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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1963
Page
4
The piece argues the 1964 GOP must nominate a strong, capable candidate beyond mere repetition. It questions Rockefeller, Goldwater, Romney, Scranton figures and emphasizes that the survival of the two party system hinges on a viable Republican challenger with ideas, courage and principles.
The Highway Commission purchased almost $500,000 worth of salt to melt ice on highways for the next winter. Salt will be stockpiled at nine locations and applied to keep traffic moving. Motorists would protest if salting stopped, though some seek better ice and snow melting methods due to salt’s corrosive effect on metal vehicle parts.
Cy Barrett comments on Alaska as a future tourist destination after statehood. A University of Alaska study notes Alaska lags in restaurants, entertainment, and transport for average tourists, with summer visitors mostly drawn by high-priced options. 5 percent of summer tourists would revisit in winter.
Fragmentary newspaper masthead from Muscatine Iowa listing staff roles, AP membership, press offices, advertising and circulation details, and broken subscription and delivery information. Contains multiple garbled lines and incomplete contact data.
James Marlow notes President Kennedy faces party divides in Congress with Democrats split on civil rights and foreign aid. Southern Democrats repeatedly oppose Kennedy, while some Democrats join Republicans to veto or trim programs. Goldwater cites Kennedy votes for foreign aid cuts in Eisenhower era.
The narrator recalls George W Crane U and his late father, a life of work and caution. He cites the Safety Checklist from the National Society for Crippled Children, urging hotel fire exits, safe stove use, banisters, rugs, screens, extinguished matches, back burners, inward handles, slips prevention, firearm safety, blunt scissors, snow shoveling risks, leg tests, stair lighting, and safe storage for sharp objects.
Missoula smokejumpers, a 175-strong elite unit, stand by year round and can fly to any U S area in minutes. Most fires are in the Pacific Northwest, with missions to Alaska and New Mexico. Since 1940 there has been no fatality on descent or landing after 55,000 jumps. About 1,000 applicants vie yearly for 60 spots. typical jumper is a 24-year-old college student with prior Arc suppression crew experience. Viche, 34-year Forest Service veteran, directs aerial operations for Region One, Montana and surrounding states. Speed is the key to rapid containment of fires. First-year pay is 200 per day plus overtime.
Esther L Beck, formerly of Morning Sun and still maintaining a home there for vacations, received the Doctor of Education degree from Indiana University Bloomington. She has accepted a faculty appointment at Ball State Teachers College in Muncie Indiana, a university with about 10,000 students enrolled.
Prayer text invoking endurance in witness of the gospel and asking to be channels of divine love. It emphasizes sharing in suffering for the gospel and finding life’s meaning in God through Jesus Christ. The fragment references 2 Timothy 1:8 RSV and ends with a blessing.
Yesterday's report from the city records the execution of William H Snyder by Quantrel's guerrillas as he milking a cow at his home half a mile from Lawrence Suyden 45 a wife and child. The dwelling was spared.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on love infidelity age dress and wedding gown choices in a sequence of brief, practical replies. She addresses a married man’s affair and urges caution while advising a daughter on makeup dating and clothing, including a tip about heirloom wedding gowns.
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