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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1973
Page
7
Partly cloudy cooler tonight with lows 45 to 50 and sunny warmer Wednesday highs 63 to 69. Rain chances 10 percent. Monday high 63 and low 54. Past 24 hour rainfall 0.74 inches. Sunrise Wednesday 6:49, sunset 8:12. River stage 16.27 feet.
EPA reported long term dust and smoke decreased in Des Moines Iowa but rose in Davenport and Omaha Nebraska based on 1960 and 1971 air samples. In Burlington three people died in a crash on Iowa 99 near the city. The dead include Emil Hassenfratz Rose Hassenfratz and Christa McDonald. The boy and two others were hospitalized. Tornadoes caused minor damage with funnels near Waterloo Hudson and a farm near Nevada. Bids for restoring the governors mansion carriage house were rejected for being too high. Dental floss recommended for inmates to reduce cavities amid bar-cutting concerns. Anglican Church of Canada approves women to be priests with implementation to follow.
Gasoline availability is tightening at Muscatine service stations though a severe shortage has not yet materialized. Major oil firms are restricting dealer allocations to 90 to 100 percent of last year’s volumes, with several independents cutting hours while some report no problems in obtaining fuel.
Indian militants at Wounded Knee agreed to disarm this week ending a 70 day siege that drew national attention to Indian affairs. The May 27 takeover of Pine Ridge Reservation sparked gun battles, two deaths, and federal indictments as talks tie to a 1898 treaty and a government audit of tribal books.
Mississippi River stage updates for Davenport and nearby towns show varying changes. La Crosse falls to 12 while Dubuque rises to 16.9 and Keokuk remains at 18.2 with no change.
The Senate Watergate committee prepared to debate granting limited immunity to John W. Dean III for public testimony. Prosecutors reportedly would not promise immunity from federal prosecution, risking Dean's possible silence until after trial. Sirica must approve any Senate immunity, and the White House denied Dean aided a coverup. J Howard Flint was granted further immunity to testify.
President Nixon asked Congress to create a single federal disaster agency to speed victim aid and assign more recovery responsibility to states. The Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act would standardize benefits, centralize loans, and shift housing and debris work to states while expanding eligible facilities and funding up to 74 percent of repair costs.
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