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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1967
Page
2
President Johnson signs a 20 day postponement of a nationwide rail strike. He names a three member panel to mediate and report back, with a possible congressional action if talks fail. The stay runs from Thursday to May 3 to allow shipments to continue.
The Iowa senate advanced SF496 to end housing discrimination with an amendment requiring complainants to post a 500 dollar surety bond before the state civil rights commission. The vote 31 to 28 followed a heated debate, with party lines and a last minute reconsideration affecting the tally.
Washington AP reports that nationwide working days lost to labor disputes run 36 percent ahead of 1966, according to figures from the Department of Labor.
In Kingston Hugh Shearer was sworn in as prime minister after the death of Sir Donald Sangster from a brain hemorrhage in Montreal, marking a swift transition in leadership.
The Iowa highway commission set May 4 as a tentative date for a public hearing on relocating highway 30 in Linn county. The plan covers a new expressway from west of Cedar Rapids southeast to the junction of 218 and 30, then east along the current route to the 150 interchange near the Cedar River, with completion targeted for 1969.
NASA rejected suggestions that Virgil Grissom accidentally kicked a wire triggering the Apollo 1 fire on January 27. A témoignage by John McCarthy before a congressional panel cited a possible spark but a review board found no Grissom involvement. A source said tests at Houston questioned feasibility due to wire location under Grissom’s seat.
In New York on Tuesday one write-in voter opposed Adam Clayton Powell as he secured a sweeping return to the House. The voter wrote "Hope you lose, Baby" while Powell continued his campaign motto "Keep the faith" after his earlier exclusion.
President Johnson and 18 Latin American leaders gathered under heavy security at the San Rafael hotel in Montevideo for the Hemisphere summit. A brief opening session set procedures for future talks, with plans for a regional Common Market while security and access remained highly restricted.
Iowa highway commission approves 266 200 plan to widen and stabilize shoulders on routes 22 and 1 near Kalona to improve safety for Amish horse and buggy transport. Amish farmers testified two recent accidents prompted the measure. Derby Thompson notes it is an experimental safety move.
The Teamsters and Trucking Employers Inc. reached a tentative three year national contract early Wednesday, ending a three day lockout by about 1,500 large firms. A 50 cent wage hike is included, but ratification by 450,000 workers in 12,000 firms is still required. TEI president M M Gordon announced return to work with Chicago excluded due to local strikes. The settlement eased fears of shortages as auto plants planned to recall workers and Ford prepared for large layoff reversals.
Chicago's 90 percent idle truck fleet pursues a local wage clash as 4,700 area firms and 56,000 drivers seek terms guided by a national pact. Negotiators demand 90 cents per hour over three years, while shippers expect alignment with the national agreement. Local unions threaten pickets amid a lingering lockout and stalled talks.
Ma Szu tsung a top Red China musician and director of the central conservatory of music in Peking has escaped to the United States and been granted asylum in New York City with his wife and two children The State Department cited little detail about the defection while confirming the asylum and noting Ma fled in December to escape a feared life under Red Guard terrorism The biographical sketch lists education at Paris National Music Institute and a father identified as mentioned in the Piece
A 2000-strong South Vietnamese force attacked a guerrilla stronghold in the Mekong Delta with ground and air support. Viet Cong mortared Chu Lai injuring two Americans and wounding 45. The tanker Amastra in Nha Trang harbor was holed four by six feet, frogmen found no mines after scanning ships. The airstrip raid damaged refueling gear and several light planes. heavy weather limited missions in North Vietnam to 78.
Square D Co. announced a roughly 30 000 square foot addition to the Cedar Rapids plant, planned by Walter G. Nollenberger. The fifth expansion will increase total working space for the circuit breaker division to about 193 000 square feet within the original 118 000 square foot facility built in 1955.
A playful ad style note announces a gasoline claiming to give short hop performance with a rabbit in the tank metaphor. Copyright text signals a humorous branded line.
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