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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1964
Page
4
The elm blight Dutch elm disease, noted in Scott and Lee counties in 1957, has spread westward to half of Iowa counties, with Muscatine seeing disease since 1959. Harold Gunderson warns spread will continue and many elms have been removed or are doomed absent stronger local action.
Cuban refugees claim a guerrilla raid damaged a sugar mill vital to Castro’s economy. Behind the raid, organized resistance pledges further blows as the revolutionary leader faces consequences of his own tactics. Castro, unhappy, confronts a pattern he helped set.
In Somerset County Pennsylvania a long running effort to reclaim strip mine lands began after World War II led by Congressman J Whalley. Local operators signed petitions for full backfilling in 1953 and Pennsylvania passed a comprehensive reclamation law in 1956. Governors Scranton and editors praise local action while warning against shifting costs to nationwide federal funding.
Local Muscatine Journal data lists publishing staff including publisher Nelson editor Russell and business manager Talbot. Advertising director Walter and circulation chief Win. Walwer. addresses and contact numbers noted. Subscription rates show daily mail prices within and beyond fifty miles. Office hours given with special delivery service details.
Associated Press reports that Eisenhower’s influence with Republicans remains untested while Truman’s sway within the Democrats has waned. Eisenhower refuses to dictate a candidate, emphasizing he does not want to divide the party. Truman had backed contenders in past races, even at age 80, without yielding impact.
A Washington speechdenounces FDA actions against Dr H Curtis Wood Jr book Overfed But Under nourished as Gestapo tactics. The author claims books were seized for implied endorsement and readers asked to burn copies, prompting calls to defend free speech and press rights.
Cuban professionals fleeing Fidel Castro begin yearlong retraining at Kansas State Teachers College to pursue new careers in teaching or library work in the United States. The program, backed by the US Health, Education and Welfare Department, the National Defense Education Act, and private grants, supports 25 Cubans and their families as they pay standard college fees while studying.
A devotional prayer pleads for grace and kindness to aid the flock. The speaker asks for comfort, help, and cheer, seeking spiritual aid for others and blessings for dear ones and neighbors in Jesus name.
A 100 year glimpse notes Capt Joseph A Green of the Quartermaster Department visiting family in St. Louis city Missouri. A 100 day men rendezvous company reached Davenport. A 8 years ago clothiers agreed not to stay open Sundays after June. A move in the right direction. Mr and Mrs George B Jackson issued invitations for a reception at their home Friday evening May 17 with supper at 7 o clock. H F Otto and bride arrived home from their bridal tour. A 0 years ago watch for horses stolen a team of white mares from Ralph Leffler farm near River Junction. A 25 years ago Mrs Edward Klein entertained in honor of daughter Kathryn s ninth birthday. Mr and Mrs Garrett Guthrie and son Robert formerly of Muscatine spent Sunday visiting relatives here. A 10 years ago traffic committee of the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce called for 7 40 pm Monday meeting. The Town Employment office here during April found work for 35 persons including 42 in non agricultural classifications and three in farming according to Harold Whitacre manager.
A reader shares a tense marital note with Abby about a husband’s affair while others advise second chances. Letters tackle etiquette, time wasted on calls, and the value of a college degree for women, urging education as insurance and marriage as a challenge.
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