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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1968
Page
8
A Muscatine United Community Services fund drive praise notes campaign workers. It salutes businessmen, housewives, and businesswomen who donate time without expecting pay or publicity, emphasizing community welfare and stronger civic ties through their effort.
The piece notes many African Americans aim to advance their cause within the traditional two party system while deriding the Yippies. It highlights Reverend Channing Phillips’s symbolic bid for Kennedy and Julian Bond’s brief vice presidential stir, plus Chicago mayor Daley guiding a Negro boycott of Yippie protests.
The Wisconsin State Journal notes Americans disagree on Vietnam policy yet concur results have been unsatisfactory. It contrasts Humphrey within Johnson Daley influenced leadership with Nixon as an alternative, highlighting public search for national leadership in the next four years.
A veteran observer critiques TV coverage of Chicago protests, defends Mayor Daley and police, and notes the brutality perceived by network viewers. He recalls tear gas, bruises, and provocation at Grant Park Lincoln Park and the Coliseum, arguing that police restraint prevented greater violence.
A Muscatine correspondent defends pit parties as safe youth outlets amid editorials, noting no beer sales and minimal incidents. The letter argues for better venues and ventilation for dances, referencing 1951 flood aid and youth energy. A second piece endorses David Stanley for U.S. Senate, praising honesty, integrity, and steady progress, urging community support and political action.
Reader asks if chronic bronchitis has a cure. The doctor explains diagnosis should pinpoint cause, notes possible allergy, tuberculosis, or lung issues, and advises seeing an internist or ENT specialist for thorough evaluation and management.
Our Yesterdays recalls a Soldiers Monument meeting at the Court House next Tuesday at 2 PM. Corse Payton Company opened a Firefly engagement at Columbia Theatre. A Muscatine youth reached an overseas port, per Private Sherman Gerels. The 1943 44 school year prepared to open in Muscatine public and parochial schools and the Junior College. Red Cross volunteers logged 3 193 hours in August. Local residents attended the American Legion national convention and Forty and Eight events in Chicago.
The AP’s Today in History notes key events tied to September 4 across centuries. Highlights include Henry Hudson’s discovery of Manhattan in 1609, Los Angeles founding in 1781, and World War I and II era items.
A devotional prayer fragment invokes Isaiah 40 31 urging believers to seek God's presence as a friend not a stranger. It prays for daily strength through Jesus Christ our Lord and trusts in renewed vigor from the Lord.
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