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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1967
Page
2
Washington correspondent describes the shift away from gold and silver backing for U S currency. By mid-1968 the system may be unlinked from any metal as money becomes only a promise. The piece uses the sawdust metaphor to warn that currency may be a mere diet of sawdust.
Column by John Chamberlain analyzes Judge James Skelly Wright of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals who ordered the District of Columbia Board of Education to discontinue the track system that assigns students by ability. The piece critiques the ruling as a overreach, defends merit, and calls for targeted reforms and better teachers rather than abolishing tracking.
A WSJ column notes that daytime TV soap operas provide entertainment for women at home and reduce driving trips, reframing the programs as a practical convenience rather than mere leisure.
In a column from the Paseo Wash area, the Tri-City Herald notes how households chase items that enable leisure yet end up sacrificing time and resources for true relaxation, reflecting on modern consumption and leisure scarcity.
A column reviews past anniversaries and local notes. Highlights include Chris Killias selling 600 copies of Room At The Top in Muscatine and Davenport, upcoming Navy induction for Perry Saltz, and a health board move to address a Spring Street shantytown with 25 shacks housing 33 adults and 49 children. The M C A Summer Fun Club reports 116 boys at a Kentridge farms trip Route 4.
AP reports June 1967 proved nimble for President Johnson as he navigated Middle East crisis shifts. He kept cool amid Israeli territorial advances and Arab anger, rebuffed neither side, resisted broad confrontation, and used measured diplomacy to preserve U S interests with Moscow and Beijing watching. Johnson hosted King Hussein of Jordan, then authorized $2 million in UN refugee aid, signaling cautious intervention and balance amid regional volatility.
Dr Molner advises that normal puberty does not require iron supplements for a girl starting her period unless heavy bleeding or pallor indicates iron deficiency. Recommend blood test and physician judgment before any medication.
President Johnson pursues campaign style appearances with little advance publicity. He drew only a few thousand in Philadelphia en route to Texas as security and flexible scheduling shape his 1968 bid. Possible St Louis governors conference address could follow as family, funeral, and LBJ Ranch events unfold.
A humorous guide from New York AP arguing science should tell gender after birth. It lists playful tests to distinguish male and female behavior, from singing the national anthem to reacting to jokes, age, infant care, and poker losses. The piece mocks stereotypes while noting social confusion in gender presentation.
A religious prayer passage cites Luke 9 58 verse about Jesus having no home on earth. It expresses gratitude for Christ's loneliness and persecution and offers lives to Him without conditions, ending with an Amen.
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