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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1973
Page
7
Forecast shows fair conditions tonight with lows from 23 to 28 degrees. Sunday will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs near 45 to 53. Chance of precipitation at five percent. Friday high around 40 with overnight low near 28. Sunrise around 6 10 Sunday and 6 08 Monday. Sunset around 6 12 Sunday and 6 14 Monday.
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers return after spring recess to tackle two major bills the school aid reform and the unified trial court overhaul. House and Senate debate deadlines risk teacher contracts funding plus the July 1 minor court replacement. Hill expects swift committee action and a floor vote by week’s end.
Hel en Weiershauser reports on Charles Wester, outdoor education consultant for the Muscatine Scott County School System, who works with about 105 handicapped students weekly across Muscatine Davenport Clinton DeWitt Wilton West Liberty Nichols Bettendorf and Pleasant Valley. The program began in 1969 and now operates a six acre Nature Center near Fairmount School in Southwest Davenport.
Ohio Highway Patrol Lt. John Lundquist treats the leg of Sgt. Larry Meyers after Meyers was wounded during a five hour land and air search for a highway sniper in southern Mahoning County. The suspect, Ernie Helmes, a former Pittsburgh football player, was identified as the sniper. In Manila the Philippines, a moderately strong earthquake registered 7.0 on the Richter scale, but caused no reported casualties.
AP reports a Navy pilot endured 20 days on a stool at Clark Air Base in the Philippines, beaten to wake him, denied relief, and pressured to produce antiwar statements. Other POWs were forced to kneel on concrete, struck with hoses and sandals, with some dying or dying soon after release. High sources leaked the information. medical aid was delayed and penicillin limited.
Crime Commission Director George Ort says about 85 percent of issues in a preliminary federal audit have been resolved. Critics pointed to 421,971 spent on equipment, grant approvals, and hiring. Ort notes reforms include more direct involvement, written procedures, and six-yearly meetings with monthly subcommittees. He defends gun related spending as necessary communications hardware for state law enforcement.
AP reports a Cam air force plane dropped bombs near the Presidential Palace in Phnom Penh. One bomb hit a military housing area injuring at least one, while another blast damaged the compound and a nearby bridge. Casualties and uncertain links to any coup attempt are noted.
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