Bridgework on Muscatine toll bridge details progress and crew
The Muscatine project for the Iowa Highway Commission features a 4000 ft toll bridge with two 250 ft deck girder spans flanking a 500 ft center truss. It will use 2033 tons structural steel and 8077 tons reinforcing steel, with 9070 cubic yards of concrete, built by Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. and Sverdrup Parcel. George Morgan, Sverdrup’s resident engineer, has guided major bridge projects since 1926 and has worked on Iran and Mississippi structures.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
George Morgan
Muscatine
Morgan
Missouri School of Mines
Muscafine
Iran
Kaw
Kansas
Atachafalaya
Louisiana
Tennessee River
Alabama
Clark Fork
Columbia
Montana
Dauphin Island
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston Ship Channel
Texas
Calcasieu River
St. Louis
First Ave
Sverdrup & Parcel] and Associates, Inc
Mor
Missed delivery notice for Muscatine Journal readers
If your carrier fails to deliver, call him promptly. If you cannot reach him call the Journal circulation department at 263 2321 during stated hours Monday through Friday and Saturday afternoons. The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Lee Enterprises. Incorporated at 30 E. St Muscatine Iowa 52761. Entered as second class matter March 1879. AP rights noted.
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Muscatine Journal
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Lee Enterprises
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Iowa
Muscatine
Associated Press
AP News
Subscription rates for Muscatine newspaper announced
Rates list delivery options and prices for subscribers in Muscatine and surrounding areas. Daily by carrier within fifty miles is $20 per year, mail delivery within fifty miles $74 per year, mail over fifty miles $27 per year. Servicemen pay $20 per year, students $18 for nine months.
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Carr
City of Muscatine
Muzzatine
Devery
Muscatine
Daiey
Youth faces indecent exposure charge near school
Muscatine youth Henderson macuard, 18, of 609 E. 6th St, was charged with indecent exposure and resisting arrest after an 8 a.m. incident near Central Jr. High School. Police were alerted at 7:43 a.m. by a report of a naked male subject. He resisted officers seeking transport to the station and will appear in Muscatine Municipal Court next week.
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Muscatine
Central Jr. High School
Macuard Henderson
E. 6Th St
Henderson
Train Blocking Crossing Keeps Muscatine Fine
Muscatine alderman Arthur Howe charged Rock Island Lines after a crossing near the riverfront was blocked for 22 minutes. The Muscatine municipal court fined conductor James Bedford of Eldon $50 plus costs. The council ponders an ordinance change on flagmen and signals at crossings.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Arthur Howe
Howe
James Bedford
Eldon
Community facilities panel to study Muscatine options
The new community facilities committee in Muscatine will study hotel and meeting room needs and help set priorities. Other members include Pierce King the architect D E Hackett H N Jones R F Lindner R L McKee and J B McMullen.
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Muscatine
Pierce King
D. E. Hackett
H. N. Jones
R. F. Lindner
R. L. McKee
J. 8. McMullen
Siren Test Planned by Muscatine Civil Defense
Muscatine Civil Defense will conduct a monthly siren test Monday at 3 p.m. The test lasts 30 seconds, a pause, then another 30 seconds. A nonstop tone signals an actual emergency, a steady note for severe weather, and a wavering tone for a man made emergency.
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Muscatine Civil Defense
Tari Jones
Jones
Food Inspector Reports Forty Violations in June 1971
The city council report by Drs. John E. Tillie and W. W. Coder lists 40 violations across 40 instances. Ten violations were found at one establishment covering walls floors ceilings equipment handling temperatures and storage. The Heinz Co cafeteria was ordered to remodel, while Dollie's Tap was cited to clean a drink cabinet and reportedly completed cleaning within five days.
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John E. Tillie
W.W. Coder
Board of Health
H.J. Heinz Co
Dollie
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