Letter to Aunt Sadie on Muscatine rail service decline
In a Muscatine Journal letter dated December 14 1963 residents lament reduced passenger train service. They note the Golden State and Imperial trains, the Rock Island plan to merge schedules to 1:38 am and 2:38 am, and warn Muscatine’s population of over 21 000 deserves better. Local groups protest, council drafts a resolution, and readers are urged to contact Interstate Commerce Commission by December 27.
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McNamara Orders Base Closures Amid Economy Push
Secretary of Defense McNamara orders 26 military bases closed or scaled back to cut government spending. Lawmakers fear local harm but acknowledge the need for economy. each civilian job cut will be offered reemployment. Public support for reducing federal costs is anticipated beyond affected districts.
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Robert McNamara
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Tax relief for working mothers sparks fairness debate
In a column from Columbia South Carolina and a note from Nantibal Missouri, the writer supports Senator Maurine Neuberger on allowing tax deductions for housekeepers for working mothers. The piece argues current child care deductions are limited and unfair to earners who must work, highlighting the broader impact on women as taxpayers and employers. It also mentions Venezuela’s election and democracy’s resilience under pressure from communist factions.
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Maurine Neuberger
Swidow
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Hoffa Weighs Rockefeller Welcome If Goldwater Is Nominee
James R. Hoffa in a television interview says he could back Nelson Rockefeller if he is the Republican nominee for president next year. He would not support Barry Goldwater if Senate Majority Leader is the nominee. Hoffa calls Goldwater novel in his critique and argues the Arizona senator does not grasp the meaning of losing a job and paycheck. Rockefeller has a long history of unemployment claims in the critique. Detroit News.
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Washington TV quiz show fades after three airings
The Washington television quiz program offering a large cash prize has been withdrawn after three performances. Producers appear puzzled as audience draw remains weak. Potential causes include lingering distrust from earlier rigged shows and stiff competition from rival programs offering bigger prizes.
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Wall
Johnson Budget Aims High Amidpledged thrift doubts
The Chicago Tribune questions President Johnson’s pledge of thrift as the White House reveals a budget for next July 1 of 58 or 203 billion dollars. Kennedy’s current year budget is 98.8 billion, suggesting a possible but uncertain improvement while public works spending could rise by about 992 million in addition to 1.5 billion already allocated. The piece notes persistent growth in federal outlays since 1948 and 1954 and urges a veto of proposed pork barrel funding to show genuine fiscal restraint.
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Muscatine Journal Masthead and subscription info
The Muscatine Journal masthead lists staff including Harold Nelson publisher Walter Russell editor and Gilbert Dietz managing editor with circulation manager Edwin Walwer. It notes daily delivery and mail rates, regional coverage, office contacts, and service hours including Saturday hours and special delivery for missed papers.
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Wubn Talbol
Gilbert Dietz
Edwin Walwer
Margaret Griffith
Carl Walter
Myopia of the Soul in Church Psychology Lesson
The Worry Clinic presents Harald Wilken as a business psychologist who also addresses church psychology. A long anecdote contrasts material finds with life’s broader joys, warning against “myopia of the soul.” It ends urging readers to order a Hopkins Syndicate booklet on Psychology Applied to Churches.
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Silas Maernér
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Signals Hint At Youthful Feeling In Aging Brain
WAL BOYLE writes from New York about how aging perception shifts as time passes. Everyday moments like a bus seat, stairs, and a night routine remind a person they are aging yet also spark a sense of youth and second childhood.
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Hy Wal Boyle
New York
Iy Henebening
Rockridge Christmas Program To Feature Music Department
About 330 Rockridge Unit 300 students join junior high and high school bands and choruses for a Christmas program at Rockridge High School Monday December 16 at 7 30 pm directed by Revert Cahail Dan Petruccchi and Robert Richardson followed by the Christmas Story. Dr EB Grober heads Buffalo trip next weekwhile Jill Cecil joins State College of Iowa women's chorus Cantata on Appalachian Christmas carols Monday December 7 at 5 00 pm in Waterloo Miss Cecil, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clem Cecil of Columbus Junction, to perform.
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Dan Petruccchi
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Prayer and devotion echoes in faith filled plea
A devotional prayer requests divine blessing as light shines in hearts through Christ. The speaker seeks to receive Jesus into the soul and to grow in God’s love and compassion, ending with a reverent Amen in Jesus name.
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Advice Column Digs Into Divorce Dating And Insurance
Dear Abby advises divorced women to disclose marital status and kids only if serious about a date, urging complete honesty while warning that men may assume nondivorced status initially. A reader laments stereotypes of homemakers and a teen couple seeks insurance talk after a car crash prompting caution on policy questions.
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Ruthfully
Fairview Services Schedule Near Oakville
Fairview Community Church holds Sunday School at 10:00 and worship at 11:00 with Rev. Peterson speaking on The Birth of Jesus. A Fairview Aid dinner meeting and Christmas party is set for Wednesday December 18 at Mrs Marion Dotson’s home, with hostesses from the ath fers serving.
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