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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1968
Page
9
Maxwell couple learns their son Spec 4 Dick Cuff, 20, was killed in Vietnam March 20 while attached to a rifle grenade company of the Americal Division. He had served since last April. Details were not known.
Des Moines AP Harold Hughes said he will support President Johnson until Vietnam policy proves unchangeable. He is open to RF Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy as potential rivals and stresses a halt in bombing. Hughes links war policy to broader economic and budget measures if escalation continues.
U S gunships and fighter bombers destroyed 114 sampans and damaged others in three days as air support for South Vietnamese irregulars. In attacks near the Cambodian border, 20 Viet Cong were killed, 43 huts destroyed, and two civilians wounded. Separate strikes near Sa Dec and Khe Sanh left multiple enemy losses and injuries.
SAN DIEGO Calif AP reports a new cancer treatment approach focusing on starving tumors by halting their blood vessel growth. Dr Melvin Greenblatt of Chicago Medical School describes hamster studies showing tumors trigger body signals to form vessels. identifying the signaling substance could allow antibodies to interrupt growth and starve tumors. Further work seeks a similar chemical in human cancer.
Iowa's deadly weekend tally rose with multiple fatal crashes across the state. Key victims include David Alan Seberg, brother of actress Jean Seberg, and Jonathan Miller. other three life losses occurred near Waterloo, Pella, Perry, and Des Moines, with additional fatalities noted in Carroll and Fredericksburg areas.
In a Irish Sea crash, 12 bodies found and wreckage spotted eight miles off Rosslare. An Aero Lingus Viscount with 61 aboard spun rapidly before vanishing. No lifejackets seen on victims. rescue efforts by Kilmore Dunmore lifeboats and an Irish Army helicopter continued. HMS Hardy planned to dock with three bodies and wreckage.
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