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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1968
Page
2
Halfway through the season some 73 million returns will yield refunds exceeding 9 billion dollars, up two billion from last year. The rise in total tax take to about 155 billion from 148 billion prompts calm. Delays arise from errors in Social Security numbers and missing signatures, with 551000 wrong numbers and 228000 unsigned returns. Experts promise improvements next year.
A harsh critique argues Columbia University should bar Mark Rudd from the senior class to end disruptions led by the Students for a Democratic Society. The piece criticizes President Grayson Kirk’s aloof leadership and urges decisive action, citing student figures opposing SDS violence and urging a firm policy to stop further disruptions.
Notes from Portland describe Wayne Morse in a heated bid for renomination against Robert B. Duncan amid Oregon’s primary campaigns. The piece highlights Morse’s aggressive spending, broad campaign biography, and clashes with newspapers and voters, plus crowded headquarters for McCarthy and Kennedy and Oregon ballot quirks.
A reader asks if pregnancy is possible without a period during breastfeeding. The doctor notes periods may return within six months, but ovulation can occur without menses, so pregnancy is possible. Another reader asks if uterine fibroids affect cycle length. location matters, with outer fibroids less likely to disrupt cycles. The column also cites Hodgkin's disease treatment advances and promotes a health booklet on balance disorders.
Mrs Ronald Eisner of 1607 Oregon St Muscatine Iowa writes that lasting union begins with individuals and families. She argues churches nations and organizations fail to unite unless personal responsibility and love are built first, invoking Kahlil Gibran and urging devotion to harmony.
Oregon Democratic Senate race features Wayne Morse seeking renomination with Rob ert B. Duncan as his main challenger. Polls show Morse gaining ground since October, aided by statewide campaigning. Duncan emphasizes local issues and civil disorder while Morse highlights his long record and national service.
A retrospective column recalls events from 10 50 and 25 years ago. Notables include Albert Velter’s six week Chicago trip 75 years ago the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs T F Gerald 50 years ago and Phillips brothers serving in different armed forces 25 years ago plus library board reappointments and local club representative appointments.
On May 21, 1968 the day marks anniversaries from 1956 hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll to 1942 Foochow battle events. Notable items include Grant’s 1868 nomination, Barton’s Red Cross founding, Lindbergh Paris flight, Truman Alaska statehood proposal, a deadly 1958 derailment near Bombay, Wallace's Alabama court ruling, and a Greek king's birth of a son.
A devotional prayer passage echoes Psalm 72 or 23 style language. The speaker seeks God’s guidance and strength through Jesus Christ, asking for forgiveness for relying on own strength and affirming Christ as Redeemer and source of footing on life’s path.
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