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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1964
Page
1
In Saigon police rounded up 449 people including suspected Communists amid clashes tied to last week’s Budd hist Catholic riots. The government warned of further action and threatened troops would fire on disobedient demonstrators while curfews and school closures persisted.
Deanna Kay Lacy, 2, died after being found hanged by a rope from a tree at the Lacy home on Hlinnis highway 82 in Drury township Sunday around 1 p.m. Her mother discovered the body as high winds loosened a rope that had been set aloft. The rope was broken from a view, a lawn mower lay beneath. Parents Willie Levey Lacy and Karen Sticksted Lacy mourn as coroners plan further inquiries. funeral arrangements set for Tuesday at George M Wittich funeral home with Rev. Chris Von Molten to officiate. burial in Memorial Park cemetery. Deanna leaves two brothers, Robert Leroy and Thomas Dean, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lacy and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stickrod.
United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther leads talks with Chrysler Corp to set a pattern-setting contract. The meeting follows a GM revolt thread as General Motors negotiations were extended to September after earlier pacts with Chrysler and GM were due to expire.
Leopoldville reports Tshombe declares Albertville retaken after a government assault. Rebels allegedly still control the airport. British and other European hostages are mentioned, with mercenaries and advisers arriving to assess the situation. Casualty details are partially confirmed. broader fate of hostages remains unclear.
Washington lawmakers move to reconvene as debate over health care for the elderly and Social Security proposals looms. Senate and House plan sessions before the Democratic gathering, while calls for reappointment of state legislatures stalled by Supreme Court orders add another hurdle. President Johnson backs the elder program, wielding potential influence over early adjournment. Majority Leader Mansfield and Sen Humphrey push for health benefit measures to accompany any reconvening.
DANIBILSVILLE Ga Fifty one days after a Black educator Lemuel Penn from Washington DC was shot and killed while returning from Army Reserve duty three men faced trial for murder. FBI and state agents arrested four men identified as Ku Klux Klan members on August 6 in Athans Clarke County. Three of the indicted men Josaph Sims William Myers and James Lackey face Penns murder charges in Madison County. The fourth man Herbert Guest is held on a federal charge of conspiring to injure.
Newark Republicans meet in a charged mood to back Senator Kenneth Keating against U S Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Clare Boothe Luce’s Sunday decision not to run as a third party candidate eases Keating’s path and boosts GOP optimism about holding Keating’s seat. Luce said her withdrawal was in the spirit of party unity.
Pilots Lt Col Joseph Cotton Jekt and Al White with NAA chief test pilot discuss taxi tests on the Big NB TOA bomber. Edwards Air Force Base hosts preparation for its first flight, twenty months after its original date, with an expected two hour maiden voyage.
After a week of violence in a Negro district, civilian and police officials report a return to normal operations. About 1,400 officers enforced a 3 a.m. curfew as looting ceased, with 295 stores looted, 30+ arrests, 247 injuries including 66 officers, and one shooting. Mayor Taler urged continued aid to merchants while tolls on damages rose.
NASHVILLE Tenn The doughboy hero of World War I Sgt Alvin York showed worsening health in medical reports from Veterans Hospital overnight first listed critical then grave and today very grave His wife son and daughter were summoned to his bedside Sunday night York aged 72 is from Pall Mall Tennessee and is treated for an acute urinary infection at the hospital 140 miles northeast of Nashville
In Alexandria Makarios wins UAR support amid Turkish Cypriot tensions. Nasser warns against foreign bases on Cyprus and discusses possible Soviet arms shipments via Egypt. Makarios says Cyprus will seek union with Greece only if no foreign bases remain. The Cyprus conflict escalates with anti American protests in Turkey and international calls for peace.
Mostly fair tonight with lows near 60. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 70s. Sunday highs and Saturday rainfall are reported with a river stage around 4.7 feet. Canary Turks staged anti Greek protests for the fourth straight day as the UN command in Nicosia noted heightened tensions over Cyprus, amid Greek origins allegations.
Associated Press tally reports multiple Iowa fatalities and injuries from weekend crashes. Victims include a Des Moines area woman in a cat tletruck collision on Highway 168 east of Des Moines, Marvin Kelley of Independence, Chuck Jorgensen of Algona, and Rev Marvin Vandenberg of Newburg. Others died or were injured in incidents near Fort Dodge, Algona, Albia, and Onawa. The crashes involved trains, poles, and rural intersections. weather and road conditions cited. Cowe of Milan, Tennessee, reported the Kelley car appeared to weave as it neared the truck before impact.
Tokyo and Peking clash over a decision to boycott a Soviet backed conference aimed at planning a world Communist meeting. Beijing accuses Moscow of siding with the United States amid the Gulf of Tonkin crisis and U S Viet Nam UN intervention.
President Johnson telephones from LEA Ranch to address the Math anniversary convention of the International Plasterers and Masons Union in Philadelphia. Goldwater Ends Vacation In Newport Beach Plans to launch campaign at Prescott Arizona after returning with his wife. Integration begins calmly in Biloxi as Negro and white students start at Gorensto Elementary. In Kentucky a fire destroys an all Negro school building amid tense protest over integration plans. Local authorities seek state police guard for white schools as tensions rise.
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