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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1967
Page
1
Entry day activities fill the barns as the Downs opens a rodeo fair week with Thursday previews. Judy Lynn, Miss America runner-up, headlines a Wednesday program at 2 PM with intermission acts. Disneyland reports on her strong business in a two day engagement.
Detroit officials expect additional arrest warrants in August as two white Detroit policemen face murder charges in the Algiers motel killings. Prosecutor William Cahalan also notes ongoing FBI review and additional suspects tied to shootings during the July riot era.
Two large blasts and 13 smaller detonations rocked a Cities Service Co refinery in Lake Charles Louisiana injuring 14 and seriously hurting one man. About 50 plate glass windows were shattered across nearby stores.
A varnish poisoning claim left 28 people at risk as doctors worked around the clock to save lives. A shopkeeper accused of selling the varnish illicitly was arrested as part of the investigation.
Percy and Ribicoff urge a Riot Curb Fund enabling the President to grant money to states communities and nonprofits for local efforts to ease urban tensions and foster growth. Emphasis on private industry civic groups and existing programs with priority on jobs housing and law enforcement.
Li Yao sheng, a Red Chinese army sergeant, swam six miles from Amoy to Quemoy and received a hero's welcome from Nationalist forces. He said he wanted no more of Mao's thought and the Cultural Revolution.
The partly clothed body of Connie Rae Carstater, 12, missing since Sunday in swampland near Girard, Pa., was found Tuesday face down in about a foot of water. State police arrested a searcher. autopsy to be conducted at Erie hospital. The girl had cycled to a nearby grocery twice, cashed a birthday check, and bought candy and fishing gear before disappearing.
Senator Aiken says Johnson's proposed 10 percent surtax is only half of the needed war funding and the rest may wait until after the election. He criticizes Vietnam policy, calls Taylor and Clifford visit a farce, and warns governing choices risk a historic failure.
Cedar Rapids recorded 2.69 inches from 5:50 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday as showers moved east. Marengo saw 3.25 inches and Barnum 3.45 inches, with Lehigh at 4.75 unofficially. Iowa City 2.3 and Newhall 4.0 unofficially. Showers expected to continue Tuesday night into Wednesday in the far east.
In Washington DC a crew of 14 to 18 year olds in a $56 weekly program cleared trash littering ten worst slum areas. Rufus Mayfield known as Catfish directs the operation while a retired cop, George Young, praises the effort. Critics question the funds but civic leaders monitor progress.
In Saigon AP reports American Green Berets and South Vietnamese irregulars, despite being outnumbered about four to one, repelled a North Vietnamese mortar and ground attack on a U S special forces camp near the Cambodian border. The fighting ended with 116 enemy dead.
Saigon Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu urged increasing allied forces in South Vietnam. He doubted the 45,000 to 50,000 U.S. troops Johnson plans to deploy by next June 30 will suffice, but accepted that more troops would help.
In the Tong Le Chou area 500 defenders and families suffered moderate casualties while the American army had one wounded. The 165th North Vietnamese regiment, about 2000 men, attacked 54 miles NW of Saigon. Air raids targeted Lai Dong near Haiphong with 167 missions amid bad weather. Five helicopters were downed near Saigon with one crash. Brig Gen John Freund was wounded while rescuing troops.
In VIETIANE Laos Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma petitions the International Control Commission to probe reports of a purported removal or withdrawal affecting the region. The request signals rising tensions as authorities seek external verification of claims amid regional instability.
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