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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1966
Page
5
A thundering blast tore through a restaurant and filling station on Omaha's near north side early Wednesday. Investigators ruled out links to recent area violence. Five people were treated for cuts as nearby homes and businesses sustained damage. Police described the event as likely a natural gas explosion with no suspects or car involved.
In a northside predominantly Negro neighborhood police reported no injuries, three arrests, about twenty five business windows broken and no racial overtones. Inspector Donald Dwyer said at most fifty teenagers were involved in the looting while a crowd of about two hundred watched.
An anti tank rocket went out of control about 50 yards from President Heinrich Luebke at the West German army firing range in Munster. He was visiting the demonstration as the rocket burned out its fuel.
Norman Green, candidate for Arizona governor, vows to distribute 500000 greenbacks in three weeks with a message urging an end to buck passing in the state. The currency like notes will carry Make this the last buck passed in Arizona.
Tufts University announced it received 2.9 million dollars in grants for research equipment and educational programs during the first six months of 1966.
South Africa to push two bills targeting the National Union of South African Students after banning its 21 year old president Ian Robertson for five years under suppression of communism laws. The group, with about 21 000 members, includes students at Rhodes Cape Town Witwatersrand and Natal universities.
Operation Hastings in Vietnam concluded with about 500 Marines killed or wounded among 5,000. North Vietnamese losses reached 824 confirmed dead, plus nearly 1,000 regarded as probably killed. Marines captured 225 weapons as they cleared a zone near the DMZ and left Cam Lo, Phu Bai, Dong Ha, and Da Nang.
In London Kentucky the 466000 acre Daniel Boone National Forest was dedicated recently marking a major conservation milestone for the region and its communities. The ceremony highlighted new protections and long term management plans for the forested land and its recreational and environmental value.
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