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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1966
Page
2
The Muscatine Journal uses Associated Press wire and feature services for world news and images. This description notes the paper's reliance on AP for wire reports and photo services.
A weekend report notes Iowa reached its 851st motor fatality of 1966, 113 more than the same period in 1965, with four weeks left. Authors warn holiday travel and hazardous conditions may push the total higher, urging stricter safety standards and better driving habits.
The Taiwan government broadened its UN voting edge by courting African nations with practical aid, including rice experts and farm demonstrations, flipping several African states from abstention or pro‑Red China to support Taiwan. Analysts warn that internal Red Chinese strife and broader shifts could reshape regional power, urging U.S. diplomacy favoring Chiang Kai-shek to hedge future changes.
The little laughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Mathes of Chestnut Street marked her birthday celebration yesterday with friends from school joining in games after hours. Lucille Witlich Eleanor Zeidler Velma Crow Aleandria Jones Margaret Asthalter Pearl Gray Virginia Brown Judy Warmacut attended the party.
In Stockholm Fulbright, longtime Foreign Relations chair and Johnson critic on Viet Nam, dodged civil rights questions amid Swedish press scrutiny. The Arkansas Democrat has a mixed record on civil rights, including earlier support for the 1954 school decision and later opposition to Civil Rights Acts, while praising UN support in contrasting shifts.
Dr. Crane’s Dr. L. B. Arey, 75, famed educator and Embryology textbook author, spoke at a Chicago testimonial luncheon saluting his 51 years with Northwestern University Medical School. He recalled long hours and changing times as alumni noted shifts in teaching and the school’s architecture.
The speaker argues that personal bedside care remains crucial in medicine despite advances in molecular biology and medical electronics. He warns against overreliance on computers, noting patients seek doctors who can physically examine and operate, as 85 percent of cures rely on personal prestige and hands on treatment.
Abigail Van Buren counsels a reader about marrying across religious lines, urging tolerance between families with different livelihoods. A Sherman Oaks teacher rejects home-dinner invitations from pupils’ families, preferring after-class meetings.
A reader attacks the Iowa State Bar Association for trying to abolish Mayors Courts and Justice of the Peace Courts in Iowa. The letter argues locals should keep justice at the community level, urges expanded JP jurisdiction to 300 dollars, and calls for investigations into lawyers fees and collusion on settlements and accident suit rates. It warns against stripping citizens of local justice and urges legislative inquiry.
A devotional prayer asks God to create a clean heart and renew a steadfast spirit. It asks for salvation, the cleansing of sins, and the Presence and empowering strength of the Holy Spirit in daily life, offered in Jesus' name.
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