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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1961
Page
4
The Muscatine municipal electric department plans rate changes to lower costs for several service classes. Projected savings total about 45 000 dollars annually, including 8571 dollars for residential customers and 25272 dollars for some commercial users. The plan notes that reduced rates typically boost consumption, offsetting revenue losses through higher usage.
Citizens in Muscatine and other cities are urged to help snow crews by not parking on streets during night operations. Parking on off or even numbered sides speeds clearing with sand and abrasives. Police have had to locate owners of cars left downtown after five inches of snow.
The article contrasts U S and Soviet strategic capabilities, arguing the United States maintains dispersed, multi-location power with hundreds of bombers, submarines, missiles, and overseas bases. It notes Soviet bases are far from reach and stresses the challenge of destroying dispersed U S forces in a single strike while detailing global deployments and weapons systems.
Historical newspaper masthead from Muscatine Iowa with publisher editor and staff names. It lists Associated Press affiliation and Iowa Press Association, a circulation manager, advertising staff, and daily and yearly subscription rates, plus office hours and delivery details.
James Marlow reviews conditions in Venezuela and Colombia during Kennedy's goodwill trip. He notes Venezuela's history of many constitutions and dictatorships, mining oil wealth, and a large poverty gap. In Colombia, Liberal and Conservative feuds, church-state clashes, guerrilla activity, and brutal highway ambushes are described.
The Worry Clinic explores Howard B.s fear that his fiancees father’s mental illness might pass to their children. It explains insanity is rarely hereditary, emphasizes environmental factors, and advises marrying to reduce anxiety. It notes conditions like schizophrenia and urges practical steps and a mailed bulletin for prevention guidance.
A WW2 correspondent recounts approaching Prague and escaping a German gunfight with Czech help. In a teetering moment a German officer pointed a pistol at his forehead. he signaled collapse into a ditch and escaped. The unknown German did not fire, leaving a lasting memory at Christmas.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on Christmas dinner plans and wedding attire. A wife wants a quiet home gathering with her family while the husband insists on keeping the parents’ home. Also included are child dating, bedwetting, and wedding attire tips with Abby advising parental boundaries and personal responsibility.
Fifty lines of jumbled clippings recount a Fourth Iowa officer Colonel Dodge wounded in the thigh by an accidental pistol discharge. He is expected to resume duty in two to three weeks. The item folds in multiple dated notes from 70 to 4 years ago, mentioning other local names and events, including elections and community notices.
The sample explains one letter equals another and hints at word length and formation. It notes daily codes vary and shows an encrypted line. A past cryptoquote quote about fault and Christianity appears in the text.
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