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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
3
The Wall Street Journal notes German workers save, prices are cut by manufacturers, and unions resist inflation. Officials say thrift and fiscal responsibility keep the mark strong, seen as superior to other currencies, including the dollar.
John Chamberlain notes Nixon gains momentum after Chicago convention clash over Vietnam policy. Humphrey faces an uphill battle as dissenting youth and party rifts test the Democratic stance, while Nixon’s path to peace in Vietnam appears favored.
In a sober critique, the author argues federal judge appointments to the U S Supreme Court deserve as much public scrutiny as presidential elections. Fortas and Thornberry could shape the court for decades. the Senate must deeply examine their qualifications, philosophy, and records rather than treat confirmations as routine.
A humorous guide for kindergarteners on how to part from their mothers on the first day of school. It playfully warns of tears and embraces, advises walking to school alone, and suggests ways to handle clingy farewells with lighthearted mischief and peanut butter and jelly sandwich nostalgia.
A reader asks about gynecomastia at 70 and the doctor explains it can come from hormonal imbalance, tumors, or benign issues, noting it often resolves in youth but may signal trouble in older men and recommending a medical checkup including a chest X-ray. The column also covers swimming nose irritation, neoplasm meaning, and how to learn about prostate concerns via Dr Molner's booklet.
New York AP column surveys daily life curiosities from gas masks to golf and cryotherapy. It notes Dr Wilfrid Bach warns pollution costs 12 billion yearly, could drop two thirds with 4 billion spending. It evokes Mary Queen of Scots golf, left handed mice, dental tips, and tax quotes.
Our Yesterdays recalls two youths arraigned ten years ago for stealing a pocket book and spectacles from Solomon Mozier they were fined but remitted and jailed at parental request. A note adds 75 years past William Kaiser returned Sunday to Kansas City and a Wizard Oil concert on the levee offers comfortable seats for five cents. 30 years ago a song titled Our Glorious Sens of Today by Harry F Maurath from Muscatine is noted with music by Friedman. 25 years ago a civil service recommendation to raise city fire department age to 40 fails in a council vote after Mayor Dunker breaks a tie. Chapter M of TTT announces a meeting at Mrs C Lloyd Bunker’s home 1014 Sycamore St St Malachy’s church nine miles SW of Muscatine is being repaired and painted.
On this date in history various events are noted including the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War, Cromwell's death in 1658, Britain’s protectorate over Gilbert Islands, Verdun in 1916, Britain and France declaring war in 1939, the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943, Singapore returned to British control in 1945, a 1958 US-Soviet air clash, a 1965 UN veto over Israel murders, and the 1967 South Vietnam leadership election.
A concise religious reflection urges believers to witness to God's presence through word and deed. The prayer invokes Jesus as witness and teacher, ending with a reverent Amen and a call to daily faithfulness.
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