansas Street
Rhodes
Misesissippi
Montpelier
Rhaderwins
Fd Walner
Kindler
Pro Football Rookie Dies in Kansas City Chiefs Injury
Wichita report says Stone Johnson, Kansas City Chiefs rookie back, died after injuries from an August 31 exhibition game with the Houston Oilers. The 180-pound Grambling College product suffered a fractured neck vertebra, underwent surgery, and remained in serious condition before death. Johnson was a 1960 Olympic track team member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Stone Johnson
Kansas City Chiefs
Johnson
Houston Oilers
Grambling College
Louisiana
Chiefs
U.S
Walton League Convention Brings Muscatine to Waterloo for 40th State Meet
President Fred Bunn and Don Ald Fix led Muscatine chapter officers as 20 Walton League members gathered in Waterloo for the 40th annual state convention this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bunn
Donald Fix
Muscaline
Town Tean Walton League
Waterloo
Fire Prevention Committee Meeting Set for Tuesday
The Muscatine Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee meets at 4 pm Tuesday in the Civic Center. Keith Thomas chairs the committee.
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Fire Prevention Committee
The
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Civic Center
Keith Thomas
Local Cash Grain Prices Feature Debuts in Muscatine Journal
The Muscatine Journal begins a daily Local Cash Grain Prices feature for Muscatine area farmers. It lists corn and soybean prices as quoted and notes quotes are momentary and may vary around the time of quotation. The service appears on the market page.
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Muscatine Journal
Masce
Muscatine
Sanitation Dept Worker Hurt In Street Collision
William A. Burlingame, 33, a sanitation department employee, was thrown from a collection truck on Roselawn Avenue at about 10 a.m. He sustained head and back injuries and was taken to Musculine General Hospital. The driver said a wheel dropped into a chuck while turning, pitching him off the rear step. The incident reduced department staff further as three drivers were absent due to illness, delaying collections for several days.
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William A. Burlingame
McClellan Street
Sant Lron
Roselawn
Burlingame
Musculine “General Hospital
Frank Anson
Enich Bagin
Sanitation Department
YMCA Names Craft Shop Leader at Muscatine C C
Mike Dighton a sophomore at Muscatine Community College leads the YMCA Craft Shop. The shop will open daily from 3 745 to 5 30 PM and 9 15 AM to 12 noon Saturday. Craft projects for boys include plaster plaques totum poles wood projects to finish candles pot holders and lacing with prices from five to fifty cents.
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Mike Dighton
Muscatine Community College
YMCA
Dighton
Girl Injured In Car Mishap Near Muscatine
Cheryl Hense a 17 year old from Muscatine was treated at Muscatine General Hospital for a head cut after a one car accident on a gravel road off highway 22 three miles west of Muscatine Deputy Sheriff Charlie Whisler said Ray Yordt 19 of 1406 Kansas street drove the car which nosed into a ditch causing the injury The crash occurred about 1 p m and Yordt was not hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Hense
Muscatine
Muscatine General Hospital
Highway 22
Charlie’ Whisler
Ray Yordt
Kansas_ street
Holcomb 75 Spends Summer With White Bearded Friend in Yugoslavia
Holcomb of Muscatine aged 75 is spending a second summer in Yugoslavia with his old friend Anthony Aranza 83 who has returned to Yugoslavia to stay near the Adriatic Sea Aranza formerly lived in Muscatine and now with his niece and her husband in Yugoslavia Holcomb writes from abroad noting Yugoslavia is both up to date in some ways and 200 years behind in others He and Aranza both wear full white beards and Holcomb is staying with his sister Mrs Wilma Redman at 406 East Fifth Street
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Yugoslavia
Jikes
Wiles Hugh
B. Holcomb
East Fifth ‘St
Muscatine
Anthony Aranza
Adriaelic Sea
Holcomb
Charles BE. Golnr
Sycamore St
Mulcomb
America
Aranmx Pene
Aranus
Aranza
Wilma Redman
East Fifth St
Arana
Avanna
Hugh Holcomb
William Redman
Ing Aranza
Bearded Pair Mag Ante Matlach Kastel Luksic Visit
Holcoma notes Kastel Luksic is an ocean resort town housing about 1,500 people with all structures built from stone or cement. Holcomb plans a November return to Le Muscatine traveling by jet from Zagreb to Frankfurt then to Chicago. He visited Aranza last year and hopes to return in 1964.
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Mag
Ante Matlach
Kastel Luksic
Ltig
Split
Holcoma
Holcomb
le Muscatine
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Frankfurt
Germany
Chicago
Aranza
Ninth unsolved Boston area strangling shocks residents
In Salem Mass the ninth in a 14 month series of unsolved stranglings of women in Greater Boston revived fears. Mrs Evelyn Corbin a blonde divorcee living alone was found dead in her apartment. Police warned women living alone to avoid opening doors to strangers. Residents had earlier feared a killer or killers linked to the earlier slayings.
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Salem
Mass
Greater
Boston
Evelyn Corbin
Poster
Corbin
Tavern Reopens After Sanitation Closure in City
The Friendly Tavern at 9 Town Avenue reopened on Saturday after sanitation upgrades. City officials had closed it Friday due to lack of usable restrooms.
Say System Hampers Iowa Liquor Enforcement Efforts
Iowa officials report a "spy system" that warns towns of visits hampers liquor law enforcement. Scalise notes staff of 14 receiving more violation reports than can be checked while a sheriff refuses cooperation. He seeks Legislative Interim Committee support to boost funding and staff.
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Des Moines
Larry. Scalise
Iowa
Liquor Central Commission
Scalise
India Plans Bokaro Steel Mill Without U.S. Aid
Prime Minister Nekra says India will pursue steel plant funding locally and locate equipment as available. He comments after reports Kennedy accepted Nehru’s offer to drop a $12 million request for Bokaro after U.S. Congress blocked the money.
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Delhi
India
Bokewo
U.S
Nekra
Her
Kennedy
Nehru
Congress
Bloomington Grange Needlework Contest Judges and Winners
The Bloomington Grange hosted subordinate and Pomona needlework judging on Saturday with morning subordinate sessions and afternoon Pomona rounds. Judges included Mrs Irene Liver, Clarence Potter, and Mrs Emma Birkhofer for subordinate and Mrs Robert Walter, Mrs Tim Wagner, Mrs Marie Lindsay, and Miss Evelyn Schulz for Pomona. Winners span Bloomington Cedax Wapsie South Prairie and many classes, led by Mrs O E Burge and Mrs Hilda Windman, with prizes from Mrs Black and Bloomington Grange. door prize awarded to Mrs Holderman.
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Bloomington
Pomona Grange
Pomona
Irene “Lilrs
Clarence Potter
Emma Birkhofer
Hilda Windiman
Mamie Philips
Hilda Windman
Windman
Cedax
Elsie
Holderman
E Grange
Wapsie
O. Pickford
Pickford
Uel
South
Prairie
C. &. Burge
Burge
The
South Prairie Grange
Robert’ Walter
Tim Wagner
Marie ‘Lindsay
Evelyn Schulz
E. Burge
C. E. Burge
0. E. Burge
Walliam Lake
H. Holderman
BE. Burge
Oo. E. Burne
Gertrude Black
Elsie Boorn
Virgini Anderson
Black
Bloomington Grange
Holderrhan
John Boorn
Bloomington Home Economics
Harry Wiese
Muscatine Light Board to Hold September Meeting
Trustees of the Muscatine municipal electric and water departments will hold their September business meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday.
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The
Muscatine “Municipal Electric and Water ‘Departments
Supervisors Set Second Sub Division Hearing Date
The board of supervisors schedules a second public hearing on a county subdivision ordinance revision for October 3 at 10 AM in the courthouse. The earlier August 2 hearing raised objections to street type references. the revised article assigns the zoning commission to decide street types for housing areas with under one acre lots.
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Board of Supervisors
Zoning Commission
Rotary District Governor speaks at Muscatine luncheon
Oskaloosa district governor and retired teacher James Allen addressed Muscatine Rotary Club praising Rotary as a way of life focused on service without reward or fear of consequences. He noted clubs in 11,500 communities and their work toward community betterment and high business standards amid diverse languages and beliefs. Before speaking he met with club officers and committee heads and Harold Vischer presented a biographical sketch of James Allen.
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Watters Scotto
Oskaloosa
Rotary
Muscatine
Scott
James Allen
Harold Vischer
Scouts Escape Rough Wapsipinicon Canoe Trip Down Rivers
Members of Boy Scout Troop Ka and Explorer Post 116 spent Friday to Sunday on a canoe trip drifting from Massillon to the Mississippi and to an explorer base near LeClaire. They camped on riverbanks and dodged sand bars while hauling canoes past fallen trees. Leaders include Donald Peterson and Verl L. Holtz. group sponsored by Lincoln School PTA.
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Boy Scout Troop
Explorer Post 116
Wapsipinican
Massillon
Mississippi
Explorer
LeClaire
Wapsie
Dennis, Peters
Ronald Covad
Kennith Smith
Thomas Anthony
Chrig Allenbernd
Freddie Edwards
James Smith
Jake Zoller
Roy Bynum
Steven Petersen
Randy Thompson
Joseph Veerhosen
Grup
Donald Peterson
Verl L. Holtz
The
Lincoln School Pta
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Clark College
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Mt. Carmel
Dana Sobwick
Iowa Walton League
DeWitt
Tabie
Faty
Lstatt
Ital
Thur
Maureen, O'Hara
James ‘Nocarthur
Donald
Judge Grange Neddlework
N. Spencer St
West Liberty
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