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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1967
Page
8
Fairfield reports a vacant Parsons College dormitory hotel, the Turner Hotel, burned down Tuesday after being empty since spring. Estherville notes a second fire at an Emmet County maintenance garage with $3,000 in damages, the day’s second blaze.
Charles P. Hanley known as Chap, aged 89, died early today at Lighthouse Point Florida. A former Muscatine city attorney, he served on multiple official boards and backed Mississippi river levee projects. A national figure in motor boat racing, he won numerous trophies and was active in related organizations. Born January 24 1878 in Muscatine, he studied at Town Law School and practiced with his father and brother.
In Cordele Georgia authorities exhumed the bodies of three Gibbs family members amid a murder charge against Janie Gibbs. Her 1 year old son Roger Ludean Gibbs died October 28 in Albany after other relatives perished in the past two years.
The Pentagon says media claims on marijuana smoking by U S troops in Vietnam are exaggerated. DoD data show 832 investigations in the first nine months of 1967, with 750 involving Army personnel, equating to 2.6 cases per thousand soldiers, amid a Steinbeck IV article asserting 75 percent of young soldiers smoke pot.
Sugar Hills near Grand Rapids Minnesota relies on a new Super Sno Gun by owner Charles Skinner to blanket slopes with 5 to 7 inches of snowfall per hour. An employee is photographed amid unusually late season conditions and sparse natural snow.
U S Marines faced a strong Communist force about 20 miles north of Da Nang as helicopters landed troops in a muddy paddy. Skirmishes continued at a fortified hamlet while naval and air support hammered enemy positions. Across South Vietnam counts rose with 288 enemy deaths since Christmas truce, and new year reports noted heavy air strikes and weather with low ceilings. South Korean forces reported 6708 enemy killed and 1542 captured in 1967, while US and allied losses and troop levels edged upward to 478,000.
U S Sen Rourke B Hickenlooper will not seek another term citing age and campaign burdens. James Bramwell of Cedar Rapids seeks Republican nomination for the seat but will wait for formal announcement after year’s start. Hickenlooper, 71, plans to stay active in party affairs and did not endorse a successor, while noting personal reasons beyond age and anticipated primary challenges. Gov Harold Hughes will run for the Senate next year, not for another term as governor.
State Senator David M. Stanley of Muscatine said in Des Moines his campaign for the Republican nomination for U S Senator from Town will move ahead faster now that Senator Rourke B. Hickenlooper has announced he will not seek re election. He noted loyal Hickenlooper supporters are considering joining Stanley’s campaign to strengthen it and praised Hickenlooper’s long service to Iowa.
Mrs Anne Clarke, a Vancouver dress shop owner, used Harold's Reno club to win $13,750 on $5 slot machines after arriving with a $20 stake. She claims a long history of profits since 1963, detailing past wins and losses, and notes she travels to Reno about four times yearly.
Des Moines AP says Democratic Gov Harold Hughes expects limited effect from Sen Rourke Hickelooper not seeking re election. Hughes warns a hard campaign lies ahead regardless of opponent, stressing issues over personalities amid Iowa political traditions.
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