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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1966
Page
10
The Muscatine Fire Department faces severe limits from inadequate manpower and scarce equipment. A December 5 report read at the city council meeting outlines recommendations to improve fire defenses, insurance ratings, and long range measures to protect property and safety.
A 1966 Iowa Inspection Bureau report urges Muscatine to add a fourth engine and two ladder companies to meet Class Five standards. It notes current staffing of 25 with one engine and one aerial ladder downtown and one engine at No 2 station, plus aging equipment and ambulance gaps. Training facilities and a new central station are recommended along with a fulltime fire prevention officer.
President Johnson lit the national Christmas tree as a crowd heard him say the coming months in Vietnam will be hard yet hopeful. He noted aggression had been blunted and peace with honor would follow while urging sacrifice and patience from the nation.
Washington reports deny North Vietnamese charges that American warplanes bombed Hanoi. Foreign observers say no deliberate attacks occurred inside the city, with damage blamed on antiair craft missiles or unexploded shells. Separate suit in New York seeks to stop publication of Death of a President by John F Kennedy.
A Solon area crash left two young people dead and two others injured. Victims were Robert J. Northup 20 Iowa City and Jane M. Flanagan 20 Coralville. Injured Vernon Van Antwerp 18 and Brenda Pierce 18 Iowa City were taken to University Hospitals Iowa City. Van Antwerp in critical condition Pierce in good condition. The collision occurred on Iowa 1 when Van Antwerp’s car hit a semi driven by Howard W. Cook 28 Iowa City. Donald Votroubek 25 Mount Vernon swerved into a ditch to avoid the wreckage. neither Cook nor Votroubek injured. The accident happened about 2:25 am six miles north of the Interstate Interchange.
Washington Illinois was chosen as the site for a 375 million dollar atom smasher ending a competitive selection process. The decision concluded a nationwide bidding contest and discusses regional implications for energy research and employment.
Belle Plaine residents vote 484 to 17 in favor of a 100000 municipal building and fire station bond. The margin exceeds the 10 percent threshold required, signaling strong local support for the project.
Hurley Construction of St. Paul submitted a low bid of 1,192,490 for the Muscatine Louisa county drainage district 13 pump station and flank levee project in Rock Island. The government estimate was 849,685.50. Four bids were received with Acton Construction, McGarry Bros, and McCarty Improvement as other bidders. Construction aims to provide flood protection with pumps, interchannel, and a 1.5 mile earth levee, and will finish by November 3, 1968.
Fair and colder tonight with a low near 20 degrees. Saturday will be fair and slightly warmer with a high between 47 and 52. Thursday’s high near 46 with a low during the night. Noon today reads around 40 degrees.
Freehold New Jersey AP report states Dr Carl Coppolino, acquitted of murder, returns to Florida to face a second life trial for the murder of his first wife Carmela. A jury in New Jersey deliberated 4 hours 27 minutes, the state seeking the death penalty. Separate item notes US warplanes avoiding Hanoi amid global controversy over strikes in North Vietnam.
Walt Disney died 10 days after his 65th birthday following a lung operation. An informed source said the removed lung portion was cancerous and the cancer had spread. Eulogies poured in from the famous as a private service, with contributions requested to California Institute of the Arts.
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