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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1969
Page
9
Mostly cloudy through Saturday with possible light rain and a chance of rain or Snow orth to fight Saturday. Warmer tonight with lows in the mid 30s south and highs Saturday 35 to 45. Thursday highs around 37 with night lows near 21. Sunrise Saturday at 7 14 with sunset at 4 37.
Israeli planes hit Egyptian military positions along the Suez Canal in two raids. The first attack on the southern and central sectors lasted about 20 minutes. later strikes targeted two military objectives on the canal's southern sector. All planes returned safely, the spokesman said.
Des Moines legislators reopened debate on the Iowa Highway Commission after a lunch reversal. The subcommittee had proposed replacing the five member body with a single governor appointed administrator, but the full committee revived items and then reopened three others. The panel also urged studying the Merit Employment System and keeping the attorney general’s legal role, with harsh criticism of merit. A separate Pittsburgh case reports a man shot from a third floor window, killing one and wounding another before police captured him.
Two eastern Iowa towns rejected bond issues in special elections. Maquoketa voters declined a 1,325.08 dollar elementary school bond by 708 to 1,509, while a millage increase from 10 to 15 mills passed by a similar margin. Strawberry Point voters failed to approve a municipal pool bond 208 to 204.
Acting Senate Republican Leader Robert P. Griffin warned that linking a Social Security boost to the tax reform bill could invite a presidential veto. He spoke as Democrats moved to insert a 15 percent Social Security increase after January 1, while GOP senators planned a mirrored move.
Fourteen NATO foreign ministers agreed to press the Soviet bloc to discuss mutual troop reductions as a sign of seriousness about a Pan European security conference. France stayed aloof over NATO command ties, opposing bloc-based negotiations.
In Chicago the defense for seven men charged with conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention seeks a Monday start for their case. Attorney Kunstler asks for a recess while the prosecutor rests, following police seizure of defense files from Yippie aide Stewart Albert.
Viet Cong radio announced 3 day Christmas and New Year truces, starting December 23 or 24 and ending December 27, with longer periods than Saigon’s. President Thieu proclaimed 24 hour cease-fires on Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The U S Command said reports of desertion executions by North Vietnamese officers emerged from defectors, with guards deployed to deter desertions during moves and operations.
The Federal Trade Commission will investigate whether long term use of enzyme detergents endangers homemakers. Citing studies of plant workers with dermatitis and asthma, the FTC questions safety, while Procter & Gamble refutes any health hazard claim.
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