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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1971
Page
8
Editorials and six Women’s news items are summarized from pages 6 and 7 with brief commentary, while sports coverage appears on page 8 and 9. A daily report is found on page 42, obituaries on page 12, and classified notices on pages 12 and 13.
U S Ambassador Val Peterson severely injures his right leg when he jumped from his sailboat and fell. He was transported to a hospital with non life threatening injuries.
A fragmented report lists several city and county values with labels fall and rise, including McGregor Dubuque Davenport Muscatine and Keokuk, indicating minor fluctuations in measured figures. The text lacks full context, but signals small adjustments across multiple locales.
On the second anniversary of Apollo 11, Apollo 16 launch team starts a 104 hour 30 minute countdown to a Saturn V liftoff next Monday at 9 34 a m EDT. The process feeds power to the three stages and halts at planned points for crew rest and catchup time while referencing past missions Apollo 12 and 14, and the aborted Apollo 13 oxygen tank incident.
Police are withholding details as they investigate the killing of Mrs. Warren Dean and the assault and murder of Mrs. R Rammer and her three sons in nearby homes. A .38 caliber weapon was found at the Rammer residence, suggesting the same gun may have caused all five deaths. Authorities believe the slayings occurred late Sunday or early Monday, with bodies found in bed.
About 125 to 150 people attended the 35th annual Field Day for the Iowa Vegetable Growers at the Muscatine Island Field Station in Fruitland. Farm superintendent Lewis Peterson led tours with ISU horticulturists and plant pathologists from Ames explaining watermelon wilt resistance trials and new varieties like Smokylee Petite Sweet and Super Sweet.
FBC Stores Inc of Syracuse signs lease for a multi million dollar discount department store on U S Route 61 in Muscatine marking the chain's Iowa debut. The 50 000 square foot complex will house a supermarket drug store and 100 departments with groundbreaking set for August 1.
More than 18,000 Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. workers in the five state upper Midwest area resume duties after a $60 million wage and benefits increase awaits ratification. The tentative pact with the Communications Workers of America covers three years and includes year one raises from $18.50 to $25 weekly, year two gains plus a cost of living index, and year three increases of $5.50 to $8 weekly. Ratification by mail ballot would take 28 days.
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