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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1963
Page
12
Tuesday stock quotations show broad activity with gains in Amoco, Boeing, IBM, and General Electric while several names including Union Pacific and Westinghouse post modest declines. Notable movers include Anaconda and Goodyear with variances reflecting uneven market sentiment.
A Davenport area Daily Report lists probate matter of W. C. Bridges who died intestate in Muscatine with estate around 10 000, divorce suit between Clara D Miller and Ralph F Miller, speeding and other court actions against Donald M Hessel tines and Geotty Dennis Lee Hartley, with several baby births and addresses in Wilton and Davenport, plus technical school application testing details for area residents.
Prices for hogs, steers, and calves climbed in a mixed sale at Chisago. No.1 and 2 hogs brought 18.60 per hundredweight, steers moved higher with prime weights up to 24.25, and cows and bulls showed varied gains across a broad range.
A string of obituaries from Muscatine area records deaths and services. Minnie Price of 1604 East Ninth Street dies at Muscatine General Hospital after an extended illness. services at Ralph J. Wittich funeral home. Guy H. Noble, 77, Eliza community resident, funeral at Elza Community church with burial at Eliza Creek cemetery. post funeral viewing in New Boston. Andria Kay Wendlandt, two and a half weeks old, dies in Chicago. services at George M. Wittich Funeral Home with burial at Greenwood. Rex E. Kemp, former Muscatine County steward, dies in Fort Worth. services at Grandview Community Church. Harl F. Link, 71, funeral at Ralph J. Wittich. burial Greenwood. plus notes on Thurman and several other local deaths and arrangements including relations and residences.
Nichols Church St Marys hosts a vacation Bible school in the Parish Hall from June 17 to 23. Daily Mass at 8 20 a.m. opens each day with classes starting afterward. Dismissal 2 29 p.m. weekdays, noon Saturday. BVM Sisters teach. lunch optional. Invitation extended to local children. Also notes a June university commencement for Sandra Strickfadden of Wayland, with Bob Rudman as fiancé.
Sealed proposals are invited by the City of Muscatine for the construction of interceptor sewers, force mains, and two pumping stations as part of sewerage improvements. A public hearing will be held to review plans and contracts, with bids due July 1, 1983, at City Hall.
City Council approves air work plans by Stanley Engineering Muscatine for a sewerage system to be built under state and federal approvals. Proposals due with ten percent bid bond. final award contingent on Iowa health department clearance and US Public Health Service approval. Bond, monthly progress payments, and a two year maintenance guarantee required. preference given to Iowa products and labor. Plans, specifications, and bid forms available from Stanley Engineering Company with set fees nonrefundable for bid entrants.
Grain prices show No 1 yellow corn 30, No 3 yellow corn and No 4 yellow near 271 sample. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 1034 and Hi Savna noted.
Chicago grain notes show firm to weak prices across futures with wheat and soybeans the weakest. Absence of demand spurs some liquidation while hedging remains light and export business seen as tentative. July futures swing with corn up modestly, oats flat to down, rye steady, soybeans mixed.
Chicago shipments show 60 track Ano with total U.S. deliveries at 643. Demand for long whites slow while round reds are moderate and overall market steady. California long whites fetch 3.25 to 3.40 per unit and Alabama round reds 2.65 to 2.90. Old supplies limit trading and care lot track sales are reported.
Wholesale produce quotes show higher wholesale onions and toasters, with mixed rock fryers and eggs at steady to unchanged prices. Notices list registration avenues, personal messages, and thanks, followed by local business ads for prescriptions, repair services, and appliance parts.
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