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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1961
Page
16
On the Ray Osweiler farm a sow farrowed 28 piglets Monday night, possibly a record. Seventeen survivors remain with 25 or more pigs reportedly nursing in three shifts as helpers feed orphans by hand to boost milk intake amid round the clock care.
Harvard historian and Pulitzer winner Oscar Tandlin surprised his family with a two week mystery trip. He boarded a New York flight with wife and three children after asking them where they wanted to go, supplying passports for all and keeping the destination secret.
Senator Barry Goldwater told a Phoenix convention that the United States no longer has a place in the United Nations. He criticized U N actions in Katanga and Goa and warned the world is not ready for the U N, saying he may not be alive when it happens.
Sparland area railroader Fred Lenz, with 50 years on the job, plans to stop his mainline passenger train Saturday to deliver clothing, food, and toys to nine children of an unemployed factory worker near the Rock Island tracks. The youngsters, ages 2 to 15, wave to him from their home near Sparland, about 20 miles north of Peoria. Lenz has previously dropped gifts from the moving train and visited the family.
In Loveland Colorado residents report a Valentine museum amid town lore. A lacey shirt of hearts and flowers is said to be 141 years old, part of the quirky local romance display as February valentines are mailed with a romantic postmark.
A government post paying 20,020 a year is cited as a possible hurdle for political ambitions. The official said he would confer with White House officials before taking any further steps on political plans.
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