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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1964
Page
2
Mississippi Sampan arrives in Muscatine with a boat that resembles a Chinese sampan more than a jahnboot. Two Rochester Institute of Technology graduates work temporarily in Muscatine before continuing downriver to New Orleans. Sails provide economy and quiet, outboard motor offers speed and emergencies. An oriental fish-shaped windsock indicates wind direction.
Muscatine district court opened this morning with Judge Arthur F. Daussen of Maquoketa presiding. The court convened at 1 a.m. with the bar and jurors to set the docket. eight criminal cases are assigned for jury trial and jurors seeking excuses report Wednesday.
The docket lists a third offense larceny of two motor vehicles OMVI second offense assault with intent to cause bodily injury and larceny. It also notes four civil cases with certificates of readiness filed before term opening.
Local veterinarians report several encephalitis cases among horses in the Muscatine area on both sides of the Mississippi. Vaccine is available and in higher demand. spreading to humans is possible but rare locally. Past outbreaks occurred in 1953 and 1989 with more recent scattered cases.
George EB Ridgeway, formerly of Waverly, starts as Muscatine's first sewage disposal plant superintendent. He and his family moved to West Eighth Street and will learn plant details during construction, expected to finish by next winter. City Engineer McElwee notes 64 percent of the contract price is spent. bricks mostly set and interior work underway with equipment installation ahead. Yard work such as backfilling to begin this week as the lift station phase proceeds at two dollars per (incomplete).
Police investigated the theft of 340 feet of high line control cable from a construction site near Maple Grove road and a nearby car damage incident. The report notes a 1957 model vehicle with a Colorado license and an inmate driver charged with operating while intoxicated, plus remodeling at Mad Creek pumping station with new motors and pumps.
Larry Hintz, supervisor of instrumental music in Muscatine grade schools, will become president of the Muscatine Masquers tonight. The first regular meeting of the new season is at 7:30 p.m. at the community college. Hintz, a State University of Town graduate, led a stage band in the Army and has served the Masquers as actor, stage crew, and secretary.
Clark Poatel of 1510 Hershey Avenue started today as the YMCA physical education director. He is a recent graduate of Central College in Pella.
Judge Matthew Westvale committed Keith Allen Greenhaw fifteen to Eldora state school for parole violation dated April 11, 1964. Bawin Allen Hamann sixteen also committed after violating juvenile parole from November 2, 1963. Vernon James DeWulf sixteen was found an habitual law violator.
Following a long tradition, Muscatine public school teachers spent Monday afternoon on the river with luncheon after a morning workshop. An all day program at the high school auditorium is planned, with meetings at各 schools Wednesday to prepare for Thursday’s first class sessions instructing over 4,500 pupils this year.
Nomination papers filed for Kenneth A Schvens Fy Devere Newberry and Otto Richard M as Muscatine Community School District directors seek reelection. Dr Robert H Asthalter term ends this year and he will not run. Board terms are three years and directors serve without salary. Twenty three new teachers were guests at a Kiwanis luncheon today.
Muscatine authorities announce new citywide traffic safety push ahead of the school term. Fines for speeding will rise starting Wednesday with scale from 15 to 50 dollars plus costs, plus possible license suspension for major offenses. radar in one patrol car, and state safety department oversight on convictions.
The Muscatine Journal is published daily except Sunday by The Muscatine Journal. It is a nine member Leo Enterprises corporation project. It is printed at F. Stackline Iowa with second class matter status. Subscriptions cost 40 cents a week by carrier and 14.00 per year by mail within and beyond fifty miles. Office hours are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
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