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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1967
Page
4
Japanese correspondents report wall newspapers in Peking denouncing President Liu Shao-chi as Mao Tse-tung's top foe and urging an all-out attack on Liu and his followers amid large demonstrations.
The Soviet Communist theoretical journal Communist quotes Mao supporters seeking a world war for China to enjoy watching. Academician Pyotr Fedoseyev, cited by Tass, says Mao rejects Lenin's Principle of Peaceful Coexistence.
Reported street protests in Peking echo party campaigns against Liu Shao-chi. Pamphlets accusing his past "crimes" circulate while official organs denounce his book as counter revolutionary. Red Guard papers link anti-Mao charges to events dating to 1936.
A thick blanket of rolling smoke or fog covered downtown Creston shortly after midnight Saturday. Fire and police officials could not determine a source as the smoke limited visibility at times to less than a block. No fires were reported and police say they received no calls about the incident.
Chicago police and FBI agents found 8 year old Carrie Stephens unharmed in an apartment near the abduction scene. Michael Zito 51 was arrested after a large manhunt. Carrie wore the same clothes she had on at disappearance and was treated at Swedish Covenant hospital for hunger fatigue and dirt.
Sharon Percy married John D Rockefeller IV in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Chicago as mournful events shadowed the wedding. Emily Guyer, 68, mother of the bride, died of a heart attack in Altadena prompting family sadness. The ceremony drew guests from business politics and high society despite rain and sorrow.
Daylight Saving time starts in Iowa on Sunday April 30 and runs until the last Sunday in October under the federal uniform time law. Some readers were confused about the start date this weekend as Iowa’s prior fast time rules differed from federal timing.
RTC Inc. operates first day for Cedar Rapids regional service with about 8 000 riders. RTA officials credit RTC staff for a smooth start as they plan for Monday operations and possible Marion subsidy costs amid questions of break-even ridership and future fleet expansion.
Texarkana oilman J. K. Wadley announced that a Dallas Research Institute led by Dr. Joseph Hill achieved a breakthrough in leukemia treatment. A nine year-old boy with advanced leukemia, once a terminal case, recovered after amino acid depletion therapy. Wadley noted dramatic drops in neck glands and spleen size with leukemia cells nearly eliminated, and praised the possible implications while noting scientists stop short of declaring a cure.
A humorous but tense scene unfolds as a man witnesses his mother-in-law backing his new car toward a cliff in a light hearted Chuckle column. The piece contrasts uneasy feelings with a comic twist.
President and Mrs. Johnson hosted 29 Latin American envoys from 21 countries for a ranch style barbecue at the LBJ Ranch along the Pedernales River. The event featured beef and beans, marimba and mariachi music, a 53-member fandangle show, and gift bandanna souvenirs. Ambassadors toured the cattle pastures and enjoyed riverside entertainment before returning to San Antonio then Washington.
A single engine two seater plane crashed on a county road nine miles southeast of Plainfield in northeastern Iowa injuring pilot David Malloy 27 Minneapolis and passenger Don Whitney 40 who lived nearby. Both were taken to a Waterloo hospital with Malloy in surgery.
A gang hijacked an armored truck outside Sandy's department store in a busy Quincy shopping area Saturday night and fled with an estimated 500000 to 1000000 dollars. Police found the vehicle abandoned in Weymouth and recovered two submachine guns and a hooded mask as they chased suspects through a wooded area near an ice rink.
U.N. Secretary General U Thant urged the United States to declare a unilateral Vietnam cease fire as a first step toward his three stage plan for a standstill truce and Geneva talks. He said the U.S. has unprecedented power to initiate and called on a date for the truce.
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