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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1968
Page
10
A strong two minute quake struck Mexico City and resorts at Acapulco and Cuernavaca causing widespread alarm with no injuries reported. Other AP briefs noted new U S ambassador to Madrid and Sino military splits amid regional fighting.
A British court approved James Earl Ray’s extradition to the United States as the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The decision, by Chief Magistrate Frank Milton, follows Ray’s escape from Missouri and his capture in London on forged passport and unlicensed gun charges. Ray’s lawyers plan an appeal within 15 days, with a likely hearing next week.
In Miami 86 passengers from an American jet hijacked to Cuba were flown home on a mercy plane and processed at a quarantine facility. The Northwest Orient jet had 87 aboard when hijacked. the hijacker remained in Cuba as authorities investigated the second hijacking in 48 hours. The incident prompted extra Varadero to Miami flights and security discussions.
U S Air Force B52s launched the heaviest saturation raids of the war against southern North Vietnam over two days.74 bombers from bases in Okinawa Thailand and Guam dropped more than four million pounds of bombs on storage areas caves bunkers and artillery near the DMZ aiming to blunt enemy guns and cut war material flow. Dong Ha near the DMZ and Cua Viet were key targets as the operation signaled possible future ground action but officials warned against a northern DMZ sweep.
Washington AP Dirksen 19 GOP senators effort to halt Johnsons two Supreme Court picks weakens as Senate Leader pledges to back confirmations. He will vote for Abe Fortas as Chief Justice and Homer Thornberry as associate justice, stating the nominations are in good faith and ABA finds them fit.
Burglars struck the Gibson Discount Center at Park and Ford avenues in Muscatine during the night, stealing watches, guns, cameras, jewelry and other items. The store was under construction. entry was gained by prying the rear door. Losses exceed $5,000 unofficially, with inventory still being tallied. No official total yet. Police investigation ongoing.
The White House said the Soviet government ordered release of a DC 8 chartered by Seaboard World Airlines with 229 Americans aboard after a US expression of regret for a navigational error that led the airliner to violate Soviet air space over the Kuriles. Press secretary George Christian said the plane would depart once it left Soviet territory.
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