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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1972
Page
8
Weather brief lists Wallace partial paralysis and Fair Tuesday night with low 48. It forecasts mostly sunny warm Wednesday with highs to 74 and a 53 degree low. Includes sunrise 5 41 and sunset 3 20 and mentions precipitation chances at 16 percent.
A 14 year old boy, Bart Struve of Pleasant Valley, was killed Monday when his bicycle was struck by a car on Highway 67. The driver, Lawrence D. Runge of Pleasant Valley, faced a charge of lack of control.
Gov George C Wallace faced a long hospital ride after being shot during a Laurel rally. Campaign aide Emmett Eaton described Wallace calmly asking about his wounds as Capt E C Dothard, who was also wounded, signaled safety with an okay gesture. The governor and Dothard were helped into an ambulance amid chaotic moments before medical staff arrived.
U S fighter bombers wrecked North Vietnam's air defense headquarters near Hanoi and disrupted the main pipeline feeding tanks and supply trucks on the northern front in South Vietnam. The U S Command said intelligence notes Russian technicians and advisers at the site, but no comment from the command was available.
Arthur H. Bremer, 21, described by relatives as quiet and confident, faces federal and Maryland charges for gunning down George Wallace and three others at a Maryland shopping center. Neighbors cite his shyness and secrecy, while apartment items include a Confederate flag, Wallace clippings, and weaponry.
Preliminary Muscatine school budget shows total levy reduced by about 10 percent due to state aid increases and spending limits. The 1972-73 proposal totals 5,507,225 dollars in expenditures, with administration 146,613 and instruction 3,824,200, while taxes in the general fund fall from 48.223 to 43.410 mills, and schoolhouse levy drops slightly.
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