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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1968
Page
6
Fifth grade pupils at Mark Twain school wrote poems for their mothers for Mother's Day. One poem by Scott Stonack humorously notes parental roles with lines about a dad bringing home the bacon and a mom staying up.
American and Vietnamese negotiators opened talks in Paris with hope for ending the war. An American official described the atmosphere as very good and said procedural details are settled for Monday with English and Vietnamese as official languages and French for documents.
Reported by U S forces in Vietnam describes five battles from five miles below the demilitarized zone. 24 Americans killed and 54 wounded with 442 enemy soldiers dead as air strikes and artillery helped contain the assault around Dong Ha Gio Linh and nearby Marine strongpoints.
In Hominy Falls fifteen exhausted coal miners escaped the flooded mine on a conveyor belt after five days trapped underground. Ten others remained missing presumed dead as a wall breach sent millions of gallons of water through the passage. The first rescuer emerged at 5:20 a.m. amid grateful families, while the 10 missing prompted somber vigil and updates from mine officials.
The Iowa State Conservation Commission said 14 parks slated for closure due to budget shortfalls will stay open this summer. Chairman Mike Zack of Mason City announced the decision after Gov. Harold Hughes approved a $30,000 transfer of capital improvement funds to the lands and waters division to cover summer help at the parks.
A collection of brief notes honors new mothers on their first Mother’s Day. One entry mentions a blue-eyed baby born in September, with details about family, address, and a joke gift idea. The piece highlights the joy of motherhood and small commemorations during the holiday.
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