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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1963
Page
4
A survey notes 58 000 students seek admission to Towns 28 four year colleges, a four percent rise from last year, prompting calls for greater selectivity. Muscatine Community College is expanding facilities and will offer two year college credit transferable to state colleges, boosting its regional role this fall.
Observers in Washington propose a two session Congress with one session for new laws and another for the federal budget. Legislation would run January to July 15, followed by a budget message, then a November return to act on the budget. The calendar would shift to a calendar year fiscal system. Critics note timing and summer recess issues.
An analysis by Edward Hixbes of farm trends for the Twentieth Century Fund argues that thirty years of subsidized farming and machinery subsidies favored affluent growers, pushing small, inefficient farmers out of production. The piece contrasts declines in farm units, urban migration, and Amish farming as examples of the era’s cruel impact on the family farm.
The Muscatine Journal lists staff including editor Walter Russell and managing editor Gilbert Dietz with circulation manager Edwin Walwer and advertising head Carl Walter. It announces daily evenings except Sunday, with mail and carrier delivery options and a 40 cent weekly rate. Subscriptions from Muscatine start at 12 per year by mail, with rates varying by distance and advance payment encouraged.
President Kennedy endures a heated summer with tangled challenges. Talks on a nuclear test ban progress slowly while civil rights demand action and political support in Congress wavers. Demonstrations loom and Kennedy weighs how to satisfy both Negroes and Southern Democrats to secure a second-term path.
A grieving family recounts the shock of a Navy sergeant’s death on return from leave. Parents describe disbelief, seek solace, and reflect on empathy among mourners, framing death as a graduation to await what lies ahead.
British reports describe Atlas at Manchester University humming by night to compose letters and poetry while handling complex calculations. It notes uses in wing stress, economic distribution, wages, insurance tables, and election forecasts, plus a sample cryptic verse attributed to Manchester University Computer. It also mentions a Swedish statistics bureau random surname generation and a Muscatine, Iowa, auto accident injuring Edna Cantor with two cars damaged, no charges filed.
A fragmentary prayer homage urges freedom through faith in Jesus Christ. It invokes Galatians guidance and a plea for forgiveness and repentance, seeking true liberty via divine love and the savior’s example.
Fifty years ago a storied weather and wartime reminiscence page recounts how General Cracker and Captain Gaile eyed a Des Moines South trip next Monday while awaiting arrival in Muscatine for a city celebration. Notes include faces of Evans, Shellhamer, and Chesebrough from West Liberty for Waters funeral, a 90 degree noon thermometer, and post reunion chatter. The Muscatine County board voted to build a new bridge over Wapelo Creek, divorces reached 123 in 12 months, and Postmaster McNutt notes the busiest year in local postal history. Also mentioned are Ming Pat Bangert crowned Miss Freedom Flame and Rev Leightad Falinsorn taking duties in Durant. Funeral for Nichols farmer Pinyd Jamison pending after lightning.
A mother writes that her 36 year old son hosts a basement party with six couples. beer and vodka were found. Neighbors and friends deny, law states minors cannot drink anywhere. Readers seek concrete guidance. Dear Abby columns address marital and household tensions.
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