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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1971
Page
2
A Federal Trade Commission study finds breakfast cereal prices inflated by high profits and advertising. Wholesale prices run about 20 percent above costs and grocers' markups add another 20 percent. Advertising accounts for 15 to 22 percent of sales versus a 1.5 percent industry average.
John Knight, head of the Knight chain, defends publishing a mix of good and bad news. He says editors must distinguish important from unimportant stories, and that newspapers serve as the community conscience by exposing wrongdoing and guiding readers with plain talk.
The Fourth Psychological Warfare Group in Bien Hoa says over 6.2 billion leaflets printed for air drops in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia with an additional four billion by Saigon agency. About 250 leaflets per person circulated nationwide with utility beyond warfare including food wrapping and repairs.
A health column responds to reader questions about Pap test results showing inflammatory changes with no cancer, vaginal cysts from mucus-secreting glands, and notes that such findings do not imply cancer risk. It covers emphysema detection, terminology, and guidance on follow up testing and patient education.
On this date events span 1927 Battle of Flanders began inspiring In Flanders Fields and red poppies sales by veterans. 1777 Marquis de Lafayette offered services to America. 1790 Samuel Hopkins patent for soap and glass. 1877 Edison patent. 1914 Austria mobilized toward Russia. 1953 Senator Taft died. 1954 Tehran floods killed 150 and 100 missing. 1961 Macmillan to UK EEC talks. 1966 boat disaster off Falmouth 31 dead. 1970 Nixon backs Middle East cease-fire.
A look back at a century of local recalls: yesterday youths on Foster Rd rode horses amid Sabbath desecration accusations. Seventy five years ago a marriage license issued to J J Manley and Sadie E Delaney. A damaged streetcar shaft was repaired and service resumed. A century of progress noted with electric transit replacing horsepower. A year ago a Legion rodeo offered free airplane rides advertised by merchants with a mispelled word clue.
Two events from the community: a baby boy born this morning at Bellevue hospital to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rummery of 600 West Fifth Street, and the death of Fred F Timmermann 67 a prominent farmer, at Mercy hospital after an operation four weeks ago. A school board awarded Lee Osborn a contract for preparatory work on the Iowa Avenue practice football field. Sixteen years ago Muscatine Electric Department announced authorization for National Electric Manufacturers Association Gold Medallion Awards for modern homes as peak electricity demand and water use rose with warm weather.
A devotional prayer thanks God for inspiration from those who suffer with joy. It asks divine help to bring hope and joy to the lonely lives around us, concluding in Jesus name.
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