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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
9
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller names Indiana industrialist J. Irwin Miller as national chairman of his Republican presidential bid. Rockefeller also designates Robert R. Douglass as campaign manager, his Albany counsel for 2½ years, in a broad nationwide drive.
Washington AP reports striking Bell Telephone System workers vote to ratify a three year contract ending an 18 day walkout. Most of about 200000 workers are returning to work as CWA says the agreement offers a wage and fringe benefit boost. Weather: cloudy, possible thunderstorms, warmer tonight with lows in 50s.
Saigon endures a fierce enemy assault as North Vietnamese troops clash in the capital and a rocket strike disrupts central areas near Tan Son Nhut airport. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces push back amid ongoing peace talks in Paris, with several correspondents killed and many wounded.
In Fort Worth Texas eight people were killed in a nightclub fire started by a man after an argument with a waitress. Witnesses described a gasoline can tossed inside the integrated venue as flames spread rapidly through bamboo curtains trapping patrons. Police identified victims and reported about 25 others escaped to safety.
Indiana's presidential primary nears its climax with Hubert Humphrey tagged as a campaign target. Kennedy and McCarthy rally voters with tours and ads while Branigin courts Republican crossovers. Nixon seeks to curb anti Humphrey momentum as Hayden retires from Congress at term end.
Four people die in Iowa traffic crashes. John Bueb 19 Storm Lake and Ann McCreery 18 Fonja die when Bueb's car pulls onto a road near Pocahontas and is struck by a car driven by Keith Sutherland Des Moines. Nancy Am King of Dickens and Sutherland's passenger are hospitalized at Pocahontas. Edward Casper 71 near Rivide dies when his car hits a bridge girder on a Washington County road east of Richmond. Michael Dean Railshack 16 Mason City is killed when a car hits a bridge girder near Mason City and overturns. driver Duwane Crum 18 Mason City is listed.
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