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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1969
Page
8
DES MOINES AP Harlan W Bainter 39 of Mount Pleasant named Tuesday by Gov Robert D Ray as a judge in Iowa s First Judicial District Des Moines Henry Lee and Louisa counties He will serve until Jan 1 1973 filling the unexpired term of Judge W J Huiskamp of Keokuk who resigned.
Defense Department evidence links secret Swiss bank accounts to payoffs to U S military personnel who supplied intelligence to foreign powers. Testimony prepared for a House Banking Committee hearing cited security risks and said Pentagon would cooperate with Treasury after enactment of a bill against foreign accounts. The hearing was postponed as Nixon administration faced banking industry opposition to stricter record-keeping.
In the first hours of the Vietnam Christmas truce four enemy attacks were reported. Viet Cong had begun the cease-fire 17 hours earlier. Two enemy and two regional force soldiers were killed, five Vietnamese wounded, while U.S. forces reported relative quiet with few incidents. Separately, an Iowa study says Governor Ray’s committee would add about 490000 annually from new fees, with 85000 saved by moving marketing promotion to the Iowa Development Commission.
At the fifth Arab summit in Rabat Morocco leaders from 14 states and the Palestine movement failed to agree on a common strategy against Israel. The meeting ended without a communique and only an informal pledge to donate at least 19 million dollars to the PLO was reported. Nasser demanded more men weapons and money but made no gains.
Low temperatures near 10 degrees with a chance of snow tonight and again Thursday. Tuesday’s high around 3 with a low near 7. River stage today at 5.30 feet with a projected rise of 20 inches.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said progress in U S Mideast talks is limited with the plan facing sharp opposition. Moscow dismissed the Israeli Egyptian settlement reply as not constructive while Libya agreed to pull Wheelus Air Base out by June 30. Arabs complain of pro Israel tilt and Israel accuses Washington of appeasement despite U S backing withdrawal from lands seized in 1967.
Families learn airmen alive as 131 U S servicemen are identified as prisoners in North Vietnam. Michael Burns and Robert Naughton, both shot down over the country, are named in a list released in San Francisco by war leaders and relatives. Larry Spencer, missing since 1966, is also listed. Relatives express cautious hope awaiting mail and further confirmation.
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