Define FBI Job From the Burlington Hawk Eye
The Senate will likely confirm L. Patrick Gray III as FBI director though he lacks law enforcement experience. The piece argues for a fixed ten year term to prevent empire building and to give FBI independence, suggesting Congress should redefine the role beyond partisan control.
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FBI
Burlington Hawk
Senate
L. Patrick Gray III
Gray
Haynesworth
Carswell
Justice Department
Justice
White House
Nixon
Congress
J. Edgar Hoover
Payroll deduction for lottery bets approved in Dearborn
Waterloo Courier notes Dearborn city council enables city employees to buy Michigan state lottery tickets via payroll deductions. The piece satirically argues taxes and deductions already cover many costs and suggests further government catering to gambling impulses.
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Waterloo
Dearborn
Mich
Godfather hype and big ten upset mix with grim musings
A Cedar Rapids Gazette clipping blends sports and culture critiquing Iowa’s upset over Minnesota, film money milestones for The Godfather, and a provocative aside on America’s violence. The piece links athletic grit, cinema, and war imagery, judging public complacency toward death and politics.
Muscatine readers find little success with broken gym gear
A Muscatine man visits the YMCA and searches for usable equipment but encounters a chain of broken devices from the sauna to the vibrating belt. He ends up exercising by looking, then showers, and leaves twenty minutes early. Also noted is date changes for Muscatine High bridge demolition due to high water. Dr. J D McPike earns an international rose photography medal and lectures in England after a Canadian win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. McPike
National Rose Society of Canada
Rosarians
England
Canada
New Zealand
United States
Toronto
McPike
American Rose Society
Persian New Year customs and celebrations described
A firsthand account explains Nowruz traditions in Iran including pre New Year shopping and cleaning, beard and hair dyeing, street tambourine playing, and New Year pilgrim customs. It covers bonfires before the eve, jumping fires for health, disguises for door knocking, and gift giving as families prepare a seven item S table, plus prayers and TV appearances marking the New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Persia
America
Our yesterdays and 1600 years of notes
A collage of short historical items notes shipping fish by D B Huffman and Co and weekly projections. It recalls anniversaries births and community committees from Muscatine and references to New York AP dispatches on Albino buffaloes and quotable notables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.B. Hufman and Co
Borger and Bliven
Mailbag bulletins by Hal Boyle on famous painting value
Mailbag notes discuss the Mona Lisa as a candidate for the world s most valuable painting with an insurance estimate of 100 million when shown in the United States in 1962. The piece also notes the difficulty of pricing art like the Declaration of Independence and highlights hypertension as a major undiagnosed health issue with 60 000 U S deaths annually from related conditions.
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Henry
John
Robert
William
Richard
Leonardo da Vinci
Louvre
Paris
United States
On This Date in History March 17 1972 Highlights
Today in history notes events from 1776 Boston evacuation to Texas 1836 adoption of constitution, 1928 League of Nations, 1941 opening of the National Gallery, 1959 Tibetan Dalai Lama escape, 1962 Kennedy Costa Rica visit, 1970 gold crisis, 1971 US Air Force Taiwan withdrawal, plus birthdays Bayard Rustin and Mercedes McCambridge. The Thought for today quotes Matthew.
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Associated Press
Boston
Redcoats
Bunker Hill
Republic of ‘Texas
Brazil
Spain
Germany
League of Nations
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Dalai Lama
India
United States
U.S
Taiwan
Bayard Austin
Mercedes McCambridge
Daily Prayer Prompts Joyful Spirit in Grace
Prayer request asking for a joyful spirit today through grace and Christ's presence. A brief invocation to God asking for a joyful mindset in the Savior's name, ending with Amen.
Muscatine Journal Publisher and staff credits
The Muscatine Journal lists its independent status with William L. Fahy as publisher Max Christy as controller Gil Dietz as editor Harold Blake as managing editor and David White as advertising sales manager Wendell Grinstead as circulation manager.
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LEE
William L. Fahy
Max Christy
Harold Blake
David White
Mgr
Wendell Grinstead
20 20 vision may hide need for reading glasses
A reader asks why distant 20 20 vision does not assure close sight. Dr Thosteson explains presbyopia with aging, reading glasses, bifocals as options, and mentions glaucoma screening. A separate query on bleeding hemorrhoids notes red vs dark stool and advises medical help.
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Dr. Thosteson
T.Y
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Look Magazine
Iowa University
Minnesota
Robert Brice
Spider
Frank Merriwell
Iowa
Dick Schultz
Schultz
Burlington Hawk Eye
Marlon Brando
Vietnam
The
Small Society
Brickman
Mtsa
Sadie
YMCA
Muscatine High Bridge
Mississippi
Dietz
Italy
Gil
Kazem Moshfegh
Muscatine Community College
Kazem
Shah
Tran
Clyde Albrecht
Nyenhuis St
Muscatine Junior College
Lois Stumme
Albert Shaw
D. Youm
Raymond Orr
Rosalie Hutt
Darlene Rieke
Bill Carl
Bob Fahy
Bob Tach
Henry Kopf
Ted McKee
Bob Cash
Ray Oepping
Don Otter
Ralph Profit
R. M. Jessup
Women’s Society of the
First Christian ‘Church
Muscatine
Frank Anson, Jr
Council
New York
Great Plains
G.B. Shaw
West Virginia
Sacramento
Miss Merry Christmas
Hal Boyle
John F. Kennedy
San Jose
Costa Rica
Christ
I Peter
RSV
Muscatine Journal
Gil Dietz
Thosteson
George Thosteson
M.D
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