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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1968
Page
2
Muscatine residents praise a bigger parade with entrants from Wilton and West Liberty while Jaycee tickets spark crowd chaos. Cousin Emil jokes about income. The city approves three window air conditioners for council chambers to cool sessions and improve sound systems for attendees.
The LaCrosse Tribune notes the government accepting the last silver certificates for silver bullion at about 1.95 per dollar. Dealers had offered to buy certificates at 1.30, while silver coins vanished from circulation. The piece questions money soundness as gold backing ends and worries grow over purchasing power and government views.
The Globe Gazette notes a 1970 federal Monday holiday bill which defines dates for Washingtons Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and Columbus Day while leaving Thanksgiving Day unchanged to the fourth Thursday. The law takes effect January 1 1971 but applies only to the District of Columbia and federal workers. state laws govern legal holidays.
A former major league umpire Bill Klein drew a line in the dirt to separate civil conduct from intimidation in a heated game. The piece argues university umpires should imitate this boundary when handling militant student protesters, maintaining civility until a line is crossed and then ejecting disruptors.
The piece notes a bright 10 year outlook for graduates with ample jobs expected in the near future. It warns that school dropouts and unskilled workers face a dim future as automation eliminates unskilled jobs now and likely in the 1970s, with the Labor Department not offering protections for this group.
The five member FTC urges Congress to ban cigarette advertising on radio and television. The piece argues against paternal state power, noting tobacco’s economic role and consumer choice, urging restraint and patience toward regulation while acknowledging evidence of warnings reducing consumption. It cautions against fiat safety and praises personal freedom amid tobacco interests.
Reader questions cover dangerous cravings for burned food, Bartholin's cysts treatment including surgical removal, cat-scratch risk and scars, rectal tightening relief guidance, balance disorders with Dr Molner’s Dizzy Spells booklet. The column offers practical advice, cautions against overcooking, and invites mail for further inquiries.
Editor letters discuss baptism from three view points. The writer defends immersion as the only proper baptism and argues salvation by faith alone, citing Romans 6 and numerous verses while criticizing infant sprinkling and baptismal salvation theories.
A Friday report recalls Adam Reu ling selling from his delivery wagon more than four hundred loaves, a nod to bread as the staff of life, with reminiscences of past years and local notes.
On this date in 1923 the USSR was formed. 1699 Captain Kidd was captured in Boston. 1777 Burgoyne's forces seized Fort Ticonderoga. 1837 Texas sent an ambassador to Washington. 1919 first airship Atlantic crossing. 1945 Nicaragua accepted the UN Charter. 1968 noted U.S. talks on technical means to prevent surprise attacks and border dispute settlements with Mexico. One year ago wiretapping limits were announced.
A brief religious reflection cites 1 Peter 2 16 and urges readers to use freedom as servants of God. The prayer asks for wisdom courage and love to make right choices in the spirit of deans.
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