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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1968
Page
6
President Johnson shifted from budget work to Middle East issues and plans an informal private ranch visit with Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol Sunday and Monday. Eshkol will be at the ranch about 22 hours with no ceremonies.
Capt. Frank Velazquez a former Muscatine resident and U S Army adviser to a South Vietnamese unit is reported missing after a plane crash near An Kine Saigon on December 29 1960. His wife Mrs Wesley Rowe of Muscatine received a letter confirming the disappearance. A Boston AP report notes other Vietnam era cases and a Navy commendation for a Conesville native for rescuing wounded soldiers during a June battle near the Rach Nui River.
Iowa State University researchers Magilton and Swift report a link between brain temperature and nasal blood flow, suggesting heat exchangers in the nose and cavernous sinus regulate brain blood cooling. They caution practical uses are uncertain and note experiments included dogs and one human subject performing mental tasks.
Robert D. Ray, who resigned December 4 after four years as state chairman of the Republican organization, scheduled a 2:30 p.m. news conference in Des Moines and was expected to announce his candidacy for Iowa governor. In Mattoon Illinois, a spider invasion at Mattoon High School forced a shutdown. teachers and officials announced classes would resume Tuesday after exterminators found thousands of brown recluse spiders. The bites are painful but not highly fatal, per entomologist Stevenson Moore III. Weather outlook calls for fair, cold nights and improving conditions inland.
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Dr Philip Blaiberg was reported in satisfactory condition and cheerful today five days after his heart transplant The 58 year old dentist said to be enjoying life better now than before the operation Dr Christiaan Barnard said if he lives only days the donor heart has given him something He aims to perform a transplant on an African with a heart disease that spares other organs in a country practicing apartheid exposing racial segregation.
AP reports Communist troops overran a village six miles from Bien Hoa air base and held it for five hours in a propaganda bid. The US Command counted over 1,000 enemy aircraft losses, and Tan Uyen village near Saigon saw six civilians and eight soldiers killed, with 11 civilians and 35 soldiers wounded and a counterattack killing 19 Communists. Also in San Francisco police seek Isabelle MacMasters, abducted from school, with links to a 1960s Mexico case. warrant for child stealing previously issued but not served.
A lively Muscatine area feature blends romance and student life. Sam Birky plans college in Chicago while Sue Foster awaits his move. Allan Collins and Bard Mull are noted, with Cyndee Pelton and Mike Reusswig sharing flirtations. Dixie Bruner and Denny Fahy enjoy dating, as St Ambrose and Muscatine offerings frame teen romance and future studies.
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