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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1964
Page
1
An Air Force rescue service HC130H Hercules aircraft is rolled from a Lockheed hangar in Marietta Georgia for first flight tests today. The plane will be used for search and rescue missions and demonstrates new capabilities planned for military aviation.
Washington witnesses described a California group pushing for a national bank charter and the involvement of Baker’s associates. Maurice Hughell testified he delivered a $5,000 check to Baker at the Senate disbursing office, claiming Bromley said the funds were for buying a house and settling debts. Bramley, a former Baker aide and coal lobbyist, sat ready for questioning as the inquiry widened.
The University of Notre Dame petitions to bar a film from showing in New York claiming the movie depicts its football players as undisciplined gluttons. The Supreme Court action targets 20th Century-Fox’s Please Come Home and asks for a ruling before its Christmas Day premiere, citing irreparable injury to the Catholic university.
In Cedar Rapids a temporary injunction keeps Nov 3 voting machines in the 3rd District locked until Feb 2 if a bond is posted. The bid was brought by Stephen M. Peterson, a Waterloo Democrat who lost to Republican Rep. H. R. Gross by 419 votes.
Ice storm across east central New York and parts of Vermont and Massachusetts forced hundreds into emergency centers with hundreds of thousands in damages. Crews work to rebuild lines as frigid weather and icy conditions persist.
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a remote outpost 125 miles from Saigon killing three American soldiers and nine South Vietnamese and wounding ten Vietnamese. The strike, part of ongoing operations in An Lao valley, sparked heavy fighting as armored personnel carriers and helicopters moved to the scene amid fires and battlefield casualties. U S officials said the engagement continued at dusk with naval and air support in use. Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor met South Viet Nam leaders in Saigon after returning from Washington.
Washington reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson pressed President Johnson to push broad NATO reorganization to create a new nuclear weapons command and high strategy. The talks also covered Britain’s possible larger role in South Vietnam and a NATO owned fleet plan opposed by De Gaulle and supported by Erhard.
Chicago report says three railroad machinists unions plan a nationwide strike next Tuesday after wage talks stalled in Washington. A spokesman confirmed the date and notified union members, railroad negotiator J. E. Wolfe, the National Mediation Board, and Labor Secretary Arthur Wirtz.
A mob of about 1,000 Indonesian demonstrators stormed the U S Information Service library in Surabaya burning books and furniture and hoisting the Indonesian flag. About a fourth of the library's 18,000 books were destroyed with no staff harmed. American officials planned to visit Surabaya to assess the damage and escalate protests to Jakarta.
Castro government reports 46 year old Augusto Martinez Sanchez, Cuba's first defense minister, shot himself amid dismissal for serious administrative errors. Broadcasts claim he is in serious condition in Havana. Officials say he acted in a political power struggle as old guard within the Cuban Communist Party faced purges.
Berkeley reports 411,200 peace offer rejected by Free Speech Movement rebels as Academic Senate plans 11 am meeting to weigh the plan. Insurgents suspend strike until 8 am Wednesday while governors, regents, and campus officials contend with demonstrations and recruitment bans on campus.
In New Delhi the United States and Cambodia began talks to settle differences with the outcome likely to influence Cambodia’s stance toward communism. Officials on both sides declined comment.
The United States postponed its policy speech to the U N General Assembly for a week awaiting the Soviet Union’s intent on paying its peace keeping debt. Ailing Secretary General U Thant is expected back midweek. weather notes predict partly cloudy skies with rising temps and a mix of snow and chilly lows.
Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, age 57, was operated on for a small spot in his right lung at Henry Ford Hospital. An official UAW statement said the spot was successfully removed and his condition was reported satisfactory.
Edward A. McDermott of Dubuque Iowa resigns as director of the Office of Emergency Planning effective year end. The 43 year old will return to law practice in Washington joining an unnamed firm after withdrawing from a Dubuque practice. He led the agency since the Kennedy era and aided Alaska quake relief.
Timothy Nicholson, a wealthy 2 year old Phoenix man, is jailed on suspicion of murder after confessing to a fatal shooting of his twin brother Todd F. Nicholson in their $400,000 Los Angeles area apartment. The brothers had flown in from Phoenix last week, each inheriting $506,000 from their father, and co-owned Sun Investment and Developing Corp. An additional Bolivia crash killed 15 aboard an Abaroa Airline plane near La Paz, exploding after catching fire over Milluni.
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