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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1971
Page
9
Fair and cooler tonight with lows 58 to 63. Wednesday mostly sunny and pleasant with highs in the lower 80s. Precipitation probability 20 percent tonight and 25 percent Wednesday. High temperature Monday 84, low during night 68. Precipitation 0.31 inch.
River Stages LaCrosse 5.6 up .2 Lansing 9.8 up 1.2 Dam No 9 15.0 down 3 McGregor 5.0 down .1 Guttenberg 6.4 up 1 Dubuque missing Davenport 6.7 up .2 Muscatine 6.96 down .11 Keokuk 6.8 up .2
Western White House sources say there has been discussion of David K E Bruce resigning as chief U S peace negotiator in Paris though no final decision has been made. If he steps down, William Porter, the U S ambassador to South Korea, would likely replace him.
A federal audit found Iowa medicaid may have wrongly denied skilled nursing care to 142 recipients and identified up to 1.2 million dollars in excess drug payments. It links deviations from approved appeals procedures to a drop in skilled nursing services from 1,891 in March 1969 to 204 in June 1970 and cites Hospital Service of Town, Inc. as part of drug overcharge calculations.
The report states patients may have received payouts due to high dispensing fees and a liberal method of computing maximum drug costs by the fiscal agent Blue Cross. Medicaid drug expenditures totaled about 10 million dollars for the period, with costs inflated by rounding to the nearest nickel and a 5 percent cost factor.
CIA trained Meo forces led by Gen. Vang Pao have taken near full control of the Plain of Jars in eastern Laos with little resistance from North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces. US sources say Meo teams have scouted for enemy supplies, found underground stores, and established hilltop artillery bases while American aircraft support continues.
Muscatine Community School District moves to study student transportation as bus service ends. Superintendent Dr. Russell Ward was authorized to prepare a recommendation addressing eligibility rules and potential shuttle plans while voters weigh a November bus referendum.
Washington officials dismissed the latest Viet Cong seven point peace proposal from Hanoi and Paris as insufficient for real talks. The State Department offered no direct endorsement and warned a coalition or neutral government would face resistance, fueling Senate criticism of accepting the plan.
Muscatine High School cafeteria kitchen remodeling plans get board approval with bids opening at 2 p m on Tuesday August 3. Architects estimate costs may rise to about 88000, up from an initial 72000, prompting consideration of alternate building options to speed completion and provide more space.
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