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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1968
Page
9
A seven day network TV review found 81 killings in 854 hours of prime time and Saturday morning programming. The Christian Science Monitor reported the networks declined to comment on the findings.
Paul Duke, a 38 year old RCA analyst from Cherry Hill New Jersey, is among the first blind computer professionals. He lost his sight in Korea and has never seen his wife Dolores or his two sons, yet he excels in the field and travels to San Francisco for a Blinded Veterans Association award. The story notes Duke’s belief that the mind is a computer and highlights his education and career, with a forecast of fair weather in the region.
Des Moines AP report says 28 year old David Schmidt was shot and stabbed to death in a garage by an Ames man Clyde Johnson who remains at large. Authorities say the victim was attacked after gathering at Jerrys Lee apartment with Nowlan Cowan and other friends.
Pentagon statistics show nearly 90 percent of hospitalized wounded from 1965 to 1967 return to fighting in Vietnam or are reassigned to other duties. Details outline service-specific policies, injury thresholds, and procedures for evacuation and return to duty, with many remaining in Vietnam if recovery is within 60 days.
Law enforcement officials in two towns will train pistol packing mamas again this summer. Davenport Sheriff William Strout said a second session is planned in mid August after a prior program drew 600 Scott County women. Clinton police Captain Robert Purcell will guide a weeklong course starting Monday for beginning and advanced women shooters. Strout noted no gun accidents and cited higher weapon safety knowledge after the program, which issues Home Safety Course certificates from the NRA.
Fifty B 52 bombers from the U S Air Force raided enemy base camps along the Cambodian border and in central highlands north of Saigon. U S officers said the strikes aimed to ease pressure on Loc Ninh district headquarters after a large Viet Cong and North Vietnamese loss there last November.
Detroit police arrested 14 persons for disorderly conduct and related offenses after rock throwing damaged windows along 12th Street. The 10th Precinct reported looting was minimal as a 54 hour tactical alert ended at dawn. Across the state in Benton Harbor calm returned after days of unrest.
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