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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1968
Page
9
HOLLYWOOD AP Bob Hope confined to his home by doctors after a mild flareup of a recurring eye ailment. He previously suffered a blood clot in the eye in 1958 in Germany and again in 1963 in San Francisco.
A tornado struck Tracy Minnesota killing at least 13 and injuring 11 with 16 hospitalized and about 60 homes destroyed. Rescue efforts continued as National Guardsmen searched for missing. seven bodies found after dusk and three more at dawn. The town of 2800 faced extensive damage with power, water and phone service out.
A powerful tornado struck Arnolds Park and surrounding areas in northwest Iowa causing extensive damage and leaving property losses exceeding 1 million dollars. Buildings, cottages and the Roof Garden ballroom were destroyed or damaged, hundreds of trees felled, and boats sunk. Injuries were minor. authorities reported widespread line damage and multiple twisters traveling across a 25 mile path.
A four day old girl at Kings County Hospital Brooklyn was born with a bullet in her abdomen inferred to have been swallowed during gestation. Doctors cited a respiratory ailment in the premature infant and a Caesarean delivery produced a 5 pound 154 ounce baby while the mother Mrs Lucy Ortiz and her husband Carlos awaited further details as police investigated the shooting.
A Des Moines man and three companions were charged after a home assault left Danny Rivas 23 seriously wounded by shotgun blasts. Police said the group sought Michael Rose following an earlier tavern altercation. Rivas cousin David Rivas 23 John Vasquez Jr 25 and Robert Knight 25, all of Des Moines, face assault and battery and disturbing the peace counts.
The campaign season adopts a sterner look as candidates appear with extensive security. At a George Wallace event in Atlanta, no one entered without Secret Service presence. A 27 member detail surrounded Eugene McCarthy as he left a New York hotel. Secret Service and state troopers saturated Tulsa hotels for a Republican governors gathering, with local police on duty. GoverRon Reagan of California is among the figures noted in the security buildup.
A trim budget bill proposes 540000 for Muscatine Island Levee District and Muscatine-Louisa County Drainage District. The House Appropriations Committee sent the measure to Congress for next week, lowering Army Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation funding to their lowest levels since 1958 and 1962 respectively. The engineers face 115 billion, down 145 million from last year. Reclamation faces a smaller cut. The bill targets projects across congressional districts, with broader implications for federal water works.
Grand jury transcripts reveal witnesses saying Sirhan Bishara Sirhan practiced rapid firing at a target range twelve hours before Senator Robert F. Kennedy's murder. Witnesses describe three bullets hitting Kennedy, not two, and depict the killer with a sick smile as he fired the revolver. Twenty-two witnesses recount the slaying scene, though Sirhan was not present.
U S soldiers report 32 enemy missiles found and 26 guerrillas killed as 12 000 allied troops sweep Saigon's rocket belt. Viet Cong fire four rockets into Tan Son Nhut airbase killing one American and damaging a plane. Major caches of 107mm Chinese and 122mm Soviet rockets found northeast of Saigon. Nine more rockets discovered near a canal five miles from the capital. Ground fighting slows elsewhere. U S Air Force and Navy flights claim multiple targets hit or damaged.
About 120 persons were arrested in Douglasville Georgia as a 14 wagon Poor People's Campaign mule train crossed Interstate 20. Adults faced misdemeanor charges for nonmotorized travel on an interstate with $100 bonds. children would not be charged. The train aimed for Resurrection City in Washington DC, with two state troopers guarding mules beside the Wagons on the ramp from Georgia 92.
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