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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1962
Page
2
A Christmas appeal praises joy and family but urges awareness for nursing home residents. It urges visitors, groups, and individuals to remember elderly patients, noting local efforts by Jaycees Kiwanis and Salvation Army to brighten their holidays.
Fred G Clark chairman of the American Economic Foundation critiques "witch doctors" of academia prophesying capitalism's doom. He urges public displays at the New York World Fair to illustrate free enterprise versus totalitarian or welfare states and promote economic truth to Americans.
Weather in November hints at spring, with skim ice seen upstream near Muscatine. Towboat captains monitor conditions to move barges before heavy ice forms, continuing as long as possible. Once ice blocks the Mississippi, operations shift to the river’s lower sections, signaling winter’s approach.
A congressional hearing debated accounting techniques in the Billie Sol Estes case. Experts argued that private enterprise often suffers when auditors accept management figures, especially inventories, leading to incomplete audits and potential stockholder losses. The discussion questioned who bears responsibility for errors and the need for stricter accountability in auditing practices.
An assorted page lists publishing staff names including Bauer Gilbert Dera Hananine Keaitar and Carl Walter along with advertising representatives in major cities. It details daily and weekly subscription rates, delivery areas around Muscatine, and contact numbers for inquiries.
Bishop Raines calls for sermons to revitalize pulpits with practical theology. Martin and Sunday debate church leadership, youth appeal, and use of media, parables, and stagecraft to engage diverse congregations. A separate East Texas Conference discusses aging and the dangers of hardening of the heart in mature readers.
New York view of daily life highlights humorous contrasts and common quirks. Observations span success fear, raises, child language, home habits, punctuality, and the oddities of modern living. The piece blends playful aphorisms about age, work, politics, romance, and schedules with satirical notes on money, privacy, and everyday routines.
A devotional fragment thanks God for a kingdom that cannot be moved and calls for worship with reverence. It prays for gratitude and loving service in the Master’s name, ending with “Armen.”
Recalled past as Muscatine earned fame as a pork hub with new packing plant owned by Fred Gishenhouse on Seond Street. Reports say the current season will see nearly twice as many hogs packed as any other city in the region.
A mixed selection of Dear Abby questions about parenting control, an older divorcee in social circles, a coworker with a spender, and a man wearing a wedding band after his wife’s death. The entries show advice on tact, respect, and handling sensitive relationships with practical, cautious guidance. The column includes instructions for readers to mail requests to Abby’s Beverly Hills address.
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