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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1965
Page
1
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White underwent detailed medical exams at Cape Kennedy before their four day space spectacle. Doctors said McDivitt is in excellent shape and White sharper than his partner as tests continued after breakfast.
In Yokosuka Japan Fourth Fleet destroyers depart for mid Pacific recovery stations for the Gemini 4 mission. The capsule carrying James A McDivitt and Edward White II is set to land in the Atlantic while Pacific units stay on station through the flight. A mission review session was held with astronauts doctors and technical staff to confirm readiness and countdown proceed.
A gas explosion at Yamano coal mine on Kyushu traps 145 workers. Officials say 952 were inside when the blast hit about 2000 feet from the entrance. 91 deaths are confirmed. The mine lies roughly 500 miles southwest of Tokyo.
Holiday traffic deaths rose to a memorial high for the second year, with the National Safety Council blaming largely incompetent and irresponsible driving. Several fatalities pushed the tally to 450 for the weekend period ending Monday. Congress returns to a busy week with a $2 billion State Justice and Commerce appropriation on the House agenda. Republican leaders, including former President Eisenhower and three White House contenders, plan a civil rights declaration.
Des Moines AP reports seasonality in agricultural activity reduced Iowa unemployment to a 12 year low with 22,500 jobless in April, down from 24,009 a year earlier. Also noted: Jim Henry, Board of Control chair, to seek GOP nomination in Iowa 7th District, 1966. Memorial Day weekend traffic fatalities total five statewide, with toll up slightly from last year. Senate passes bill to fund governor-elect’s early expenses, sending $20,000 to cover transition costs before inauguration.
In Pleiku area near Saigon two U.S. Army advisers were killed and a third wounded in a Viet Cong ambush. The week saw additional American deaths in Quang Ngai and other casualties as U.S. air and naval forces conducted operations across Vietnam. Marine and Army units reported combat losses, while new bombings and clashes continued around Hanoi and Hai Phong. Meanwhile an AFL-CIO aluminum industry pact was reached in New York, affecting Davenport plants as talks with Reynolds and others continued.
In Selma Alabama AP Dr Martin Luther King Jr announced a Southwide voter registration push and joined protests over arrests of 32 Negro pickets carrying boycott signs in downtown Selma. Police arrested more adults Saturday and Monday raising total to 132. A Selma leader vowed a day and night vigil with demonstrations in West Selma while King urged, if needed, to fill the streets.
President Johnson spoke at the National Cathedral School for Girls, emphasizing debate in national policy during danger while insisting he will press ahead with his course. His daughter Luci was among the graduates, continuing a theme from a previous ceremony for Lynda. He warned against campus demonstrations but pledged swift decisive action aligned with broad public support. The speech echoed Henry Clay on being right over being president.
Des Moines AP Iowa lawmakers reconvened after Memorial Day to focus on financing the budget they approved. Legislative fiscal director Wicker cites expenditures near 265 million annually, with talks on withholding taxes and revenue measures. Senate plans include a one time windfall of about 27 million in 1966 from withholding taxes, while 1965 taxes remain due. House debate centers on monthly sales tax receipts deposits and a three factor formula for corporate tax. Banks may earn more than 1 percent on new funds on deposit, while local governments are not eligible for the higher rate.
The Supreme Court urged state authorities and lower courts to finish reapportionment plans under the one man one vote rule. It declined to halt a New York special election under a lame duck plan and sent Illinois reapportionment oversight back to state courts. It also affirmed California Senate reallocation and left Idaho to await three judge federal action on a redistricting system from a March special session.
The Supreme Court held the Federal Power Commission has jurisdiction over a natural gas producer’s underground gas leasing to interstate pipelines. Justice Harlan wrote for the court with Douglas dissenting. The ruling affects gas prices and consumers nationwide and upholds the New Orleans circuit ruling that leasing is part of production and regulates related facilities under the Natural Gas Act.
In Santo Domingo the OAS plans further talks with the Dominican junta to extend the international security zone around the National Palace. Junta leader Antonio Imbert Perrera vows no foreign control of the palace, while rebel Col. Francisco Caamano Deno says zones may include the palace with a token junta force inside. Weather: variable clouds with showers. highs near 80s, river stage 12.50 feet.
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