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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1975
Page
2
A federal task force from 14 agencies warns that up to 30,000 Americans may contract skin cancer due to ozone layer erosion from fluorocarbon gases in aerosols. It calls for a 1978 ban on such propellants if NAS studies confirm the danger, and urges labeling of fluorocarbon products.
Washington features a defense of the Office of Minority Business Enterprise as a catalyst for minority business growth. The piece credits OMBE with expanding minority banks, savings and loan institutions, franchise networks, and auto dealers, while noting broader SBA and private sector support. It argues OMBE’s decline would threaten progress toward mainstream entrepreneurship for blacks, Chicanos, and tribes.
The piece argues that New York City’s near bankruptcy mirrors national fiscal mistakes. It explains borrowing to cover deficits, inflation risks, and shrinking tax bases as debts rise. It warns excessive deficits and money printing threaten long term growth and could spark a broader recession.
Readers question low carbohydrate gram counting for weight loss. Dr Thosteson explains balanced reduced calorie diets work best, warns ketosis risk, and offers a booklet for 35 cents via Muscatine Journal. Additional letters address breast tissue myths, fibrositis, spleen function, and nail regrowth with medical guidance.
Letter from a Muscatine editor apologizes for poor publicity before Governor Jimmy Carter's June 9 visit. The writer admits failing to deliver background material to the Journal a day in advance and credits Bill Assell for triggering print of a wire service item. He notes the short notice harmed workers seeking time off and attendees.
A review of old items shows Grandview Normal Academy changing its name to Eastern Iowa Normal. Also listed are historical notes on rail fares for a national league event in St Paul in July, with various older notices and a 25th anniversary tea at Northwestern Bell honoring Mrs Ruby Bliven.
The bulletin recalls events on June 17 across years. Battles at Bunker Hill in 1775, Drake landing in California in 1579, Wesley born 1703, France seeking peace in 1940, Naples and Sicily bombing in 1943, China’s first hydrogen bomb in 1967, Watergate in 1972, anti Vietnam moves in 1967, Nixon appeals in 1972 and a 1975 note on Middle East visit and nuclear aid.
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