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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1964
Page
2
Heinz company, a Muscatine institution for 62 years, opens its new plant to the public for three days. Tours run 9:40 to 12:30, 1 to 5, and 6:30 to 9 p.m. Refreshments and souvenirs offered. Free bus service from Town Avenue, Second Street, and East Second Street to ease crowding.
J C Ryan born in Muscatine and educated there before leaving to Oberlin Academy will visit Muscatine in September for a family reunion and book release. His second book Revolt Along the Rio Grande from The Naylor Company details a 150 year clash along the Rio Grande and Pueblo revolt of 1680. He researched at University of New Mexico Arizona and Wisconsin libraries after retiring from Ray-O-Vac where he was vice president. Now based in Tucson he serves on civic boards and leads fundraising and Red Cross efforts.
Voters must qualify by 5 p.m. Friday September 4 at the city clerk’s office in city hall for the Muscatine Community school election on September 14. New voters and those with address or name changes must act, with the district selecting two board members and voting on selling the old Grant school at 602 Leroy Street. Kenneth Schrevers and Dr. Robert Asthalter seek re‑election. In Davenport authorities searched the Mississippi River for Benneth Slavans 42 who drowned while repairing a pin on his outboard motor. The boat was found under the Centennial Bridge. lights were on and the propeller pin sheared. Continuous police investigation followed.
Miss Susan Gerharz daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gerhart of 117 Parkington Drive Muscatine has completed training at Trans World Airlines Flight Hostess school in Kansas City Missouri. She will operate on Sky-Hiner flights from Logan International Airport Boston after leaving a secretarial position in Columbia Missouri. A Muscatine High School and Stephens College graduate.
George Arlyn Harris of Muscatine pleaded not guilty in Muscatine district court to aiding an escape from the county jail. Judge Matthew Westrate set a September term trial. Harris and Marold Weston Sturms allegedly cut a bar and escaped at about 11 p.m. May 23 by lowering a rope from a second-floor window. Sturms was later captured. Harris had earlier received a six month term for prior breaking and entering related to the incident.
Washington attorney general Robert F Kennedy and secretary Luther Hodges were subpoenaed to appear in pretrial proceedings for a $300 000 damage suit against Bobby Baker, former secretary to the Senate Democratic majority. The case, brought by Capitol Vending Co attorney David Carliner, alleges Baker conspired with Serv A Corp and others to terminate Capitol’s vending business with Malpar Co., a local defense contractor.
Muscatine Kiwanis members toured the Monsanto Company plant with Eugene Comeau explaining plant operations at a luncheon. Visitors saw ammonia fertilizer production and storage and the new Randox weed killer plant. Jack Tiernan attended as a guest of E. S. Burns, with Tiernan identified as Heinz factory manager at Pittsburgh.
Two traffic violators were fined in Muscatine district court by Judge Matthew Westrate. Raymond Oscar Miller, 23, 1417 East Fifth, pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and was fined 200 dollars with 20.50 dollars costs and a 60 day license suspension. Carter Miller, 1714 Bryan Avenue, was fined 150 dollars with 14.50 dollars costs for operating a motor vehicle while license suspended. He was arrested June 2 by city police and pleaded guilty Monday. Vern Melvin Burkhardt, Big Rock, arrested August 2 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated third offense, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. trial set for September term. Burkhardt was arrested near Stockton. David L. Malone, Muscatine, attends an 18-member workshop at State College Cedar Falls August 10 through 24 on programmed instruction for teachers and administrators.
In 1963 the Seventh judicial district covering Muscatine Scott Clinton and Jackson counties filed fewer civil and criminal cases than in 1962. Civil cases declined from 2,628 to 2,229 and criminal cases fell from 7,000 to 3,68, a 19 percent drop. The district averaged 55 percent disposition over eight years, with 1,035 cases pending at year end and 2,314 disposals in civil matters, most without trials. Municipal and police courts in Clinton and Muscatine handle juvenile and ordinance offenses, with various jurisdiction rules for mayor, police, and superior courts across the state.
Monday and Tuesday nights brought a rabbit on Central junior high grounds and an opossum found under a car on West Second Street. An irate parent disputed a minor’s traffic arrest while a visitor seeking work left with $4. A shotgun was found in bushes near Green Thumb Garden Center and turned over to police.
A church bus carrying six members veered across the center line on U S 101 near San Clemente after a front tire blew out. Eight people died including the adopted daughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. about 40 injured, ten in serious condition.
The city zoning board approved a second research building at Grain Processing Corp plant 1600 Oregon Street. The two story structure will match the current building at 120 by 60 feet and sit near the junction of Kemper Avenue and Phillips Street. The board also granted a permit to construct a carport at Jessie Truitt residence 407 Clay Street.
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