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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1967
Page
8
AP reports country music star John R. Sullivan aged 50, longtime Lonzo of Lonzo and Oscar, died of a heart attack Monday while driving a tractor on his farm near Nashville. He and brother Rollin had been with the Grand Ole Opry troupe since 1942.
Norbert Beckey chair Muscatine Bridge Commission calls Iowa interstate bridge bill a tremendous piece of legislation. Senate passed 57 to 0 and sent to Gov Hughes after House amendments. bill allows Iowa Highway Commission to build bridges across border river and collect tolls to retire bonds. Effective July 1, priority on replacement Mississippi bridge at Muscatine. details include site study, Cypress Street, cost about 34 million.
Egypt Syria and Algeria break diplomatic ties with the United States over the war and support for the enemy as Cairo cites U.S. and Britain actions. Britain has no ties with Egypt, tied to support for Rhodesia’s regime amid regional tensions. Diplomats in New York express hope for a U.N. Security Council cease-fire text with U.S. and Soviet backing to define withdrawal terms.
Arab countries cut oil shipments to the United States and Britain as Israel pushed toward the Suez Canal and expanded actions into Jordan and Syria. Egypt accused Western planes of aiding Israel. Britain and the United States denied the charge. Mobs attacked U.S. facilities in Damascus and Baghdad and the Alexandria consulate. Israel claimed air superiority and said it had captured Gaza.
Edward Givens Jr., 37, Air Force major and astronaut hopeful, died when his compact car crashed near the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston. Two Air Force Reserve officers were injured. Givens was among 19 astronauts named in 1966. He left behind Ada Mauss and three children, with ties to Quanah Texas.
DES MOINES Senate Democrats outlined Petersen plan details for Wednesday debate revising the House passed school aid bill. The plan would boost average local school cost coverage to 41 percent, pool county general fund requests, set county levies to reach 40 percent of total asks, return 40 percent of state income tax to counties for per pupil school funding, add equalization to reach 85 percent per pupil cost, and allow districts to raise property taxes under a complex growth and enrollment formula.
American jets probed deep into North Vietnam bombing rail lines toward Hanoi and drew interceptors from Communist MIG squadrons. Three MIGs were reported shot down as jets engaged in air combat over the fortified heartland on Monday.
Massive blackout alarm across New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland prompts caution this summer. Federal Power Commission chief warns reserve capacity needs bolstering as two plants under construction could have prevented outages. Air war reports detail MIGs shot down and B52 raids against North and South Vietnam with casualties among American servicemen and Vietnamese.
Jewish communities nationwide rallied as Middle East fighting erupted. Volunteers offered to fight and students prepared to harvest crops while leaders urged Jews to travel to Washington for a Thursday rally supporting Israel.
Radadhani Mwinyimvua a 13 year old from near Dar es Salaam Tanzania arrives in Minneapolis for heart surgery at University of Minnesota Hospitals. He travels alone, shows courage and fear on his first plane ride, and will be cared for with support from philanthropist Mrs. Ramsay.
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