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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1965
Page
4
Representatives for the Wire Journal are established in New York Chicago De Fe can weenelaan and Atlanta, indicating broad regional presence and representation across key markets.
In downtown streets crowds carry parcels toward the post office as Boy Scouts and Cubs plan to knock on doors Saturday. They seek canned or packaged foods for Salvation Army Christmas baskets aiding the needy. The drive relies on local support to provide meals for deserving families. Have a package ready for that Scout when he calls.
The Iowa Conservation Commission approves a plan to build an island on Storm Lake using about 800 old automobile bodies. They will be hauled onto the ice in winter, chained, sunk as the ice melts, with a retaining wall to trap silt and mud to form the island. The goals are to create the island efficiently and to eliminate the unsightly car wrecks.
Rockford College President Dr. John A. Howard calls for income tax credits to fund education gifts. He argues credits would aid colleges without federal control, contrasting with 1945 NEA and ACE objections to federal aid. Community support includes donors funding a library and gifts in memory of a husband.
A $5 bill tied in a handkerchief was found between Johnson's shoe store and Sixth Street with a note asking the finder to return it to the post office for a poor woman. A wedding is planned near East Front during the holidays. The Young Ladies Missionary Society met at Henry Hoover's. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Mapes visited from Nichols for business. The McKinley Mother's club plans a food sale at Havercamp's Drug Store on Dec 11. Other items note church class meetings, ten cent gift exchanges, a dimmer party for Anita McFadden who will join a Red Cross training camp, and open house at Grant school on Dec 13 from 6:60 to 9.
Washington AP reports President Johnson often avoids a tough persona yet has demonstrated firmness in key crises. He ordered bombing in Vietnam after an attack, sent troops in the Dominican Republic, and pressured aluminum and copper industries to drop price hikes, while remaining mostly aloof in public.
A year old beagle named Roxie at an Indiana farm mourns a dead puppy and searches for the lost litter. The owner wonders if Roxie counted puppies or sensed the scent loss, noting dogs’ strong smell and linking the tale to a Chicago acquaintance’s ill dog and a returning friend treated as a stranger.
The article argues that trained dogs with their keen sense of smell might detect diseases such as diabetes and various cancers long before symptoms appear. It cites conditioned reflex methods to train dogs to sniff for odor changes in blood, urine, or perspiration, potentially screening thousands in crowds for health issues.
A reader questions separate sleeping rooms for newlyweds with opposite climate needs while Abby offers light critique. A widow remarriage leads to jealousy over a past relationship and four‑some social plans. advice urges clarity and boundaries. A shower anecdote prompts defense of traditional bridal celebrations.
Vatican City AP reports Pope Paul VI, now in his third year, is poised to define his papacy beyond Pope John XXIII. Observers expect him to pursue peace mediation, push for Christian unity, address birth control, and travel widely. He must also implement Ecumenical Council reforms, overhaul Coria, widen the synod, arbitrate factional tensions, and possibly expand the College of Cardinals significantly.
A concise devotional prayer thanks God for the promised Savior and His coming into the world. It notes that He had nowhere to lay His head and prepared a mansion for believers, that He became poor for us so we may share heaven’s riches, and that He endured the cross. Amen.
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