Mount Pleasant man drowns in Skunk River while wading
In eastern Jefferson County, Gary Smith, 32, and Rick White of Mount Pleasant were wading on a sandbar when Smith stepped into a hole and disappeared. His body was recovered hours later.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1976
Page
6
In eastern Jefferson County, Gary Smith, 32, and Rick White of Mount Pleasant were wading on a sandbar when Smith stepped into a hole and disappeared. His body was recovered hours later.
John Marion editor-in-chief of the Keokuk Daily Gate City died at his desk in Keokuk after a massive heart attack aged 58. He had just finished his column One Man's Opinion and died en route to Keokuk Area Hospital. Survived by widow Jane and three sons.
Defense attorney John Lowe highlighted inconsistencies in FBI agent testimony during the murder trial of AIM members Darrell Butler and Robert Robideau. Agents clashed over Williams radio transmissions whether he was on Pine Ridge when shot, while Agent Gary Adams testified Williams was on the reservation. Joe Stuntz of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, also died in the June 28, 1975 gunfight.
Muscatine Park Commission will seek a meeting with Mayor Evelyn Schauland city council members the city administrator police chief and park rangers to address beer alcohol drug and related park problems. The board also discussed Kent Stein Park entrance maintenance and sought police and traffic committee input.
Mercer County Joy United Methodist Church begins a five day vacation bible school on Monday with registration on the first day. Children from ages 3 through eighth grade are invited to attend.
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