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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1968
Page
1
In Mannington West Virginia a small explosion delays a fresh rescue mission for 78 miners missing five days. Officials fear fire from the blast as teams probe the Llewellyn shaft and drill through rock while microphones search for voices below.
President elect Nixon appoints Herbert G Klein 50 to be director of communications for the executive branch with offices in the Executive Office Building He will coordinate public information across government while Ron Ziegler remains White House spokesman Klein aims to make truth the administration’s hallmark and reduce credibility gaps
A 170-foot oil company boat capsized in the Santa Barbara channel early Monday dumping 25 workers into the sea. Sixteen survivors were rushed to hospitals while coast guard vessels, private boats, and two helicopters searched for nine missing crewmen eight miles southeast of Santa Barbara.
L V Brewer, previously warden at Riverside Release Center Newton, is appointed warden of the 930 inmate Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison by Maurice Harmon. He takes over January 1 from retiring John E Bennett, brings 12 years corrections experience, and will lead about 320 staff.
North Vietnam saw two U S jets downed by MIG fighters and missiles in separate incidents. U S command withheld full details as rescue efforts continued. In area west of Saigon heavy fighting killed 155 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers, with American casualties.
MT VERNON Twenty eight Cornell college students were found guilty of violating the right of dissent during the October 17 occupation of the administration building. The student faculty judicial board suspended the acts but placed the students on disciplinary probation for the 1968 69 year.
Paris reports show the franc strengthen amid new austerity steps while officials monitor de Gaulle's plan to curb spending. In Germany, speculators rush to dollars as Frankfurt banks absorb earlier dollar purchases, and gold markets in Paris and London rise slightly as traders weigh the crisis’s path.
Secretary Henry Fowler said weekend European actions have averted a potential international monetary crisis and will not affect the dollar. He praised De Gaulle’s move and noted the German mark should not be revalued while Britain’s pound may hold. He urged evolutionary reform of the system and explained France’s franc weakness stems from fund outflows.
A traffic accident led to the safe recovery of Brenda Ann Maquar, a 3-year-old from New Orleans, and the arrest of Frank Willis Castile, 39, on kidnapping charges. The girl had been snatched from a stroller outside a Needles area grocery last Wednesday. Castile allegedly abducted her after luring her siblings inside. FBI agents identified the child at hospital treatment and arranged to transport her to her parents as the investigation proceeded with a nationwide broadcast matching the suspect and vehicle details.
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