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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1963
Page
2
Miss Emily Elizondo 17 of Za pota Texas will be crowned Fiesta Day queen at Muscatine August 10. The high school junior with science and nurse club ties aims to be an airline hostess. The city district becomes Old Mexico with music dancing a costume contest and traditional foods.
The city council approved a preliminary resolution backing widening of Mississippi Drive from Linn Street to Walnut Street and along Highway 61 and 92 to four lanes. Relocation of Cedar and Chestnut railway crossings is required. Sewer work adjacent to the river will precede resurfacing and widening. State funding to begin is indicated with no completion date.
The city approved $1 015 889.40 for Phase I of the sewer project and eyed up to $600,000 in federal aid for the full plan. Bid reductions of $25,046 came from alternate specifications and a minor error discovery. Low bids were from Rock Island based firms for interapor and pump stations, with Caldwell Inc. of Moline bidding on pumping. The plan aims to cut Mississippi pollution, with Phase II funding hoped to reach 20 percent of costs. Next year Phase I should complete and raw sewage will be pumped to a river outlet near Musser Park until the disposal plant opens in 1965.
For the past week the Corps of Engineers reports total barge cargo on the Mississippi segment at 202,885 tons. Upstream movement reached 141,650 tons with 38,000 tons of ore, 90,330 tons of petroleum, and 13,100 tons of miscellaneous goods. 22 tugs and 102 barges moved upstream. Downstream cargo totaled 61,235 tons including 52,800 tons of grain and 4,415 tons of other items. Declining water levels forecast.
Grain Processing Corporation aims to extend its plant with expansions east of Oregon street and along Kemper and Talham streets. A special council meeting discussed purchasing two blocks and rezoning to heavy industry, with access implications for the city river route and municipal utilities.
Jaycee leaders from Muscatine and Iowa join national Jaycee Community development seminar at the University of Oklahoma Normaa with Ernie Lewis. Moore and 51 state winners attended the three day session after earning top Jaycee honors in community development. Muscatine placed second in its city population bracket nationwide and first in Iowa.
The Elks Chanters presented a religious concert on opening Ghurok Night at the Mercer County Fair Monday evening under direction of the Aledo Ministerial Association. Dr Theodore Conrad of Rock Island delivered the main address as preparations begin for a new season with rehearsals starting in September.
Muscatine Chamber announces reservations for the annual catfish fry on Wednesday July 31. Reservations are at the Civic Center office. The event is at Sox Car ranery off Stewart road spur starting at 3 30 pm with dinner served at 4 45 pm.
Police Chief Clifford Bennett announced that Main Street between Hershey and Grandview avenues will close to traffic for one week starting Wednesday due to construction work.
Stephen Smith of Muscatine has been accepted as a student at Iowa Wesleyan College Pleasant and will enroll this fall. He is the son of Mrs. Doris Smilin. Lynne James, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest James of Muscatine, is another student accepted for full enrollment at Wesleyan.
Firefighters were called at 6 04 am to an upper floor apartment on East Second Street where a mattress and inner spring were burned. Sparks from an electric fan allegedly blew from an ash tray onto the mattress while unoccupied. Neighbors detected smoke and firefighters forced entry through a screen door to reach the fire in the Fred Wolfmay residence at 22 Oneida Street.
A stove was left unattended causing the food to dry out while no one was at home. No damage beyond the ruined meal occurred.
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