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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1965
Page
4
Pentagon sources praise a large B 29 bomber raid in South Vietnam amid debate over its effectiveness. Photographs show extensive crater patterns from 470 bombs, but Special Forces report little visible damage and jungle terrain appears shattered. Two bombers were lost. training value and jungle suitability are questioned.
Marguerite Higgins reports Washington warnings that President De Gaulle may push France to scrap NATO's integrated command and press for bilateral security pacts. He could abolish French rear bases and airfields, forcing the United States to rely on nuclear retaliation rather than conventional defense, reshaping alliance strategy amid Cold War tensions.
A compact retrospective notes crops look promising with wheat and corn likely to yield well though potatoes suffer in spots from a bug. It also records a 25 years ago fire at Lea E Hirsch Button Co and travels of residents to Earlham and Davenport. Miss Dorothy House advances in a national speech contest in San Jose California with finals Thursday.
A reflective look back at the 1945 San Francisco founding of the United Nations. It recalls wartime unity among major powers, hopes for a forum to settle disputes, and the contrast with later veto power in the Security Council. Despite progress to 114 members and occasional crises, the early optimism faded as Cold War tensions grew.
An editorial notes that about 4,500 new teen smokers form daily and 40 percent of high school seniors are regular smokers. It outlines personality differences, school achievement, truancy, and social relations between teen smokers and non-smokers, and cites observations from medical journals. It discusses gender influence and societal pressures from advertisers on smoking.
The column notes plants reacting to music, cites Carnation milk barns using music for cows, and fields questions about young marriage, domestic filth, and women wearing pants. The reader asks Abby for guidance on seven topics including a daughter's marriage, a father's cleanliness, and fashion norms.
HAL BOYLE reports from Da Nang on the Vietnam War’s uncertain duration and the split views of American soldiers and analysis. Some see a drawn out fight requiring political solutions, others hope military victory can arrive in years with firm Saigon governance and continued home support. The piece portrays grim, exhausting effort beyond patriotic rhetoric and questions if the average soldier benefits from the mission.
A devotional prayer quotes biblical instruction to love thy neighbor as thyself and asks for guidance to love others as oneself, concluding with Amen. The fragment reflects a religious practice emphasizing charity and compassionate conduct.
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