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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1972
Page
9
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with lows from 45 to 70. Tuesday brings variable cloudiness, a chance of showers and thunderstorms, and cooler highs from 78 to 83 with about 20 to 30 percent chance of precipitation. Sunday sees a high of 79 and a night low of 44. Sunrise Tuesday is 5:26 and sunset 8:44.
Police were called to a Council Bluffs carnival for a disturbance involving 10 to 15 carnival workers and up to 100 youths. The fight began between a carnival worker and a youth and drew a large crowd.
The Supreme Court held that government wiretapping of suspected domestic subversives without a warrant is unconstitutional and not covered by the 1968 Safe Streets Act. Justice Powell warned that unchecked surveillance stifles dissent and private conversation is vital to a free society. The Nixon administration argued Fourth Amendment and federal law allowed warrantless eavesdropping on those deemed a national security risk.
Miss Muscatine Betty Cleffman finishes among the top five at the 1972 Miss Iowa Pageant held at St Ambrose College auditorium Davenport. Renée Stuedemann Miss Clinton County is named Miss Iowa and will compete at Miss America in Atlantic City September 9. Cleffman earned a $400 scholarship and will pursue graduate study in English at Northeast Missouri State College Kirksville.
Airline Pilots launched a 24 hour strike protesting hijackings. Only three U S carriers grounded with Southern resuming by midmorning. Western and foreign airlines largely out of service while Trans World American Northwest Delta United and Western ran normally. A British jetliner crash at Heathrow killed 118 including 34 Americans. In Des Moines a man charged with reckless driving after driving through a softball diamond fracas.
Hurricane Agnes moved closer to Florida's Panhandle with 12 dead and many injured reported. The storm's forward speed rose from 12 to 16 18 mph as it neared Panama City and the National Hurricane Center warned the center would strike near the area within the morning.
Living farewell held in a 6,200 seat high school gym as 216 known flood victims from Rapid City are remembered. Mrs Nixon attends and meets rescue volunteers including 19 year old Mike Brunick who aided eight people. Clergy speak on rebuilding and looking forward after disaster. Salvation Army wreath from the American people rests before the podium.
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