Iowa Man Gathers Vast Pearl Button Stock In Muscatine
Richard Massey has a warehouse and driveway paved with pearl buttons after buying out the Automatic Button Co and Hawkeye Button Co in Muscatine. He owns millions of buttons in 4,000 sizes and colors, shipping blanks to Japan and selling some to fairs and shops, hopeful the market may rebound someday.
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Parsons OKs $1 Million Industrial Bonds for TecTank Plant
Parsons city commissioners approved a $1 million industrial revenue bond issue and a building lease with TecTank Inc. TecTank plans a manufacturing plant on a 1 acre site near US 59, across from Lapette County Medical Center, producing heavy steel bulk storage tanks.
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