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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1972
Page
10
Census figures show 86 percent of farms with over 2500 dollars in sales are family operated. About 12.8 percent are partnerships and only 1.2 percent, roughly 21,500 farms, are corporate. Most corporates have 10 or fewer stockholders, with only 1.8 thousand above 10. California and Iowa show similar patterns.
Editor notes Roscoe Drummond away. Tom Braden reports McGovern’s two key choices in the Black Hills. Target youth vote with a national drive, especially noncollege youth, and test southern states Arkansas Georgia Louisiana North Carolina for early polling. Humphrey 1968 map abandoned if not achievable.
James J. Kilpatrick reports that a $25,000 campaign check given to Maurice Stans on April 11 was deposited to Bernard Barker’s Florida account on April 20 and withdrawn the next day. Barker, Stans, Hunt, Sturgis, Martinez, and Gonzales face burglary charges after the Watergate break in. The case widens to other Nixon aides and connections, demanding swift, public disclosure from Nixon and aides.
Muscatine Journal lists publisher William L Fahy and controller Max Christy. Editors include Gil Dietz Harold Blake and David White with Wendell Grinstead in advertising sales and circulation management.
A fragmented recap recalls social items from years ago including engagements in Muscatine and Mission Texas, visits by Mrs. Wood and granddaughters Nellie and Dorothy Stewart, and a 26 August wedding planned at Musserville Methodist Church. Names include Howard Crow, Paul Slack, Connie Slack, Gerald Keith, and Wendie Keith.
A letter from boating families urges beachgoers to haul trash home. They condemn litter left by careless boaters, recount community efforts to improve beaches, and thank local supporters and teacher Lucille Kautz Johnson for her influence.
On this date in 1588 the British led by Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada off France. Other events include the Dutch recapturing New York and New Jersey in 1673, John-Paul Jones becoming a captain in 1776, Napoleon sailing to St Helena in 1815, Germany bombing Britain in 1940, the Soviet Union declaring war on Japan in 1945, a 1963 masked train robbery near Cheddington, England, and notable birthdays and anniversaries including Arthur Goldberg and Sylvia Sidney.
A devotional line cites You are the sons of the Lord your God from Deuteronomy and offers a prayer asking almighty God to bless all in His grace and love. Amen.
In a physical, doctors palpate the abdomen to assess health. They note surface shape, spasm, tenderness, and signs like rebound tenderness indicating possible infection, liver or spleen issues, or abdominal masses. Additional testing follows to confirm conditions. A reader asks about a grandson with bed wetting and guidance is given on medical and psychological factors plus resources.
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