Muscatine prepares spring 1969 substation on Stewart Road
A Muscatine Municipal Water and Electric Co substation is planned for spring 1969 on Stewart Road south of Muscatine. Heetland Co. builds the substation with Hoak Construction Co. handling line work from Des Moines. The facility will house a 161000 volt transformer stepping to 69000 volts and routing via switches to area stations, with high ground controls for flood protection. Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative will share a switching station. Project cost is about 850000 dollars and ties to St Louis power sources. Municipal officials including alderman Evelyn Schualand discuss city hall office changes while the school board seeks space outside city hall by August 1. Veteran staff notes promotions in Vietnam and a private completing a lineman course at Ft. Gordon, Ga.
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Muscatine
Mississippi River
Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
St. Louis
Muscatine Co
con-;Co
Iowa
Kilpeck Island
Town-Illinois Gas and Electric
Window Service Curtailment Begins Saturday at Postoffice
Post office will begin service curtailments on Saturday due to a Congressional mandate to cut federal employment to the June 30 1966 level. Regular Saturday and Sunday window service will end, general delivery windows will open 8 30 to 9 20 a.m. on Saturdays, and Saturday mail collection will shift to Sunday schedules. Residential parcel holds may be picked up Saturday morning 3 30 to 9 40 a.m. Sub-station postal services remain at two stores Muscatine continues to have some access.
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Walter Conway
W. Marvin Watson
Conway
Muscatine
Sun Mart
Partz
Christian Supply
al Services
Writers seeking agents through authors registry ad
An advertisement from Authors Registry Inc inviting writers to submit fiction sonfiction plays poetry for free reading. It promises dynamic personal management to help pen writers with potential and directs submissions to Dept 716 New York NY 10072.
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Authors Registry, Inc
East Ssth Se
New York
N.Y
Vietnam Duty for Douglas Oak
Army Private Douglas W. Oak 18 son of Mr and Mrs Stanley W Oak 301 Parkington Drive has been assigned as a lineman with the 40th Signal Battalion near Phu Tai Vietnam.
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Army
Douglas Ww. Oak
Stanley W. Oak
Parkington Drive
40Th Signal Battalion
Phu Tai
Vietnam
Public Hearing On Highway Plan No 38 Iowa 38 Stretch
Residents and Iowa State Highway Commission engineers will discuss an 8.5 mile improvement of Iowa 38 from near Muscatine to near Wilton Junction at a public hearing on August 1 at Colorado elementary school. Project details include relocation to east to remove a curve, widening to 24 feet with 10 foot shoulders, frontage roads at Muscatine, lighted primary intersections, and bridge replacements over Mad Creek and Mosquito Creek. Traffic projections rising from 1,600 in 1965 to 2,300 by 1989 are noted alongside a 1969 right of way budget of 320 thousand dollars and 1970 reconstruction budget of 1.558 million.
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Iowa 38
Muscaline
Wilton Junction
Iowa State Highway Commission
Colorado
Colorado Street
Muscatine
Mad Creek
Mosquito Creek
Highway Commission
Informational Meeting Thursday on Urban Plans
The Citizens Advisory Committee for the Improvement of Muscatine schedules a 7 30 p m public meeting in the council chamber city hall. Second in a three part series to inform downtown owners about possible first urban renewal projects planned for completion by September 1. Bill Klatt from Stanley Consultants will explain the planning stage. Open to all interested persons.
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Citizens Advisory Committee For the Improvement of
Autopsy Ordered In Iowa Youth Road Fatality
SIDNEY Iowa AP Authorities ordered an autopsy after the body of a youth identified as Michael Thompson son of Mr and Mrs Morris Thompson of Shenandoah was found in the middle of Iowa 2 about 1 1/2 miles east of Sidney. The youth was run over by a car driven by James McCarthy 34 of Lincoln Nebraska. Officials cannot determine what the boy was doing in the area or if he was dead before being struck.
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Sidney
Iowa 2
Fremont County
Michael Thompson
Morris Thompson
Shenandoah
James McCarthy
Lincoln
Neb
McCarthy
Mayor Passes Driver's Test On Second Try
DES MOINES AP Des Moines Mayor Thomas Urban earned his drivers license on a second try after needing a written test when his old license expired He missed the first attempt by failing to answer questions about road curve signs correctly.
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DES Moines
Thomas Urban
Urban
Reclamation Land Project Zone Meeting
Muscatine County zoning commissioners will meet at 10 30 a m Friday in the courthouse to consider a special land use permit for Muscatine city’s Land Reclamation Project No 1. The 60 70 acre site lies eight miles from Muscatine and officials from a Fairport fish hatchery seek runoff safeguards. Soil borings are being taken to test suitability while the county board of supervisors will review the zoning panel's recommendation and decide on the permit.
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Muscatine County
City of
Muscatine
County Board of Supervisors
Federal Fish Hatchery
Fairport
Second Half Licenses Renewable for 1968 Trucks and Homes
Licenses for the second half of 1968 for trucks and mobile homes are subject to renewal, with penalties after August 1. They may be obtained in the auto licensing department in the courthouse basement.
Parish Council At St Marys Elects Officers
Leonard Aull elected chairman of St Marys Parish Council at its first meeting held Monday at 8 p m in St Marys school. William Nau named vice chairman and Mrs Gerald Blaesing secretary. Terms vary by one two or three years for named members. Focus areas include liturgy worship education finances social communication and recreation.
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St. Mary's
Leonard Aull
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s School
William’ Nau
Gerald Blaesing
Constance ,Kurriger
Jerome Conway
Clare Patterson
Francis Milder
Robert Danay
Harry Schnedler
Mary Wittman
Donald Kolar
Theodore McKee
Wiliam Nau
Gal Nelson
George Rotter
Clems
Four New Members In Port City Coin Club
Port City Coin Club admitted four new members at Tuesday’s meeting. New members are Joseph Patrick WapelleLeonard Hill Riverside Gary Lange Letts Brent Hill Muscatine. Edmond Metz presided with 50 members and 10 guests present. Warren Allen led the auction. Prizes went to Fred Eichenauer Warren Allen and Ed Schroeder.
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Port City Coin Club
Joseph Patrick
Wapelle
Leonard Hill
Riverside
Gary Lange
Letts
Brent Hill
Muscatine
Edmond Metz
Warren Allen
Fred Eichenauer
Ed Schroeder
House Struck By Lightning In Fruitland Township
A lightning strike at 4 p.m. Tuesday during a rainstorm caused minor damage to a home owned by Don Petty in Fruitland Township south of Muscatine. Muscatine firefighters checked the premises before returning to quarters. A second call at 4:21 p.m. reported fire at L. F. Kurriger farm in Lake Township, where a gasoline tank and a tree burned. At 10:41 p.m. Tuesday, the Tastee Freez building at 701 Grandview Ave. saw an ice cream cone display damaged by fire caused by a short in wiring on the sign. firemen extinguished the blaze and left the scene.
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Don Petty
Fruitland
Muscatine
L. F. _Kurrigér
Lake Township
Tastee Freez
Grandview Avé
Muscatine Journal and Associated Press Notice
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises. It is incorporated at 301 E 34th St Muscatine Iowa 52761 and entered as second class matter in the Muscatine post office under the 1879 act. The Associated Press is entitled to exclusive use of local news and AP dispatches for publication.
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Muscatine Journal
Musecatiw Journal
Lee Ensterprises
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Presa
Subscription rates for Muscatine paper and delivery
Rates list daily carrier delivery in Muscatine at 2.00 per month and 0.40 for two weeks for other towns. Mail subscriptions within 50 miles: 15.00 yearly. towns with carrier service: 18.00 yearly. Over 50 miles: 20.00 yearly. All subscriptions payable in advance. Office hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Saturday until noon. Special delivery for missed papers until 6:30 p.m. daily and 4 p.m. Saturdays. Dial 263-2331.
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City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Mustatine
Dial
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Grant St
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P.M. Musser Library
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Tober
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Oregon
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Wilton
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