Davenport Firm Proposes Plan for City Waste Hauling
A Commercial Container Corp of Davenport presented to Muscatine city council finance committee a paid waste hauling plan. A renegotiation question arose on zoning for fresh disposal in county areas. No cost figures were given. a quote by Dec. 19 was promised for hauling 150 tons daily. The landfill study committee reviews three sites including a Wyoming Hill tract owned by Harry Fryberger and two sites near north Muscatine owned by the Heinz Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Container Corporation of
Davenport
Muscatine
James Stelzner
Muscatine County
Mr. Gairns
Wyoming Hill
Harry Fryberger
North Muscatine City
H.J. Heinz Company
Muscatine Band Boosters Formed At High School
About seventy parents met at Muscatine High School to establish a Band Boosters club. The group aims to support both concert and marching bands with enthusiasm. A Christmas concert is planned for December 17 at 2 p.m. in the high school auditorium with free admission. Officers elected include co chairmen Dave C Johnson and Mrs William Leslie and publicity chair Richard Drake. Contact Larry Hintz or officers to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine High School
Brass
Clarinet
Jean Kathrien
Dave C. Johnson
William Leslie
Richard Drake
Larry Hintz
Muscatine Plans Sewer Grant Talks With HUD Officials
A Muscatine delegation will travel to Chicago to discuss a possible HUD sewer grant prior to Dec 15. The council seeks a 50 50 funding split with HUD to pursue Mud Creek and Papoose Creek area projects, with an estimated $3 million program but likely staged. City projects may start around $50 000, with general goals totaling about $1 million for sanitary sewers and $2 million for storm sewer improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chicago
Council Sewer Committee
H.U.D
William McFlwee
Muscatine Approves Revised 1968 Street Paving Plan
Muscatine aldermen will vote on a revised 1968 street program lowering costs from 545000 to 415000. Bidwell Road is trimmed from 654 miles to 10 miles and excluded along with a 130000 cost, new plan includes Bidwell from Isett Avenue to Leroy Street about .10 miles. Additional segments total .85 miles of Sampson Street, .50 miles Fulham Avenue, .30 miles Barry Avenue, .20 miles East 5th Street and subdivisions for 50,000 with Fulham halved to .5 miles. East 5th Street and subdivision work added, reflecting opposition noted in a telephone survey.
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Muscatine
Bidwell Road
Isett Avenue
Leroy Street
Evelyn Schauland
Pat Finnegan
Sampson Street
U.S. 61
Oregon Street
Fulham Avenue
Buell Avenue
Kindier Avenue
Barry Avenue
Mulberry Avenue
East 5Th Street
Park Avenue
Address mixup ties suspect to wrong home on Ninth Street
Residents at 913 EE Ninth Street report Russell Miller, sentenced Tuesday for breaking and entering, actually resided at 911 Ninth Street, not the 913 address listed in public records.
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EE. 9Th Street
Russell Miller
E. 9Th Street
Charles Sifford Wins 1957 Long Beach Open Title
Golfer Charles Sifford clinched his first professional victory by winning the 1957 Long Beach Open in California. The win marks a milestone for Sifford as he secures a professional title in a notable West Coast event.
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Charles Sifford
Long Beach, Calif
Muscatine Considers Police and Fire Raises
The Muscatine civil service representative told aldermen that an extra 20 a month was sought for police and firemen on top of a 7.5 percent raise already approved to begin January 1. Starting pay would rise from 438 monthly to 5,280 annually, with comparisons showing Muscatine below Iowa's average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Homer Weis
Civil Service Commission
Weis
Iowa
DeWitt
Evelyn Schauland
Council
Muscatine Journal Publication Note
The Muscatine Journal is a daily paper excluding Sundays and holidays, published by The Lee Enterprises. It is incorporated at 201 E 3rd St Muscatine Iowa 52761 with second class matter status and the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AF dispatches.
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The
Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
E. 3Rd St
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Paper
Daily carrier delivery in Muscatine is $2.00 per month in advance. Delivery by carrier outside Muscatine is forty cents a week. Mail subscriptions within fifty miles are $15.00 per year, towns with carrier service $18.00, and over fifty miles $20.00. All mail payments in advance. Office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. Special delivery until 6:30 p.m. daily and 4:00 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 263-233k.
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City of
Muscatine
Dial
Benner Store Holds Christmas Party for Staff
A Christmas party was held Tuesday evening at the Sunset Inn for full time employees their spouses and part time staff at the Muscatine Benner store. A social hour preceded the smorgasbord with games and prizes. Ruby Fuhlman won the door prize. Mrs Gordon Schroeder distributed corsages. Gordon Schroeder the manager and Mrs Schroeder hosted about 65 guests.
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Sunset Inn
Muscatine Benner
Ruby Fuhlman
Gordon Schroeder
Thatcher Glass Promotes Yohn to Vice President
Franklin B. Pollock announces Al Abrahams will move to the Glass Container Division to focus on production engineering while Carl R. Yohn is promoted to Vice President manufacturing for Plastics Packaging. Yohn, with Thatcher since 1952, will transition from Muscatine to Elmira around January 2, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatcher Glass
Yohn
Franklin B. Pollock
Rexall Drug & Chemical Co
Rexall
al Abrahams
Muscatine
Carl R. Yohn
Thatcher
Financial Division
Cost Department
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Greenwood Cemetery
Charles Freers
Dave Meeks
Gairns
E.S. Burns
Leroy Taylor
MHS
Mud Creek
Papoose Creek
Rip van Winkle
Doan
Uptown
Emiles
Shanes
New
Norelco
Bramway
Pharmacy
East Second Street
the Muscatine Journal
Electrolux
Neal
East Second Muscatine
Benner
Abrahams
Elmira, N. Y
Carl
Brunswick
Monterey
1&S
Brentwood
West Second Street
Allen
Yun
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