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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
8
A 11-year-old boy was ordered held at Morris County Youth Center pending a Jan 7 hearing after being charged with juvenile delinquency in the fatal beating of two young girls in a wooded area near Morristown New Jersey. Harry Carter of Rockaway Township remains in custody.
South Vietnam delegation to the Paris talks will carry a three point plan. A spokesman called the plan ridiculous. The third point urged a rally of the NLF and Viet Cong to Saigon. An advance party for President Ngo Dinh Diem Ky arrived in Paris as talks prepare to expand.
An Anchorage bound twin engine airliner crashed on frozen Spotsy Lake in southwest Alaska killing all 39 aboard. Winds up to 55 mph and subzero temperatures hindered recovery and investigation. FAA FAA and FBI teams planned helicopter access as officials noted possible explosion or trailing smoke but offered no cause.
New Jersey born John D Hemphill 22 stole a single engine plane took off from Newark airport attempted four landings at Kennedy then flew south over the Atlantic until fuel ran out. He ditched about 50 miles off Norfolk Va and was rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter in fog. Hemphill from Bricktown Wisconsin was identified. a car registered to him was found at Lakewood airport.
Cedar Rapids school board debated tougher anti drug and alcohol education after a Citizens Committee on Alcoholism official urged curriculum inclusion. Superintendent Currie said a mid January report from a curriculum committee will outline expansion of programs, amid rising teen use concerns following a November service club speech.
Five aquanauts at Duke University's hyperbaric chamber near Durham NC passed psychological tests during a simulated record 1000 foot ocean dive. Researchers measured reaction times while the divers endured a two week stay at depth and planned a slow ascent to prevent bends. In Des Moines AP reports, Iowa seeks 21 million dollars state ADC funding to support welfare mothers facing high living costs.
The Associated Press reports Jordan accusing Israeli planes and artillery of killing at least 13 civilians and injuring 17 during a heavy attack across the cease-fire line. Fighting centered in northern Jordan with claims of Israeli strikes on villages including Kafr Assad and Irbid, and Jordanian shelling on settlements near the Beisan Valley.
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