Muscatine elderly housing plan advances to HUD submission
A second multi story elderly housing project moves forward as Muscatine officials adopt a public hearing for selling the former Central Junior High site to Ted M. Seldin for a six story 100 unit complex. Seldin would demolish the site, build a carpeted 100 unit building with two elevators and handicapped accessible units, and manage it with LRHC administering the annual contract. Rent would be income based and tenants would be 62 or older or handicapped. If only 50 units were approved, Seldin indicated they would drop the project. The hearing is set for July 7 at 7 20 p.m. in Muscatine.
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Muscatine
Old Central Junior High
Ted M. Seldin
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Council
Muscatine Low Rent Housing Commission
LRHC
Robert Campagna
Seldin
Clark House
Central
6Th Street
Sycamore Street
Iowa Avenue
Federal Housing Agency
Des Moines
Omaha
Muscatine, Community
Muscatine Band Heads to Europe for Festival
Muscatine High School band loads instruments and luggage for an international music festival in Innsbruck Austria. They depart by bus to O'Hare. transportation provided by 8 J Hoffman & Sons Inc. Read more on page 2.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Muscatine High School
8. J. Hoffman & Sons, Inc
Muscatine
O’hare International Airport
Chicago
Ill
Special session bills pay boosts for state workers
DES MOINES AP The Town Senate worked on a measure funding collective bargaining and pay raises for state employees after House passage 91-8. The bill, central to the special session, drew a heated debate over a UNI wage reopening clause, with the House amending to disapprove. Estimated costs run about 811 million from general fund and 33 million from road funds over two years, plus smaller sums from other funds. figures on those are unclear. House members urged discipline, while Rep. Arthur Small sought extra money for unorganized workers earning under 13,200, proposing 8 percent raises or 32 cents an hour, costing around 2 million. Governor Ray proposed 6 percent raises for both lower and higher unorganized workers.
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Des Moines
Town Senate
House
Gregory Cusack
D-Davenport
Cusack
Arthur Small
Lown City
Robert Ray
Small
Ex-policeman in critical condition after home shooting
Former Muscatine officer Walter W. Foot is in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a shooting at his home Friday night. His wife Joan A. Foor, 43, was charged with assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury and released on $1,000 bond. Their daughter Debbie alerted police around 10 p.m. and authorities say Foot left the force on medical retirement in March, with 11 years of service planned this September.
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Muscatine
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Walter W. Foot
Liberty Sr
Joan A. Foor
Foors
Debbie
Foor
Department
Topping the news Metric signs in peril
Washington AP report says public outcry halts plan to convert U.S. highway signs to metric units at a $100 million cost. FHWA director William M. Cox cites 98 percent of 5,000 comments as negative, deeming regulation inappropriate.
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Washington
Federal Highway Administration
William M. Cox
Cox
Froggy Nolan marks 57 years of barbering in Muscatine
Staff writer recounts Clarence Froggy Nolan who began cutting hair in Des Moines on Feb 22 1920. He moved to Muscatine later that year and stayed active, later retiring in 1966 and continuing weekend work at Al's Barber Shop. The piece notes long career, local lore, and 3.75 dollar modern fee.
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Muscatine
Clarence
Nolan
Des Moines
Bartus Busch
Mulberry
Third St
Catton
Nelsen
E. 3Rd. St
Vernon
Tony” Oostendorp
Froggy
Walnut Street
Cedar Street
Sycamore St
Wendell B. Mills
al Schlegel
Mills
Al’s
Iowa
Minnesota
Harry Howell
Howell
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Norman Bunn
Seldin Firm
Journal
Tom Korte
Europe
Senate
Board of Regents
University of Northern Iowa
Carl Nielsen
Altoona
Nielsen
Food Service
Walter Foor
LBJ
The
Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
White House
Edmund Klein
Roswell Pack Memorial Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
Business News
Lake Odessa
America
Helen Weiershauser
Helen Welershauser
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