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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1961
Page
4
The federal government pursues a path of spending beyond income with an expected year end deficit near 3 billion. The piece compares historical surpluses and deficits from 1910 to 1980, arguing ongoing overspending risks debt growth and echoes debates on alarm versus tolerance.
Iowa plans to illuminate seven dangerous primary highway intersections at night and relight sixteen more later this year to improve safety as the state’s highway death toll runs higher than last year. Officials say lighting will help drivers focus on approaching intersections, but emphasize that individual responsibility remains essential to prevent injuries and fatalities.
A long critique argues the Cuban invasion was an American enterprise mishandled by CIA planners with Eisenhower era roots. Stewart Alsop is cited as providing the most comprehensive study, blaming misjudgments by Kennedy aides, misgivings by Rusk and Bundy, and a flawed push for intervention. The piece links Cuba to failures in Laos and disarmament talks, warning that defeats compound in national strategy.
Advertising representatives Darn and Kollsy cover Chicago New York Detroit Atlanta Los Angeles San Francisco and other cities. The City Journal is delivered daily by cart and mailed weekly for forty cents four weeks. Annual mail rates vary by distance with city delivery to Muscatine $10 and out of town $18. All subscriptions paid in advance. Office hours 9 am to 5 pm. Harold J. Nelson publisher Walter Russell editor Robert Bauer business manager Gilbert Dietz news editor Swin Walwer circulation manager Aret Griffith merch gen advertising Carl Walter ady director. The paper is a second class mail publication and a member of the Associated Press and Iowa Daily Press Association. Des Moines office at 613 Shops Building. Private Branch Exchange AM 3-234L.
A compact recap of postwar Berlin tensions tracing a cycle from 1958 59 to the 1961 crisis. It notes Khrushchev proposed a West Berlin "free city" and troop withdrawal, Western assurances to defend Berlin, and repeated calls for negotiations and joint talks amid stalled diplomacy with Kennedy Eisenhower and other leaders.
A Hopkins Syndicate advised piece outlines methods for channeling excess nervous energy in kids. It promotes outdoor running and indoor activities like mini golf and balloon volleyball, plus a penny scavenger race to occupy 30 minutes. It emphasizes parental planning and household effort to reduce stress.
A scrambled OCR passage collects gossip on foreigners reacting to remarks by Americans abroad. It juxtaposes phrases about visiting churches, museums, and tipping, with sketched attitudes toward cultural exchange, humor, and travel etiquette.
Abigail Van Buren answers reader questions on marriage habits and advice. A wife seeks help when her husband, nine years married, avoids kissing, citing perceived unsanitary concerns. Other letters discuss hair style control, a wife’s knee injury from her husband’s secretary, and a torn fidelity dilemma from a younger listener.
A collage of brief historical notes from 100 and 75 years ago. Items include a wounded Army correspondent in Cos pany A, a New York to home business telegraph, pleasantries and ghosts around Cherry Hill picnic, heavy rail passenger traffic at Rock Island and Mascatine North and South stations, a reckless driving case with a fine and costs, Mrs George Flower noted as the oldest Morning Sun resident at 93, executive secretary McKean resigning to join the National Association of Manufacturers, and City Council voting to allow a cigarette sale per two cent below standard cost.
A cryptogram sample explains code letters for a daily puzzle with letters replacing others. It shows a quote and lists several coded strings, noting the changing letters and the puzzle's characteristic attribution to a famous author.
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