Muscatine bypass plan draws Iowa highway officials
A 23 member Muscatine delegation urged the Iowa Highway Commission to study a 6.3 mile bypass to ease traffic bottlenecks on highway 61. The plan includes a 20 foot right of way, five small bridges and 10 drainage structures with an estimated cost of 2.37 million dollars and 92 acres needed.
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Ames
Muscatine
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Buriington
Fort Madison
Park Avenue
William McElwee
Houser Street
Houser
South End
McElwee
Bradley
Dale Rickert
Harold Ogilvie
Robert Goodwin
Vandal Target: Weed Park Concession Stand Break-In
Park Superintendent Paul Colberg reported extensive vandalism at Weed Park’s concession stand with syrup, mustard, pickles smashed, shelves torn, doors pried from hinges. The nearby zoo stand also broken into while police report two cameras stolen from Marvin Minor’s car on Tow a Avenue.
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Weed Park
Paul Colberg
Clifford Bennett
Bennett
Marvin Minor
Towa Avenue
Police Chief Urges Caution as School Reopens
Police Chief Glenn Axel urges motorists to watch for school children returning to classes. He notes many children cross streets alone for the first time and drivers may become lax after summer. A bumper sticker reading School's Open-Drive Carefully is available at the police station.
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Glenn Axel
Axel
Muscatine Journal Publication Details
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises, at 301 ... ard BL, Muscatine, Iowa 52761. It is a second class matter under act of March 1879. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to national and AP dispatches for publication.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises, Incorporated
Stuscatine
Iowa
Muscatine
Associated Press
Subscription rates for Muscatine area newspaper
Delivery and pricing options include daily carrier delivery in Muscatine at 2.06 per month in advance, outside Muscatine 0.40 per day, yearly mail within 50 miles 12.8, yearly mail beyond 50 miles 20.06, all mail and options paid in advance. Special delivery service for missed panels operates until 4:30. Dial A for details.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Murcatine
Trend toward returning mental patients to home counties
Articles describe rising mental illness pressure yet shrinking state wards in Iowa. Muscatine county faces high long term care costs as patients are moved to county homes or custodial settings. Medicare and social security recast funding. local guardianship and relocation issues highlighted alongside a Labor Day closure and primary election shutdown.
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Iowa
Muscatine County
Duncan
Glenwood
Utility Employes At Meeting Here
About 30 representatives from the eastern region of Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. gathered in Muscatine for a fall season planning meeting hosted by the Muscatine gas division under manager Ronald Morgan. A tour of the H. J. Heinz plant and a Mississippi river cruise aboard the Kent boat complemented the conference at Hotel Muscatine.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Muscatine Gas Division
Ronald Morgan
H. J. Heinz Company
Mississippi
Hotel Muscatine
Quick Cabbage and Corned Beef Skillet Dinner
A simple skillet dish combines shredded green cabbage with a dab of butter and a splash of water. Serve alongside sliced ready bought corned beef for a quick main course.
Nauvoo Grape Festival Set for September 3 4
Nauvoo hosts its 2nd annual Grape Festival on September 3 4 with a pageant Quashquema to Nauvoo and the Wedding of the Wine and Cheese. State dignitaries will attend as Nauvoo celebrates history and inaugurates a new lake at the state park.
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Nauvoo
Ilinois
Mid-West
Nauvoo State Park
Route 96
Standard Oil Station
City
New Lake
State Park
Gene Beavers
Highway 96
Business District
Hayes Catholic Students Attend Orientation Meetings
Hayes Catholic high school urges freshmen and sophomores to attend 8 15 a m orientation Wednesday while juniors and seniors have a 9 15 a m session Thursday. The first full day of classes will be Friday.
Navy Shifts Recruiters In Davenport Iowa
Chief Machinist Mate Samuel Cooper becomes recruiter in charge of the U S navy recruiting branch station in the federal building at Davenport. He has served on the recruiting staff here since March 1965 and succeeds Chief Machinist Mate Donald E Grove who reports October 1 for duty on the USS Horne now under construction at the San Francisco shipyard. The Davenport station recently earned station of the year for the Des Moines district.
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Samuel Cooper
U.S. Navy
Davenport
Cooper
Donald E. Grove
Horne
U.S. Naval Shipyard
San Francisco
Calif
Des Moines
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