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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1969
Page
6
Cloudy conditions with rain ending tonight and a drop in temperatures to the 45 to 50 degree range. Sunday looks mostly fair with continued unseasonably cool air. Rain chances are 30 percent tonight and 10 percent Sunday. High Friday around 74 with overnight low near 54.
Reports detail contractors planning NLRB unfair labor charges against Local 66 plumbers in Dubuque after wage vote refusals. Billy Graham begins New York crusade amid vast opening night. Saigon Daily News closed for critical article as press moves to reform. Hoffa disputes IRS tax claim of over 172000 dollars. Milwaukee beer makers offer new contract with wage and pension gains. Ohio woman wins record back pay of 100935.24 from Air Force firing tied to Senate probe. Morris and Lola Cohen spy swap negotiations considered by UK and Soviet authorities. Venice gondolas strike and Rome trash pileup as Italy sees widespread labor action. U S Mayors Conference to tackle urban crime and decay. Concorde shown to Londoners on Queen’s Birthday flight.
In Subic Bay Philippines two lieutenants Ramsey and Hopson, in charge during the Frank E. Evans collision that sank the ship with 74 sailors dead, are suspected of negligence though not charged. Ramsey’s counsel sought a testy recess while Hopson testified, disagreeing with Melbourne’s skipper.
A summary of major troop withdrawals from Vietnam includes the Sun Marine Regiment and the 9th Infantry Division as part of a broader plan to reduce American forces by about 16,000, with some units leaving by mid July. Casualties and attacks persist in the Da Nang and Saigon areas as operations continue nearby.
Washington AP reports Senate Finance Committee member Sen John J Williams doubts Congress can finish action on the 10 percent surtax extension by June 30 as the House delays passage to late next week. He warns limited time for Finance Committee, floor action, and a possible conference while the Nixon administration urges a White House submission by the deadline. Sen Russell B Long plans immediate hearings after House approval.
In San Diego six people were lost when a Navy helicopter on a mercy flight from the carrier Constellation crashed seven miles off shore. Two bodies were recovered before sunset. the others remained missing at sea. The crash occurred at 1 am after lifting an injured sailor blown from the carrier deck. The recovered bodies were Lt Richard A. Fitzsimmons, 26, of Marengo Hawaii, and Petty Officer Larry R. Peterson, 27, of Chariton, Iowa.
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