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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1969
Page
2
A plan in American Legion Magazine urges every eligible person to donate a pint at their local blood bank. Dr. Frank Cleman notes small increases in donors would relieve shortages, urging those aged 21 to 60 to give when possible, not just on birthdays.
A fragment from a column mixes a building collapse at 18 West Second Street with a derelict Moose Lodge site on West Second, a quip about planting seeds, health trends on married men, aging couples on porches, Groucho Marx on nudity and Broadway prices, Karen Pearlman’s Miss Muscatine to Miss Town pageant, and Iowa fireworks laws highlighted by past injuries.
Congress man Wright Patman pushes limits on tax exempt foundations while warning against overreach. Reform proposals include curbing foundation political influence voter registration support and a 5 percent tax on net investment income. Critics argue bold rules risk harming legitimate research groups like Brookings Izaak Walton League and Audubon Society and threaten private sector vitality. John Gardner cautions against undermining tax exemption as essential to cultural and educational life.
A mother asks about her 24 year old daughter with restlessness nail biting and high energy. Thosteson suggests evaluating for overactive thyroid and other physical causes, then psychiatric help if needed, emphasizing non sedative treatment and that nerve-related traits can be learned behaviors within a family context.
Abigail Van Buren offers advice on a reader’s messy family ties involving an illicit relationship, an adopted child who resembles a biological father, and how legal counsel can shield the innocent. Additional letters discuss a long marriage history, a grandmotherly gift shower, and a father’s dangerous driving.
From yesterdays to today’s notes: Sheriff Keith escorted David Anderson John Dunlam and Willian Oakly to Ft Madison where they will serve one year in the stone house for hog thefts and fur thefts. Judge Richman sentenced them last Friday. Additional items include local shop updates and notes of community incidents.
On June 14, 1775 the U S Army was founded and in 1777 Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag. Other entries note Sonoma proclaiming the California Republic, Mussolini meeting Hitler, Paris occupation, asset freezing, Saipan invasion, and recent political prisoners and a draft-evading case.
A devotional fragment praises attaining fullness of being through God. It includes a short prayer to confess sin, seek renewal, and ask for strength, concluding with Amen.
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