Muscatine Urban Renewal Plan Urges Downtown Shopping Center
A 1968 Muscatine report by the Citizens Advisory Committee argues for a Federal urban renewal project to revitalize the downtown central business district. It cites rising shopper goods markets, a growing trade area, and a 57 percent downtown share in 1965, urging space for a downtown shopping center at favorable developer terms to prevent outlying development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Muscatine Central Business District
Muscatine
Central Business District
Klatt
Citizens Advisory Committee For
Downtown Muscatine Could Revitalize With Renewal Plan
City planners presented 1965 downtown sales of 10.5 million and projected 1985 sales of 25.2 million with multiple department stores possible. Population in Muscatine is seen rising from 22,194 in 1965 to 34,000 in 1985, with county growth from 36,200 to 53,900. Stanley Consultants draft a first urban renewal project outlining financing and relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klatt
Muscatine
Hammer, Green and Siler Associates
Washington, D.C
Muscatine County
Kratt
Stanley Consultants
Navy Recruiters Win Trophy For Iowa Recruitment
Navy recruiting station covering Muscatine Scott counties and northern Louisa county won the Commanding Officers Traveling Trophy for recruiting excellence in Iowa. Commander A J Froggett presented the trophy at Davenport Navy station in the federal building. The Davenport focal station leads Iowa for the fiscal year started July 1967 with 158 new Navy enlistments plus seven with prior service and five Waves. Recruiters are Chief Machinist Mate Sam Cooper of Davenport and Chief Aviation Mate Bill Russell of Bettendorf.
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Navy
Muscatine
Scott Counties
Louisa County
Iowa
A.J. Froggett
USN
Des Moines
Davenport
Waves
Sam Cooper
N. Linwood Ave
Bill Russell
Grand Ave
Bettendorf
Muscatine Journal Publisher Details and AP Rights
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises. It is incorporated at 301 Bard St, Muscatine, Iowa, with the address and classification of second class matter. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish local crew content and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Bard St
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Daily Muscatine Carrier and Mail
Subscriptions listed for Muscatine area readers include $2.00 monthly delivered by carrier, 40 cents weekly for non Muscatine deliveries, and annual mail rates of $15 within fifty miles, $18.06 within town, or higher outside. Contact via dial 200-8301 for details and office hours.
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Muscatine
Musca
CIA
Wiley Named Commander at Edward H. Bitter Post No. 27
Kenneth Wiley was chosen Thursday night as Commander of Edward H. Bitter Post No. 27, American Legion. Other officers elected include R. W. Gray first vice commander Glen Crow second vice commander Cal T. Rowe adjutant Joe Maher chaplain Charles Mason historian Fred Holmes Ralph Connell sergeant at arms. Lee Smith Joe Montgomery and Louise Butler were elected to posts. Joe Montgomery was elected Commander of the Muscatine County American Legion with Kenneth Wiley as adjutant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Wiley
Edward H. Bitter
American Legion
R. W. Gray
Glen Crow
Cal T. Rowe
Joe Maher
Charles Mason
Fred Holmes
Ralph Connell
Lee Smith
Joe Montgomery
Louise Butler
Joe Montgomery Een
Muscatine County
New Zealand Denies Ault Family Settlement in Suvorov Isle
Richard Ault, former Akron radio announcer, Lois and daughter Tracy, seeking to live on a deserted Pacific island, were denied permission by New Zealand authorities to settle on Suvorov 600 miles east of Pago Pago for a year. The family arrived aboard Fraziella Zeta and will persist in their plan despite the refusal. The note quotes Ault, age 30, promising they will not give up.
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Marvin Krieger
Isle Pago Pago
America Samoa
New Zealand
Richard Ault
Akron, Ohio
South Pacific
Suvorov
Here
Ault
Lois
Tracy
Pago Pago
Fraziella Zeta
N.Y
New York
Evergreen Review
Greenwich Village
County Zone Commission OKs Landfill Land Use Permit
Muscatine county zoning commissioners approved a special land use permit for a land reclamation project eight miles east of town near Town 22. Six area objectors attended. city officials left after discussion. County residents may use the site, with heavy use reducing life by about one year to nine years. Two or three townships would use the facility regularly. a county resident fee system would be set. The landfill would be open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Girl Receives Father’s Kidney in Cleveland Transplant
14 year old Leanna Prill of Lanesboro Iowa is reported to be in good condition after a kidney transplant from her father Richard a grocer. The surgery took place at Cleveland Clinic with both donor and recipient said to be in satisfactory condition. Doctors from University Hospitals Iowa City said the girl would have died without the transplant.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Leanna Prill
Lanesboro
Iowa
Leanna
Richard
Cleveland Clinic
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Leaanna
New Address for Bierman at Fort Benning
A new address is listed for E-2 Pvt. Richard Bierman RA 68013470 44th Company 4th Stock Bn ABN TsB Fort Benning Georgia 31095 He attends four weeks jump training at Fort Benning Georgia and has been assigned a new mailing address.
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Richard Bierman
Fort Benning
Geo
44Th Co. 4Th Stu. Bn
ABN
Girl 9 shoots brother to death in bicycle quarrel
In Richmond Virginia a 13 year old boy, Andrew Lee Mason, was shot and killed by his 9 year old sister Rita after an argument over a bicycle. Police say she returned from the house with a 410 caliber shotgun and shot him in the neck outside their home.
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Richmond, Va
Richmond
Andrew Lee Mason
Rita
Hoerner Waldorf Holds Muscatine Sales Conference
Eighteen Hoerner Waldorf salesmen attended the two day divisional sales meeting in Muscatine. The company began operations in February after building a plant to manufacture packaging and boxes. The conference opened with recreation and dinner at Geneva Country Club. Area plant reports and two presentations Mobil Oil Corporation Hot Melting Coating and ABC Packaging Machinery were given. John Planton presented the Mobil Oil talk.
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Hoerner Waldorf Corp
Muscatine
Geneva Country Club
Mobil Oil Corporation
A.B.C. Packaging Machinery
U.S. Muscatine Development Corp
John Planton
Mobil Oil
Dor
Mgr
Marc Storneburner
Muscatine Development Corp
Harold Ogilvie
Peterson
Keokuk
B. M. Larsen
Robert Shield
Larry Stice
Bill Zukoski
Carl Hawke
Jack Eshbaugh
Tex Supinger
Plant Mgr
Ed Arvidson
Bill Blount
John Tone
Clyde Ficke
Des Moines
Dick Rinker
Burlington
Planton
Gordon Williamson
Stevens
A.B.C
Glen Ware
Ottumwa
Stoneburner
Coin Collector Speaks At Muscatine Sertoma Meeting
F Warren Allen a Muscatine coin club member was guest speaker at the Muscatine Sertoma noon meeting. He described how he began collecting coins displayed coin books foreign and U S pieces and discussed market fluctuations. Donald Howell of Howell Insurance Columbus Junction attended. Russ Stevens led the ABC presentation as area reports covered Keokuk Burlington Ottumwa and Muscatine plant progress with leaders from several firms present.
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F. Warren Allen
Muscatine Coin Club
Muscatine Sertoma Club
Allen
U.S
Donald Howell
Howell Insurance
Columbus Junction
Four More Arrested In Attack In Muscatine
Five suspects face charges after a man was beaten in his home early Thursday. James Sells Jacob Merrit Harris and Larry Grosvenor are charged with breaking and entering. Ronald Foster and Gaylord Grosvenor charged with assault and breaking and entering. Jacob Harris also faces parole violation. Police investigated a gang of youths at gravel pits near Muscatine island.
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Muscatine
Muscatine County
James Sells
4Th Ave
Jacob Merrit Harris
Larry Grosvenor
Lucas Street
Ronald W. Foster
Paul A. Smith
Oregon Street
Gaylord Dean Grosvenor
Jacob Harris
Smith
Muscatine Island
Gaylord Grosvenor
Steve Freers Hurt by Saw in Tree Work Accident
Steve Freers, 20, suffered facial cuts while sawing tree limbs in Muscatine. An employee of Freers Tree Service, he was struck by a buckled chain that stuck in the wood, needing stitches. He was to be hospitalized for observation for several days.
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Steve Freers
Muscatine
Freers
Freers Tree Service
College Van to Tour Muscatine Downtown Tonight
The Eastern Iowa Community College information van will be parked in downtown Muscatine from 7 to 9 this evening. Floyd Scott, dean of the Muscatine campus, says staff from Muscatine and Davenport will staff the van. Information will cover programs at Muscatine College and the Davenport technical school.
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College van Ohore
Eastern Iowa Community College
Muscatine
Floyd Scott
Musscatine
Davenport
Muscatine College
Technical School
Steven I McConnaha New Address For McConnaha
Mr and Mrs H R Jack McConnaha of 1100 Sycamore St announce their son Steven has been reassigned to a new duty station during the second phase of Advanced Individual Training. His new address is Pvt E2 Steven J McConnaha US 54931420 Hg and Hg Co 2nd Bn 2nd AIT BDE Fort Ord Calif 93941.
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H.R
Jack) McConnaha
Sycamore St
Steven
Pvt
Steven J. McConnaha
Hg. and
Hg. Co
AIT
Fort Ord
Calif
Iron Casket Dug Up in Belleville Remains Unidentified
A cast iron mummy shaped casket dug by sewer workers on Belleville’s west side last week remains sealed and unidentified. St Clair County coroner Dr. C C Kane urged opening it due to public curiosity and possible clues. County records offer no help identifying the coffin’s origin or contents.
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Belleville
Ill
C. C. Kane
St. Clair County
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Citizens Advisory Committee For the Improvement
Muscatine Central Business District
Muscatine Area
Gil Dietz
William Klatt
Stanley Consultants, Inc
Citizens Advisory Committee For the Improvement of
Ing
Burns
Citizen’s Advisory Group
Legion Post Names Wiley
Fidel Castro
Santiago
Batistta
Grandview Avenue
Bierman
Muscatine High School
Hoerner Waldorf
Coin Collector
Sertoma
Russ Stevens
Muscatine Civic Center
Irwin L. Peterson
R. J. Rinker
E. E. Arvidson
Hoerner Wal
Edward J. Bock
Lowan
St. Louis
Monsanto , Company
Bock New Heads
Pueblo
Tokyo
North Korea
United States
Pyongyang
North ‘Korea
Steven I McConnaha
McConnaha
Lucille Ball
Henry Fonda
van Johnson
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