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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1972
Page
2
Congress advances a broad education bill providing federal aid to all students with need. Direct funds flow to colleges and vocational schools, with up to 1400 dollars yearly for qualifying families and no strings aid for four year colleges. Coverage includes two year colleges and trade programs, though full funding is not assured.
Marshalltown Times Republican weighs war language in Indochina. Authors argue invasion remains the accurate term for North Vietnamese actions in South Vietnam and criticize replacing it with neutral or opposing phrases. The piece contrasts Webster’s definition with contemporary usage and cites pressed editors and public opinion.
A memoir fragment recalls Jenny Bishop born 1884 in Jersey City and her life with a policeman husband. It sketches her pale skin, red-brown hair, simple morality, six years of courtship, and a brood of relatives. The narrator contrasts Jenny's world with her husband John and notes diabetes, blindness, and shifting family dynamics.
James Bishop cared for a wife through routines of daily work and cooking while she clung to faith and to a rosary. She feared not witnessing her golden anniversary as family gathered, including Jenny Tier Bishop, her children and grandchildren, in a final room where memories and gifts were described as she faded in lavender attire.
The Muscatine Journal shows its leadership with publisher William L. Fahy and editor Harold Blake among its listed editorial and management staff. Other key roles include controller Max Christy, managing editor Harold Blake, advertising sales manager Wendell Grinstead, circulation manager David White, and additional editors.
A reflective column lists simple joys that give life meaning from a child’s first steps to small personal triumphs. It notes bedtime calm, companionship in grief, a gas station glow, weight loss heartbreaks, hawk flight, rain shelter with a pretty girl, praise from friends, a tasty soft drink after abstinence, and pride in a son’s football feat. Amen.
A compact digest of local historical snippets notes job demand for Muscatine Western rail road workers, coastal island cabbage shipments, and personal travel. It records Mr and Mrs J G Jackson arriving from Davenport, Almira Miller visiting Des Moines, Ernest Beaty speaking on Japan, Betty Gallaher traveling to Lenox Mass to work, Pathhy Jones and Ames girls joining Camp Eastover staff, Dr J C Johnston on a business trip, and a 10 years ago entry about a Muscatine county selective service recruit, Robert Haines Anderson.
On this date in history various events are noted including the SS Savannah crossing to Liverpool in 1819 and the execution of Maximilian in 1867. Other items reference the Black Hole of Calcutta in 1756, congressional actions against slavery in 1862, and the Rosenbergs in 1953. Birthdays include the Duchess of Windsor, Guy Lombardo, and Abe Farias.
Dear Doctor letters discuss a seven year old boy who walks and talks in sleep with no recall. Advice notes sleepwalking is common in boys pre puberty and usually linked to emotional factors. Suggest precautions to prevent injury and avoid scolding, while not probing deeply into worries.
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