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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1968
Page
1
New York AP ITV directors vote unanimously to cancel ITV merger with American Broadcasting Companies in a $2.8 billion deal. DOJ pressed antitrust challenges, ending what would have been broadcasting history’s largest merger.
A deadly gas seepage forced firefighters to withdraw from the Dunreith Indiana wreck site four blocks around the blaze. Officials warned of cyanide risk as explosions tore through two trains Monday night. Cattle deaths and subfreezing conditions left over 200 residents displaced after New Year’s night collision.
London and Paris markets rose the dollar as U S President Johnson proposed cutting the dollar drain on foreign accounts. Nicholas Katzenbach led a mission briefing European governments on monetary measures while Bonn talks with Willy Brandt followed. In London stocks of hotels and travel related issues fell as overseas travel was curtailed. In Paris the dollar gained 55 points to 4.9140 francs and in London 30 points to 4.40325 pounds. The plan risks about 120 million dollars yearly loss for Britain and signals a moratorium on U S investment for West Germany and other Common Market nations.
Mary Braham, 34, first to have quintuplets in Australia, visited the four babies at Brisbane Women’s Hospital. Doctors said mother and children are well after the crisis. Babies weighed for the first time and will be weighed every four days: Annabel 3 lb 14 oz, Richard 3 lb 10 oz, Faith 3 lb 10 oz, Geoffrey 3 lb 10 oz, Caroline 3 lb 14 oz.
National Safety Council credits bad weather and prudent driving for fewer traffic deaths during the New Year holiday weekend. The count reached 372, below 484 for a nonholiday period of similar length, with 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday.
A string of early day fires across Iowa claimed four lives and caused extensive damage. Marion painter Richard Rhode, 60s, died in a garage blaze. Clinton man Charles Sweeney, 54, perished in a two story frame building fire. Glen Connor family home fire in Lansing killed four year old Ricky Connor. several children escaped. A Letts farm blaze destroyed a barn, pickup, trailer, hogs, and livestock. Murray saw dramatic theater and drug store losses on its centennial day. Other towns including Montour Des Moines Oelwein Hospers Cedar Falls Camanche Nevada Le Roy and Denison reported structure fires.
Dr. Christian Barnard and a team at Groote Schuur Hospital completed a five hour heart transplant replacing a 58 year old Cape Town dentist's diseased heart with a donor heart from a 24 year old man who died after a beach accident. The patient Blaiberg, conscious and described as in very good condition, followed Washkansky who lived 18 days after the world’s first transplant. The operation began at 11 am and ended about 4 pm.
Cloudy conditions with occasional light snow and very cold nights. Lows range from 2 to 6 degrees below zero, highs near 7 to 12 degrees on Wednesday, with a 58 percent chance of measurable snow. Wednesday night low around 12 degrees, noon temperatures uncertain.
Rioters set fire to four buildings at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco. About 1,800 of 2,000 inmates were involved, with four inmates shot and five seriously injured. The riot lasted six hours, starting near midnight, with fire damage estimated at $250,000. Police faced 300 officers in enforcing control.
AP dispatch reports U S and allied leaders calling the Tet cease fire the bloodiest so far as a Viet Cong force of 2500 stormed an American outpost near Black Virgin Mountain, killing 23 and wounding 153. The attack, linked to the lunar new year truce, struck 12 northern coastal government installations while South Vietnamese police battled counterfeiters and seized 30000 fake U S bills.
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