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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1963
Page
5
Groton based submariners reflect on the Thresher disaster. They dismiss movie scenarios and agree the loss was rapid and quiet. They speculate on causes from deep dive gouge to water temperature shifts, but deny an atomic reactor role.
A three act comedy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court will be presented next Friday and Saturday at 7 30 p m in Wilson junior high school. The cast features Jeff Witt Steve Vosatka Yvette Kolek Sherri Murphy Tanna Rischer Tom Prochaska Bill Bevill Terry Weimer Kathy Heaverle Jim Joens and Terry Ashley. Spencer Pink directs with student directors Denzle Hultgren and Pat Vedder.
President Kennedy asked Congress to create the National Service Corps a 5000 member domestic program to fight poverty aid the elderly and mentally ill. The plan starts with 1000 volunteers in year one at a cost of 5 million dollars and would grow to 5000 in about three years. Kennedy said the corps would inspire more Americans to volunteer in their communities.
Paris France President de Gaulle sent condolences to President Kennedy on Friday noting the loss of the submarine Thresher. The message underscores the transatlantic sorrow and impact of the tragedy on allied nations.
Saigon authorities accuse Viet Cong of poisoning food in Lai Thieu market north of Saigon to spark unrest and fuel claims of defoliation chemical warfare. The report notes Saigon denies harm to people or animals and cites North Vietnam propaganda.
A Cessna 172 with engine failure skimmed above a busy Colorado highway then forced into a mountain tunnel. Pilot Fritz Hansen escaped with cuts. passenger Walter Johnson was injured as debris and wreckage scattered inside the tunnel near Denver.
Los Angeles report states bus driver R L Witte collided with his boss Cone T Bass's car after a night shift. Bass, MTA general manager, escaped injury while Witte suffered notable psychological distress from the incident.
Seven Mt. Mercy College faculty members will attend national Catholic education meetings next week. Sisters Mary Agnes, Augustine, Innocentia, and Immaculata head departments or roles, attending the National Catholic Education Assn. meeting in St. Louis Tuesday through Thursday. Also attending the Society of Catholic College Teachers of Sacred Doctrine convention in Chicago Monday and Tuesday are Rev. Edgar Kurt, chaplain, and Sisters Mary de Siena and Mary Monica.
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