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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1963
Page
4
Taxpayers are urged to beware a proposed tax shift that would end the federal income tax credit against state income tax. The piece argues this would create double taxation, erode federal receipts, and force states to drop credits, harming taxpayers as real take-home pay would shrink. The author brands the plan fiscally immoral and notes potential broad impacts across governments.
In Washington a Senate Investigations subcommittee probes why Defense Secretary McNamara backed a costly warplane despite military objections. The inquiry links the decision to shifts in naval and air force leadership, with observers noting political pressure in the capital.
Railroad rate expert discusses a possible future where automated 250 car ore trains move iron ore year round from Minnesota and northern Michigan to steel mills in Pittsburgh and Youngstown. Steamship routes could become obsolete if electrified, push-button hoppers replace stops, and the Interstate Commerce Commission would influence adoption amid entrenched interests and regulatory hurdles.
The Muscatine Journal announces publication terms and delivery options. It lists staff roles, AP affiliation, and advertising contacts, noting daily issues except Sundays and mail subscription rates within and beyond a fifty mile radius for Muscatine readers.
President Kennedy spoke cautiously on Alabama unrest as thousands of Birmingham Negroes demonstrated for equal treatment and jailed. King and Abernathy, leaders in the protests, were jailed for parading without a license, sparking rifts among Negro leaders over the truce and next steps while Kennedy offered no direct plan.
Dr. Crane analyzes Clara B a 27 year old mother who after a difficult birth adopted a death wish toward her baby. She developed symptoms she believed showed insanity and spent six months in a sanitarium receiving shock therapy. The piece explains such thoughts occur in many families and are not proof of real insanity.
HAL BOYLE lampoons modern family life and mothers’ patience with comical child complaints. The column contrasts present day youngsters with grandparents, noting family dynamics, chores, school, and parenting pressures in a light satirical voice.
A prayer request urges blessing on the reading of scripture in family circles to feed spiritual bodies and spread new life. It cites John 6 5 and the Lord's Prayer, asking Christ’s blessing on saved souls and others, ending with Amen.
Our Yesterdays notes a coming summer of new construction in Muscatine to improve appearance and growth, driven by a shortage of rooms for business and high demand for dwelling houses and rents, signaling a broad building program across multiple types.
A collage of Dear Abby questions and letters about marriage fidelity, flirting, and bachelor life. Topics include a married man tempted by another woman, a foreman and an office gossip affair, and a bachelor’s plea for staying single. Opinions urge ignoring temptations, repairing marriages, and resisting social pressure.
A cryptogram quotation appears with a hint about Nicolaus or Cicero style, noting there are more pernicious diseases of the soul than of the body. The fragment mentions a veatures Byad and the puzzle date yesterday.
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