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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1963
Page
1
A former Thresher crewman, Paul Emiel La France of Montreal, says the forward section was weak and possibly fatally flawed. He told Davenport, Iowa, radio that the sub’s rapid sinking could have resulted from flooding in a single compartment.
The Iowa Supreme Court is set at 1:30 p m Friday to hear two motions to dismiss appeals from Mechanicsville and Iowa Road Building Co in a dispute over a 270000 paying project. Intervenors Pier re Ferguson Chas W Young Marie Butler Philip Ward will not resist the motions. The legislature legalized the March 22 1961 contract April 2 and Gov Hughes signed April 3. The act exempts four Mechanicsville property owners from paying costs.
George Kiesecker, 38, told his wife a premonition this would be the Thresher’s last cruise and that she would become a wealthy widow. Relatives said he called the submarine a coffin and feared the new vessel, though he loved submarines and had tried to leave before the final voyage.
President Kennedy’s emergency board recessed wage talks Friday on railroad work rules and will reconvene next Wednesday in Chicago. Samuel Rosenman said railroads and five operating unions favored the Chicago shift, with possible later relocation. The panel will seek a negotiated settlement and may issue recommendations if needed.
Chicago AP report quotes Vice Adm. Hyman Rickover alleging that nuclear submarine troubles arise from poor workmanship and certification failures. He cited a seawater system incident where a stainless steel fitting was wrong for nickel copper piping, nearly causing disaster.
The weather bureau predicts generally fair skies and warmer temperatures over the weekend. Eastern Iowa is expected to reach around 60 degrees Saturday with even higher readings on Sunday.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reports radio transmissions that appear to be Russian are hindering communication with the Atlantis II near the Thresher sinking site. A spokesman notes interference can be irregular and originate from distant points while the Atlantis conducts a mission to map the ocean bottom.
President Kennedy directs flags at half staff on all government buildings until sunset Monday to honor the Thresher crew. Radar and radio interference from Woods Hole and Portsmouth prompt Navy and Coast Guard explanations about communications jamming and fishery activity near George's Bank.
The navy, having given up hope of ever solving the Thresher disaster, admits the submarine’s fate remains largely a mystery. Admiral George Anderson states the sub’s inner events cannot be known while the search continues for answers about the sinking and its 129 crew.
Australia and the United States jointly fired a package of instruments 125 miles up from Wallops Island Virginia to study very low frequency radio waves.
Two agriculture scientists report final field tests on a new pesticide Bacillus thuringiensis that targets leaf eating insects such as gypsy moths and Japanese beetles. They claim it kills pests like caterpillars, is a safer biological agent, and harmless to humans and wildlife. Conservationists praise the development.
Adlai Stevenson the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations visits Seville Spain for Easter, meeting local officials and observers during his goodwill trip.
A homemade fire bomb exploded at the Mississippi residence of Rep. Charles Diggs as he accompanies Aaron Henry on a civil rights fact finding mission. Diggs and Henry acted to extinguish the flames, two white men were arrested and police said they admitted the bombing.
Federal Reserve Board reports industrial production rose to 120.4 percent of the 1957-59 average in March from 119.4 in February.
A band of about 60 men overran a police station near the Indonesian frontier in Sarawak. They seized arms, killed a police corporal and wounded two constables, a government spokesman said.
A remote Panamanian village, Chiman, gains an airstrip through a U S air commandos civic action project. Loudspeaker planes instruct locals to carve the runway from jungle, costing only fuel, with tools later reclaimed. the project aims to connect 3 000 residents to markets and services. Led by Col I J Klette and Morgan Smith, the effort began last December and started in February.
The Iowa state board of regents preliminarily approves a 10 story 2.3 million dollar addition to Currier Hall to make a 563 bed quadrangle. The project includes remodels at Currier dining converts to cafeteria style and more closet space with a two story circular entrance. Dining will be in Currier facilities and the addition will be funded by dormitory fees with no tax money. A 225 thousand dollar remodel is planned, and future capacity rises to 3243 women by fall 1965.
A three day heat wave in Monterrey Mexico has killed twelve people including eleven children and an elderly woman. The heat pushed 1 461 residents to hospitals with dehydration as temperatures hovered near 110 degrees.
A wry remark notes how past generations could promise a child the moon without needing a space suit, reflecting on changes in imagination and practicality over time.
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