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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1966
Page
2
July sees a 0.4 percent jump in the cost of living with the Consumer Price Index at 113.3, meaning an $11.33 basket costs from $10 in 1957-59. The rise outpaces last year by 2.8 percent as prices for essentials and comfort items climb, despite talk of wage guidelines and limited curbs.
James J. Kilpatrick discusses the clash between the House Committee on Un-American Activities and a District Judge order. The episode sparks anger on the Hill, prompts impeachment talk, and highlights a confrontation over free speech versus national security. Witness behavior worsens the optics, yet the House asserts its prerogatives and emerges strengthened.
A compact roundup notes historic items from prior years and a current school start. It lists grammar and primary schools opening Monday the 27th and the high school on Wednesday the 29th, plus a 50 year ago barn fire at Gene Barnard’s property. It also mentions a Baptist church youth retreat and Nichols Independent school opening half day on Sept 3 with teaching positions filled.
Washington AP six Negro leaders debated tactics on civil rights on NBC Meet the Press. King supports nonviolence and continued demonstrations. McKissick favors self defense if provoked. Meredith says nonviolence conflicts with American ideas, endorsing vigilante action if law fails. Carmichael and Wilkins push protection and law and order, while Young criticizes the talk on black power.
Sherrie Murphy a 17 year old high school senior from Stratford Texas was chosen Miss Wheatheart of the Nation to represent the wheat growing industry.
A reminiscence recalls summer chores on a grandmother’s farm. The narrator notes how cows distract by circling him, allowing a strategic rise to drive them toward the barn. He compares curiosity in cows to that of antelope and fish, and mentions pioneer methods on the plains.
A narrated account compares hunters luring antelope with a red flag to a football huddle then shooting as the game nears. It shifts to a private fishing tale where a bass repeatedly approaches a copper loop, finally letting the writer lasso it with a bent wire loop.
Abigail Van Buren fields readers questions and letters spanning domestic tension in a blended household. Topics include a sister living with relatives and a suitor’s courting, a plastic surgery nose debate, wrestling career viability, and handling criticism as jealousy.
HAL BOYLE reports on Michael Caine building a film career through hard work and luck. The 34 year old star commands 250000 dollars per film plus profit shares after years on the fringe, with a background of factory work and military service and his mother’s $700 loan backing his risk.
A compact crossword style clue asking for a law term meaning spoken or oral by word of mouth with a harangue as a hint, prompting solution likely an oratorical or verbal legal concept.
The excerpt opens with a biblical verse from Psalm 19:1 and offers a daily prayer asking God to reveal renewed creativity in His presence and power. It requests thankful hearts, renewal of body mind and spirit, forgiveness of blindness and sin, and faithful hearts through Christ in the familiar Our Father.
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