Traffic lights promised for Muscatine Bridge access
Traffic signal lights for Highway 61 at the Muscatine Bridge are anticipated within months, after the $6.5 million bridge opened last Friday. State officials initially rejected controls citing low traffic, but after observation the highway commission indicated lights will be necessary, with drivers urged to use caution until signals are installed and functioning.
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Highway 61
Muscatine Bridge
Muscatine
Proach
Highway Commission
Second St
Loyalty and dissent in Nixon White House
Nixon fixtures applaud loyalty while critics warn that a culture of obedience shuts down debate. The piece argues being one’s own man matters for the country as Henry Kissinger and others risk purge, while Peterson’s exit underscores a broader pressure toward conformity in Washington.
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Washington
Peter G. Peterson
Mr. Nixon
Peterson
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Charles Percy
H.R. Haldeman
Watkington
Richard Nixon
Charles Colson
Watergate Five
Herbert Hoover
White House
Moscow
John Connally
Commerce Department
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
White House Palace
From prison to pen tales in The Keystone magazine
Eddie Hough, a death row inmate turned writer at Western State Penitentiary, upends his fate by writing for The Keystone. He and fellow inmate Tom Runyon foster Ole Lindquist, a stubborn Swede squarehead whose crime and harsh prison years culminate in a brutal policeman’s death and lifelong isolation.
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Eddie Hough
Western State Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Eddie
Philadelphia
Hough
Keystone
Tom Runyon
Runyon
Ole Lindquist
Ole
Lindquist
Iowa State Prison
Old Ole the loneliest man in the world and Tom Runyon
James Bishop recounts the life of Ole, a prisoner who befriended Addie after decades in isolation. Tom Runyon helped publicize his story, inspiring Eddie Hough to write of Runyon, but prison barriers and tragedy followed. Ole dies after decades away from freedom, his tale fading into memory.
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Neltie
Tom Runyon
Runyon
Iowa
Omaha
Tom. Runyon
Eddie Hough
Muscatine Journal Editorial Leadership Lineup
The Muscatine Journal lists William L. Fahy as publisher and Harold Blake as editor, with Max Christy serving as controller, Gil Dietz as managing editor, David White as advertising sales manager, and Wendell Grinstea d as circulation manager.
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William L. Fahy
Max Christy
Gil Dietz
Harold Blake
David White
Mgr
Wendell Grinstead
The Farmer Feeds Them All and The Price of Food
In a year of adverse weather, the writer urges farmers, consumers, bankers, lawyers, teachers, preachers and small businesses to unite. He argues farmers must receive parity of income and cites USDA figures as of Nov 15, 1972 for corn, wheat, soybeans, hogs and beef.
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America
Main Street
U.S Dept. of Agriculture
Muscatine stores reflect on a century of commerce
A retrospective from Muscatine highlights historic merchants and anniversaries. 100 years ago jitney fur sales, 75 year old grocer Martin H. Bitzer, and 50 year milestones at Elmer R. Lea and Broad’s store are recalled. 45 years ago Broad’s dinner marks 25 years of progress. 10 years ago Mr and Mrs Edward Hendriks observed their golden wedding with an open house.
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Muscatine
J. B. Mark
Martin H. Bitzer
4Th and Mulberry Sts
Elmer R. Lea
Sycamore St
Ames
Iowa State College
Broad’s
Hotel Muscatine
Broud Organization
J. €. Broud
Edward Cohen
C. Gilfoyle
Edward J. Hendriks
Iowa Ave
YWCA
Today in History highlights and birthdays
This December 12 history column surveys notable events from 1642 exploration to recent diplomacy. It notes Abel Tasman discovering New Zealand, Beethoven’s first lesson purchase, Panay incident, supersonic jet flight, Kennedy Kremlin link talk, Vietnam airlift, and Nixon in the Azores, with birthdays for Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson.
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Associated Press
New Zealand
Abel Tasman
U.S. Supreme Court
John Jay
New York City
Vienna
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Joseph Haydn
Spain
Britain
Korea
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Edwards Air Force Base
California
John F. Kennedy
White House
Kremlin
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Azores
George Pompidou
France
Night blindness causes and eye health advice
Dr Thosteson explains night blindness has diverse causes including fatigue fear of the dark diet deficiency especially vitamin A and hereditary retinitis pigmentosa. He notes inner eye exams are needed and warns pigmentosa is hereditary. A reader asks about rheumatic fever and mental illness and Dr Thosteson cautions no link. diverticulosis is described and a booklet offer is included.
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Thosteson
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Jack Valent
O'Donnell
Velenti
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Death
James Bishop
Tom
Pennsylvania
Eddie Wroe
Muscatine Journal
LEE
Eral
Dr. Thosteson
George Thosteson
M.D
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