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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1972
Page
7
A Sioux City woman, Joan Haney, 37, died in Slayton Minnesota hospital after being struck by a boat while in the water waiting to be pulled onto water skis. The boat was driven by a 15 year old Marshall youth.
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, returning from North Vietnam, condemned the U.S. bombing and urged an end to the war. He warned that Americans have been duped by Hanoi and said North Vietnam’s prisoners would be released with a peace settlement. Mitchell, a former attorney general and Nixon era figure, blasted Clark as a naive American aiding Communist propaganda.
Senior Citizens Day at the West Liberty Fair offered free gate admission for all over 70. The event featured an open class tractor pull at 1:30 p.m., a gospel performance by The Prophets, and a 9 p.m. dance after a cash giveaway. Continued judging included junior market beef, purebred and commercial heifers, dairy cattle and hogs, with livestock sale upcoming for market sheep swine beef and feeder cattle. A garden and antique tractor pull was also scheduled.
DES MOINES Iowa AP secretary of state Melvin Synhorst said on Tuesday that more candidates for president and vice president may appear on the November 7 general election ballot than there are voting machine columns after petitions were filed to place the Socialist Workers Party on the ballot Linda Jenness of Atlanta Ga and Andrew Pulley of Chicago are the ticket The official noted the maximum columns could reach nine and that at least five columns are likely for president.
Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh addressed when prisoners would be freed. He suggested captives were disgusted by the question. Clark reported visiting 10 American prisoners who appeared unbrainwashed, in good health, and "strong men."
Muscatine Community School District board votes 3 to 1 to spend 48946 to install four roof mounted self contained air conditioning units at the high school auditorium. One bid from Moline Heating was higher at 50221 while the Schebler Co won the award.
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird urged the Republican Platform Committee to reject weakness and endorse President Nixon’s foreign strategy, praising strength with relaxed world tensions while aiming at a firmer stance against political opponents. A Belfast IRA incident reports nitrobenzene exposure endangering a 19-year-old and two others killed in a car bomb. In Sioux City a gas explosion and fire damaged a home, injuring Virginia Schmidt and injuring Kenneth Bolstad.
U S Navy jets attacked seven targets near Thanh Hoa in North Vietnam while denying Hanoi claims that a business center and cathedral area were bombed. No strikes inside Thanh Hoa city were admitted. The action involved a highway bridge fuel depots antiaircraft sites a gun site and an army barracks. The U S said over 190 strikes occurred Monday with poor weather canceling many more. South Vietnam reported 97 enemy killed with no losses, and Saigon forces seized 19 weapons including three Soviet Strela missiles plus ammunition. Heavy fighting continued between Quang Tri and Hue with 61 North Vietnamese and three South Vietnamese killed and 45 South Vietnamese wounded.
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