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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1967
Page
8
In New York UPI reports Alf Garnett’s controversial BBC satire continues to push boundaries. The piece highlights Rainbow City a mixed marriage drama and All Gas and Gaiters a church satire as examples of BBC daring.
Caracas reports total dead at 149 with thousands injured and 100 missing after quakes. Among the Americans killed were Ronald Zediak of McKeesport and Bonnie Spiller with her mother Tania Braun of Houston, plus others from Minnesota and Cuba, as relief flights deliver 11,000 pounds of supplies.
Senator J William Fulbright urges the Senate to require congressional consent for national commitments abroad. He introduces a resolution to record this stance and to seed a Foreign Relations Committee study on U S international commitments, stressing Congress must not be sidelined in security policy.
Joseph E. Pechman 84, longtime Johnson County figure and Hills Bank chairman, died after a long illness at his home. He directed Lincoln Mutual Insurance Assn and served on the county board 1950 to 1956. Survived by two daughters, two grandchildren, and a sister. Services Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St. Wenceslaus Church. Donohue Mortuary in charge.
A three-truck two-car crash on a viaduct on U S 65-20 near Iowa Falls leaves Robert Lee Streich of Elma dead. Gaylord Strand of Milo and Michael Kenig of Clarendon Hills Illinois are injured and treated at Iowa Falls hospital. Strand released after minor injuries.
OELWEIN Iowa—House Speaker Maurice Baringer Republican called the 1967 session a landmark noting the school aid tax replacement package as a standout. He defended moving the Amish school standards exemption to the floor saying Gov Hughes urged debate to secure funds for certified teachers and 81 votes supported the measure. He cautioned on possible challenges from other religious groups over provisions.
The Agriculture Department reports farm prices rose three quarters of one percent in the month ending July 15, marking a third straight increase after an eight month slump. Prices were still 0.5 percent below the pre-slump level, with tomatoes potatoes and eggs driving the gain while wheat corn and lettuce declined. Production and living costs for farmers rose about two thirds of one percent, with costs 3 percent higher than a year earlier. Parity, the fair earning measure, showed July mid levels at 74 percent of parity.
The 10 O clock News presents Donovan Duz the Weather with weekday reports from Monday through Friday on Channel 9.
A Chicago special committee could not determine the fire's exact cause at McCormick Place on January 16 but cited deficiencies that endangered the center. The origin was a kitchen utensils booth on the west exhibition floor and wiring in the booth used temporary methods with departures from recognized good practice.
Lyle B. Kasemeier of Sumner died Monday when his gasoline tank truck cracked up west of Westgate Fayette County. A witness said the vehicle hit a railroad crossing at high speed, flew, slid into a ditch and rolled. Kasemeier was thrown and pinned beneath the rear wheels. dead on arrival in Oelwein. He is survived by his wife and one child. Emerson Milnes funeral home is handling services.
The Defense Department on Monday announced air force S. Sgt. Harold Moneysmith was killed in Vietnam. He was the father of Rita Kay Moneysmith of Pella.
A Strawberry Point youth received a six month suspended jail term in district court for attempting to break into Jessen's supermarket. Judge E. B. Shaw also fined Bryan Sears Jr. $50 and costs. Sears had been arrested June 29 near Strawberry Point on a drunk driving charge and was held by Clayton county before trial. He will return to Delaware county to face the drunk driving charge.
SUBIC BAY Philippines AP Officers of the carrier Forrestal Tuesday reduced the number of missing from Saturdays five to three. Four men unaccounted for in the confusion showed up on ok payline today an officer said.
Special to The Gazette OELWEIN Riots in Milwaukee trapped the Oelwein Chamber of Commerce president Robert Bud Lyons at the Pfister hotel with 800 Coast to Coast store reps. Mayor Maier ordered all off the streets and patrons to stay inside for 24 hours. Lyons and Tom Gloede awaited escort, a broken shop window cited, no injuries reported.
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