Muscatine council approves city administrator ordinance
Muscatine Iowa council on Thursday finalizes an ordinance creating a city administrator post and outlining 10 powers including budget prep policy administration and coordination of city services while keeping police and fire under mayoral jurisdiction as required by Iowa law. The administrator will report to the council and coordinate all departments.
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Muscatine
Iowa
League of Iowa
Utility and Power
Financial condition of Muscatine Park Commission deemed precarious
The Muscatine Park Commission was described as precarious at a city council meeting. Aldermen read a Muscatine Club letter proposing a recreational director for the park system while two commissioners debate the cost effectiveness. Budget for 1968 was 119755 dollars and recent park issues include a culvert collapse and a leaking water tower causing unanticipated expenses.
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Jerry Russell
Muscatine Park Commission
Muscatine Club
Ald
Charles Rehwaldt
Rehwaldt
Council
Park Commission
John Robinson
Weed Park
Commission
Robinson
Muscatine Park
Council Denies Liquor Permit For Chet's A-Go-Go
Muscatine aldermen denied a liquor permit and a beer permit for Chet's A-Go-Go at 1209 Hershey Ave. The council also held for 30 days a beer permit request by Blue Note Lounge, which had its state liquor license suspended. Alderman Evelyn Schauland cited complaint calls as reason to deny. The denial of licenses to workers was considered but later rescinded to avoid broad employment penalties.
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Chet
Hershey Ave
Muscatine
Blue Note Lounge
State Liquor Commission
Ald
Evelyn Schauland
Deadline Near on Signing Property Tax Exemptions
Muscatine city assessor urges homeowners to sign homestead and military tax exemptions before July 1. New law allows seniors born by end of 1967 to apply for an extra homestead credit if income under 3500 in the last year. Bring deed or contract with 10 percent paid. military exemption requires honorable discharge. Office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at city hall.
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Muscatine City
Soldier's Feet Lead to Army Discharge at Carson
Pvt. Jim Aufenthie, 19, from Rochester Minnesota, is to receive an honorable discharge after a year of service because his feet are too large for standard boots. Despite efforts by boot makers, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and a general, no suitable footwear was found. Aufenthie accepts the outcome, noting his feet are big and flat and not suited to Army service.
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Carson
Colo
Jim Aufenthie
Army
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ft. Carson
Rochester
Minn
Des Moines Teen Drowns in Sand Pit On Southwest Side
Vaughn Downen, 18, of Des Moines drowned while rafting with a companion in a sand pit on the citys southwest side. They were about four feet from shore when Downen slipped off and began to swim. He floundered and went under before his companion could rescue him.
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Des Moines
Vaughn Downen
Muscatine Journal Account and Ownership Notes
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises. It is incorporated at 301 EB 3rd St, Muscatine, Iowa 52761, with mail classification for second class matter under act of March 1879. The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for publication.
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Muscatine Journal
Lee Enterprises
Muscatine
Iowa
Associated Press
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Newspapers
Subscription rates list daily carrier and mail options with prices for Muscatine city, areas within and beyond fifty miles, and towns with carrier service. All mail subscriptions payable in advance. Office hours 8 am to 5 pm daily, Saturday 4 am to noon. Special delivery for missed papers until 6:30 pm daily and 4:00 pm Saturdays. Dial 263-2331.
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City of
Musca
Muscatine
To & P
Dial
Council Date Move Up Meeting Time and Date
The city council will convene at 7 30 p m on Tuesday June 18, instead of the regular slot. This change shifts the plan for local governance and public discussion.
Address change for Zaehringer family in East Moline
Allen L Zaehbringer, son of Mr and Mrs Vincent Zaehbringer, has entered the Air Force. He attended Muscatine and United Township High School in East Moline and worked at Tunnicliff Engineering Co Davenport. His new address at Lackland AFB Texas 78236 is listed with his service number AF 68014231.
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Zaehringer
Vincent Zaehringer
45Th Ave
East Moline
Muscatine
Allen
Air Force
United Township High School
Tunnicliff Engineering Co
Davenport
A. B. Allen L. Zaehbringer
Lackland Afb
Texas
Garage Fire Damages Structure in West 2nd Street Block
Siding and part of the roof were damaged by a fire at a garage in the 300 block of West 2nd Street owned by Carl Sachs at 4 45 p m Thursday. Cause of the blaze was undetermined.
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West 2Nd Street
Carl Sachs
New Muscatine Fire Department hires announced
Three new members of the Muscatine Fire Department are appointed effective June 1. Basil Skidmore Jerome Steinbaugh and Raymond Kerr are named as new firefighters in Muscatine.
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Muscatine
Improvement Projects Reviewed in City Plan Muscatine
Muscatine City Council reviewed the third part of its capital improvements plan by Stoney Consultants funded partly by the Iowa Development Commission and the Urban Renewal Administration. The plan details a 200 acre sanitary landfill at 150000, airport expansion with 4500 hangars and 500 foot runway extension, a new $40,960,000 terminal by 1975, US 61 realignment at 7.5 million, outer belt land at 100000 with 6.3 miles at 7.5 million, a Mississippi River bridge site at 4.5, and a wide parks program through 1985 including Weed and Kent-Stein Parks plus a northwest major park with 24,000 acquisition and 60,000 site work. Financing options include taxes, bonds, special assessments, revenue funds, and federal, state, and county support.
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Muscatine City
Stoney Consultants
Iowa Development Commission
Federal Urban Renewal Administration
Muscatine Municipal
Muscatine
Weed
Kent-Stein
Local area students to receive University of Iowa degrees
Area residents among 2,236 degrees to be awarded at the University of Iowa commencement in the field house at 9:30 am. Edward H. Levi will give the address, and President Howard R. Bowen will confer degrees and deliver the charge. Listed graduates include Bion Hitchcock Juris Doctor and many others across Law, Education, Arts, Arts Education, English, French, Library Science, Psychology, Nursing, Pharmacy, Engineering and Business Administration from Muscatine, Columbus Junction, West Liberty, Morning Sun, Oakville, and Wapello.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
Edward H. Levi
University of Chicago
Howard R. Bowen
Muscatine
Broadway
Richard Witter
Hisenhower
Viola Beatty
Devilt Ave
Ira Black
Joseph Cunningham IV
W. Fulhiam
Marilyn Drake
Cedar St
Mary Lee
Ann Malzain
Colony Pro
Engis Robert Newberry
Middle Road
Jeanne Paul
Logan
Pamela Potthoff
Climber
Dennis White
Glenwood Ave
Thomas Windman
Allen Dutton
Leroy St
Dennis Flynn
Myrtle Lane
John Hetzler
West’ 8Th
Michael Liebbe
Mulberry
Wiliam Lindsay
Mulberry’ Ave
Gayle Holoubek Isley
Roscoe Ave
Jerome Lambretht
W.irth Sr
Richard Olson
1St Ave
Gary Allison
Columbus Junction
Mary Horton
John Hawkins
Columbus* Junction
Mary Moore
Betty Grouwinkel
Wapella
Helen Toms
Kathy Wollenhaupt
Morning Sun
Gary Burge
Flags Lowered Across Muscatine In Kennedy Mourning
City flags in Muscatine will fly at half mast through Sunday as Mayor E. Burns honors late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Also note Foursquare Gospel Church Bible School at 1501 Oregon St from June 10 to 15 daily 9 to 11:30 am led by Mrs. Chris Von Holten with activities for kindergarten to junior classes and crafts.
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St. Mathias
Robert F. Kennedy
Kelly) Burns
Muscatine
Foursquare Gospel Church
Bible School
Ozens
Oregon St
Chris von Holten
Walli Lewis
Jesus
Larry Hill
Doris von Holter
Laura Lewis
Rosemary Curtis
Delores Curtis
Hospital Eyes Mulberry Property for Expansion
Muscatine General Hospital asked the council for permission to use a Mulberry Street property adjoining its parking lot for future expansion. Aldermen sent the request to City Attorney John Hintermeister and Urban Renewal Director Dr. John Parks for study and a recommendation at the next meeting. Parks and Hintermeister will outline procedures to be followed.
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Muscatine General Hospital
John Hintermeister
John Parks
Parks
Hintermeister
Council Sends Official Wire to Kennedy Widow in Mourning
Muscatine city government moves to send a telegram of condolences to Mrs Kennedy widow of the late senator. The council will decide if a special permit is needed for hospital construction in the zoning district and whether a public hearing is required. Land is described as on Mulberry Avenue owned by Glen F Brosart including parts of Fletcher and Deshler's addition. Hospital administrator J W Myers says the land will be used for hospital purposes.
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E.S. Burns
Robert Kennedy
Muscatine
Mulberry Avenue
Glen F. Brossart
Fletcher and Deshler
J W. Myers
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