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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1966
Page
1
The daily weather page reports a five day forecast with temperatures 3 to 5 degrees below normal from Thursday to Monday. Normal highs and lows are listed for the region. Rainfall expected in showers and thunderstorms totaling around 0.75 to 1.00 inch early period and again Sunday. Also included are noon observations, river gauge notes, and recent conditions in several cities.
About 40 Iowans are to attend the 32nd biannual convention of the Iowa Association of the Deaf. The gathering runs Thursday through Sunday with registration at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Highlights include executive board and plenary sessions, welcomes by Mayor Bob Johnson and John X Waters, and a keynote address by Robert Sanderson, president of the National Association of the Deaf, on Saturday morning.
A mysterious neurological illness has hospitalized 17 people at Parkland hospital in Dallas. Affected patients range from 21 to 87, with one death reported. Health officials sought help from the U S Public Health Service to identify the illness as doctors compare symptoms to aseptic meningitis and other conditions.
Tokyo AP report states Sumitomo indicates new policy limiting shipments of electrical wire to North Vietnam amid ongoing tensions. Officials emphasize compliance with trade restrictions and pledge to review affects on regional supply chains.
Preliminary arraignments were held Tuesday and Wednesday for four Waterloo men charged in Linn district court. The article also notes Sumitomo will cancel a copper wire shipment contract to North Vietnam despite Vietnam’s insistence, and lists details of a funeral, juror selection comments, and wheat stockpiles policy debates.
Health camp for August 14 to 27 seeks two assistant counselors of college age. Retarded children will be in camp during the two weeks. Applicants may call Jim Hulbert, camp director, at 363 0681.
In telegrams and statements leaders warned the proposed bill would threaten free collective bargaining and push the economy toward socialism. Meany urged Congress not to pass it, arguing it would cripple the labor movement and threaten workers’ liberty. H E Gilbert cited the 1963 act as a lesson in defeating collective bargaining.
Kasler volunteered five times for service before receiving a transfer from Germany to Vietnam. He spoke of aggression as safety in combat yet remained quiet and serious on the ground. His mother recalled his determination and a premonition of danger before news of his son’s fate. Later, Katharine Hepburn stars in a Channel 9 movie, Bill Of Divorcement, at 10:25 PM on KCRG-TV.
Attorney General Katzenbach arrived in Montreal to lead a push against the American Bar Association drive to record opposition to the 1966 civil rights bill's jury selection provision. He met with ABA critics soon after landing from Washington.
Cedar Rapids man Leroy Whitney 25 and Harvey Bunker 2 both of Cedar Rapids and Marion resident Patricia Stewart 24 plus Susan Dziewanowski 20 were arrested on charges from a Monday night apartment beating. Warrants signed by Glenn Powers tied to Bertram township led to charges of breaking and entering and assault for the men and breaking and entering for the women. The alleged break in occurred at 518 First Avenue NW Cedar Rapids. Bond set at 1110 for each man and 1000 for each woman. arraignment scheduled in Powers court.
A Linn district judge upheld city council actions amending an ordinance to permit Kalell Kalell and Hassan Igram to open a cocktail lounge and restaurant at 835 Center Point Road NE Cedar Rapids. The ruling dismissed James McCoy's injunction against liquor licensing near churches and followed a beer permit grant after council action.
In Cedar Rapids neighbors, led by Mrs. Dale Anderson, protested against a zoning change backed by Consolidated Foods and local promoters. The council approved the rezoning 4-1 with Parks Commissioner Don Gardner dissenting, planning second and third readings amid ongoing debate.
Bertram Villa and Irene Joyce Luenick received beer and cigarette permits on Mt. Vernon road. The supervisors accepted July soldiers relief commission expenditures of 5 401 56 and county home expenses of 15 817 88 with receipts of 7 780 71. A resolution banned parking on the Blairs Ferry road shoulder between Cedar Rapids and Marion. Williams Brothers Pipe Line Co. is allowed to lay a pipeline across a county road. Chairman Lindstrom was authorized to sign a maintenance asphalt contract with L L Pelling Co. The total for two projects is 23 003 15.
Volunteers from an Arkansas air national guard unit training in Gulfport Mississippi donated eight pints of blood to the Red Cross for use in Vietnam era medical needs.
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