Bridge Commission Forms With Varied Iowa Illinois Members
Muscatine Bridge Commission adds seven members from diverse careers led by new chairman Norbert Beckey. Illinois resident Alan L. Bartelt joins, others include Kenneth Bartelt and Max Churchill, Kenneth Duncan, and Alan Sloan. Panel eyes site survey, plans, and $5 to $6 million bridge over the Mississippi with funding gaps and treasury investments underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert F. Beckey
Muscatine Bridge
Jack MacConnaha
Max Churchill
Alan L. Sloan
Kenneth Duncan
Commission
George Volger
Duane Goodken
Iown
Illinois
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Muscatine Bridge Commission
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rt. 1
New Boston
Ilinois
Bridge Commission
Kenneth C. Barrelt
Lincoln Elementary
Kent Feeds, Inc
Kenneth L. Duncan
M. M. Memler
Hlingis Department of Highways
Virgil Butler
Iowa Highway Commission
Focal Bridge Group
Bartelt
Churchill
Duncan
Secre
Beckey
Sloan
Finais
Grange Youths Complete Three Day Area Tour
Young grange members from across Iowa concluded a three day caravan visiting Muscatine and nearby sites. Bloomington grange hosted the event with 38 youths and eight locals boarding. They toured the Herbert Hoover memorial West Branch Weed Park West Liberty Thatcher Glass Kent Feeds farms and the Heinz plant with a jail tour and meals at the Bloomington hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Grange
Iowa
Muscatine
H. J. Heinz Company
Bloomington Grange
State Grange
James Graves
Harold Boorn
Bloomington
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
Weed Park
Muscaline
Fair
West Liberty
Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Co
Fruitland Experimental Test
Kent Feeds Farms
Kent
City
Heinz Plant
Schmidhauser to Speak at Midwest Traffic Dinner
First District Congressman John R. Schmidhauser will address the annual Midwest Traffic Association banquet at Park Lane Country Club in Muscatine. About 100 traffic industry attendees are expected, with Tom Denis and Ron Darnall of Grain Processing Corporation co chairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Schmidhauser
Midwest Traffic Association
Park Lane Country Club
Muscatine
Tom Denis
Ron Darnall
Grain Processing Corporation
Three-Year-Old Pacer to Race at Town State Fair
A three-year-old pacing horse owned by W. H. Ford, 105 Begg Sr., will race next week Wednesday in the Hawkeye Colt stakes at the Town State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future F
W. H. Ford
Begg Sr
Town State Fair
Muscatine Journal details and AP use 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 52761. It is entered as second class matter and the Associated Press provides local news and AP dispatches for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Shuiscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Muscatine
Lows
Java
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Daily News Service
Subscription rates listed include city carrier delivery at 2.00 per month in advance, other carrier 0.40 per week, daily mail within 50 miles 12.00 per year, and beyond 50 miles 20.00 per year. All subscriptions payable in advance, office hours 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Saturday until 1 p.m. Special delivery for missed papers until 6:30, call 263-2331.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yverms
Atuscantine
Muscatine
Seven Thousand Tour New Museum Since Opening
The Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum opened May 16 and has drawn 7,000 visitors from Muscatine, 30 states, and foreign locations including Paris, Canada, West Indies, and Central America. Exhibits include Pearl Button display, a 49th Century bedroom, Civil War Room, speedboat trophies, African Room, and American Indian Room. A group of 20th Century American paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago remains on view until Oct 2. Organ concerts on the Estey organ are free Sundays and Tuesdays 3:00–4:00 and Thursdays 7:30–8:30. Fall exhibitions announced. Museum hours: Tue–Fri 2–5, Sat 10–12 and 2–5, Sun 2–5, Tue/Thu evenings 7–9. closed Mondays and holidays. McKinley school registration Aug 22–26 1–4 pm. entrance via Americana Ave due to Kindler Ave grading. YMCA Summer Fun group toured Heinz plant with swim at Y pool. Next week swimming party 10 am–noon. First Annual Exhibition of Muscatine area artists Oct 9–Nov 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Musser
Muscatine Room
Indies
Central America
Art Institute of Chicago
Estey Player
Linda Musser
Evelyn Wentz
YMCA
H. J. Heinz Co
Muscatine
Start Work On Isett Street Paving Near Heinz Factory
Irving F. Jensen Jr. company will start paying Isett Avenue from Clay Street to the main Heinz factory entrance late this afternoon or Friday morning. Grading and farm construction follow similar work on Kindler Avenue and two new subdivision streets. The Jensen company began work on the 1966 permanent street paving contract this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving F. Jensen
Isett Avenue
Clay Street
H. J. Heinz
Kindler Avenue
Jensen Company
Muscatine Lunch Prices Rise Five Cents for 66-67
Muscatine public schools raise student lunch prices by five cents for the 1966-67 year due to higher food and labor costs and reduced surplus commodities. L A Sehnack announces new rates: weekly tickets 1.75 with 35 cent meals for students and 2 with 40 cent meals for adults. single meals 40 cents for students and 45 cents for adults. surplus commodities distributed through the Iowa department of public instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
L. A. Sehnack
Iowa
State Department of Public Instruction
Cars Damaged In Collision On Grantview And Oregon
Two cars collided at 2 20 p m Wednesday on Grantview avenue at Oregon street. Mrs Carolyn Mae Goddard 27 Route 5 and Mrs Margaret G Morgan Camdenton Mo were the drivers. Morgan tried to turn into Oregon from Grand view in front of Goddard. Left front sections of the vehicles were damaged. A milk reduction is added to a school lunch price schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantview Avenue
Oregon Street
Carolyn
Mae Goddard
Route 5
Margaret G. Morgan
Camdenton
Morgan
Oregon
Grandview
Goddard
Police Called To Station Two Arrested
Police responded to a Grandview avenue service station after 2 a.m. and arrested Richard Leroy DeWeese for disturbing the peace. John D. DeWeese, 17, route 5, was charged with two curfew ordinance violations. Richard paid $10 fine and costs. John chose two $5 fines plus costs or four days labor, and began serving the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview Avenue
Richard Leroy DeWeese
John D. DeWeese
Local Firm Wins $43,510 Pump Contract
Carver Pump Co. has received a $43,510 centrifugal pump contract from the defense construction supply center, Columbus, Ohio. The agency is a field activity of the defense supply agency, Department of Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carver Pump Co
Defense Construction Supply Center
Columbus
Ohio
Defense Supply Agency
Department of Defense
Huffs Visit Relatives In Local Area From Laurel Montana
Mr and Mrs James Huff and their children from Laurel Montana arrived Wednesday to visit his mother Mrs Clara Huff at 615 W 5th St and his sisters Mrs Carl Hines and family Mrs Anntonette Faulkner and Mrs Virginia Woodworth plus other relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Huff
Laurel
Montana
Clara Huff
W. 5Th. St
Carl Hines
Anntonette Faulkner
Virginia Woodworth
Picture Review Unit Disbanding in Kansas
The Kansas State Board of Motion Picture Review is going out of business after being ruled unconstitutional by the Kansas Supreme Court and ordered shut down by Governor William H. Avery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Kan
Kansas State Board of Motion Picture Review
Kansas Supreme Court
William H. Avery
Farewell Dinner for Salvation Army Captain Spicer
Capt. John D. Spicer and Mrs. Spicer were honored at a farewell dinner by the Muscatine Salvation Army advisory board. They will relocate to Eau Claire Wisconsin at month’s end. Lieuts Nancy Riley and Mary Durham will take over here. A brief program included a farewell gift and a summary of Spicer’s year reports thanking the board for support. The Army relocated this summer from Chestnut Street to the former Mulford Congregational Church on Hershey Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Spicer
Salvation Army
Muscatine
Spicer
Nalystian Army
Chestnut Street
Mulford Congregational Church
Hershay Avenue
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Jvorbert Beckey
Ulinois
Bartell
MecConnaha
U.S. Treasury
Tives John R. Schmidhauser
Iawa
Grange
the Grange
Rep
Schmidhauser
Ken
Hetzler Farm Bureau
Connie Francis
Harve Presnell
Coron
Adam West
Bart Ward
Paradise
Ose
Luay
Bimis Presley
McKinley
McKinley School
Americana Ave
Kindler Ave
Fun Club
H. J. Heinz Plant
Muscatine High School
Central and West
Mulberry
Colorado
Montpelier
Picture Review Unit
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Plymouth
Hawk Motors
Grandview Ave
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