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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1973
Page
2
The article notes Clinton and Ames dropping bus service, prompting a Clinton inquiry about Mason City’s approach. Ames plans to end service next week and offers taxi fare subsidies for southern and western residents. Mason City sustains transit by subsidizing a private firm, addressing a tough logistical challenge.
The piece argues Japan must import U.S. beef, oranges, and computers, but its labor relations system challenges American goods' competitiveness. It describes lifetime employment, company loyalty, and cradle to grave security as boosting Japanese productivity, potentially thwarting Eberle's efforts to balance trade with Tokyo. The column blends analysis with aphorisms and reader notes.
Our yesterday notes Mr Echkel reports his floating lumber now in a safe harbor and Mr Block his barges secured by cutting the ice and floating them to protected places. Also 75 years ago August Othmer Jr and wife arrived home from a trip north. Roads drying up fast. toll road better than paved streets. 50 years ago 24 Hour Service discontinued after March 11 open 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. except emergencies. 25 years ago Robert F Galpin, 68, former Muscatine board of education member and president died at 9:15 a.m. at home. He was born Jan 20, 1680 in Webster, Mass. He married Eugenie Gourdeau on Dec 31, 1902 at Grand Rapids, Mich. He resided here since 1909 and was connected with Iowa Electric Co. Surviving wife, two daughters, and four grandchildren. 1 year ago Miss Lillie Friederichsen retires as Franklin elementary principal after serving since 1921 and appointed 1931.
Key world events and anniversaries listed with dates from 1938 to 1971. Includes Germany's Austria union, New Jersey as a British colony, Truman Doctrine, Turkish government resignation, Mauritius independence, BritainChina ambassador exchange, and notable birthdays. Also features brief thought for today and a column about violence trends and marriage.
Hal Boye notes memory slips rise at two life stages around ages forty and sixty. Quotable notables include Hermaine Gingold on schooling and contracts. The piece also traces product names to places like Cologne bouillon and the tuxedo from Tuxedo Park. Denim derives from serge de Nimes, tied to Nimes in medieval France.
In Chicago an airport barbershop interview with Milton Friedman is cited. He argues minimum wages raise unemployment among teens and blacks, criticizes higher education subsidies and Social Security, and asserts corporate duty is to maximize profits for stockholders. The piece mixes critique with pop culture framing.
The Muscatine Journal lists its leadership with publisher William L. Fahy and editor Harold Blake. It notes positions for controller Max Christy, managing editor Harold Blake, advertising sales manager Wendell Grinstead, and circulation manager David White.
In a letter column, Dr Thosteson debunks fad dieting claiming low carbohydrate plans fail for most people and calories count. It notes that eating all you want cannot make you thin, and advises sensible portions and activity. A reader asks about sugar free drinks and salt content, answered: plain carbonated water has no sodium, avoid sodium citrate and benzoate.
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