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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
7
MOSCOW AP U S Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson delivered a secret message probably from President Johnson to Soviet Premier Kosygin in the Kremlin today. An official announcement said Thompson met Kosygin at the ambassador's request.
Stanford medical officials report Mike Kasperak died 15 days after a diseased heart replacement. They cite no heart rejection and believe the transplant operations yield crucial observations for future recipients. The case involved Mrs Virginia White as donor, with Kasperak battling kidney and liver failure during multiple surgeries.
A USAF B52 crashed on ice at North Star Bay Greenland Sunday, carrying about four hydrogen bombs. Five crewmen survived. one body recovered, search for the seventh continues. Pentagon notes no nuclear detonation risk and ongoing probe by Strategic Air Command.
A compact roundup of local items including city briefs, editorials, women’s news, sports notes, daily reports, and obituaries reflecting the paper’s broad coverage and period voice.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa’s rural image may fade as urbanization grows. From 1956 to 1967 manufacturing income rose from $3 billion to over $10 billion, and 1967 saw industry exceed agriculture in employment for the first time. New jobs, investments, and expansion fuel the trend, aided by freeport legislation and revenue bonds for industrial facilities.
US and South Vietnamese defenders abandoned Khe Sanh under pressure from North Vietnamese regulars as about two dozen Marines and 40 South Vietnamese troops withdrew. The town lies near the Laotian border, with 3,000 Marines at a nearby camp stretched thin while waves of mortar and B52 strikes continued in the valley. Residents fled to the Marine camp, diving into trenches during mortar fire.
A Muscatine painter armed with a rifle went on a street shooting spree around 10:40 am. He was captured at 12:40 pm at Hyink's Standard service station after a skirmish with Inspector Clifford Bennett. The man, George Spanier, 40, of 804 E, was subdued and taken to the police station for medical examination.
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