City Weighs Flood Bill Studies for Future Protections
Muscatine faces flood damages from the 1905 crest with costs around 500000. City engineer William McIlwee recommends studying future flood protections including levee top raises, seawall connections to the island levee, and extending the Mad Creek levee to prevent railroad closures and protect business districts and highway traffic.
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Muscatine
Mad Creek
H. J. Heini Co
Muscatine Island
William McIlwee
Hershey Ave
Nue
Road Creek
Mulberry Avenue
Mississippi Drive
Rock Island Lines
Michael Creek
Thijs
Ing
mid-Muscatine
Corps of Engineers
Band Concerts Set for July Fourth in Weed Park
Two band concerts are planned at Weed Park on Sunday July 4 at 2 00 p m and 7 30 p m prior to the fireworks with performances of show tunes marches and standards under Larry Hintz direction Concerts are funded by the Music Performance and Recording Industries Trust Fund and Local 551 of the AFM.
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Weed, Park
Larry Hintz
Music Performance and Recording Industries Trust Fund
Local 551
American Federation of Musicians
Owners seek city payment for wall collapse damages
The owners of a brick walled home at 300 West Second Street claim $22,500 after three stories of the wall including the basement collapsed during footings work for a warehouse at the adjacent Pine Street substation lot. Myrtle Conkling and another resident filed the claim. the home was occupied when the wall fell. June 20.
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West Second Street
Municipal Electric Utility
Pine Street
Myrtle Conkling
Postoffice Observes Holiday in Muscatine Monday
Muscatine postoffice will be closed Monday July 5 as a holiday. All postal stations shut. Sun Mart at Grandview and Park Avenue stay open Sunday July 4. No city or rural carrier delivery Sunday or Monday. windows closed. Substitute staff on duty. incoming mail distributed. last dispatch 205 p.m. Special delivery within Muscatine.
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Muscatine
Sun Mart
Grandview Avenue
Park Avenue
Suit Seeks 1200 Dollars For Missing Tires And Rims
Bromett L Weikert Jr sues Donald Sell in Muscatine district court seeking 1200 dollars for loss of tires and rims from an '87 car. Weikert alleges the tires and rims were removed in May 1965 and asks for 1000 dollars exemplary damages plus costs.
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Bromett L. Weikert, Jr
Muscatine District Court
Donald Sell
Weikert
County Home Sewer Contract Awarded To Lucas Firm
Clyde Lucas Quality Plumbing of Mulcatine received the county board contract to install sanitary sewer facilities at the county home off Houser street. Lucas was the sole bidder at 6369.50, including lines from buildings and a pumping station connected to last year’s city sewer project up Houser street.
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Clyde Lucas
Mulcatine
County Board
Houser Street
Lucas
Carpenter avoids major injury after two car collision
Astronaut Scott Carpenter, 40, escaped with scratches in a head on crash on U S 98 west of Panama City at 6 40 a m. He pleaded guilty to driving on the wrong side of the road and was fined 25. Police seized mortars machine guns pistols and ammunition at a sporting goods shop shipping arms to an anti Castro group in Cuba. Garfield reelected as chief justice Theo Garfield of Ames 70 has served on the court since 1941 chief justice since 1961.
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Scott Carpenter
Space
Carpenter
U.S. 98
Panama City
New York
Cuba
Garfield
Tie Raat Pes
Una mviNos
Theodore G. Garfield
Ames
Supreme Court
Judge Stohr Names Official Court Reporter Judge
Judge Robert K. Stohr began his term by appointing Donald E. Saxton as official shorthand reporter for Muscatine district court. Terrence L. Mealey was named to the county’s hospital board to succeed Stohr. Saxton previously served as reporter to Judge Matthew Westrate, Stohr’s predecessor.
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Robert K. Stohr
Donald E. Saxton
Muscatine District
Benedict to star in Come Back Little Sheba at CSC
Eldon Benedict of Muscatine Iowa will attend the Little Theatre of the Rockies at Colorado State College this summer on a scholarship. Benedict, a Muscatine High School teacher and University of Dubuque graduate, is a CSC graduate student studying drama and will appear as the postman in Come Back Little Sheba. The theatre, built in 1964, is touted as one of the Wests premier college stages offering both student and teacher programs with a tuition waiver for company members.
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Colo
Eldon Benedict
West St. St
Muscating
Towa
Little Theatre of the Rockies
Colorado State College
Benedict
Muscatine High School
University of Dubuque
CSC
Come
Little Sheba
Little Theatre of the
Rockies
United States
Man Injures Head in Fall on Cedar Street
Harvey Jones, 63, of Nichols, sustained a head injury about 7:30 am today after falling from a truck while unloading pine with a construction crew on Cedar street near the Logan street junction. Police took him to Muscatine General hospital where he was treated and released.
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Harvey Jones
Nichols
Cedar Street
Logan Street
Jones
Muscatine General Hospital
Illinois to Boost Tax on Cigarettes
Springfield AP reports the Illinois Legislature reached agreement to raise the state cigarette tax from four to seven cents per package, with the measure advancing after hours of debate. The action aims to increase revenue for state programs and curb smoking.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Fine Man $300 Here on OMVI
Gerald Don Bridges pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Muscatine district court. He was fined 300 dollars and assessed 21.50 dollars in costs. Bridges, arrested May 15 by Muscatine police, had his license suspended for days by Judge Matthew Westrate.
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Gerald Don Bridges
West Eighth Street
Davenport
Muscatine
Bridges
Matthew Westrate
Employment Office Closed in Honor of Claude Stanley
The Iowa State Employment Service will close Friday from 10 30 a m to 1 p m to commemorate Claude Stanley an original Iowa Employment Security commissioner. Stanley served on the commission from 1937 to 1959.
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Iowa State Employment Service
Claude Stanley
Iowa Employment Security Commissioners
Stanley
The Muscatine Journal Daily News Policy
The Muscatine Journal is a daily paper except Sunday, published by The Muscatine Journal, a Lee Enterprises unit. It operates from 301 G, 3rd St, Muscatine, Iowa 52761 and is treated as second class matter at the Muscatine post office under March 1879 law.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Muscatine
Town
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription rates and delivery details for Muscatine paper
Daily one year by mail within fifty miles of Muscatine costs 12 dollars. Over fifty miles 18 dollars. Subscriptions paid in advance via mail are available. Special delivery service offered for misset papers. Office hours daily, Saturday until 1 PM. Dial 263-2331 for delivery issues.
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Muscatine
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