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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1966
Page
1
Mrs Ida Truitt of Stockton Maryland cultivates her garden and does farm work with Bill the family billygoat. The seven year old animal hauls wood gives rides to grandchildren and bats the cat. Truitt comes from a 14 child family and has eight children herself.
Curt Adam, 73, of Chicago, awarded DePaul University’s first honorary bachelor of humane letters at convocation. He provides daily two hour free tutoring in Latin, French, German, Polish, Russian, philosophy and theology, saying the work keeps him alive and that you must learn until you die.
Henry W Kruger 84 and wife Alama 83 celebrated their th wedding anniversary in Baton New Mexico. Kruger quotes that a successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same woman.
Miami Herald ad shows Army Spec. 4 William Witcraft 22 requests a replacement as he serves in Viet Nam since February. He asks for volunteers from Waynesville North Carolina and mentions desire for letters home if no volunteers appear. A 300 pound bear in Waynesville chased Mayor Henry Clayton before deputies lost it near Eagle Nest Mountain.
Cedar Rapids mother of two returns to school after 22 years to pursue a year in Germany through a Fulbright grant. Miley Kirchner, high school graduate 1947, will graduate from Coe College with honors and Phi Beta Phi while her son Robert attends the University of Town. A London wedding moment shows five year old James Mackay reacting to party photos as asked to take the little girl's hand.
A British Boy Scout committee of 24 under 45 calls for a radical image update. Shorts are scorned, the name shortened, and a shift toward gender inclusion with girls and Girl Guides. Proposed: green berets and trimmed trousers, Venture Scouts, and joint activities with Girl Scout units.
Muscatine Park Commission announced a free five-site playground program for children five and older. Sessions run Monday through Friday from June 13 to July 29 at Weed Park Jefferson Field Longview Park Reservoir Park and Musser Park with activities like croquet badminton volleyball basketball football and softball directed by 20 girls and led by temporary recreation director John Robinson. Registration forms are required at first session.
The Hocking family at 3 Wilson Drive keeps three bicycles in use year round. Fred rides daily in summer, the family bikes together weekly, and Johnny delivers papers by bike to West Dr High School in fall. They enjoy camping and outdoor life as Mineral Study Club members and advocate bicycling for exercise and fun.
A Christmas gift from Atty and Mrs Robert Petersen six years earlier lets their teens ride a two seat bicycle often. The parents enjoy riding with Pete 17 and Ann 15 while Emily Van Gent now Mrs Charles Reist keeps her old bike in use and Steven rides a bike given for his 12th birthday.
Twenty one senior high Methodist youths pay 25 dollars for a week of hard labor in the fifth annual Muscatine Migrant Ministry youth work camp, June 12 to 18, drawn from seven district churches. They will aid migrant families harvesting vegetables in Muscatine Cedar Louisa and Scott counties and prepare for a four part interdenominational program for about 1200 migrants. The camp is sponsored by sixteen groups and includes classroom work, thrift shop setup, clothing sorting, and a survey on migrant children enrollment, with evenings spent in migrant life seminars at Muscatine’s Musserville church. Last year churches contributed 2870 dollars to a total budget of 54121.13.
The Iowa Highway Commission voted to spend 10000 dollars on a research project to reduce bumps at highway expansion joints. Officials cited concrete pavement joints lifting due to winter moisture as the main issue and said counties Cass and Montgomery may use improved seals in new pavement with reimbursement to cover added costs.
Manila hotels refuse Beatles lodging fearing fan invasions as July 4 arrival approaches and no suitable accommodations have been found.
After five months of relentless sneezing that struck every four minutes, 17 year old June Clark's condition ended with operant conditioning at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Miami. Dr. Malcolm Kushner and Dr. Jack Sander attached forearm electrodes and a neck microphone to deliver mild shocks when a sneeze occurred, reducing bouts from 40 seconds apart to none within about an hour. The treatment aimed to curb abnormal habits by reward and punishment, inspired by methods used against addiction.
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