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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1967
Page
8
The Senate joined the House in mandating the new medium security prison be built on land owned by the Iowa Men's Reformatory at Anamosa. The vote kept a House-passed bill allocating state construction funds intact, despite a Senate attempt to strike the requirement.
Hubert B. McClelland of Beaumont Texas, paroled from a 32 year term, is held on murder charges after a bank robbery attempt near Mahons and the fatal shootings of Mrs. Charles Schwab and two farmers, Leland Skoog and his son Garith, in Cedar Rapids area. Christine Schwab and Julie Braksiek survived as McClelland surrendered on a Cedar Rapids road. Police note he sought a robbery and had studied escape routes before driving away with children in the Schwab car. Authorities say other charges may follow in Benton County.
Scott County Attorney Edward Wehr said the Town Bureau of Criminal Investigation will probe a Davenport traffic death from last Wednesday. Oliver Cogswell, 41, Davenport, died after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Marc Irvin, 31, Bettendorf, a former Town Highway Patrolman now with the sheriff's office. Wehr has interviewed witnesses and notes conflicts in statements. Irvin resides in Muscatine.
DES MOINES AP The Senate approved a compromise migrant farm labor bill by 56 to 0 sending it to the governor. The measure bans under ten work while allowing ages ten to fourteen to toil in fields after school. The House approved a $97 compromise, and supporters say it pleases tomato growers in Sen. David Stanley's district.
Vatican City reports Pope Paul VI reaffirmed mandatory priestly celibacy in a long encyclical of over 13 000 words. He stated priestly celibacy remains a bright jewel of the Church unchanged by modern changes in mentality and structures. The document is titled sacerdotalis Celibatus.
Saigon AP report says U S pilots hit two trains northeast of Hanoi a missile site northwest of the Red River and the Nam Dinh power plant southeast of Hanoi. One Navy A4 Skyhawk was downed west of Haiphong pilot missing, total U S combat losses at 589. Ground action remains limited and Marines finish Operation Arizona southwest of Da Nang with 80 Communist deaths.
At least 20 Marines were killed and a dozen injured when two large Marine transport helicopters collided near the New River Marine Air Facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina. One Sea Stallion helicopter carried troops on a training flight while the other practiced touch and go landings. The crash occurred as the Sea Stallion rolled to land in a wooded area. Names of the dead were not released pending family notification. It was the facility's deadliest accident.
Romania called for peace negotiations between Israel and Arab neighbors and offered to help in a settlement based on peaceful coexistence. Premier Ton Gheorghe Maurer told the General Assembly that negotiations and agreements are the path to a lasting settlement.
President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin held a two hour private talk at Glassboro State College amid security as officials ponder Middle East and Vietnam stakes. They met in the college study room while top aides conferred in nearby Hollybush.
Washington AP reports Senate vote 92 to 5 censured Sen. Thomas J. Dodd for diverting funds from the public through political testimonials and a campaign for personal benefit. He faced a second count on travel expense reimbursements still to be decided.
An explosion at the Iowa Army Ordnance Plant in Burlington killed four women and injured three others while workers operated in a munition loading line area. The deceased were Mrs. Josephine Gilman, Mrs. Dorothy Groves, Mrs. Ida Koett, and Mrs. Mary Kester who died from burns. Injured were Denise Chenoweth, Agnes Schultz, and Patricia Elrod. Cause not yet determined. building damaged and production halted.
Ten people died when a station wagon carrying five members of a family collided with an asphalt truck near Hardeeville South Carolina. The victims ranged from small children to adults in the late night crash.
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