Three items from an era of bold crime and bold ideas
A Lone Tree man receives seven years in Fort Madison for a 60.87 dollar bad check. Sirhan Sirhan's Kennedy assassination trial is postponed to January. Muhammad Ali reveals 380000 dollars in debt while claiming weekly seven thousand dollar earnings from lectures and writings. Dr John W McKee, Muscatine native and GE nuclear engineer, is cited on smog, city planning, and a visionary projected Bicentennial city. He and wife Helen Mosher have three daughters.
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State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Kennedy
Muhammed Ali
Cassius Clay
Clay
West
John W. McKee
L. R. McKee
Muscatine
McKee
California Institute of Technology
Tempo
General Electric Co
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Basin
California
South
Max Feldman
Dr. McKee
Tempe
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
John McKee
Helen Mosher
Wisconsin State Journal
Southern California
O. J. Simpson
Billy Joe
S. I. Hayakawa
Wisconsin
San Francisco College
Packers
Dr. Hayakawa
Why Slumlords Don't Care From the Billings Gazette
A critique of incentives that let rental properties deteriorate. The piece cites tax rules that treat repairs as capital improvements and allow slower depreciation, reducing landlord motivation for upkeep. It suggests reforms to encourage long term investment and maintenance to curb rising slums.
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Billings Gazette
New York
Denver
Billings
National Commission On Urban Problems
Richard Sliton
Treasury Department
Sliton
Debate Over Oversize Trucks on Iowa Highways
University of Iowa safety consultant George W. Brown argues oversize trucks on interstates raise traffic hazards amid proposed rules by the Iowa Highway Commission. Chief Howard Miller of the Iowa Highway Patrol favors confining oversize loads to interstates to avoid dangers on two lane primaries. The Globe Gazette notes hearings underway as opinions diverge.
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Mason City
Gisbe-Gazette
George W. Brown
University of Iowa
Des Moines Register
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Howard Miller
Iowa Highway Patrol
Miller
The
Globe Gazette
Reconfirmation of Judges Opinion Calls for Regular Reconfirmation
Washington column notes Justice Hugo Black’s candor on the evolving role of judges and constitutional interpretation. It argues that the Constitution follows evolving judicial views, not fixed textual meaning, and proposes mandatory periodic reconfirmation of federal judges to curb changes in law and mind.
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Washington
Hugo Black
Black
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Justice Black
Plessy
Bain
White
Brown
Fuller
Field
Gray
Shiras
Peckham
Senate
Diet and kidney health guidance from Dr Thosteson
The column urges readers to inform their doctor about symptoms and consider hormone treatment to regulate cycles. It offers plain fat cutting advice to reduce fat intake, advises avoiding fried foods and rich pastries, and recommends reading Dr Thosteson's booklet on kidneys by mailing a request with a stamped envelope and 25 cents.
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Dr. Thosteson
B.H
Letter to editor on dangerous elm on Fourth and Pine
An editor letter recalls a near fatal wind incident when a dead elm limb fell at Fourth and Pine Streets. The writer describes a large limb snapping, tossing her husband several feet, and asks who is responsible for clearing the dangerous tree shared by tenants and city authorities.
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Fourth and Pine Streets
Dear Abby questions child behavior and household items clash
Dear Abby advises parents to seek medical testing for a hostile five year old neighbor showing antisocial behavior and suggests early treatment. A wife asks about sharing a cut glass bowl with her husband. Abby urges a heart to heart talk to resolve ownership and emotional issues. The column also comments on a woman lamenting sagging bosom and aging expectations.
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Abby
Muscatine Business College grows in popularity
Our Yesterdays notes show Muscatine Business College rising in local esteem as a popular place for learning. The piece urges early preparation for holiday shopping at Dilla way's Crockery for presents before stock runs low.
Today in History Highlights for December 7
On this date in 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and other events, including Delaware becoming the first state to ratify the Constitution in 1787 and James Madison elected president in 1808. Also noted: WWI Rainbow Division arrived in France in 1917 and a 1946 Atlanta hotel fire killed over 100.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Delaware
James Madison
42Nd Division
France
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Atlanta
Japan
West Berlin
Bolivia
New York
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Wire Service
Sadie
the Muscatine Journal
Associated Press W
Gil Dietz
Muscatine High School
Iowa State Universi
Los Angeles County
Small Society
Brickman
James
George C. Thesteson, M. D
Abigail van Buren
Weil
Dean Abby
Dillaway’s
Crockery Store
Henry Reinemund
Lutheran Orphan's Home
Pfc
Mark Kallenberger
Oregon St
Ft. Jackson
Robert B. Whitley
Miami
Florida
Glen Whitely
Burlington Rd
Paul Stamler
Route 3
Salvation Army
the Daily Prayer
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