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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
1
Sioux City police Capt. Joseph Davidchik died in hospital from cardiac arrest caused by a blood clot after being wounded during a Dec. 18 intervention in a death by own action attempt. Other items note USS Pueblo crew medicals, a Hartley train crash, and a Christmas Eve bus depot robbery warrant.
Anthony Erthel Williams turned himself in to Davenport police amid an expanding, snowbound search for Pamela Powers, a 10 year old missing since a Des Moines YMCA wrestling event. Clothing found along a Grinnell roadside and Williams’ arrest record raised suspicions as investigators caution the risk of finding the girl alive.
In Athens two Arab gunmen attacked an El Al Boeing 707 on takeoff injuring one passenger killed, a stewardess injured, as police tackled one assailant and captured the other. A grenade exploded under the wing. most passengers were removed safely. The dead man was Leon Shirdan, a 50 year old maritime engineer and former Israeli navy commander.
Los Angeles Rams fire head coach George Allen citing a personality conflict with General Manager Dan Reeves. Allen, 46, had coached three seasons, with an 8-4-1 start in 1966 and a 10-3-1 finish last season. Reeves said Allen is paid off with two years left on a 5-year, about 40 thousand dollar per year contract. No replacement named.
New York City officials declared a state of peril as three deaths were linked to lack of heat. Mayor Lindsay urged emergency priority from fuel companies after a weeklong oil truckers strike. 100,000 residents lived in unheated buildings Christmas Day with about 10,000 sick from the cold. The winter cold and holiday delays left thousands awaiting deliveries.
AP reports resumed offensive actions after a 24 hour Christmas ceasefire. U S forces spotted two groups of enemy troops NW of Saigon and killed at least 53 with bombs rockets and artillery. There were no American casualties. The 1st Air Cavalry scouts leaped in helicopters near the Cambodia border. American combat deaths last week fell to 151 with 838 wounded. Vietnamese losses totaled 202 killed, while enemy dead reached 2,118 that week.
A Chicago to Washington church convention charter bus veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike near the Ohio border, tipping down an embankment. Three people died Bruce Blackman 4 Mary Owen 58 and Vergie Evans 76 all of Chicago and 37 others were injured though most only shaken.
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