Paving Eight Muscatine Streets Planned by Council
Muscatine council calls for plans and specs to pave eight streets with Portland cement in three wards during the coming season. Project cost estimated about 275000 with the city paying the largest share. preliminary engineering to prepare for pubic hearings on assessments. Proposals include Musser Street from Grandview to the city limit and a route to Kent Stein park via Warren, Division, and Oneida avenues, plus signals at Grandview and widening on Oregon and Bond streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McElwee
Fourth Ward
Musser Straat
Musser Street
Grandview Avenue
Wolverine Farmery
Kent-Stein
McKinley school area P T O objects to street upgrades
An article notes formal objections by property owners to planned street improvements along Newell Avenue north to Fulham Avenue and Wier Street from Mulberry to Geneva in the Third ward. It cites a residential area need and also mentions limited state funds potentially limiting city participation without bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newell
Fulham Avenue
McKinley School
Wier Street
Mulberry Avenue
Geneva Drive
Isett Avenue
H. J. Heinz Company
Clay Street
Midland College Players To Present Play at Church
Midland College Players of Fremont Nebraska will stage Christ in the Concrete City by P W Turner at Grace Lutheran church 730 p m Wednesday March 23 Director Ivan H Davidson notes a cast of six portrays the passion of Christ from three views including historical events and personal significance This is part of Midland groups annual spring tour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wiegand
Midland College
Racine, Wise
Christ In the
Concrete City
Grace Lutheran Church
Paula Bristen
Homewood
Irl
Nancy Oliver
Stanton, Fa
Christ
P. W. Turner
Midland College Players
Fremont
Nebr
Ivan H. Davidson
Appointed To Zone Board Names Ahlf To City Panel
Donald A. Ahlf, a post office employee of 1620 Orange Street, was appointed Thursday night to the city plan and zoning commission to replace William Schafenacker who resigned. Mayor Burns announced the selection and the council confirmed the appointment. Ahlf will serve the remainder of a five year term ending January 1 1968. Two subdivision plats were sent to council for street and alley committee review. Bidwell addition at Bidwell Road and Wier Street includes 21 lots. Longhurst subdivision west of Fletcher Avenue and south of Lucas Street plans 10 lots and Lowe Street extension to serve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Ahif
Orange Street
City Plan and Zoning Commission
William Schafenacker
E. &. (Kelly) Burns
Ahlf
Council
Bidwell Addition
Bidwell Road
Wier Street
Longhurst
Fletcher Avenue
Lucas Street
Lowe Street
Muscatine Journal Details and AP News Rights
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sunday by the Muscatine Journal and member of Leo Enterprises, incorporated at 11 Bird Street, Muscatine Iowa. It is entered as second class matter at the Muscatine post office under the act of March 1879. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine. Journal
Leo Enterprises
Bird
Muscatine
Iowa
Muscat Mine
Subscription Rates for Muscatine Daily Newspaper
Terms to Subscribers Delivered daily by carrier in City of Muscatine, $2.00 per month In advance. Delivered daily by carrier other than Muscatine, forty cents a week. Daily one year by mail within fifty miles of Muscatine, $12.00. Daily one year by mail over fifty miles from Muscatine, $18.00. All mail until 6:20. Dial 263-211. Office hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Saturday mornings to 1 p.m. Special delivery for panels missed to maintain scrupions in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Muscatine
Muscatine
Dally
Aldermen OK Recodified City Ordinances 5 to 1
City aldermen voted five to one to adopt a recodified volume of revised ordinances including building and electrical codes. The measure passed a public hearing with no objectors, and two more favorable council votes are needed before final adoption. Proponents say the codes improve standards and aid federal redevelopment funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Powell
Wayne Tooman
Harold
Pat) Finnegan
Robert Wheeler
Harold Vischer
Mora
John Wessels
Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
Chamber
John Parks
Downtown Development Committee
Muscatine Swim Club plans wall to segment pool lanes
The Muscatine Swim Club was authorized to erect a concrete block wall at Weed Park pool to create eight seven foot lanes for Olympic length events. Club delegates Lowell Titus Judd Anderson and George Oveson presented the plan and will fund installation. The pool area will be reconfigured to improve use while maintaining 25 meter lane length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Swim
Elmer Tobias
Horseshoe Club
Kent-Stein Park
Williard Martin
The
Park Commission
Young Muscatine Father Ends Life With Shotgun
Thomas Warren Krider, 18, of 1903 Breese street, was found shot to death about 7 a m in his bedroom. Police say he self-inflicted a W-gauge shotgun blast during the night. Neighbor Mrs Bohanan found the body while checking to wake him for work. Krider, a carpenter born Sept 22 1887, was married to Brenda Thomas and father to a son, with parents Richard and Evelyn Krider and two sisters surviving. Funeral set for 3 p m Saturday at Fairbanks chapel with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Warren Krider
Breese Street
Glenn Axell
Bohanan
Krider
Carma J. Almandinger
Hedrick
Mary Ann Carpenter
Letts
Fairbanks Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
Calvary Baptist to Welcome Interim Pastor on Sunday
A 1959 carry-all truck belonging to TD Wecker of Silvis burned on Highway 22 west of Fairport after a fuel leak ignited. Firefighters arrived too late. the vehicle was a total loss. Rev Magnus D Christensen will serve as interim pastor at Calvary Baptist for several months, living at the church parsonage with his wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvis
Highway 22
Fairport
Wecker
Charlie Whisler
Muscatine
Calvary Baptist Church
Magnus D. Christensen
Christensen
South Africa
Calvary Baptist
Orchard Avenue
Africa
Chicago
Indiana
Kentucky
Ban Parking On Section of Cedar St
City council voted to ban parking along a 40 foot Cedar street stretch near Muscatine General Hospital and study a broader ban from Fulham to Parham avenues. It cited intersections as hazards and will seek cost figures for mosquito control including aerial spraying and ground efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar St
Cedar Street
Wayne Tooman
Muscatine General Hospital
Gerald Powell
Cedar
Fulham Avenue
Parham Avenue
Tooman
City Orders Two Unusable Houses Down
City council voted to condemn two buildings as unusable on Dewey Avenue 2016 and 1300, following alderman John Hilton's recommendation. The action aims to remove blighted structures and improve neighborhood safety and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hilton
Dewey Avenue
No Place for Sleep Out Bob Miller Incident
Bob Miller said Emery Low, a wrecker operator, took him home after an accident. Miller could not recall how his car ended up at the scene. Officers suspected the vehicle left Clay Street and plunged into the creek overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Miller
Emery Low
Monk
Miller
Clay Street
Council Acts on Traffic Survey and 1966 Population Count
Aldermen approved a new traffic origin and destination survey to guide a master transportation plan and city growth. The state highway commission will conduct the survey likely starting in April, with federal census maps and tracks to be requested by Mayor Burns for a special census costing about 4875 dollars and due in months. The council also planned sewer projects along outer Park avenue Allen Foster streets Weed park Lake Park blvd and budgeted 4872 dollars for 140 new parking meter mechanisms trade in old units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Stanley Engineering Co
E.S. (Kelly) Burns
New Area IX District To Provide Teaching Aids
Area IX Education district will offer teaching aids to elementary and high schools along with its college and technical programs. A 15-member advisory committee in Mount Joy will oversee central distribution, selecting library books films and audiovisuals for loan to Tri-County schools under federal Title I aid. Members include F J Lenoch Ben Tesch Marie Fry and Martha Groben.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area IX
Mount Joy
Muscatine
Clinton
Scott
F. J. Lenoch
Hayes Catholic
Ben Tesch
Princiipal
Washington School
Marie Fry
Wilton
Martha Groben
Columbus
Frank Ralston
Muscatine County
Tri-County College and Technical Training District
State Department of Public Instruction
Pesrres
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pilot Club
Jefferson School
Midland Group
Donald Ahlf
Swim Club
Muscatine Club
Hotel Muscatine
Carson Schwandke
Ray Thomas
Clyde Gabriel, Jr
Ruth Gabriel
Notables
Lucille Carver
Duane Keough
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Maurice Reed
Harvey Woodstra
Harold Lemkau
Masonic Temple
Civic Center
Wapello
Grandview
Ruck Burns
Bake Sale
Alvin &. Monk
Jefferson Street
Colorado Street
Federal Bureau of the Census
Hyelyn Sehauland
Schauland
Kansas Street
Bond Street
Grimm
Hotel
James Bond
Flint
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