Victory Dance Aims To Boost Muscatine Band Trip Funds
Muscatine High School band seeks to raise 8000 dollars for a Winnipeg Canada trip by hosting an adult dance at the Elks lodge Thursday. Local 551 AFM donates music and three bands perform. Tickets available from Band Boosters or at the door.
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Muscatine
Canada
The
Elks Lodge
Winnipeg
American Federation of Musicians
Dave Warner
Keith Butcher
Band Boosters Organization
Muscatine High School
Nixon strength from Democratic weakness in 1972 race
The piece argues Nixon’s reelection prospects improve as Democrats falter. It highlights Wallace possibly staying out or returning to third party bids and McCarthy mulling a new party to challenge antiwar Dems. McCarthy’s actions are seen as aimed at weakening Muskie McGovern Humpty while potentially dividing the vote to aid Nixon.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
South
Nixon
McCarthy
Vietnam
Bloomington, Minn
Sens
Edmund Muskie
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
McGovern
Muskie
Jackson
Humphrey
Fusing motives behind today’s youth drug use
The article outlines many reasons youths seek mind altering drugs, from rebellion and escape to peer pressure and curiosity. It notes widespread drug exposure, with 225 million mind affecting prescriptions in 1970, and contrasts affluent youths' search for quick fixes with ghetto youths facing limited opportunities. Experts cite emotional distress, family dynamics, and societal change as drivers.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
Our Earth
Kenneth Keniston
Yale University
David Gottlieb
Pennsylvania State University
Byrd’s proposal to end life tenure for federal judges
Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr proposes an eight year term system for federal judges with mandatory Senate reconfirmation after eight years. The plan excludes sitting justices but would create periodic reviews to curb judicial power, aiming to balance independence with accountability amid debate on constitutional design and past practices. Names, dates, and precise constitutional references anchor the discussion.
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Washington
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Senate
John Lindsay
Byrd
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
High Court
Jefferson
Congress
William ©. Douglas
Douglas
Massachusetts
Dear Dr Thosteson Medical Q and A roundup
A reader asks about syndactylism in feet and whether it requires treatment. the doctor explains it is non harmful and usually no action is needed. He notes finger webbing may require surgery after X rays to ensure movement and appearance. He also clarifies shingles involve a virus inside the nerve and eruption outside, and that hormones do not reliably enlarge breasts.
Local notes from a century ago span schools and visits
A compilation of brief century old items mentions a Texas horned frog sent to the W Chambers family, summer ice cream and city fare, a Chicago business trip, Muscatine school reopening dates, visits by Mrs Selsor and infant son Thomas Allen, and a 1946 deadline for homestead exemptions.
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Texas
W. Chambers
Hacker
John M. Gobble
Chicago
A. Selsor
Thomas Allen
Today in History Highlights June 8 1971
A compact history snapshot lists key events dated June 8 across years. Notable items include the death of Prophet Mohammed in 632, Tennessee secession in 1861, and Roosevelt mediation in 1993, with other items covering World War II and Cold War era events alongside recent military troop movements.
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Associated Press
Mohammed
Tennessee
Union
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Sydney
Australia
Eva Peron
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Chicago Tribune
Marshalltown Times
Brickman
Henry Brill
Pilgrim State Hospital
West Brentwood
N.Y
James
George C. Thosteson, M.D
Dr. Thosteson
Dr. Tosteson
G.C
Thosteson
Posible
Falter Sree
Muscatine Journal
P.O
Teaneck
New Jersey
Letts—Mas
Mark
Fred Fisher
C. K. Fisher
Mulberry
G.A. Riemcke Chapter
Order of de Molay
Masonic Temple
Madrid
Spain
Sinai Peninsula
Israel
Soviet Union
West Germany
West Berlin
Florida
Cuba
Cambodia
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