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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1955
Page
4
The Muscatine Journal editorial notes the flood devastation across six states with up to two billion dollars in damage and thousands displaced. It praises Red Cross aid, federal and state relief, and a strong national generosity while recalling Muscatine's own flood experience and local Red Cross efforts.
The Consumer Price Index increased for the second month in a row, reaching the highest level of 1955. Officials cite higher prices for fresh fruits and increases in personal services as the main reasons, with potential effects from rising industrial wages and contract-linked wage hikes. The article cautions against delaying purchases.
Comment arguing President Eisenhower opposes government secrecy except for his golf scores. The piece in the Marshalltown Times-Republican frames the exception as a personal privacy or pride issue.
A congressman floats a bill to legalize lotteries as a source of government revenue despite skepticism about its practicality and potential costs. The debate centers on whether lottery income could materialize from nowhere and replace other funding.
NEA report details the Senate plan to honor five greatest dead senators with medallions and a rotating yearly selection from 1906 onward. It weighs names from Taft, Hull, Vandenberg, Norris, Borah, La Follette, Webster, and Houston, noting the political challenges and potential filibusters in choosing five.
The article argues that Eisenhower era alignment between auto, steel and coal industries and key executives boosted wage gains for union workers. It cites Henry Ford, General Motors, Walter Reuther and Paul Hoffman, noting improved wages and pensions as a result of pro business policies. It compares wartime and postwar labor gains, predicting broader effects across industries through producer cooperation and union support.
The Burlington Hawkeye Gazette opines that the Dodgers may abandon Brooklyn as home grounds over non support charges. The piece laments the state of baseball and suggests puzzles to entertain fans during pitcher and catcher conferences as a revival tactic.
A cryptic style clue set joins a songstress with scattered definitions. The grid includes growth terms, esteem, reluctance, and various small words like tear and rodent, plus references to English river and social insects. The puzzle blends across and down hints for a themed fill.
Captain Uriah Brock a famed Mississippi river pilot dies in St Louis likely from heart disease at about seventy. Renowned for courtesy and dialogue he once commanded a steamer in a historic rescue when a storm wrecked a boat on the lower rapids saving a newlywed couple on a bridal trip.
Keokuk notes show increases in new houses while the city’s baseball race narrows. Scoring twice in the fourth inning and capitalizing on two Calvary Baptist errors, the Bisesi kitten ball team edged Calvary Baptist 2 to 1 at Weed Park to claim the city title in a three wins apiece round robin finish.
James A. Coll of Muscatine was fined five dollars and costs for a stop sign violation in Justice Garry Woodward's court. Thomas E. Stout of Muscatine route 5 paid five dollars and costs for improper vehicle registration. Charges were filed by the Iowa Highway Patrol. Amos Ward, a transient, received a ten day sentence on a petty larceny charge.
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