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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
2
A coin wash building sustained smashed windows as a man created a disturbance. Squad cars halted two blocks away after motorists stopped to watch the man kick at the storefront windows, according to a Journal Photo caption.
A man identified as Justiniano Ocasio smashed two large plate glass panels at the Jiffy Coin Wash on Mulberry Avenue and 5th Street causing traffic delays as bystanders watched. Ocasio is charged with malicious injury to a building and bound over to Muscatine County district court after a night in jail.
Muscatine police arrested three motorists by 12 noon for failing to display their 1968 license plates properly mounted. Conflicting state orders caused delays before a later ruling authorized arrests for licensing violations, with Muscatine patrols to check licenses using county plate stock.
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sundays and holidays by The Muscatine Journal, a member of Lee Enterprises, at 301 E 3rd St Muscatine Iowa. It is second class matter in Muscatine post office under act of March 1879 with AP exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
Subscriptions listed for Muscatine delivered daily by carrier two dollars monthly in advance. Other carriers forty cents weekly. Annual mail rates within fifty miles fourteen to fifteen dollars. Towns with carrier service eighteen dollars yearly. Outside fifty miles two hundred six dollars yearly. All mail payments in advance. Office hours given. Missed-paper delivery optional until specified times. Local contact number.
Walter W. White retires as publisher and secretary treasurer of Journal-Star Printing Co. after 45 years in Nebraska journalism. Charles W. White, his son and assistant publisher, will succeed him. White joined The Lincoln Star in 1923 and rose to publisher in 1944.
Alfred Oest of 107 BE Fulham Ave Muscatine is hospitalized at University Hospitals Iowa City for a kidney ailment. He may stay about 16 weeks and will receive visitors at room 25 third west. He is publisher of the Star Courier succeeding E I Anson. Also notes April 1965 appointment of W White as assistant published of The Star and controller of Journal Star Printing Co. and director of Lee Enterprises.
The Scott County Economic Opportunity Council and Iowa East Central TRAIN consider a merger to consolidate war on poverty work in Scott Muscatine Cedar and Louisa Counties with George Elsasser as potential director earning 12506 annually. The plan keeps current programs and adds a 36 member board with 18 from Scott County and a main office in Davenport.
Mary Maxine Hewett born December 16 1913 in Michigan died February 24 in Long Beach California after a long illness. She moved to Muscatine with her family and to California in 1944. Survivors include husband Ralph B stepson Russell Hewett and stepdaughter Isabell Spongberg. Rosary and Low Mass were offered at St Barnabas Church Long Beach and burial followed at All Saints Cemetery Long Beach.
Director of Highways Josep Coupal said consulting engineers Howard Needles and Bergendorf studied potential sites for the Mississippi River bridge at Muscatine for the Iowa Highway Commission. Wilbur Smith and Associates handled traffic matters. Reports expected by Monday or Tuesday. decision in about two weeks after Muscatine officials consulted.
University hospitals in Iowa City report Allen tree Peak 21 of 513 Lorenz Street remains in critical condition after a one car accident north of Muscatine last Friday. Two other Muscatine youths died from injuries. Peak suffered severe cuts and other injuries. Local 551 Musicians Union meets Monday at 8 p.m. at the union hall to discuss Trust Fund projects. Red Cross rural fund drive begins today in Muscatine county with township volunteers calling on rural residents or notifying them by mail.
A city health board note from October 2 misidentified the property at East 2nd street. The article now clarifies the owner as Hockermith?ent Smith property instead of Hintermeister. The correction confirms the actual owner in the health board record.
The Laura Musser Art Gallery hosts the fifth Town Industry exhibit featuring Thatcher Plastic Packaging of Muscatine. The display runs through April 28 and highlights cellulose bands plastic closures and squeeze tubes. Thatcher Plastic Packaging grew from Celon Company founded in Muscatine in 1948 and later changed names through acquisitions.
Jennings of the Iowa Conservation Commission spoke at the Muscatine club meeting on conservation as the wise use of natural resources. He outlined three core areas public relations, fish and game management, and law enforcement, and showed color slides of conservation work. He noted water pollution impacts and reported gun safety classes for sixth graders at McKinley school with plans to expand.
Black smoke rose from a 1952 model 34 ton pickup truck on Mississippi Drive at Sycamore Street when used tires and oil cans in the bed caught fire at 8:50 a.m. today. The bed sustained slight damage. The truck is registered to Albert Fardham of Muscatine.
Muscatine Community College students scrap an Easter trip to Vietnam after terrorist attacks. President Tom Cook cites hazards and protection demands. A student assembly created a suggestion box for ideas to support servicemen, with fund raising delayed until a project is chosen.
A compact roundup of local listings shows items for sale services and notices. Distinct ads include job offerings real estate rentals and small business requests reflecting the community’s daily commerce and needs.
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