Delta Queen seeks five year reprieve to stay in service
The Delta Queen paddlewheel steamer needs congressional action to avoid being scuttled at year end. Green Line Steamers plans a 15 million new Delta Queen, but the current vessel must operate until replacement is ready. Congressman Mezvinsky co-sponsors a House bill for a five year reprieve amid safety upgrades and Midwest riverboat heritage concerns.
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Muscatine
Congress
Green Line Steamers, Inc
Cincinnati
Ed Mezvinsky
U.S
Midwest
Involving Nixon and the White House Integrity Debate
Washington dissent centers on whether Nixon knew of spying and fraud. Melvin Laird and George McGovern argue respect for the presidency requires accountability. The piece critiques claims of White House inviolability and calls the Nixon era the most corrupt in American history.
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Washington, D.C
Richard M. Nixon
Melvin Laird
George McGovern
Nixon
White House
White Hose
Richard Nixon
Johnson
Boswell
Time Has Come to Officially Go Metric in U.S.
A Washington hearing examines a plan to adopt the metric system nationwide over a planned transition. Proponents note global use and industry shifts, while opponents warn of cost, training, and public adjustment challenges.
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Washington
House
Republic
United States
General Motors
Torch
Congress
Subcommittee
Robert McCrory
R-Tl
Olin E. Teague
Texas
Afl-Clo
Cleveland
Commerce Department
U.S
Wolves slain by Heidelbaugh in Grand View
A historical note records Heidelbaugh of Grand View killing eight wolves, seven young, in an unspecified year. The brief item highlights local wildlife action by a named resident.
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Heidelbaugh
Grandview
Button Workers’ Union
Tri-Cities
Muscatine
Theodore Soll
W. Gth St
Herman Koepping
Kindler Ave
St. Paul
William Schultz
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Buggy Whips May Return As Energy Crisis Looms
A column notes potential oil shortages could revive horse power and buggy transport. It jokes that gasoline may hit high prices, pushing people back to horses while observing people improvise by heating with wood and preferring home cooking over TV dinners.
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Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
Ivory Tower
This Day in History May 8 1973 Highlights
On May 8 1973 The Associated Press notes key events across history including 1945 Truman announcing WWII ended in Europe, 1429 Joan of Arc lifting the siege of Orleans, 1841 de Soto discovering the Mississippi near Memphis, 1846 Palo Alto battle, 1942 Coral Sea Allied victory, 1988 Nixon visit disrupted in Lima, 1965 Abdullah arrested in New Delhi, and 1963 Wynszynski’s Rome visit amid Vatican-Communist talks.
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Associated Press
Harry S. Truman
Europe
Joan of Arc
Orleans
Hernando de Soto
Memphis
Tenn
Palo Alto
Tex
Coral Sea
Richard M. Nixon
Lima
Peru
Kashmir
Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah
New Delhi
India
Poland
Stefan Cardinal
Wynszynski
Rome
John XXIII
Vatican
Prostate surgery methods and patient guidance from Dr Thosteson
A reader asks about reaming through the abdominal wall for prostate surgery. Dr Thosteson outlines three access routes suprapubic, perineal, and transurethral, noting choice depends on enlargement location and surgery extent. He urges following the surgeon’s recommendation and explains biopsy and possible nonremoval when cancer isn’t present.
Muscatine Journal Masthead Details Editors and Managers
The Muscatine Journal presents its independent newspaper masthead listing William L. Fahy as publisher Max Christy as controller Gil Dietz as editor Harold Blake as managing editor David White as advertising sales mgr Wendell Grinstead as circulation manager.
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William L. Fahy
Max Christy
Gil Dietz
Harold Blake
David White
Mgr
Wendell Grinstead
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Tom
Richard Wixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Ulysses Grant
Warren Harding
Mr. Nixon
Laird
Mr. McGowen
Niet
Small Society
Brickman
DAY
U Byadeate
By James J. Kilpatrick
Great Britain
Japan
Australia
Canada
Tonga
Trinidad
Gambia
Secretary Rogers
Cambodia
North Vietnam
C.M. Stanley
Ralph McFate
Hugh Chance
Dr. Thosteson
Thosteson
George Thosteson
M.D
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