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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
3
A Pravda critique portrays Boy Scouts as warlike imperialists and espionage trained youths, while Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts are cast as sinister groups with underpaid cookie sellers funding Wall Street plots. The text argues American propaganda uses brainwashing to counter such depictions.
More than 600 dead elms counted in Muscatine as a three year malady sweeps trees citywide. Cedar Rapids funds are set to combat the disease, while Dubuque reports similar attacks. Citizens urged to plant alternative trees along streets and highways as replacements for aging elms.
The piece questions Kennedy's national Advisory Council on the Arts, debating whether official patronage will spur vital creativity or deaden it. It weighs historical moves, noting artists flourished under private patronage in France and the U.S. with figures like Barnes funding modern art. It ends hoping for cautious success and braced for failure.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye discusses the rising theme of proliferation in Washington, noting that the term refers to expanding nuclear capabilities globally rather than domestic political issues.
Muscatine Journal announces publication details and staff roles. It notes subscription rates for daily, weekend, and out of town mail delivery and lists advertising and circulation contacts. The note includes office hours and special delivery service terms for misdelivered or "issued" papers.
The Supreme Court ruled that while reading the Bible and Lord's Prayer as religious exercises in public schools is barred, studying religious history or the Bible as part of a general education can proceed. Justices stressed state neutrality on religion and the First Amendment guarantees.
Dr Crane's Worry Clinic case concerns Freddy, an adopted child teased for his status. A counselor explains that adoption is deliberate, comparing it to a baseball captain choosing players. The child learns gratitude and loyalty to his adoptive parents and their love.
New York essay extols curiosity as the true wealth of individuals and society noting health, happiness, and progress rise with curiosity. It jokes about health fads, critics, advice, and social habits while linking laziness, aging, and dieting to behavioral curiosity.
A church prayer snippet asks for mature faith to face life issues and to act as faithful stewards, invoking Jesus and biblical blessing. It includes a Bible verse from Matthew 28 20 and a closing Amen.
Ten years ago a young man at Ap penheimers store was kicked by a horse while stooping for a slick. He sustained a head wound, not serious. Also a class reunion in Grinnell drew Prof. O E Therson, former Muscatine superintendent, and other notes from prior decades.
Readers discuss advice from Dear Abby with letters about a student who delays studying, a mother seeking a driver license certificate fix, a long marriage disrupted by snoring, and questions about law differences in birth certificate corrections. The column affirms that snoring can strain marriages and explains varying state procedures for birth records.
The page explains a substitution cipher puzzle with letters standing for others and hints on solving. It notes that one letter maps to another, punctuation and word shapes help, and mentions yesterday's quote about the most difficult thing to get is experience. The sample shows letters like A X Y C L B A A X E and references Longfellow and Crypinquste style.
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