Muscatine Council Tightens Parking Meter Fines
Muscatine mayor and aldermen approved raising meter violation fines from 25 cents and one dollar to 1 and 2 dollars, with final adoption pending publication. Citizens and merchants criticized the move as driving away shoppers, while officials noted revenue from meters plus over-parking fines totals about 1,060 dollars monthly.
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John Kasbeer
Muscatine
Harold Pat Finnegan
Gerald Powell
Evelyn Sehauland
Harold Vischer
John Hilton
Finnegan
Wayne Toeman
Robert Wheeler
City votes to enforce parking strip tree ban in Muscatine
At 10 20 p m council votes unanimously to enforce an ordinance banning tree planting on parking strips between curb and sidewalk. City Engineer McElwee outlines costs and hazards from trees including sewer damage, street widening expenses, and utility line interference while Aldermen discuss beautification and bids for tree removal and eventual replanting.
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William McElwee
Harold
Pat) Finnegan
McElwee
Mulberry Avenue
Muscatine
Evelyn Schauland
Powell
Dr. R. Klein Seated on Levee Commission Board
Dr. Robert F. Klein replaces Richard C. Kautz on the Muscatine levee improvement commission. The four-member panel includes Charles P. Hanley, Ray Korschel, and Vernon Willis. Klein, of 516 West Second Street, begins a four-year term ending December 31 next year, with a fall meeting planned for next year's program. City aldermen approved the appointment announced by Mayor B. S. Burns.
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Kautz
Charles P. Hanley
Ray Korschel
Vernon Willis
Robert F. Klein
West Second Street
Richard C. Kautz
Muscatine Levee
B.S. Burns
City urged to buy and operate Park Lane Golf Course
Petitioners asked the Muscatine city council to acquire Park Lane golf course as a municipal 18 hole facility amid plans to convert the 60 acre tract to housing. The petition, about 234 valid signatures, prompted referral to the park commission for study and potential recreation expansion.
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City
Park Lane
The
Park Commission
William Wellens
Geneva Country Club
Beach Lumber and Supply Co
John Hilton
Harold E. Peters
Muscatine Development Corporation
Visitor Arrives From Florida To Visit Family In Muscatine
Louis K. Nester of Hollywood Florida was due to arrive today to visit his father H. T. Nester at 402 Cherry a recent surgical patient. He will also see his grandmother Mrs Sarah Whitlock who had surgery this week and plans to stay several days in Muscatine.
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Louis K. Nester
Hollywood, Fla
H. T. Nester
Cherry
Sarah Whitlock
Nester
Muscatine
Council Adopts '67 Budget' With Record Tax Request
The city council adopted a 1967 budget with a record tax ask of 1 014 956 at 10 07 pm after a brief public hearing. The meeting outlined that 1967 expenditures total 2 303 241, slightly below 1966, and tax needs exceed last year by 186 474 funded by year end balances and other revenues. The budget accounts for building and electrical code enforcement and other anticipated costs.
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P.M. Musser Public Library
Muscatine Journal Publisher and AP Rights Note
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises, at 301 E 3rd St, Muscatine Iowa. It is entered as second class matter in Muscatine under act of March 1873, with AP rights reserved for local news and dispatches.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
E. 3Rd St
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Sunserthers
Subscription rates listed: Muscatine city deliveries at 2.00 per month in advance, non Muscatine carrier 0.40 weekly, mail within 50 miles 17.00 per year, mail beyond 50 miles 20.00 per year. All subscriptions payable in advance, office hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Special delivery for missed papers offered. contact 264-2331.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Pilot Club Meeting at Hotel Muscatine
Pilot Club of Muscatine met at the Hotel Muscatine for a noon business session. Vice president Agnes Rosenberger presided. Reports were read from committee chairs. An invitation from Hershey Convalescent Home invited members to its open house for a new addition. An invitation announced a Cedar Rapids tea and reception August 21 honoring district governor Glad Novotny. Carren Macon reported on the Pilot International convention in Cleveland from July 24 to 28. Irene Lary, club president, welcomed a new mother at the meeting.
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