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'-i. MoieaHnt, JourtMaday, March IS, 1171 Obituaries and funerals Allied Ch u- Allied. Strs Am Bras AmjCan" Am Chain A Cyanid 32 44 27 ......39 Am Home 95 .....7 14 34 "Motora im-. Am Stand Am Star Vt MRS. CLARENCE BEAR SR.

NEW BOSTON Funeral services for Mrs; Clarence Bear Sr.y 61, of New Boston, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Reiser ChapeP with James Hancock of fkialing. Burial will be In the AJedo cemetery. -Visitation begins alter 7 o'clock tonight Mrs. Bear died at 8:15 Monday.

a Mercer, County Hospital in Aledo. 7.7 The former Edith Katherine Baxter was born June 3, 1907 at Aledo. She was the daughter of Alvah and Lucinda-Montgomery a xtef. Her marriage to Clarence Bear took place on May 24, 1930 in Aledo. Mrs.

Bear had been employed as a receptionist at the Mercer County Hospital i Aledo. Her married life had been spent in New Boston. Survivors Include her hus- -band, Clarence Bear Sr. at home; a son, Clarence two grandchildren, all of Ale- -do; three sisters Mrs. Mary -Warnock, Wenatchee, -Mrs.

Olive Wilkins and Mrs. Edna- Carroll, Placerville, 1 Photofax) Getting set to hit the silk U- S. Air Force Academy cadets participate -left. Cadet First on Wall Street NEW YORK (AP) The stock market held to a modest gain today and was" drifting sideways. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials' at noon was up 4.29 at 938.29 Advances led declines on New York Stock Exchange by 7 Trading was moderate.

Anatos aa th mvM being buoyed by the strength- ening dollar 0n-the inter-; national monetary front and by a Commerce Department report that businessmen expect a strong gain in sales and inventory during the first quar ter. i lective issues after the maf ket's recent sharp decline, also iv, uv said. The Dow had lost some 21 points in a five-session decline that. endPd -TPsrta whPn th blueK3iip indicator rose some 5 points Raiisr'airlinesrai tips and fhemifals WPr WW Most 7 other stock categories "7. "7- "vr-v Chicago Cash Grains anCAGO'(AP) Wheat No aTOedT.etn; No 2 soft red limn.

Com No 2 yellow 1.22n. Oats No 2 Extra heavy white TPAn. Soybeans No. 1 yel low 3.34n. Soybean oitlll.43n.

Local Cash Grain Muscatine grain quotations as of 11 A.M. today. Corn: Moisture discount4 -trentsch-eTcent- -over" 15 percent. No." 2 $1.14 30 day delivery. Moisture dis Am in narachute training at the Ecole de l'Air, the Cadet First Class Lee Gardner, Cleve ,...45 .....43 Armst Ck 1 AtJ Richfld ...67 Avco Corp ....20 Beat ds Bendix Av 44 Beth Stl Boeing Co .....23 si Bur Nor.

.......43 Vs. Chrysler-Collins Rad Con Edis CPC fotl Deere doPont East Kod Fairmont ,,....32 ..17 257a ,....170 ....109 13V4 73y8 63" 30 .....2978 ....12 1 .....20 ,26 1 1 'Foote Min Tord Mot Fruehauf Sko Gen Gen Gen Gen Elec Fds Mot Cm -D- Gen Goodrich TTf Goodyear Gt Unit Greyhound lifiershey- French air force academy, during an exchange land. Ohio; and Cadet First Class Tony Orr, At-studyprogram between the two schools during The other two cadets are from the the 1971-72 semester. The American cadets who French academy and are not identified. earned their French Air Force jump wings are: Markets 'NATIONAL; STOCKYARDS, El.

(AP) Estimated receipts for Thursday; 5,000 hogs, 1,400 cattle and 130 sheep, ahogs butchers' 50-75 lower; sows 25-75 lower; 1-3 200230 lb butchers 24.00-50; 1-3 230-250 lb ,2 Zl n- 24 300-600 lb 22.00; der 350 lb 18.0W9.00. -I4ii; oaa. '-r OJ1U UUlltf llVt VJ bULllAJliVU Choice and prime 2-4 1175 lb slaughter steers 36.25, choice 9D0-1C75 lb 35.00-35.25; good and choice 31.50-3H.75; Choice and prime 1075 lb 34 slaughter heif- CIS JI.W, UIUICC on.w. hieh dressing 3s 28.00: utility QO nr en. AA tt nn.

canner 19.50-22.59. Choice yea-ler calves 44.00-48.00; prime 48.00-50,00; fP slaughter lambs steady. Choice and "prime shorn slaughter lambs with No 1-2 pelts 31.50, "ohoiee $jM y7'rr: 29.00- Omaha Livestock OMAHA, (AP) (USDA) Livestock quotations Wed--nesday: Hogs barrow's and gilts 25-50 lower; 1-3 ins-Mfl liKu on nti-M ok. nut, ai. 250 "lbs 23.5(23.75; 24 240-300 lbs 21.75-23.50; 30030 lb 21.50- 21.75; sows mostly 25 lower; MO0iM1.25O; Cattle all slaughter; calves.

10; steers weak to 25 lower; heifers mostly steadvr 35.50; good and low choice 31.50-34.75; high choice and prime 9254,05.0 lb heifers 31.75- -L'. flAf imw. 1L. mi cnoice ids sj.do- 34.50; good and low choice mercial cows 24.50-27.00: can ,1 j. ner ana cuner zz.uumau; loaa choice and prime 1,000 ib fleshy Daily report Oass Lew Hende Adult farm class has safety topic fety3alLMibeJop- ic of the Muscatine Vo-Ag adult' class Thursday, Mar." 7:30 p.m.

at the high school vo-ag room. Muscatine FFA chapter will be in charge of the program as they start their farm safety campaign. The program will include information and Health: and Safety Act of 1970 and how it effects farmers. There will also be discussion of the slow moving vehicle laws. 77 :7.7777L Gene Mathern, County extension director, will cooperate in this presentation.

A disv cussion wall be held and dem-onstraton given on farm safe-. ty practicesr All interested are invited to attend. Cull pigs .7 Muscatine County Barrow committee will sponsor a cull pig collection Mar. 18. The proceeds from this collection will be used to finance the annual spring barrow show to be held Mar.

29. Anyone who has a cull pig he would like to donate, may deliver it to the Heinoli Hog; Homestke .,...23 .373 ...37 ...60 ....18 IBM 1 Cent Int Merst 1 Ul counts cents each per cows steady to weak; mstances cent over 13 percent. $3.31 30 25-60 lower; scattered sales fee-day delivery, ders steady; high choice and a prime lb steers rutures advance ss.75;' choke 314.50- WILFRED HOUSER SR. Fimeral services few Wilfred-C. Houser, 57, will be held at 10 a.m.

Thursday at St-, Mary's church. The Knights of Columbus, have scheduled a special rosary to be recited by. members at 7:30 tonight at the Ri-; lev funeral home. The parish rosary' will be at 8:15 pjn. Burial will be -at St.

Mary's cemetery. Mr. Houser died Tuesday at Mercy hospital, Iowa City. MRS. GLADYS V.

LANFIER' Mrs. Gladys V. Lanfier, 67, died at 5 a.m. today at Musca-. tine General hospital, follow- ing an extended illness.

She had resided at 306 Gilbert St Born Jan. 22, 19C5, the jdaughter of 'William H. and "Pearl Fowler. Coulter, she had been a life resident Musca- tine. She married Elmer E.

Lanfier Muscatine. 1 Survivors include two sons, Gerald E. Lanfier. Nichols, and Eugene L. Lanfier, Cedar Rapids 13 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Her husbandTand one brother preceded her ur "death. Funeral services willbe the M. Wittich Funeral Home. Burial will be at Greenwood cemetery Visitation will begin at noon Thursday. Stockton man dies of burns Richard Caes, 21, Stockton, (hedttismornmgatUniversi- ty hospital, Iowa qty.wiiere he had been a patient since ter-receiv ing chemical burns in a plant accident Services are pending at the Frick funeral home, Durant.

Caes, the son of Mrs. Alice Caes, Stockton, was burned in the explosion of a salt-bath furnace at Nichols-Home-shield where he was employed. MHS students hear Mezvinsky Congressional candidate Edward Mezvinsky will meet with Muscatine High School government la ssstudents Thursday. an Iowa City lawyer who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the First District congressional seat, will be. at the school oeiween a.m.

ana nuuii. The candidate will, meet with the students during eacn government class period. Mezvinsky will campaign the Louisa County area Thurs day afternoon. Government class visits Des Moines COLUMBUS Jl'NCTlON -Students from the American government at Columbus Community traveled by bus to Des Moines Tuesday to give them an opportunity to observe the Iowa government in action and to see the var kus functions of government, legislation, executive andudi- cial. They alsohad-an'tippor? "tunity to meet and visit with representatives of the state legislature.

7-; Making the trip were Mary Beth Heindel, Paul Hoag, Tom Howell, Mark" Huston.Joel WebervTancy Gipple Loialie Qine, John. Chap'm, Michele Coon, Kenny, Dircks, Julie Garrison, Robin Greene Robbie Leonhard, Linda Mardock, Barbara Podaril, Sherry Ra- -mer, Norma Don Stewart, Gary Stapp, Sherri Stapp Steve" Rose Turner. Jim Wellington and Steve Whiter Accompanying the students were John" Buster, government teacher and John Cur' rie, high school i 7 Sheep 500; lambs fully steady; choice and primejshorn Moibdl Oil lambs 31.50'; choice and prime jaj wooled lambs28.50-29 cull, utility and good ewes 4.00-6.00.. Na MarXeit at West Liberty or the bought the nearby and sold Meyer on Chicago mart CHICAGO (AP) Soybean futures advanced nearly 3 cents a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade today. Wheat and corn futures were, mnivaA Kilt nae wara Twiror "wv Gains were posted in soybean oil and meal.

Iced broilers were little changed and trade slow. Wheat futures were down nearly 1 cent on the opening but rallied when the March option turned strong. Traders After about an hour, com was unchanged 50c higher, March 1.20 and oats were to lower, March 77 cents. Westmer FHA bake sale set JOY The Westmer Chapter of FHA will sponsor a bake, sale Saturday beginning at 8 a.m. in all four towns of the Westmer district.

In Joy it will be located at the fire station; New Boston at the laundromat; Keiths-. burg, Pinger's Store; an.4 Eliza an Rhode's Sire. The sale -will last until the food is gone. Iowa Beef Iowa 111 Kan nebr .19 .19 ....16 r7 ....32 ....27 ......43 .113 ....19 22 ,....29.. KC yl'u Pul COLL jffj v-, 1 lLlUHXU AIT Mnrrnr ErtitT m' Vt Penn Cent .,.4 7776 .7 ..29 ..49 ...85 ..54 Peraiey- Ul-Dl mil.

Phil Pet Q01 Oats RCA -U. .43 ,.72. ..314 ,109 Safeway SaFe Ind Sear Rob Southn Sperry Pac .....37 :.....59 ....74 ....32 ....48 18 ....62 ....17 .33 11 ....31 43 1 OU Cal Oil Ind Oil NJ Swift Co iV Carbde Un Elec- J. 9. imaa Unit Air t.

Unit BrdJ US Gyp US Steel Wn Union Westg El Woolwth Monsanto 'Dart Ind Wolverine Central Soya Keller 1 47 inursaays esiimates uane BOO; calves 25; hogs "pJUrt OAA iw, 7.7 OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Bar- rows and gilts were 25 to 50 lower on the Omaha livestock market Wednesday. Steers were weak to 25 lower and heif- ers mostly steady. Lambs were fully steady; i 1 7 YMC A program for Kiwanis A program on the YMCA of Muscatine was. given at the Tuesday noon 'Kiwanis club Calif.

She was preceded in death1 by her parents and three ri: lr trr MRS. DATTARY Funeral services-for Mrs. Bel L.Dattary, Sfwereheld ail J0DlJoaay aillie RalphrJr Wittich FutlPrfll Heme. Dr. J.

Henry Teele offi- ciated. Mrs. Floyd Scott was organist. Pallbearers were Carl W7es- ar on PihnrH DiliJOnfl teveJPug' a andJonLDug-: Mrs. Dattafy ieSunday night at Hospital.

Muscaitne General Light board approval given signal lights Under the customary three- way agreements by the Mus-. catine city council, school board and the board of light and water trustees, school stop lights will be installed on 8th St. in the vicinity of the new Washington elementary school under constfuction. Stop signal lights will be installed at 8th and Roscoe and 8th and' Broadway, according to officials of Muscatine JPow-er and Water. The total cost will be approximately $15,000 with the total to be divided by city) 1 dis.

trict and the municipal utility, Traffic sipals -Muscatine Power and Water authorized the installation of traffic signals at East 2nd St. and Cypress, which is the site of the new highway bridge being constructed over tire Mississippi river; -and at Grandview and Musser. Street lights Mercury vapor street lights on Park Avenue, from Clay St. to the Junction of Highways 38 and 61, are now under consideration. The street light committee of Muscatine-Power and Water will meet with the street lignt commit-1 tee of the city council and rep-' resentatives of the IoWa Higlt a y- Commission regarding the scope of the project 'r; 1 73 register at McKinley 1 A to'al of 73 youngsters were registered for kindergarten at McKinley school Tuesday.

'7l The next registration will be -from 9 ta 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Franklin school. Any child who will be five years old by Sept. 15 of this year, should be registered at the school nearest his home. The child's birth certificate should be brought to registration.

reach an acceptable compromise between the environmentalist, fanners and Drake said late this morning. Drake said the proposed compromises were acceptable to representatives of conV cernea industries, and 'he was having lunch this noon with Merrill Anderson, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau, to ex- Drake said the environment al bill is one of the most important facing' the legislature this year. that art District court Judge Stohr- Marriage license John Dennis Roelle, 19, and Holly Jean Anderson, 18, both of Muscatine. Rolland Fredrick Chatfield, 40, and Mrs. Dorothy Mable Perkins, 41, both of Musca-tine.

Weih vs. Lenora J. Weih. Res- pondents name of Lenora J. Weill is changed to Lenora Rhodes.

1 Probate John M. Wind-- man' died March 11, 3972 at Muscatine. Will dated July 15, .1963. Niece, Vella Miller ap- pointed executor without bond and heir. Marie Sutton died atMusca- tine, Feb.

28, 1972. Will dated 24, 1970. Cousins, Reta M. Bartelt and Harold G. Bar- -telt appointed executors with- out bond.

Ore third of estate to Charlotte Schafer. Remainder of estate to counsins, Reta--M. Bartelt and Harold G. Bartelt. True information Muscatine assistant county attorney David Kohlhammer has filed two true informations against Pat Lucas on the charge, of rape of two- female 1 under the age of 16 years.

Bail fixed at $20,000. Dismissal State vs. Ronald" Jones. Cause dismissed for insufficient evidence. Petition Judith Seitz previously known as Judith Ber gen vs.

William Dean Wil liams. Plaintiff asks judgment" of $1,500 and costs for injuries due to auto accident on or --about July 13,. 1971. Petitioner cnarges defendant with negligence. Final decree Arlene A.

Rossnagel vs. Frank Rossna-g 1, Marriage ordered dissolved. Petitioner is; to have custody of minor child to be born asissue of this wedlock $60 per week child suDnort nn- til 90 days after birth of child and then $26 oer week Order Sharon L. Phillips vs. Robert W.

Release of all exhibits in the for- -cgoing -matter is ordered. Permit is renewed Renewal of a perir. draw water from Pike Run" Creek by Ed and Mary iui received approvaUollowing a hearing held March-10 at 'the office of the water commissioner the-Natural Resources Council in 7 Des Moines. There were ho objectors at the hearing. The request was for a permit authorizing ontinued withdrawal of water-in the maximum quantity 0 139 acre-feet per yeaf from Pike Run" Creek and 320 acre-feet per year from two proposed wells durirg the period June 1 to Sept.

1 of each year. Peace talks resume PARIS (AP) The Commu nist, delegations to the Vietnam peace talks agreed today to a U.S.-South Vietnamese' proposal to meet Thursday for the first time in three weeks. The United States refused to meet on Feb, 17 because of the anti-American Vietnam peace meeting being held that week a Vers lilies. As soon as the con ference resumed Feb. 24, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong walked out in protest against American bombing of North Vietnam.

(Th Journal's Dally Report column wifc U. WM -l-urMinino. are a matter or dudiic recora are those on the records.) IIILIUUeU BIKI liiw name win. Hospitals AdmittedGail Staats, 702 -W. 8th Christina Ostran- der, 612 Evans St.

Roger 'Douglas, 915 Nebraska St; -Mrs. Edna Fordham, 20C9 Lin- -colir -BlvdT "Mrsr Durst, 1818 Green Acres; Mrs. Henry Stnessaert. Aledo; Mrs. Edna Phillips, 1007 Nebraska St.

Donald Lament, Vernon Allen, Route 2. DismissedMichelle Sym-monds, 1209 Dale Yvonne Te-trick, Msntpelier; Mrs. Ralph Bermel, Route Mrs. Vert Phillips, Grandview, Joseph Montgomery, 118 W. Kev- in Hammer, Mam Donald er Blue Grass; Clarence Schneckloth, Nichols; Harry Freese.

52 Hammer, Boston Danny Bull, Reynolds. Other haspitals Mrs. Eve- lyn Crouch is: a patient at the Osteopathic Davenport. Municipal court Judge Jack L. Burns Expired 1972 "Iowa license plates Marilyn G.

Cooneyr- lili Park $10 and costs Speeding Ronald Paulsen, "Stockton. $15 and costs. John R. Paul, 1126 Oregon and costs. Richard Walling, 317 Cherry St, $15 and costs.

Larry James Miller, 1741 Devitt $15 and costs. 7 Possession of beer by a mi-nor-rDonna Beltz, West Liber ty, $50 and costs. Allowing a minor to violate curfew Russell Beltz, West Liberty. $10 and ocsts. r- 2 charges Rogert Foster, 905 Oregon one charge, -each of intoxication, $10 and costs; and disturbing- peace, $25 and coste.

7- Contributing to the delin- queney of a minor Robert Lorin Fults, Solon, $100 and costs. Wayne James Iowa costs. Carl James Yeggy, ioa $100 and costs. Thieves get $150 in cash from a safe Two break-ins and an at-' tempted ireak-in were report-7 ed here thu morning to the Muscatine Police Department. Thieves got away with about $150 in cash from the safe at the and Lounge in a break-in there overnight, said pole.

Police say entrance was -gained by prying open a door on the north end, of the building with, an iron bar. The safe was opened by' using the combination, according jo police. A break-in also wag noted at Jamison Garage, 207 Franklin overnight Entrance was gained through a west window but nothing was believed missing. Roy Patchett, 1528 Grant, stated thieves attempted to break into the Dairy queen overnight, no entrance was Varidalisni report A report was received frbm a Mrs. Layman, 315 Cedar stating a hole was shot in a front window of her residence sometime during the night 1 meeting by Robert Day, exec- exac0 utive secretary of-the Musca Textron 7 tine YMOA and Vernon Wak tens nrwiiHnt vf fliA IwvarH -UlAL directors.

Dav stressed the "opnnTft to pe opt emphasis of the YMCA in dismissing the var- ious physical, youth andami-ly programs. Walters briefly described the YMCA World Service pro gram in which YMOAs coop-; rate with other countries for mutually strengthening. -Upcoming events include the drive beginning March 20; aa open ton. If a producer would like to have his hogs picked up, he should contact either the Muscatine, Wilton, or West Liberty FFA chapters at the high schools. Identify skeleton DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -Polk County Medical Examiner Dr.

Robert Connair says' a skeleton found in a shallow grave here last week apparently belonged to a man of Mexican or Indian descent. Connair said Tuesday an au- topsy showed the man" had a fractured skull; indicating lie may-have-been bludgeoned to death. ne saw me waentilied body was Pbably in the gravenear theDes-Moines River since last October Youngsters "playing in the "area stumbled upon the graves-' ite last Thursday. The head of ih -skeleton-was 'protruding from the ground. Nichols church admits membeis NICHOLS Five new mem- bers were received into mem- bership at the Nichols United Methodist Church Sunday by Rev.

Robert Foster. They included Mr. and Mrs! Harry Reiss, Mr. and Mrs. David (Dick) Ghown and Mrs.

Larry Willey. A sunrise service and, break fast are being planned for fee Nichols church, on Easter Sunday. Mere details will be announced Resurfacing contract let in Louisa county WAPELLO Norris Con struction Company at Ottum-wa was awarded the contract for asphalt resurfacing of road, county trunk 71 (72) with a bid of $188,608.30. This will include 7.492 miles, i Completion date is to be Other bidders were L. Pelling bf Iowa City, W.

Hodg-m a and Son, Fairmont, Minn, and Iowa Road Builders, Ames. 55-v, 27-23 67y house on March 26; and the annual dinner meeting on April 27. Richard C. Kautz, Muscatine, president of -the national YMOA will be the speaker at the annual dinner. Engineers hear state officer Drake heading conference on hew environmental bill His $50 Wes Wulff, chairman of the Muscatine Chamber Area Retail Council, announced today Otto Tennant, Iowa Engineering Society presidentelect, was the featured speaker at the meeting of the Muscatine Chapter of IES held at the Elk's lodge Tuesday evening.

He spoke to the group on Tape player taken Gary no address given, told poMce his vehicle was broken into and a Motorola tape player and five tapes were stolen. Damage also was noted to the dash board, said police. 7' 1 Entrance was gained to the auto by breaking out a left rear window. Headlight stolen MrSr hillip Haury, 1716 Bryan' Ave. reported a head- light was stolen from her 1966 Chevrolet truck overnight.

V1 -House break-in Vernon King, 419 Evans told police someone broke intoi his reydence shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday. Entrance was gained by rem 0 i ng the moulding from around a pane ofglasi in a front storm door, breaking, a corner of the glass and unlocking the door. Nothing was believed mossing at this time, the re- "IES and You. that R.C Oilman, Box 46, has been selected as the winner of the jingle.S.

contest sponsored by the retail council. Ohman's jingle was "Your hard-earned dollar amounts to Al Paul of the Anson-Mar-' After failure of the second House and Senate conference committee 1 0 reach agreement on Senate File 85 (thev environmental package bill State Representative Richard Drake (R-Muscatine) was named this morning as chair-. man of a third conference committee. Rep. Drake said his knpor- ston chapter was a guest promoting the IES state con-X vention to be held at' April 20-22- more whe'rt you shop and save" at a Muscatine store." 't will receive, a $50- JliOpriLjiiettingwill-Jifil- savings bond for his jingle.

held April at the Geneva Golf and County Club and will tantineasurrouldctInrUt four areas of environmental measure to him. There was also a contest for a drawng sketch to symbolize shopping in Muscatine, but no appropriate drawings were entered. 1 be a "Ladies Night" with Muscatine educators Drs. and Hopkins as guest speakers. control: solid wastes, air lution, water pollution, and a chemical review board.

are rewriting the bill to.

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