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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1963
Page
4
A survey by the Associated Press finds many Iowa colleges offer part time work for students this fall. Sixteen of 28 four year institutions rate opportunities as good, nine as fair, two as poor. Most schools encourage work only if necessary, with grades and class standing kept up.
Two Iowa boys aged 9 and 14 drowned in separate incidents this week as unsupervised rivers and gravel pits lure swimmers during hot weather. Rescue attempts failed. Muscatine and other cities have built supervised pools with lifeguards, slides, and filtered water, plus YMCA and YWCA options to reduce risk of drowning.
Advice column with stories about Michael Todd living within means, a New York widow who dining lavishly saved half meals in a purse, and a couple learning to save. Cy Barrett invites readers to “Pay Yourself First” and offers a booklet path. Includes requests for books and personal questions.
Muscatine Journal announces it is printed as second class matter in Muscatine Iowa under postal regulations. The paper lists staff including Harold J. Nelson as publisher and Walter Russell as editor with advertising and circulation details. Subscriptions are offered by mail and carrier with rates for daily and weekly delivery, and office hours are posted.
James Marlow reports from Washington that state governors at the Miami conference avoided controversial action, blocking civil rights and Medicare resolutions while endorsing juvenile delinquency and Cold War reports. Rockefeller pushed civil rights, Romney attacked Kennedy policy, and the group defended independence yet faced questions about purpose and impact.
In Macon County Alabama segregationists describe a belief that Negroes are not yet ready for full equality and require white guidance. They recount lingering personal bonds, plantation scenes, and fears about schooling, intermarriage, and voting. The view holds that habit and environment justify continued segregation despite progress.
A reflective piece on how daily tiny choices drain resolve and shape lives. It traces ordinary morning decisions from shaving to toothpaste, socks to cereal, shoes to meals, and extends into work and home life with a stream of everyday quandaries. It highlights how these small choices accumulate impact over time.
A devotional fragment cites Luke chapter 15 verse 10 about joy in heaven over one sinner who repents. It includes a prayer thanking God for His Word and asking guidance to live righteously and join the redeemer’s chorus around the Throne in Glory. Amen.
Provost Marshal Compton pretented a couple of deserters yesterday and today they were taken to Davenport. Be Mason, formerly of this city, is now proprietor of the Maxon House opposite the depot in Indianapolis and is doing prosperous business. A farmer festival is planned at Durant. A masked-robbery in which 3 dollars and some change were taken occurred. The school board proposed a tax levy of 77500, up 12300 from last year. Ace Premiums total 6500 for the West Liberty fair. The Howard Simpson Dry Goods business in West Liberty was sold to Philip Spithsohn of Cedar Rapids. Mrs Anna McKee died suddenly at 72. Hans Ericksen was elected commander of the Wilton Legion. Herbert Fredrick Taylor, 13, of Niinots City, was killed in a car crash. Space to accommodate 190 heads of five stock is available in the new Colombe Junction barn. the 5th by 100 foot building is valued between 12000 and 15150.
A reader praises a mother who adopted four children while questioning the value of motherhood for those who did not bear their own. The column weighs the joys and sacrifices of rearing children beyond biological motherhood.
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