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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1968
Page
2
The 10 percent federal income tax surcharge takes effect on paychecks issued this week, retroactive to April for individuals, and covers corporate taxes dating back to January 1. Analysts note reduced spending and debate over Great Society and Vietnam programs.
Essay argues baby boomers shift political balance as older Americans push for Social Security and Medicare while younger generations lack memory of Berlin Airlift, Korean War, and McCarthy era. Warns against generational politics and urges youths to study Cold War history, noting myths about subversion and foreign peril.
Washington pundit critiques Eugene McCarthy's campaign speeches praising his wit and rhetoric while warning conservatives that his liberal stance clashes with free market ideals. The piece mocks his defense posture critique, cites Kafka and campus references, and notes his shifts on Vietnam and spending.
AP humor column mocks vacation tall tales told by coworkers. It lists familiar types Hank the Hero Romantic Rosalind Statistical Sam Sportsman Sid Homeloving Harry and The Great Man, noting exaggerated adventures and fibbing about trips. The piece ends urging readers to smile and plan their own escape next month.
Dear Dr Molner answers readers on osteomyelitis in a tall 16 year old, gout control for women, fatty knee tumors, rust colored sputum, and tension headaches. He notes germs cause bone infection, possible joint involvement risks, gender gout prevalence, and lipomas are harmless while removable if needed. Readers are invited to request his booklet with a stamped envelope.
A Muscatine reader praises local youths who trimmed park trees and collected limbs with a quiet gesture after a prayer service on July 12. A July 9 paper note about five semi automatic carbines seized by state officials prompts the writer to question legality and accuse authorities of muddying gun control debates.
A compact historical column recounts aged items from 100 years to 10 years ago. Debtors are urged to settle. notes mention Fred Tappe, C A Gatlin, John Henderson, Marion Latham in France, Virginia Harriet Johnson’s death in an explosion at Burlington, Muscatine bar association planning, and Mississippi River commercial traffic figures of 185,870 tons.
On July 16 1945 the first atomic bomb was exploded near Alamogordo New Mexico. Other entries note 1965 horses landed at Quebec the moose from France. 1790 District of Columbia established. 1862 Farra gu first U.S. Navy admiral. 1918 Russian royal family executed. 1951 Leopold II abdicated. 1964 Goldwater nominated. 1964 Marines Beirut airport. 1974 Vinson long service record. 198? prison fire at Jay Florida.
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