Letter to Aunt Sadie on Spanish speaking residents in Muscatine
The Muscatine Migrant Program surveyed 461 people from September 1967 to April 1968, revealing around 600 Texas-origin Spanish-Americans in Muscatine, Columbus Junction, Conesville, and West Liberty. It notes school attendance distribution, education levels, and that many families settled recently, with two local anecdotes praising merchants for helpful service.
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Texas
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Conesville
West Liberty
Louisa
Cedar
Scott Counties
Durant
Letts- Grandview
Wilton
Lincoln
Colorado
Franklin
Garfield
Jefferson
Kennedy
Madison
McKinley
Mulberry
St. Mathias
Central Junior High
West Junior High
Muscatine High School
Right to die debate echoed by Michigan doctor
Dr. W N Hubbard of the University of Michigan Medical School argues physicians must accept death as part of living and avoid futile life support. He urges focusing resources on prevention and addressing social ills that affect health rather than extending dying with costly treatments.
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Billings
Mont
W. N. Hubbard
University of Michigan Medical
Responsibility Too From the Wyoming Post Herald
A Persuasive editorial argues Americans misjudge law highlighting liberty as guaranteed by legal structures. It notes citizen influence shapes fair laws, praises positive aims of prohibitions like murder and license plate rules, and links rights with corresponding responsibilities in driving and civic life.
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Wyoming
Post-Herald
United States
Promotion Driven by Wives Says Wall Street Journal
A Christian Science Monitor summary notes recruiters now scrutinize a husband's wife when hiring or promoting. They value an orderly home and nonproblematic wife, with examples from insurance, law, and business firms. The piece argues marriage and home must be true partnerships for success.
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Christian Science Monitor
Wall Street Journal
The SST Alarm Over a Gloomy Milestone
Washington sights doom in the SST jet as Congress debates a 223 million dollar fiscal year appropriation. Critics call it private profit with public cost, arguing the project lacks useful military value and would yield limited time savings while harming millions with sonic booms.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Congress
Armed Services
Earth
Post nasal drip and humidity effects explained
Dear reader asks why higher humidity worsens post nasal drip and how turbinates swelling and nasal structure influence drainage. Dr shows moisture needs, causes including polyps infection allergy, and notes humid air can bog turbinates increasing drainage toward the throat. Cold air shrinks membranes aiding drainage. excessive humidity irritates nose.
Dear Abby confronts guardianship and social concerns
Unmarried professional man seeks legal and social guidance after briefly caring for a car hop's 11 year old daughter who later vanishes with the mother. The note discusses guardianship, custody, and keeping the girl after police and authorities offer limited help. Additionally a teenager confronts breakup fears and jealousy amid a party invitation conflict.
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Abigail van Buren
Abby
North Carolina
Yesterdays in Muscatine Past and Present Snippets
A retrospective column aggregates local notes from 100 to 25 years ago. It mentions Sabbath School timing changes, weather remarks, a lightning strike injuring a Jersey cow, naval training enlistment and travel, a Bellevue hospital death, family military retirements, a visiting Ensign, a town bar examination granting licenses to Harvey Allbee Jr. James McKinney Jr. and C Roger Fair.
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E. R. Tipton
Muscatine
Municipal Pier
Chicago
Charles Jacob Gehrbach
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine County
Harvey G. Allbee Jr
James D. McKinney Jr
C. Roger Fair
Wilton
Today in History highlights from June 22, 1968
A historical rundown lists events on June 22 across centuries. Notable mentions include Germany invading the Soviet Union in 141, Napoleon's second abdication in 1815, creation of the U.S. Department of Justice in 1870, and a 1968 White House note about a Johnson Kosygin summit scheduled for Glassboro New Jersey.
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Associated Press
Germany
Soviet Union
California
Napoleon Bonaparte
U. S. Department of Justice
Congress
George V
Britain
Queen Mary
Westminster Abbey
London
United States
Moscow
Red Square
Earth
White House
Johnson
Kosygin
Glassboro
Prayer Message From John 14 Verse Quote
The text presents a religious prayer honoring the Father and Jesus Christ. It asks to reflect God’s image in daily life and to show being children of God through action. The closing ends with Amen in a devotional tone.
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Jesus Christ
Jotun
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Gilbert Dietz
Sam Childs
Dial
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Muscadee Journal
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New York
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San Francisco
Atlanta
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Manisas City
Dallas
Out & Kelly, Inc
Muscaline Migrant Program
Gil Dietz
Morning Sun
Burlington
K & D Clothiers
Rock Island
Kenneth
Dorothy Cockshoot
Small Society
Brickman
Idal
Bkickmis
Bow
Ohio
MacGregor
Minnesota
Paris
House Appropriations Committee
James
Joseph G. Molner
M.D
Gary
Kessy
Elmer
Ephriam Wise
Tillie
Sue
Adam
Willie
Littleton
Colo
LDF
Midland
Dean Aobby
Bach
Mickey
South Muscatine Mission
John Shoemaker
Spangier’s Chapel
East Second Street
John Ford
Robert Ford
Lone Tree
Camp Claiborne
Robert C. Petersen
John Petersen
Leroy St
Japan
U. N. Security Council
India
Pakistan
Kashmr
Sherman Adams
Boston
Bernard Goldfine
the Daily Prayer
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