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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1968
Page
7
Vice President Hubert Humphrey toured Nairobi hills with Mrs Humphrey while avoiding newsmen, visiting Nairobi National Park then receiving a cordial greeting at State House from President Jomo Kenyatta amid an offbeat, news-free presidential swing.
Viet Cong guerrillas seized Kheim Cuong, capital of Hau Nehua province, about 21 miles northwest of Saigon, and held it for nearly three hours. A government spokesman said about 700 attackers stormed the town behind a heavy artillery barrage in a bold raid near the capital in three days.
Boston injured 61 in a rapid transit crash when a train rear-ended another in a tunnel near Logan Airport. Both trains crowded with commuters. report notes casualties among militia and police in South Vietnam fighting as well.
Editorial roundup from Met One City News highlights opinions and comic panels. Includes brief items from Women's News and Sports Daily Report with notices of community events and obituaries.
Philadelphia AP reports Theodora LoRusso celebrated her 100th birthday attributing longevity to fifty years of hearing loss. About 100 relatives gathered including three daughters eighteen grandchildren fifty five great grandchildren two great great grandchildren and extended family. She danced a tarantella fitting her Italian heritage.
Cardinal Ottaviani the Vatican’s top conservative resigns after years of clash with reformists. Pope Paul VI accepts the move replacing him with Cardinal Seper of Yugoslavia, a 62 year old from a Communist country, signaling a shift toward modernization and relaxed relations with the Communist world.
A raging fire gutted Clinton High School destroying the main building and top floors. Fire Chief Nelson blamed arson, with an estimated loss near 2 million dollars and one injuries to a firefighter. Principal Skip Weber led the school through the crisis as communities offered temporary quarters.
Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital posted that Dr. Philip Blaiberg, the world's third heart transplant patient, is out of the oxygen tent and may sit up today. His condition marks the start of the critical postoperative period seven days after surgery. His wife planned to visit through a glass door to avoid infection, while doctors noted no signs of heart rejection and that his other organs show no infection.
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