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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1966
Page
1
Regent Park Zoo in London prepares giant panda Chi-Chi for a trip to Moscow to meet An-An next week. Keeper Sam Horton explains the visit aims to view baby pandas and explain their relation to raccoons to visiting students.
Feb. 23 letter from Dale Walker in East Moline suggests Muscatine border dangerous areas with junk autos to resist ice pressure. The idea was read to the Muscatine city council Thursday night amid the Mississippi River ice jam story. Meanwhile Bethel Ridge Ky reports an Army AWOL case where Mrs. Fern Eastham claimed her son Pvt James Eastham was in Viet Nam after Army checks found her story inconsistent.
Marines in South Viet Nam thank American college students for 273 pints of blood donated last December. Messages on 20 plaster Vietnamese notes praise students at Midwestern University Wichita Falls for the aid. Members of Marine Air Group 16 near Da Nang sent the notes.
A Des Moines AP report says a Jowans delegation led by Russell Wilson will meet in Washington next Wednesday with Sargett Shriver to explore creating the first anti alcoholism unit as part of a war on poverty. The group outlines a plan for local coordinators handling education information and coordination across treatment, training, and family counseling.
Mr and Mrs Al Kenney of Burlington describe city mail rules that ban talking during work hours now that Mrs Kenney has become a substitute rural mail carrier. She covers about 45 miles delivering mail to 495 groups west of Burlington from 7 a.m. to about 2 p.m. The couple jokes about the enforced separation and emphasizes viewers’ initial shock turning to acceptance as she enjoys the job.
A new White House directive directs Secretary of State Dean Rusk to assume full responsibility for directing coordinating and supervising interdepartmental overseas activities. The move shifts initial foreign policy decision making to State Department officials.
Aimed at detailing Pfc. Thomas L. Cole from Richmond Virginia, a wounded medic shown in Vietnam near An Thi, back on duty a month after a head injury. The AP photographer captured him tending the wounded and eating a C ration as he recovers, symbolizing resilience amid heavy fighting.
In Orlando at a space conference Maj. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, director of the Apollo program, warned that the United States must have the capability to counter any nation likely to exploit space for military advantage, lest the US be caught short.
In Muscatine, stories of Ed C Diercks born 1886 at 514 Evans St. capture hard early labor at a sawmill, love of baseball, and car ownership. Vignettes of streetcar riders, wooden sidewalks, and residents like August Lemkau and teacher Marie Ruthenberg illuminate a town map of families, farms, and community memory.
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