Well Earned Award Honors Muscatine Man
Fred Owen of Muscatine received a plaque as Rehabilitation Person of the Year for Muscatine Scott and Clinton counties at a Kiwanis luncheon. The Iowa Division of Rehabilitation Education and Services and the Iowa Department of Public Instruction joined in presenting. Owen, disabled by a heart attack in 1964, trained three months in small appliance repair and now runs Owen Appliance Service in Muscatine.
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Fred Owen
Muscatine
Scott
Clinton
Owen
Helen
Kiwanis Club
Division of Rehabilitation Education and Services
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Iowa Superintendent of Public Instruction
Iowa
Owen Appliance Service
Agnew political evolution from Democrat to Nixon ally
The profile traces Maryland governor Spiro Agnew's shift from Democrat to Republican after World War II, his move from liberal to conservative, and his changing stance toward Nelson Rockefeller and Nixon. It covers his 1966 landslide, civil rights clashes, rhetoric on law and order, and his 1968 endorsement of Nixon at Miami Beach.
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Annapolis
Spiro
Ted” Agnew
Maryland
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Agnew
George P. Mahoney
Anagnostopoulos
Baltimore County
America
Mahoney
Baltimore
Martin Luther King Jr
Charlie’s
Uncle Tom
New York
Rockefeller
Nixon
Miami Beach
University of Baltimore
Time and idle hours spark fear and floundering
Norman Cousins argues in Saturday Review that people with idle hours due to a shorter workweek may feel helpless and unable to pursue new options rather than gaining creative liberty. He notes television outages amplify anxiety and fuel insufficient engagement with activities.
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Norman Cousins
Saturday Review
Filibuster fate and the 0-12 film in Fortas case
Article argues the Senate should view the 0-12 movie to decide on Fortas and Thornberry. It cites Schackman v California, Redrup v New York, and a Fortas backed reversal, framing the film as obscenity and testing free speech. It urges Senate confirmation questions tied to constitutional stakes.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Chicago
Senate
United States
Harry Schackman
Los Angeles
Schackman
A. Andrew Hauk
Superior Court of California
U.S. Supreme Court
California
County of
Redrup
New York
Warren
Clark
Brennan
Harla
Black
Douglas
Stewart
White
Fortas
U. S. Supreme Court
Justice Fertas
Homer Thornberry
Hank
Justice Fortas
Thornberry
Callus causes and plantar warts explained by Dr Molner
Dear Dr Molner describes how calluses form from pressure or irritation and why removing skin alone fails. Overweight arches and ill fitting shoes raise risk. new insoles may help. see a podiatrist to address arch faults. For plantar warts, no home cure. keep to slippers indoors, wart removal by a physician may be needed.
Head Start program praised by Muscatine parent readers
A Muscatine reader thanks Garfield school staff and CCC volunteers for a nine week Head Start program on Wednesdays. The letter also questions hospital policy removing a meditation room and asks why Gideon Bibles are not in Muscatine hospitals, urging religious reminders.
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Muscatine
Garfield School
Robert Herwig
Wagner
Bridges
Bishop
C.C.C
P.T.A
Muscatine General Hospital
God
Gideon
LaVern Hubbard
Fruitland Baptist Church
Jumping to Conclusions in Health and Fashion
A column notes how women and pro athletes fret over health, with fears about minor body flaws affecting careers. It jokes about dieting, dental cavities, tight clothing, and moods, and mentions social trends like amateur painting and unsolicited art displays. It ends with a humorous anecdote about a cat reacting to a painting.
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New York
Our Yesterdays Through the Decades Recap
A nostalgic column notes events from 100 to 10 years ago. It mentions a Presbyterian church moonlight ferry trip, tornado forecasts, travels of Emma Sparks and E A Cook, Muscatine recruits overseas, Guy Melvin Blake in English camps, navy training for Richard Qualls, Pvt Joseph Wayne White on furlough, and Janet Fletcher graduating from St Luke's hospital nursing school.
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Emma Sparks
Mrs. McCormick
Chicago
E. A. Cook
Texas
Guy Melvin Blake
Lavina Blake
West Sixth Street
Richard Qualls
Betty Qualls
Green Street
Murray, Ky
Joseph Wayne White
Bolling Air Field
Washington, D.C
Walter White
Atalissa
Janet Fletcher
C. L. Fletcher Wilton
St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
Today in History highlights and notable events
On this date in 1521 Hernando Cortes captured Mexico City from the Aztecs. Other events include William's War beginning in 1688 after attacks in Maine, the 1848 raising of the American flag over Los Angeles, a 1868 Peru earthquake killing 25 000, 1898 Manila surrendered to the United States, 1937 Japanese attack on Shanghai, 1961 East Germany sealed the Berlin border, Eisenhower addressing the UN on Middle East peace, Congo prisoners freed in Brazzaville, and two 19 year olds killed by bears in Glacier National Park.
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Associated Press
Hernando Cotez
Mexico City
North Yarmouth
Maine
Los Angeles
Peru
Ecuador
Manila
Shanghai
East Germany
East
West Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
UN Security Council
U.S
Middle East
Congo
Brazzaville
Glacier National Park
Prayer excerpt urges careful speech before God in Ecclesiastes style
A compact prayer fragment thanks for forgiveness and seeks divine will. It echoes Ecclesiastes 5 1 2 about approaching God with restraint and humility, asking for guidance and surrender in Jesus name.
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Heaven
Earth
Jesus
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Spiro Agnew
By John Woodfield
The
Small Society
BricKman
Hubert
High Court
James
Joseph G. Molner
M.D
Dr. Moiner
T.E.D
Dr. Mother
Mrs
James Grubaugh
Logan St. Muscatine, Iowa
Hal Boyle
Congress
the Daily Prayer
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