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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1973
Page
9
The forecast shows cloudy skies in Iowa with thunderstorms likely tonight and Tuesday. Lows range 68 to 73 tonight, highs in the 80s Tuesday, east to southeast winds 8 to 15 mph, and about 70 percent rain chance tonight and Tuesday. Sunday high near 75 with 70 degree low and 0.30 inches of precipitation since Saturday. river stage at 6.57 feet, up 0.22 feet.
Four hijackers hold 191 passengers aboard a Japan Airlines jumbo at Dubai airport in extreme heat awaiting guidance. They claim to be "Sons of Occupied Territory of Jerusalem" and demand unknown terms while signaling a possible hostage scenario. An accomplice, a female, died from a grenade blast earlier, and one crew member was freed.
A Pan American jetliner carrying 69 passengers and 10 crew members plummeted into the sea shortly after takeoff from Papeete Tahiti bound for Los Angeles. Authorities reported that one may have survived.
President Nixon’s popularity deteriorated in the Gallup July poll with 49 percent disapproving and 40 percent approving, a five point drop from two weeks earlier. The ratings show a 28 point fall from the peak in January after the Vietnam peace accord, marking the sharpest six month decline since the mid-1950s.
Ex-Air Force pilot Gerald J. Greven testified before Senator Harold Hughes that he directed a bombing raid on a Viet Cong hospital in South Vietnam but that the word hospital was omitted from intelligence reports. He says he was reprimanded for identifying the target as a hospital, while Maj. Gen. Robert Ginzberg warned such actions contradict policy. Greven offered to testify as part of the Senate Armed Services Committee inquiry into B 52 bombing in Indochina.
In Washington AP reports former White House aide Gordon Strachan denied being informed of wiretapping proposals for the Nixon reelection. FBI findings contradicted Magruder’s claim that all campaign documents reached Strachan, linking him to Haldeman. The testimony centers on documents, timing, and possible disclosure gaps within the Watergate saga. A Tehran AP item notes a northeast Iran bus plunge killed 48, including 22 children, with the driver among the dead.
Washington AP top Nixon economist Herbert Stein predicts higher food prices under Phase 4 but expects stabilization and unemployment decline. He says the plan will slow price rises while enabling production of key goods, especially food, and gradually return to a freer market.
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