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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1972
Page
12
The forecast calls for fair weather tonight with a low around 257. Wednesday will be fair and slightly cooler with highs in the Us. Rain chances are about 10 percent tonight and 5 percent Wednesday. Monday's high reached 73 with a low near 38 and 0.52 inches of precipitation.
The Council Bluffs City Council approved a contract totaling about 10.315 million dollars for a new sewage plant and raised city sewer use fees. Residential monthly charges rise from 1.95 to 2.80, while a funding detail is resolved by state officials.
In Nashville area, donors raised 837 dollars to replace 225 dollars and a watch stolen from Mrs. Alfred Warren while she slept outside her husband’s hospital room at St. Thomas Hospital. Hospital staff contributed 100 dollars. a Kansas City donor added 100. W. R. Queen, a Nashville tree surgeon, gave 225 and a Bible quotation.
Miami report says 71 year old Mattie Davis faced possible murder charges after she shot Edward L. Dukes 30 who had a long police record. Dukes died within 24 hours of the shooting after Davis said she bought a .38 revolver for protection and had not fired it before.
Joseph Marker testified that he agreed to help recover hashish for a $10,000 payment. The case involves a murder charge and a 71 year old woman, Mrs Davis, who was ordered freed from custody after shooting at Dukes in a small apartment building. Dukes faced multiple prior arrests for assault and murder charges were cited by police.
County attorney released details of a raid at BJ's Lounge in Muscatine where James Boston 23 of Magnolia Street faced a marijuana possession charge. The case included seizure of his car and a preliminary hearing set for Aug 5. Also noted, James Cubbage an undercover informant will have the marijuana charge dropped and his record cleared.
Communist led forces struck militiamen 17 miles east of Saigon near a highway to Vung Tau. Reports say 30-40 South Vietnamese troops were killed and about equal wounded, with no enemy losses counted. Amid Phnom Penh area fighting, tanks threatened towns in eastern Cambodia as U.S. bombers hit North Vietnamese targets near the Hue, Quang Tri, and Da Nang regions.
Louisa Fair in Columbus Junction enters full swing with 4H and FFA judging at 8 a.m. open class barrows and junior show follow, plus 1 p.m. 4-H foods and horse events and 2 p.m. sheep and dairy cattle. Children’s Day features a 4 p.m. money scramble. Evening entertainment includes Hills A Fire, a Louisa County talent show, a demolition derby earlier, and Wednesday brings sheep and steer shows, a country western show by LeRoy Van Dyke, and the Song Birds dance band.
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