Letter to Aunt Sadie on Guns and F 111 Debates
A letter to Aunt Sadie discusses gun safety and the F-111 fighter bomber costs. It cites losses in Vietnam, compares costs to Muscatine Community College, and includes fourth graders letters urging safer behavior and school as a learning place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Sadie
LEE
East Third St
Iowa
Your Community Daily
Hl, Nelson
William Fahy
Carl Walter
Adv
Gilbert Dietz
Sam Cuelds
Mgr
Gil Dietz
Robert McNamara
Thailand
North Vietnam
Muscatine Community College
Tim Weiershouser
Pam Hill
Alan Cooney
Kevin Silberhorn
Meyer
Larry Hopp
Claus Seyffert
Patty Walker
Lincoln
Pueblo Crisis Draws Daily Outcry Then Pleas for Action
The Pueblo seizure by North Korea three months ago sparked days of government outrage in the United States, but now demands have shifted to pleadings and talks. Officials deny ransom talks while items like construction equipment and medicine are mentioned, and citizens urge bold action to bring the 82 crew home.
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Kewanee Star-Courier
USS Pueblo
U.S
Earth
Pueblo
Kennedy calls for pause on space and SST programs
The Burlington Hawk-Eye notes Senator Robert Kennedy questions the pace and funding of the space shuttle and the supersonic transport. It argues federal dollars are scarce for war relief and domestic needs, citing environmental and airport costs as reasons for a temporary halt to let technologists reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Iowa
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
U.S
London Bridge to be moved to Arizona amid jesting tone
The Wisconsin State Journal notes in light satire that London Bridge will not be bought by Americans for Disneyland but jokes the span will be relocated to Lake Havasu City Arizona as a 3000 resident landmark. It mocks Britain’s losses and cites historic treasures, mentioning the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth amid playful quips.
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Wisconsin State Journal
Westminster Abbey
Disneyland
West
London Bridge
Arizona
Long Beach
Calif
Britain
Grand Canyon
Myapire State
Lake Havasu
Ariz
Howard Hughes
William Randolph
St. Peter
Faiglishman
Daley’s Moment of Truth on Arson and Force
A Detroit column argues Mayor Daley rightly called for deadly force against arsonists and looters while acknowledging riots raise complex fears. It contends order first, property rights matter, and reconciliation follows once violence ends.
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Mayor Daley
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Daley
Bull Connor
George Wallace
Boil Care On The Face And Prevention Tips
Dear reader explains facial boils and home care. Hot compresses help bring a boil to a head and hasten healing while avoiding picking. Bread and milk poultice offers little gain and can be messy. maintain cleanliness and disinfect surrounding skin to prevent new infections.
Dear Abby column excerpts reveal hospital room chaos and marriage woes
A Dear Abby column passage recalls a hospital stay with disruptive roommates and the toll of shared rooms in a small upstate New York hospital. The writer’s experiences include a 10 year old roommate, a drunken driver roommate, and a constantly chatting spouse, all affecting rest and sanity. The second letter fragment asks about a wife supporting a husband through degrees and a potential shift to family life, urging frank talk about expectations. The writer signs as a man who married for money, noting it is easy to love a rich woman.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
New York
Los
John
The
University
Fort Worth
Willy
Letters to Editor on swimming hazards at gravel pits
A Muscatine reader urges caution as summer returns and pit shores fill with swimmers. An eight year Rescue Unit veteran recalls yearly drownings and rescues, noting no swimming signs are ignored and urging safer access to Weed Park, YMCA, and YWCA pools.
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Muscatine
Weed Park
Y.M.C.A
Y.W.C.A
Papoose Creek boyhorse incident recalls a quicksand near Second Street
Our Yesterdays notes a boy riding a horse in Papoose Creek last evening the animal sank in quicksand to three feet near Second Street and was rescued after great effort. A Ramyond excursion train bound for California passed Mascaline around 4 pm. JF Murphy plumber listed. Ellsworth Schmaltz writes from Paris about bombardment news. Gladys Chapman Atalis sa to train in WAVES in New York May 3. Norman Kautz promoted to Captain. Robert Veerhusen honored in Des Moines for United Fund service.
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Papoose Creek
Second Street
California
Mascaline
JF. Murphy
Paris
Orville Rittenhouse
Gladys Chapman
Atalissa
New York
George Chapman
Carl Kautz
Iowa Ave
Norman
Robert H. Veerhusen
Muscaline
Des Moines
United Fund of Iowa
Today in History highlights through 1968 events
On April 27 1968 the history page lists events from 1941 Athens fell to Germans after resistance in World War II to 1965 US Navy evacuations near the Dominican Republic. It notes births and deaths including Morse and Grant, Emerson’s death, Gary groundbreaking, and various world events. The piece closes with a prayer and Bible verse.
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Associated Press
Athens
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
Samuel F. B. Morse
Charlestown
Lass
Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord
Mays
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Muscatine Journal
Associated Press UK
Journal
San Francisco
Alara Minutapoli
St. Louts
Kansan City
Dallas
Jam & Kelly, Inc
Sue Anderson
Air Force
Lincoln School
William
Jeanne) Meyer
Terry N. Thompson
Marcus Montagna
Terry Broderson
Small Society
Brickman
Brickkman
United States
James
Kilpstrick
Joseph G. Molner
M.D
Rudolph
L.N
Arbby
All Fears
Ellsworth
Jack
Schmaltz
U.S. Steel Corp
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Gary
U. S. Navy
Dominican Republic
Fidel Castro
Murmansk
Soviet Union
Beatrix
Netherlands
Ivant
Prince of Orange
the Daily Prayer
Paul
Christ
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