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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
2
Readers are urged to put air travel risk into perspective using 1967 figures from the Guggenheim Aviation Safety Center. The report compares accidental fatalities per million miles for airlines at 30, railroads 9, intercity buses 20, and autos 240, noting aviation safety improved from 320 in 1950 to 30 in 1967 while autos fell only to 240.
New York observer links Democratic 1968 struggles to 1912 Chicago chaos as factions clash, street battles loom, and leaders fear uncontrolled movements. References McCarthy Humphrey and youth protests, with warnings of violence, recalls Roosevelt era recalls and debates over law versus popular pressure.
The Democratic platform may be hammered out on the convention floor by 2600 delegates rather than a 110 member committee delaying nominations. A minority of the platform committee seeks a strong peace plank to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam, sparking two drafting efforts and a possible floor vote. Governor Connally urged a plank defending the administration’s Vietnam policy, drawing applause as Sorensen organized a push for a strong peace plank to present to the convention.
A reader panel asks about cheilosis misdiagnosed as eczema, suggesting a dermatologist for skin eruptions around the mouth and eyes. Another query seeks details on hiatal hernia and menopause related symptoms, with Dr Motner directing to his booklet for vague topics and mail requests. The column also covers brief weather forecasts and a closing note on plant care.
A satirical New York AP column skewers dieting culture and weight obsession in America. The narrator mocks hunger reports while detailing the woes of dieting, social pressures, and ridicule faced by those attempting to shed pounds, ending with the sting of perpetual loss.
Our Yesterdays notes say nine Muscatine teachers left Monday for the State Teachers Convention in Keokuk. Other items mention W L Roach traveling to Omaha on business, onion prices at a dollar a bushel, a surprise birthday gathering for Harold C Hoefflin at 1138 Logan Street, and nursing aide classes starting October 1 at Hershey Hospitals led by Mrs Clarence Ellman and Mrs H G Johnson.
On this date in 1500 Christopher Columbus was arrested in Haiti and sent back to Spain in chains. In 1775 King George III proclaimed open rebellion in the American colonies. In 1879 Mary Baker Eddy followers chartered the Church of Christ Scientist in Lynn Massachusetts. In 1914 Japan declared war on Germany in World War I. In 1923 The Happiness Boys Billy Jones and Ernie Her began radio. In 1926 Rudolph Valentino died in New York. In 1944 Allied forces captured Marseilles in France. Ten years ago shelling of Quemoy and Little Quemoy by Communist China. Five years ago a UN cease-fire appeal between Israel and Syria. One year ago France pledged more aid to Quebec.
A brief devotional passage praises faith tested by trials to prove devotion. It thanks God for a planned life and asks for grace to accept the required weakness, concluding with an Amen in Christ.
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