Colorful Muscatine Christmas lighting enhances district
Muscatine unveils sparkling new street decorations in the business district designed for nighttime glow and daylight color. The city utility Muscatine Power and Water covers two thirds of about 15000 dollars while the Chamber of Commerce pays one third. The extra cost cancels a home decorating contest. residents are urged to decorate externally.
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Muscatine Power and Water
Muscatine Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
A City That Lost Its Character
A veteran observer reflects on New York City's decline in character and rising alienation, recalling once distinct neighborhoods, tenement life, and iconic sites, now blurred by modern change, wealth gaps, and a wary mood as the city endures with rising surveillance and urban decay. The piece concludes with a note on geopolitical tensions as a German leader calls for NATO reinforcement amid the Czechoslovak crisis.
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New York City
Coney Island
Cabinet Pay Cuts Highlight Nixon Cabinet Picks
The incoming Nixon team, drawn from banking, law and construction, faces pay cuts from the president-elect’s shift to Washington. Several appointees earn well above cabinet salaries, with John N. Mitchell and William P. Rogers linked to high earnings in law firms, banks, and Denver and Chicago firms. Only Laird and Finch appear likely to improve their finances, while a White House commission proposes a cabinet salary rise to 60,000 to ease losses.
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William P. Rogers
Michigan
George Romney
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Massachusetts
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California
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White House
Control Angina Pain And Diet Guidance
Dear reader questions cover angina diet, weight loss, and cholesterol. A low animal fat diet helps reduce cholesterol and may lessen angina frequency, with smaller meals and no overeating. Light regular exercise aids the heart, while avoid rushing post meals. Mineral oil is okay occasionally but not daily. prune juice and fluids also help. Pregnant reader worried over quinine shows no fetal harm from late-pregnancy exposure. Rummell's disease described as compression fracture symptoms with variable treatment. Yoga viewed as a self discipline with no known harmful effects. heart health improves with prevention. Readers may request Dr Thosteson’s booklet by sending a stamped envelope and 25 cents.
Talking to a Stone Fence
New York AP notes the humorous gripes of a tired father blending family squabbles and domestic clichés. A raft of quips covers parental fatigue from phones, chores, finances, and aging, ending with a line about giving advice to a stone statue.
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New York
Jim
Nell
Florida
Our Yesterdays Years Ago Skating Park Plans Near Walnut Street
A condensed look at past notes shows J. P. Walton planning a skating park at Walnut Street foot. Other reminiscences include magazine subscriptions handled by Robt. Thompson and ice cutting beginning on the Burlington river.
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J. P. Walton
Walnut Street
Robt. L. Thompson
Burlington
Today in History highlights from December 13 through time
On this date in history various events are noted including Francis Drake departing Plymouth in 1755, the US ending the Revolutionary War in 1781, Marye’s Heights battle in 1862, Samuel Gompers’ death in 1924, North Africa raids in 1942, a Japanese plane crash in 1944, exchanges of education specialists in 1957, Johnson’s 1960 presidential plans rejection in 1960, a 1969 space cooperation program, and Greece’s 1974 countercoup. a final prayer and biblical verse accompany the piece.
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England
United States
Marye’s Heights
Fredericksburg
Samuel Gompers
San Antonio
Tex
Tunis
Bizerte
Nashville
Soviet Union
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.N. General Assembly
Greece
Constantine
Rome
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