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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
9
Iowa city voters rejected a 24 year renewal bid by Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co on a 2585 to 2547 roll call. Opposition grew against a 3 percent tax on electric bills proposed by the city council as 5900 votes cast showed.
A mile square area around the International Amphitheatre will be closed to all but convention credential holders. Police spokesman outlined a corridor from Halsted to Ashland and 39th to 47th streets, replacing an earlier four by two block plan. Democratic Chairman John Bailey praised Chicago as the convention site amid earlier strike worries about telephone service. Vandenberg Air Force Base reported ESSA launched a storm-spotting spacecraft to capture global cloud images for hurricane warnings, orbiting 887 miles high in polar orbit.
South Vietnamese and allied forces pressed a heavy clash along the northern frontier of South Vietnam wounding US Marines and South Vietnamese soldiers. North Vietnamese troops were reported killed in the day of intense combat near Gio Linh DMZ, as DMZ artillery barrages preceded substantial ground actions.
U S military leaders told President Johnson Hanoi shows no de escalation plan and plans to strike with greater force when ready. Abrams disputed reports of easing as infiltration rises while the lull is blamed on battlefield losses rather than pacifying intent.
A national task force urged tighter federal and private efforts to curb cigarette use to reduce early deaths and disabilities. Recommendations include stricter advertising limits, better school instruction, more physician-led antismoking programs, group prevention, nonsmoker insurance breaks, safer cigarettes, and expanded tobacco education. The Tobacco Institute criticized the report as defaming the industry.
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