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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1955
Page
6
The editorial argues the peacetime draft and military reserve program are essential for deterrence. It warns against casual attitudes among draftees, stresses preparation before conflict, and notes the need for disciplined, skilled personnel to sustain deterrence and rapid response worldwide.
A surge of prize drawings spreads as postal law interpretations liberalize. National campaigns like International Harvester and Firestone offer large prizes with simple entry, drawing winners by luck rather than purchase. Court rulings and FCC attitudes loosened bans, signaling a new era of promotional giveaways to build customer lists.
A crossword puzzle grid fills with clues for Across down the 21st president Chester A Arthur and related terms. Clues include He bor at Fairfield Vermont sister White House hostess fiddling Roman emperor hail toward the sheltered sir the hill narrow ink diminutive of Stanley discolored ceases whirlwinds honeymak restrain it is opposite writing tool huge tub conger worthless table scrap had Puma erect folding bed cotton fabric Iroquoian Indian God of love number plural footlike part demolish.
Answer sequence for ES INTS 24 Row 25 Small Isla 26 Withered 127 Wicked 28 Bargain ¢ 29 Pace 31 Horseback game 37 Cubic mete 38 Pedal digit 39 Assyrian moon-god 40 Horn 42 Palm fruits 43 Allowance for waste 44 At this place 45 Shower 46 Minute skin opening 47 Olympian goddess 48 Son of Seth Bib 49 Flower 51 Head covering
A Chicago Governors Conference analysis shows Adlai E. Stevenson and Averell Harriman lead a faction seeking to revive the Roosevelt Truman liberal appeal. Skeptics include Governors Meyner and Ribicoff. Dems push for parity legislation and FEPC alongside possible race desegregation disputes.
Our Yesterday recalls 75 years ago Mr Hine the plasterer washed his buggy into the river near the levee and nearly lost horse and wagon after a dredge cut. 50 years ago river traffic boomed aided by the St Louis exposition with ships like St Paul Sidney Quincy Dubuque fully booked and freight up. 25 years ago Muscatine parks expansion funding rose to 1.5 mills with new tennis court pool repairs and playground updates noted.
Leslie Sterner, an agricultural limestone hauler with five children, bought the 88 year old Moscow independent school for 2790 dollars. He plans to convert the building into a home and move Moscow students by bus to Wilton for the fall term as the Moscow township schools close. Mrs. Elvin Markham will teach fifth grade in Wilton this fall.
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