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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1964
Page
4
Indications of growing enrollment at Muscatine Community College lead to a new Housing Director role. Jim Wallis explains local families with spare rooms can join a listing after school inspections. Rules govern student behavior, and households earn weekly rental income while aiding college expansion.
The Iowa Tax Commission notes higher revenue in the first ten months of the current fiscal year versus last year. Income tax collections rose by 2.3 million, use tax increased 1.1 million due to auto purchases, and sales tax gained 845,787, signaling stronger purchasing power among state residents.
A Pentagon sourced claim asserts MacArthur provoked Red China by pushing into Korea and notes warnings from Washington. It repeats old charges about reckless pursuit, faulty intelligence, and a plan for a radioactive belt, arguing insufficient bombs and space to bomb Manchurian targets.
The Muscatine Journal outlines daily publication by Lee Enterprises with office in Muscatine Iowa. It lists staff including Harold L Nelson publisher Walter Russell Buster John Talbot and others. Subscription prices show daily delivery forty cents a week and annual mail rates based on distance from Muscatine with service details and hours of operation included.
President Johnson weighs whether to join national TV debates with Nixon after Kennedy era. Analysts note Johnson’s caution, possible strategic delay, and thin skin about public scrutiny. Debates could boost or harm his standing as he weighs risk versus exposure.
Dr Crane's Worry column highlights Andy Smith a veteran ad man from Cambridge Ohio teaching proper word use in ads. He recalls meeting Jeffersonian staff in Zanesville, addresses to students and servicemen, and notes how phrasing can avoid anger and boost sales.
In Dallas over 1,000 church architects and religious leaders at The National Conference on Church Architecture affirmed a unity between art and religion. They argued that modern church design can reflect the Middle Ages while keeping to symbolic form, stressing architecture must be truthful and expressive to move people.
John W Phillips and Ruth Ann Phillips transfer lot 13 block 6 Park Place Muscatine to Harald and Mary Rosenberg who quitclaim to Robert P Koenig and Mary J Saecker. Also Robert H Gipple and Verlee Mae Gipple deed part of lots 2 and 3 Eighth Street addition to Rene G Seligman and Evelyn J Seligman, tot 9 block 2 Walton subdivision Muscatine.
A prayer excerpt emphasizes reliance on the Lord for national and domestic fortification. It cites Psalm 127.1 about vain efforts without divine blessing and asks for home-centered worship to honor God, concluding with anAmen in Christ.
The report recalls a last year doctrine in Washington that a colored man is not the military equal of a white man and notes Governor Andrew of Massachusetts received telegraphic information about substitutes being accepted for the coming draft. The item mentions growing farm produce after rain and a plant sale event led by Mrs. Schmidt of East Hill. It also reports the death of Mrs. Harry S. Schmidt at Bellevue Hospital from appendicitis.
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on cheating test taking compliments and a pie dispute. A student cheats on a test, a wife seeks praise from a silent husband, and blueberry pie sparks a long running family disagreement. Abby advises honesty and communication.
A cryptogram example explains letter replacement where A stands for a letter and X for others. It notes daily changes in code letters and includes a Pope quotation about amusement and thinking as a hint.
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