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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
2
Muscatine county and City of Muscatine staff will commence reassessment of real estate and personal property in January. The state code requires a four year cycle with annual updates in intervening years, and assessors will reassess all county real estate this year.
City hall and county courthouse offices will stay closed Saturday for an extended New Year holiday. Sheriff police and fire departments operate as usual. Sanitation trucks begin Friday work earlier. post office will cut activities Friday and resume Saturday May 1 deadline for assessors work to be completed by May 1. Assessors start Jan 2 city crew Jan 4. Assessments for 1986 taxes. DES MOINES Gov Harold Hughes weighs cuts to State Board of Regents budget requests asking $130 million for next biennium about one-third more than current. Acting City Assessor team aided by Doris Freese Helen Roells Frances Garth. County Assessor John Graham held a school for eight field staff and announced territories for several townships. Robert Minder Pike Bloomington townships Nichols Russell Newcomb Wapsin-
A fire damaged a combined garage and dog kennel at Lorance Cooper's home on Stewart Road. Five rare African Besanji dogs were rescued unharmed as firefighters worked from 1:40 p.m. to access the roof and kennels, possibly starting from an electric heater. Cooper, on crutches after a recent auto accident, led the discovery and response.
Backers of Rep. Gerald R. Ford claim he leads Rep. Charles A. Halleck in the Republican leadership contest by more than 2 to 1 among 140 GOP voters. Ford has 101 votes to Halleck 25 in a Ford breakdown, with 72 needed to win.
The Muscatine United Fund will hold its annual membership meeting at 7 30 p m Monday January 11 1965 at the Civic Center All contributors are members and urged to attend Reports of 1964 officers and chairmen and the 1965 campaign final will be given Two directors at large will be elected After the meeting the new board will organize and elect officers for 1985 Mrs Juanita Cory and Richard Stoddard were elected by 16 agencies to two year terms on the board The Labor Advisory committee named William Tobias to a one year term on the board
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission opened a survey of public utilities including telephone electric and gas firms to assess if profits are excessive. In Fennimore three children Kevin Thorpe Connie Thorpe 7 and Joan Jackering 9 died from carbon monoxide poisoning while asleep in a car parked at a supper club on a Wednesday night.
The Muscatine Journal is a daily newspaper except Sundays. It is published by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Len Enterprises, at 301 E 3rd St Muscatine Iowa. It is entered as second class matter in the Muscatine post office under act of March 137%. The Associated Press content is used exclusively for local news publication.
Daily rates delivered by carrier are forty cents a week. Mail subscriptions within fifty miles of Muscatine are $12 per year, and over fifty miles $18 per year. All mail subscriptions require no advance payment. Office hours are 8 am to 8 pm daily. Saturday editions cost 25 cents. Special delivery service for missed papers is available at 6:10 and contact numbers 263-2431.
As Iowa faces year end, motorists are urged to drive cautiously amid a statewide rise in fatalities. Muscatine County reports its best annual toll in years with seven deaths, including two women in Muscatine and a fatality on Highway 1 east of town. Interstate 80’s opening may influence fewer deaths. statewide deaths reach 848 to date, compared with 728 in 1956 and 725 the previous year.
The Muscatine Junior Chamber of Commerce will collect Christmas trees from residences Saturday January 2 starting at 12 30 p m. The trees will be used for wildlife cover and the club will donate them to this cause. One trip will cover each street area so residents should place trees on the curb Saturday morning with any donation in an envelope attached to the tree.
Davenport newspapers plan installation of an IBM 1620 computer system to set all news and classified ads. The upgrade aims for faster, more accurate type, better spacing, and uninterrupted data flow from tape perforator to one casting machine, producing 675 to 725 lines per hour. The Times-Democrat will be first in the Lee Group to adopt the system.
Bernard Osborn reports his car at 141 Colorado Street had a battery stolen at 9 35 p m on Wednesday. Larry Stropes says 24 Christmas lights were taken from his display. A string of 18 bulbs was found at Merle Werner’s home on Maiden Lane Wednesday afternoon.
The United Nations General Assembly began a ten day New Year recess after closing 1964 without a Soviet U S clash over the Russians' assembly rate. The Security Council ended the year with a resolution urging a cease fire in the Congo.
City reports 1964 building permits total 2 078 105 dollars. New homes account for 1 239 929 dollars across 89 permits. Non residential work 1 442 551 dollars across 91 permits. Remodeling 178 193 dollars for residences and 114 452 dollars for non residential. Six year totals show 482 homes and 13 803 421 dollars in construction.
Criminal cases pending against four defendants were dismissed and another fined for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Muscatine district court. John Milton McCullough, 66, route 2, was fined $300 plus costs and had license suspended 60 days. Le Roy Young and Willie Belt were freed on automobile larceny charges since they had been prosecuted in federal court for the same offense. Harold Samuel Thompson faced a forgery charge dismissed, and Keith Anthony Grandview saw indecent exposure charge dismissed. William Frederick Kepke, 1120 Fillmore Street, pleaded innocent to indecent exposure. his case was pending.
Des Moines reports that Iowa five year tax claims were dismissed as time barred. District Judge Warren Rees in Cedar Rapids tossed ten suits by Linn County residents seeking taxes and penalties on delayed moneys and credits. Meanwhile Scott County Treasurer Kenneth Gaines said the Tax Commission ordered collection of about 279000 from 74 Davenport and Bettendorf residents for 1960s claims.
Randy Burkholder and Roland Terrell state they found two deer on Duane Mallie farm southeast of Muscatine Illinois. The doe was tackled by Terrell and pinned with Burkholder assisting. The animal was placed in a barn while a game warden decides its disposition. Burkholder noted the deer may have been injured, hindering its escape.
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