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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1968
Page
9
The Iowa State University dairy and swine nutrition farms will be relocated due to odor complaints and manure disposal space limits. Dean Floyd Andre of the College of Agriculture cited frequent odor complaints from the swine nutrition farm as a reason for the move.
In Paris AP reports the United States and North Vietnam opened substantial talks, each pledging serious efforts toward a peaceful settlement. Ambassador Xuan Thuy urged an end to bombing and all acts of war, delivering a pointed but restrained appeal.
Army National Guardsmen in six northwest towns begin active duty as part of a national call-up of nearly 2,000 reservists and guardsmen ordered by President Johnson. The 2nd Battalion, Mechanized, 33rd Infantry, based in Bleton and Ida Grove, trains at Ft. Carson, Colo. The unit will report there on an undisclosed date. About half of 20,000 troops nationwide will be sent to Vietnam, with active duty lasting up to two years depending on Paris peace talks.
AP Ottumwa fire officials called in the State Fire Marshal to help determine the cause of a downtown Bromart Furniture Store blaze Saturday night that caused about 100000 dollars in damage. Firemen took more than five hours to bring the flames under control. Two adjoining stores McGregor and Hall Ekfelt Furniture plus the Odd Fellows Hall suffered minor smoke damage.
In a tense exchange Harriman urged a genuine demilitarized zone in North and South Vietnam as a test of faith for both sides. He proposed withdrawing U.S. forces if NorthVietnam forces leave and violence subsides, while Xuan Thuy accused Washington of ongoing aggression and bombardment despite claims of restraint.
Washington AP reports that during civil disturbances doctors from the Medical Committee for Human Rights treated a mother’s infant with an ear infection and saved a wounded soldier with heart massage. The volunteer group, formed in 1964 and based in New York, fields emergency care in riot areas and lobbies for health legislation while stockpiling drugs in Washington for the Poor People’s Campaign.
Census Bureau figures show about 11.4 million Americans will be of voting age for the first time in this year’s election, nearly 10 percent of the civilian population. About 8.5 million of them are ineligible due to aliens, institutionalization, or residency failures. The remainder could vote, with 63 percent of last election’s age group casting ballots.
Four people die in traffic crashes across Iowa towns including Jesup Estherville and Cedar Rapids. George Johnson 47 of Jesup died after his motorcycle collided with a car on Iowa 20 near Jesup Nettie Mann 18 of Estherville died from earlier injuries when the car she rode in ran off Iowa 9 near Estherville Toy Masad 52 of Cedar Rapids killed in a two car crash in Cedar Rapids area Two others wounded John Fineran 25 of rural Deloi fatally injured when his car left a county road south of Westside Crawford County
In Washington the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy started Resurrection City, with blue jeans clad volunteers erecting shelters for about 3,000 campaign demonstrators during a Mother's Day march. Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. led the protest, aiming to pressure Congress for more federal aid amid rain, while police reported early incidents.
Hominy Falls West Virginia AP report says mine operators refuse to send miners back into the Big Sewell Mountain shafts until rescue crews recover the bodies of ten men believed drowned in a flooded coal shaft. At least nine active mines operate in the mountain by Maust Coal Company Imperial Coal Company and subsidiaries.
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