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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
15
The forecast calls for generally fair and continued cold weather tonight with lows of 8 to 12 degrees. Saturday should be fair and warmer with highs in the lower to middle 30s and near zero precipitation through Saturday. notes a high of 38 and a night low of 8 for Thursday, and a reported 1 inch of precipitation. Noon temperature recorded at 16.
City buses ran again in the Twin Cities after union drivers and mechanics accepted a new contract ending a 48 day walkout. Multiple local items report fires, thefts, and other incidents across Minnesota and Des Moines.
Weed Park commission releases a long range plan detailing three phases of upgrades including relocating and rebuilding the zoo, expanding park area, and updating facilities. Estimated costs run from 92 000 for updates to 700 000 for a modern zoo facility, with expansion and new amenities also outlined.
A passenger train carrying about 190 holiday riders collided with a freight train near Wamego Kansas. Police reported around 50 injuries, none seriously. Hospitals in Wamego Manhattan and Topeka showed about 12 remained overnight, with about 20 treated and released. The Portland Rose engine and baggage car overturned along with eight freight cars and three freight locomotives.
Wayn e and Madeline Christensen sign in a festive Torrance home as they celebrate Scott, a two year old with normal hearing, living with them after a judge allowed the adoption last September. The case reshaped deaf parenting, with educators and advocates backing the family and pledging broader support for deaf parents pursuing children. Scott preserves a hopeful future, aided by home routines and early language skills.
Readings fell to one below zero at Mason City before dawn while Des Moines stayed above ten. Forecasters expect highs of 10 to 20 across the state with zero to five above east and 10 to 15 above west tonight. Saturday should see warmer but fair weather, with colder conditions and possible snow flurries forecast for Sunday.
Seventeen men trapped for 19 hours in a snowcapped Tehachapi mountain cave-in escaped through a narrow passage to a State Water Project tunnel. Rescue crews, digging from three directions, found a partial passage through 80 feet of debris enabling all to reach safety.
Wilton hosted National Jaycees President James B. Antell at a 7:30 a.m. breakfast at Wilton City Hall attended by civic leaders and Jaycee officers from northern District 5. Antell, accompanied by Iowa State Jaycee President LeRoy Hinrichs, spoke on democracy and Vietnam, noting Americans often take democracy for granted. He toured Iowa after meeting with 15 area Jaycee chapters following the Wilton event.
An elderly Pittsburgh woman, Mrs Lotta Keller, survived seven days bound hand and foot on a cellar floor after robbers posing as church collectors forced entry. Police and neighbors entered the Mount Washington home Thursday after neighbors noted missed mail and papers. She was hospitalized in fair condition.
In the DMZ and along the Cambodian border U S B52 bombers again pounded troop concentrations and artillery positions amid fear of SAM missiles. Marines launched a new amphibious and helicopter assault in Quang Tri as air strikes focused on northern fronts and infiltration routes. U S pilots logged 90 missions and the weekly loss tally rose to 767 aircraft with no explanation given.
Wolf Braitsch, 32, of Lancaster California, was pulled from a water project tunnel with 12 other men after hours trapped. His wife Kathy greets him as he calls the escape the greatest Christmas present, amid earlier fears of a four day wait.
Pope Paul VI called on the United States to suspend bombing in Vietnam and offered to mediate. In a 28 page address to the College of Cardinals at the Vatican he urged an end to violence and emphasized that negotiations are the only constructive path to peace.
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