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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
10
An Iowa forecast shows a partly cloudy pattern tonight with a chance of showers and lows ranging from 55 to 85 degrees. Friday remains warm with a high near 75 and a low around 52 as light rain totals near 0.05 inches are expected.
Jerusalem violence erupts as grenades explode and Arabs protest against Israeli occupation on the war’s second anniversary. four Israeli soldiers and four Arab civilians wounded amid refugee camps in Gaza String. At the same time a space mission launches from Vandenberg Base aiming to study cosmic rays and aid food production. Hubert Humphrey urges an immediate cease fire in Vietnam and open elections. A cave-in trap saves an 18 year old in Emmetsburg. Iowa power merger into active consideration. Turnpike crash in Ohio kills a 72 year old. Slayings and police probe continue in Columbus. Helicopter crash in Florida kills eight. Saratoga barn fire kills 43 harness horses. Gasoline leak in Winona threatens river environment.
President Nixon announced Donald E Johnson former national commander of the American Legion will head the Veterans Administration replacing resigning William J Driver. Johnson 44 of West Branch Iowa to run the VA. a Vietnam veterans committee is to be created with Johnson as head. Nixon to work from San Clemente and Newport Beach, testing a dual residence pattern.
Washington AP Acting Senate Democratic Leader Edward Kennedy postponed Senate action on Warren Burger’s nomination as chief justice to Monday. Kennedy cited lack of hearing records and committee report and said a roll call may be requested. Burger rejected labels of conservative or liberal, stressing case merit over philosophy and noting his intent to consult with Warren after confirmation.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said the training of South Vietnamese forces to take over more combat duties and allow American troop withdrawals is progressing rapidly. He stressed the United States will support any Saigon government chosen by the South Vietnamese people and did not commit to a withdrawal timetable.
Davenport parents report their son Fireman Apprentice Michael W. Peacock, 19, is aboard the carrier Kearsage en route to Subic Bay naval hospital after being among six crew seriously injured when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in half by the Australian carrier Melbourne during the incident. Another Towan reached by telegram says he is all right.
Wreckage of a Mexicana de Aviacion jetliner is found on a Sierra Madre peak 30 miles west of Monterrey. Debris litters a clouded slope with hours after the crash and no survivors expected. Rescue efforts involve 300 soldiers and multiple helicopters as weather hinders access. Among the dead are Rafael Osuna, Mexico's top tennis player, and former PRI president Carlos Madrazo and his wife.
On Capitol Hill Senator Schweiker called further authorization hearings for the Lockheed C5A super transports a mockery because the Air Force has tied the government to a second batch of 57 planes. Chairman Stennis urged continued review as Lockheed and the Air Force provide more details while the jet completed a cross country flight from Dobbins to Edwards Air Force Base.
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