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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
10
New York stocks show unusual activity as Quotatlan energy faces speculative moves. Mark Lynch and Pierce Fenner and Smith report market chatter linking results to Sir Davenport notes.
A Muscatine couple, Uriented to wed Arthur's Orange Royal aged 23 and Carel Lae Boorn 18 from Moscow, face a separation complaint. The plaintiff seeks 1985 in furniture and appliances and that he receive a 1956 car, tied to a Dec 1 1963 marriage and July 20 1963 separation timeline clarified by court. Civil docket lists multiple speeding and theft related charges alongside hospital notices and an adoption of a three month old boy named Carisdan Lee Jackson.
Wholesale poultry prices steady with wholesaler buys unchanged for live poultry and white rock fryers. Market notes include mixed grades and various figures such as AA ST, OL A SMer 90 B 5644 BoC 43 and 1 blehers per cent or better grade A whites with D1 and mediums 28.
New York stock market extended Friday’s rally with the Dow Jones industrial average climbing about 3.8 points at noon. Major gains showed in Ford General Motors and IBM while Polaroid and U.S. Steel rose modestly. Market breadth was mixed with some declines on the American Stock Exchange.
Public hearings set for August 29 on rezoning requests and a special permit to develop a trailer camp. Proposals from Pine Mill school site east of Wid Cat Den State Park and Albert Kemper family involve reclassifications from agricultural to residential and related land use changes. Also listed is a Belknap property rezoning to sell acres to his children and a proposed trailer camp development along a county blacktop north of Highway 61. Budget hearing scheduled for August 45 1963 at 7:45 PM. city to publish expenditures and receipts for 1964.
Chicago USDA receipts show 3,100 hogs and 6,000 cattle with 240 bees. Hogs steady in moderate activity. mixed Newland 2 grades 180-295 lbs at 18 dollars. Slaughter steers steady to 25 cents lower. mostly prime 1,184 lb cows top at 25.75. Calves and bulls mixed. sheep offerings steady with spring lambs around 21.00 and ewe values 4.00-6.00.
At about 4 40 a m a deer was struck on Highway 1 north of Wapella causing a two truck crash. Richard Schuler of Carmen Illinois drove a 1983 glation wagon into the deer. the deer died. Ralph McDowell Louisa County Sheriff investigated as Hewitt of Winfield slowed for the scene and a Bonewity Chemical truck rear ended Hewitt’s. Damages totaled 500 to the chemical truck and 150 to the Hewitt vehicle.
In quiet trading on the Chicago Board of Trade prices in futures grew firmer with wheat and soybeans up about two cents a bushel in mid afternoon trading. Rye edged higher while other grains showed little change. Nearby carlot receipts estimated for wheat and corn varied, with oats and barley also noted and soybeans advancing before market close. Dairy cattle salt needs tripled per Salt Institute.
The note lists Chicago cash grain bids and futures terms for wheat corn and soybeans, including No 2 yellow corn bids around 1.33 and oats around 68, with references to markets in California Washington Texas and Colorado and mixed bid tones. It mentions no clear sales or outcomes and reads as market price snippets and commodity terms.
Sealed bids for the sanitary sewer improvement program in Muscatine Iowa will be opened August 28 1083 at 4 PM in City Hall Council Chambers. Plans and specifications are on file with the City Clerk. Work includes multiple 8 and 10 inch sewers on blocks including Climer Logan Jefferson and Lucas. bids cover manholes Wye connections surface restoration and pavement replacement. The council will adopt plans specifications and contract forms at the same time. Objections to proposed improvements or costs may be filed.
City seeks bids for sanitary sewer construction on area six including hack avenue Mulberry Ave. Specifications call for manholes, riser pipes, and surface restoration with concrete and gravel. Bonds, deposits, and plans available from City Clerk and Engineering Dept with bid due date in 1963.
Public notice under Iowa law announces proposed amendments to the Muscatine County Zoning Ordinance. The Board of Supervisors seeks to adopt changes including preliminary plans for new development, final plats, occupancy requirements, and a definition of immediate family, with a public hearing set for August 22 1963 at 10 09 AM CDT in the Board of Supervisors Office Muscatine Iowa.
Objections to zoning changes in Muscatine County are listed along with August meeting dates. The Muscatine Community School District invites bids for a new conditioning system at the high school with delivery to Muscatine High School. Provisions favor local products and delivery terms are specified. Probate notices announce hearings on wills for Iea Frances Goble Jaye and Alice Lamb with dates in August and June terms.
Classified advertising page lists sections such as rummage sale cards memorials lost and found professional services and employment opportunities. It notes deadlines for classifieds close at 2:33 am and provides contact instructions to place an ad by calling 253 BL and asking for the ad clerk.
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