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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
8
President Nixon will urge Congress to end the nationwide rail strike of signaling workers by law if it continues. The 13,000 member Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen began picketing as rails shut down nationwide, with other unions honoring their action.
President Nixon urged Congress to extend negotiations until July 1 to avert a nationwide rail shutdown caused by signalmen walkout. He called for rapid joint action to keep rail service operating and directed priority shipping of essential goods if Congress delays action.
The Associated Press unveiled a modern communications system to expand coverage and speed news delivery in Iowa. A regional center in Kansas City processes copy from Des Moines and forwards it to newspapers and stations, enabling more words per hour and faster edits.
U S gunship in Laos escaped damage as North Vietnamese missiles were fired at the aircraft and a SAM site threatened American jets. Two railroad signalmen union members picketed the Rock Island depot in a nationwide 275-member strike, with other depot workers honoring the line. Thatcher Plastic Packaging workers also remained on strike. Nixon returned to Washington after a Florida weekend and signed a marriage license. Pope Paul VI condemned extremist ideas among workers and employers during Sunday blessing.
A Canada goose family stopped a Roosevelt Field shopping center dirt work for weeks after a nest was found on a mound. The geese attracted national attention as a gosling hatched while the project delayed. Workers later found the nest broken and footprints around the fenced site.
Governor Ray said the legislature should raise the statewide superintendent of public instruction salary from 23000 to a range between 27000 and 30000. He noted other districts paying up to 33000 and discussed the Board of Public Instruction seeking a replacement for Paul Johnston. Johnston will step down once a successor is hired, with Senate confirmation likely to be contested.
The Associated Press reports at least eight Iowa residents including a 14 year old girl Laura Andrews and a 17 month old child died in weekend crashes across the state. Additional fatalities occurred in Indiana and Wisconsin, with others injured in Tama County near Traer and at Fort Madison, Ogden, and Cedar Rapids areas.
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