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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1966
Page
1
About 50 of Atlanta's 728 firemen have struck over wages and hours after rejecting a plea from Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. to return to work. Some booed him at a union hall as he spoke.
The Weather Bureau forecasts cloudy skies and sporadic rain through Friday with cool temperatures. Lows in the 40s to 50s, highs near 70s, showers likely ending Friday. Five day outlook calls for near average temps and up to an inch of rain, with heavier showers possible in some counties. Spencer dropped to 55, Davenport and Burlington saw 4, while Mason City reached 67 to 80 elsewhere.
DES MOINES AP ninety counties have been notified that state funds to place welfare children in foster homes and to pay welfare mothers for day care while at work are terminated. The State Department of Social Welfare says no funds remain for these child welfare services begun in recent years.
In Panama the student demonstrations in the two main cities dissolved quickly due to scant public backing and swift government measures. Officials moved to restore order as unrest faded with limited support and rapid state response.
About 20,000 Western Union workers walked out at midnight in a CTU strike over wages and benefits, halting public telegraph messages nationwide. Supervisors kept government and private facilities running with no reported interruptions as union pickets gathered outside offices.
Cloudy with rain tonight and Thursday, showers ending late Thursday. River stage at 17 feet with light rainfall of .02 inches overnight. Highs reach upper 60s to low 70s on Thursday. Tuesday’s high 78 with overnight low around 16 to 16.1. Noon today records 65 as the day’s reading.
Hurricane Alma battered Key West with winds to 70 mph racing toward Florida. Gales extended to Miami as the rare June storm pushed toward the southwest coast. Streets emptied, power failed in a subdivision, and residents were urged to stay indoors for safety.
Jerry L. Schrader an 18 year old escapee from the Anamosa reformatory work camp waives preliminary hearing and is bound to Muscatine district court on a larceny of motor vehicle charge. He is accused of taking a Thunderbird from the Auto Mart on Highway 62 and was captured in Washington after a high speed chase. The court named R C Petersen as Schrader's attorney, with a 11 am Thursday appearance to follow before district court judge R K Stoler.
Ronald Reagan clinched the Republican nomination for California governor, pledging party unity for a November race against incumbent Edmund G. Brown. Reagan led in votes over George Christopher and Samuel W. Yorty as Brown faced a tougher path to a third term. Brown maintained a party registration edge going into the runoff. Initial counts show Reagan with 1,070,052 votes to Christopher 471,988, as Brown led Democrats with 936,423 to Yorty 684,787.
Ames AP report says US Bureau of Public Roads approved preliminary plans for the Burlington Freeway in Iowa. Definite approval awaits a toll-free McArthur Bridge agreement, with the Bureau requesting a preliminary study of alignment and design features from the Iowa Highway Commission.
Mississippi primary results give Senator James Eastland a solid reelection win and handily renew Democratic incumbents Thomas Abernethy Jamie Whitten John Bell Williams and William Colmer. Negro backed efforts gained little overall, with a notable four district race in the Fourth District where Clinton Collier’s bid threatened a runoff.
At Edwards Air Force Base California the high speed crash of an F104 chase plane and the XB70A research bomber killed famed X15 pilot Joseph A. Walker. Al White parachuted to safety. Maj. Carl Cross fate unknown. Barstow area wreckage. cause under investigation. Walker had set speed or altitude marks in X15.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged high American priority on peace and development in Asia for the rest of the century. He spoke at West Point graduation, saying Asia's issues won’t vanish with Viet Nam settlements and stressing relations with China and other Communist states.
Sen Karl Mundt easily won the Republican nomination for a fourth term in the U S Senate. The 66 year old veteran defeated Richard Murphy a 36 Sioux Falls attorney in Sioux Falls. Mundt will face Dawn Wright the Democratic state representative in the fall general election. Wright had no primary opposition.
U S paratroopers wiped out a North Vietnamese battalion after two days of fierce fighting in central highlands. The enemy left about 292 dead on a five mile front. A mortar attack hit a U S advisers compound in the Mekong Delta and Americans were killed. Helicopters moved more troops of the 101st Airborne into the area northeast of Saigon as political tensions eased slightly. The Buddhist Institute’s leader urged a halt to rioting though supporters vow nonviolent struggle to topple Ky regime.
Cadets from the senior class formed a reviewing line as the Carpe of Cadets passed in review on the Plain at West Point New York. The graduation parade proceeded in rain and shine with spectators on hand for the final colorful event of the Cadet year.
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