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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
4
The Journal looks back on a strong year with gains across many enterprises and notes renewed confidence as 1965 begins. It taps optimism from economic indicators and wishes readers health and happiness in the year ahead.
In Rome a seasoned historian guides visiting Americans, then surveys rise in world population. Population Bureau projects 3.28 billion now, 4.3 billion by 1980, seven billion by century's end if trends continue. Birth control advances give cautious hope amid Asia and Africa growth. A Sullivan furniture firm cuts prices to whole dollars to save on coins.
Our Yesterdays recalls the Ohio River at Cairo rising beyond prior records. J. B. Davis, a noted guerrilla, was hanged on the 23rd at Fort Pickering in Memphis. Plus brief mentions of past anniversaries and local social events such as Park Avenue Ladies Aid, and Calvary Baptist church services noted for 1955.
A transit rider reflects on a year of relative calm amid global tensions and domestic concerns. He ponders Kennedy’s memory, Vietnam, the Berlin Wall, and a stubborn income tax cut while noting the gap between his comfortable routine and the unseen struggles of others. He questions meaning and action as 1965 approaches.
Dr. Crane counsels Harry Z. a shy 28 year old with few friends. He emphasizes empathy and the Golden Rule, advising him to focus on others, initiate conversation with a smile, and plan interactions to become more popular.
Dear Abby advises not to censure the lonely neighbor who offers refreshments to delivery drivers. Do not shame her. pity her instead as a cautious approach to avoid harming the neighborhood’s reputation.
A prayer dedicating the year 1965 to service in Thy name calls for vision, wisdom, and faith to sustain and strengthen the work Thou wouldst have us do in Master’s name Amen.
Hangovers get humor and medical quips from HAL Boyle as he jokes about the New Year’s aftermath. He compares science unfavorably with folklore, citing a 26 page psychology text with no cure and recounting a Congo witch doctor recipe involving crocodile and hippopotamus sandwiches to vanish a hangover and hunger.
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