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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1967
Page
2
A Des Moines AP report says a special committee advised exempting two eastern Iowa Amish one room schools from strict state standards. Gov. Hughes' panel suggests allowing private tuition and Amish teachers without state certification to continue, if legislature approves.
The Iowa State Education Association executive board declared its opposition to lowering or waiving standards for approved schools both public and private. They warned that granting exemptions would cause chaos in teacher certifications and overall school standards.
A study committee led by Episcopal bishop Gordon Smith proposed a system allowing nonconforming religious groups to educate children under testing in core subjects. The plan would apply to a recognized church or denomination in Iowa and not single out the Amish.
U S marines and South Vietnamese troops work separate clearings below the DMZ to raise costs for any Hanoi invasion. Bulldozers cut seven miles west of Gio Linh while barbed wire mines and radar are readied. Premier Ky announces a fortified barrier inland 15 to 20 miles, a Maginot line below the DMZ to slow infiltration as clocked air strikes yield mixed casualty tallies.
Tractors and trucks rolled again in the Chicago area after a five day stoppage ends at 12:01 a.m. Secretary of Labor Wirtz requested the truce and will chair talks in Washington Tuesday to resolve remaining disputes. Union leaders say wage and vacation demands remain non negotiable.
A light note on golf etiquette jokes that the opponent matters most in play. The quip highlights rivalry and focus during a round. It reads as a witty aside about scoring and strategy in friendly competition.
Torrential Gulf air storms bring record floods to Louisiana with 13 inches in 28 hours displacing 300 residents in Baton Rouge and injuring none severely. In Colorado and Oklahoma, three inches to foot of snow pile up with tornadoes and high water delays. Mississippi arrests 14.72 inches elsewhere, while 50 000 chickens drown and strawberries suffer crop losses.
Washington AP reports a two day extension allows filing through Monday April 17 as the normal deadline falls on Saturday. Taxpayers may mail returns postmarked by midnight April 17 to avoid penalties.
Iowa City experts say proving UFOs as banked phenomena remains challenging. Dr. J Atlen Hynek, Air Force UFO consultant, notes most reports have explanations from stars to weather balloons, while stressing the need for evidence over speculation.
The state department told General Dynamics that selling a two man midget submarine to the Soviet Union would be inconsistent with U.S. security. The firm had relayed a Soviet inquiry about purchasing the tiny submersible.
A Chinese fan arrested for smashing signals in his neighborhood says a demon in the lights flashed red to stop him from crossing. Police, staking out the case, caught him raising an iron pipe at a newly installed light as officers explain the amber signal should blink every three seconds as a warning.
SANTA MONICA AP A hydropress operator Christopher Vosburg 24 says he was suspended for wearing a beard. Douglas Aircraft denies a general beard policy and cites safety and workplace standards as the reason for corrective action if grooming is disruptive.
In San Francisco a head-on streetcar collision during rush hour on Market Street injured 22 passengers. The accident occurred in a switching area as two streetcars collided. Investigations were launched by authorities.
A tributary of the Volga has flooded part of the ancient town of Ryazan and residents from danger zones have been evacuated. The incident underscores regional flood risk as authorities coordinate protection and shelter for affected communities.
A bomb left in Bingmans drug store sparked a fire that gutted six downtown businesses in Circleville Ohio. Two pharmacists reportedly killed and several others missing or injured as authorities issued a lookout for a 1960 brown Chevrolet.
The fate of Richard Speck, charged with the murder of eight nurses, was placed in the hands of the jury this afternoon in Peoria.
Steven Peters 17 son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Peters of rural Dysart died when his car left highway 21 about 34 miles south of Dysart and rolled over in a ditch. He was alone, on his way home, between 1 and 2 a.m. The body remained at Overton funeral home. He attended Dysart Community School.
In Mineola Nassau county officials report a juror notice was mailed to a dog named Lovinger after its owner. Joseph Dowler, commissioner of jurors, says such a dog jury notice has never been sent before in his 30 years in the court system.
Vienna reports that for the first time in 29 years noncommunist Austrian newspapers will be sold in Czechoslovakia starting next month, marking a notable expansion of cross border press access and trade.
Thousands gathered in Central Park and Harlem for an anti-war march to the U.N. Plaza where Martin Luther King urged ending the Vietnam war. Police faced clashes as draft cards were burned while smaller feeder marches and delegations arrived from Cleveland Detroit and other cities. King called on colleges to educate and organize against war amid global peace rhetoric.
A runaway one car commuter train raced down a hill through three intersections in South Bend Indiana injuring eight people before crashing into a warehouse. Floyd Powers 64 of New Carlisle was critically injured after jumping from the train. Police estimate heavy damage.
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