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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1968
Page
7
MADRID AP Police halted a downtown demonstration by University of Madrid students before it began amid anger over the closing of the political and economic sciences school. Students have pressed for a free student union and other concessions from university authorities.
Partial text shows weather forecast and miscellaneous notices. Tonight will be partly cloudy with light enew and low temperatures around 5 to 18. Friday reach high near 24 with a night low around 18. Snowfall expected Friday with about 3 inches.
Washington AP reports on a devastating helicopter crash with 41 feared dead as details unfold. Officials note crisis measures and ongoing investigations while headlines emphasize national impact and survivor accounts amid inquiries. Policemen in Bettendorf search for robbed stack of $3700 after a midnight heist.
The body of former Miss Guatemala 1959 Rogelia Cruz Martinez was found near Escuintla, nude with injuries suggesting beating. She had reportedly been dragged from home by unidentified men after a prior homicide charge. In Vietnam, a CH53 helicopter crash left 41 Americans feared dead, with rescue hampered by weather.
Judge Grant faces a likely appeal as he weighs a suit challenging Iowa's 30 percent services tax. The Septem ber filing by newspapers radio and television stations advertisers and agencies argues the law is too vague about taxable services too expansive in state administration and invades interstate commerce. Larned Waterman of Davenport represents the plaintiffs.
The Associated Press reports doctors treating the world’s two surviving heart transplant recipients expressed cautious approval of their progress. In Cape Town, Phil ip Blaiberg, though retired, Blaiberg is fatigued and undergoing tests relaxed to permit more rest. vital signs are checked every 15 minutes but will be relaxed for periods to help sleep. Meanwhile California stenographer Mike Kasperak remains on the critical list.
Three groves Texans, W J Morvant 49 Richard Morvant 28 and Paul Bailey 22, rode seven days in a 19 foot boat across the Gulf of Mexico with canned sausages and beer, believing rescue would come. Coast Guard crews spotted their vessel as searches ended in port. A separate Detroit note reports GM recalling 35,250 1968 Chevelle models over brake issues with 250 more cars checked for line clearance.
A 1954 Muscatine profile of Tom Hagermann a dwarf born June 10 1954 to Mr and Mrs Charles Mick Hagermann Route 5 Muscatine The piece details his birth weight 7 pounds 0 ounces growth at Olive Branch school blending school life with family support and Little People of America involvement highlighting his optimism and goals toward medical research while noting his interests in drama chemistry and model building
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