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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1976
Page
8
President Ford won 19 Iowa votes and Reagan 17 as 4,495 delegates ratified a split of 18 at large delegates between them. The amicable end prevented a floor battle and left Ford with 1,005 and Reagan with 932 of the 1,130 total needed nationally.
After a weekend district caucus struggle Iowa Republicans John Axel and Bill Trent praised a compromise over 72 delegate and alternate seats to Kansas City for the GOP national convention. Axel and Rasdal were named co chairmen with Gov. Robert Ray serving as chair, as the delegation shifts amid ongoing political maneuvering.
Michael Parkhurst, president of the Independent Truckers Association and editor of Overdrive, says ITA may revive legal action or pursue a shutdown after a Scott County court ruled Iowa cannot allow longer trucks. He argues Iowa’s stance raises consumer costs while other states permit the rigs. Parkhurst spoke at the Iowa division’s first anniversary meeting. ITA Iowa claims 500+ members.
A Wilton man Steven J. Weber 19 is charged at the scene with operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated in a fatal crash near Cedar Valley eight miles west of Tipton. Passenger Lynn C. Ducker 19 died. Weber is in fair condition at University Hospital Iowa City. Funeral services for Ducker are planned in Wilton and Tripoli with several family details listed.
About 1,000 Arab troops with white flags and red roses arrive in Beirut to reopen the airport and back a cease fire in Lebanon's civil war. Syrian and Libyan battalions cross from Damascus, taking positions at the airport under Saiqa command, as Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese allies withdraw their veto of Syrians in the force.
About 276 U S and European nationals crowded a landing craft during evacuation from Beirut to the Athens bound Sugelrove. A new cease fire took hold as around 1000 member Arab peacekeeping force reached Beirut to open the airport and help enforce the cease fire. Some Americans chose to remain in Lebanon.
A FDA division of consumer studies report indicates 59 percent of shoppers have seen nutritional labeling and over half use it for choices. About 65 percent would pay at least 10 cents more weekly for information, with 4 percent prepared to pay 30 cents and 40 percent one extra dollar. Open dating and unit pricing are also checked by many buyers.
Tonight fair and warmer with lows 58 to 63. Tuesday mostly sunny and very warm with highs in the upper 80s. Winds south to southwesterly 6 to 12 mph. Sunday high at Lock and Dam 16 was 84, low 55. No precipitation in past 26 hours. River tailwater level 3.29 feet, Muscatine gauge 5.21.
INDIANAPOLIS AP Clark Mollenhoff, Washington bureau chief of the Des Moines Register and Tribune, says Ford and Rep Garry Brown led a lobbying push to halt the House Banking and Currency Committee probe into campaign finance until after the 1972 election. He cites a Sept 15 1972 Nixon Haldeman Dean phone transcript and notes Patman was ready to call 20 witnesses.
State prison guards welfare workers and other public employees walked out over wages. Gov Dukakis planned court action to end the illegal strike and sought an injunction affecting about 50 thousand of the 65 thousand state workers. Picket lines formed at Boston offices and Concord prison as traffic slowed on major arteries.
Wilton firemen celebrated their 1Mth anniversary as a volunteer department with a Saturday program featuring a water fight. Firefighters from nearby towns joined the event, and Wilton squads won first and third places in the competition. More pictures and a full story are on page Tf.
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