Pleasure and Peril on the Mississippi River Boating Season
Army Corps of Engineers reports growing Mississippi River boat traffic as summer boating returns, with boats hauled to Muscatine for launches and more craft on the water. The piece notes pleasures of seaworthy craft and lifesaving gear, but warns of danger from high speed, lack of courtesy, and poor judgment in choppy waters as a potential small-boat licensing move nears.
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Army’s Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Muscatine
Spectacle and Risk Highlight Memorial Day Five Hundred
The Memorial Day Five Hundred mile race this year saw two men killed and others injured. Critics question safety and whether such extreme speed belongs on public roads. Proponents argue racing on tracks drives better equipment and safer testing, noting only about a third of the 30 starters finished due to mechanical failures. Independent testing debates ensue on equipment performance versus controlled tracks.
Khrushchev Plans Scandinavian Trip and Silence Strategy
Khrushchev plans a fourth Scandinavian tour with heavy security in Denmark Sweden and Norway. A Tune Committee led by Birger Nerman promotes silent protests and anti-Kruschev folders while governments avoid restricting free speech.
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Birger Nerman
Nicholas II
Sweden
Khrushchev
Norman
Birger Nagard
East ‘Europe
Baltic States
Khyushchev
Mergenbladet
Prittine
Muscatine Journal Subscription Rates and Delivery Info
The Muscatine Journal lists subscription options with daily delivery within and beyond city limits. Rates include forty cents a week and eighteen eighty nine dollars per year for longer distances, with mail and special delivery services and office hours noted.
Johnson Signals Early Campaign Pace Amid GOP Firestorms
President Johnson acts like a man eager to campaign as he fires at Republican complaints. He suggests Goldwater will be his opponent and criticizes big government while defending Social Security. Eisenhower's 1952 spending promises and budget history are recalled to frame current debates.
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Johnson
James Marlow
Associated’ Press News
Washington
President Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Loo
Cleveland
John F. Kenney
Dr Cranes Sn The Worry Clinic on Beauty and Marriage
A disconsolate coed Molly compares herself to campus beauty queens and learns that inner charm and psychology matter more than looks. The advice urges widening perspective, imitating successful traits, and making the suitor feel important through sincere compliments and a cheerful voice.
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Molly
Hollywood
America
New England
Science of Winning a Boyfriend in The Hopkins Syndicate
A humorous piece notes that winning a boyfriend is a scientific sales job with definite rules. It mocks over the top flattery and nasal twang as ineffective when not following the method. The author cites Jenny Lind as a benchmark for genuine vocal praise.
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Jenny Lind
The
Hopkins Syndicate, Inc
Graduates Have Better Chances For Jobs Today
New York reports that modern graduates face criticism for being brash yet have superior prospects. The piece notes salaries starting up to 600 dollars monthly in big firms, compares current optimism with the economic jungle faced by postwar youth, and praises youth independence and drive while reflecting on past struggles to find work.
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New York -9
Too College
Ivory Tower
Joe College
Prayer in Spirit and Truth Through Jesus Teachings
The text offers a devotional prayer honoring God and asking for understanding of the spirit of prayer as taught by Jesus. It seeks daily living aligned with prayerful truth and ends with Amen. It references Matthew 26 39 and invokes reverence for the Redeemer.
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God
Jesus
Child Burned to Death in Davenport Tragedy
A Davenport girl died after her clothing caught fire from a lighted candle on Monday evening. The incident details a fatal accident rekindling of a long-ago event and mentions other brief items from the era including visits, arrivals, and a town reunion with public health figures noted.
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Shurley
Davenport
Ida Mark
Burlington
Major Whitney
G. Ty Baker
Muscatine
John M. Gobble
Muscatine High Bridge
Kinley
Fremont
Ohio
Town State Teachers’ College
Kaufmann
Shelter House No. 4
Town City Park
Edna Estes
Public Health Nursing Association
Mont
Dear Abby and Freshman Letters on Mother's Day Habits
A collage of Dear Abby columns and reader notes on Mother's Day gatherings. Topics cover honoring mothers with large family visits, handling adult expectations, urging boys to upholding manners, a physician recalling a patient who nurtured many foster children, and a poem about dirty dishes as a sign of home.
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Abby
B.A.T. Gm.ds
Schenectady
Thomas Carlvic
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