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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1971
Page
2
The column argues legislators face intense pressures during budget and reapportionment decisions. It defends them against public bitterness, noting committees scrutinize big bills and that all sides seek funds for schools and agencies. Each member aims to serve district and state with careful, hard choices.
The planned mass release of North Vietnamese prisoners collapsed as only 13 of 680 selected men agreed to go home. Diplomats say prisoners stayed in the south out of loyalty to the Communist command, thwarting a larger exchange and leaving the issue tied to peace talks and end-of-war agreements.
Debbie Jutte and her grandmother travel Europe with Capt. Robert Jutte and wife Marty after a Chicago to Frankfurt Lufthansa flight. A missing suitcase held them at Paris customs briefly. Debbie returns June 21 while her grandmother stays in Germany until August. The Muscatine family also notes Richard Mills joins Iowa State Showboat Players in Ames, with summer stock performances aboard the Rhododendron in Clinton June 24 to Aug 15. Day Camp at Muscatine YMCA resumes for ages 6 to 12 with four two week sessions priced at 20 dollars per 2 weeks plus 5 for non members.
A columnist laments the fading ritual of commencement from high school to college. He argues ceremony preserves memory and rank, contrasting modern rationalism with ritual's value. He cites declining programs, absent baccalaureate sermons, and digital diplomas, yet asserts the lasting meaning of pomp and circumstance.
Reader asks about hemorrhoids and recurrence after laxatives and creams. Answer notes heredity and constipation as main factors, recommends The Real Cure for Hemorrhoids booklet, and warns local treatments only provide temporary relief. A relative with overactive thyroid and goiter declines treatment, with cautions about possible nervous breakdown, thyrotoxic heart issues, and related symptoms if untreated.
In a community letters column Orran W. Lee requests information about his great grandfather Orran Wakefield Lee born November 1856 near Muscatine. He asks for details on Orran and sister Mate, their parents in Ohio and Illinois, and for data on grandfather David Peck and son George W. Peck who lived in Cedar Township. He seeks dates and property descriptions and farm history of the homestead.
A satirical AP column laments how advice on manners and life echoes through society. It riffs on sailing versus motor boats, teaching courtesy over algebra, and the quirks of modern ambition, noting ego, appearance, and workplace politics shape success.
The Iowa Legislature, after 152 days, nears an end with Republican leaders forecasting a wind up by next Friday. A key property tax relief plan was approved, increasing personal and corporate taxes to boost state school aid from 155 million to about 222 million in 1972 73. Final adjournment hinges on two or three conference bills.
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