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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1967
Page
3
Sunday drew 24 133 visitors to Hawkeye Downs, lifting total All-Iowa fair attendance to 96 518. Eddy Arnold headlined Monday shows with tickets on sale at the Hawkeye Downs box office. Monday featured Teen-Ager Day with a Teen Style Show and a teen band at the grandstand.
Glacier National Park superintendent ties two fatal grizzly attacks to lightning that spooked bears. Two 19-year-old visitors from Minnesota and California were killed while sleeping in sleeping bags near Lake McDonald and East Glacier. A third, Roy Ducat, 18, of Perrysburg, Ohio, was injured. Rangers shot two bears as the search for the killers continued.
Six persons were killed in Iowa over the weekend in traffic accidents, raising the 1967 state toll to 474. Earlier in the month another fatal crash brought the total to 475 as of this month’s report. Weekend victims included several individuals named in the Associated Press tally.
Cedar Rapids police charged Lou M Rathgeb 28 with intent to commit murder after her husband Gerald was shot in the chest at their apartment early Sunday. Officers found him with two bullet wounds. she was arrested after questioning and hospitalized later with back pains. The incident occurred at 2 44 am.
Harold J. Waltz a 44 year old Cedar Rapids resident died in a Fredericksburg crash when his rented car failed to stop at a sign struck two parked cars and a tree in front of his ex wife Mrs Virginette Waltz. He died from head chest and internal injuries. Waltz had run a Fredericksburg grocery earlier and worked in Cedar Rapids Nashua Waterloo. Services are pending at Larkin Funeral Home New Hampton. He is survived by two daughters and a son.
Havana AP reports Stokely Carmichael says revolution is the only route for U.S. Negro rights. He suggests renaming the SNCC to the Negro Movement of Liberation and notes possible passport revocation for Cuba travel. An international solidarity event is planned at the U S S Maine monument in Havana.
Ling-Temco-Vought of Dallas proposed 590 million to acquire all Allis-Chalmers stock. Offer prices 22.50 cash per share plus 0.1 LTV share and a new convertible preferred with 20 dollar redemption, plus a 32-3 conversion parity for Allis-Chalmers 4.2 percent preferred. Board approval in West Allis Wisconsin needed.
London AP reports hay fever can lead to jail or fines for drivers who fail to report severe symptoms. A ministry spokesman noted loss of control during sneezing emergencies and urged reporting for severe cases. chronic sufferers risk four months in jail or fines, while mild cases may not require disclosure.
Scattered showers and a few thundershowers were reported in southwest and west central Iowa Monday morning and ended by afternoon. Skies will be partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday with a chance of scattered showers. Lows Monday night expected in the 50s to 60s and highs Tuesday in the 80s. Cedar Rapids reported 78 degrees at 2:30 PM after a low of 57 and a Sunday high of 80.
For the sixth year running the Oelwein Junior Safety Council won top youth safety honors. Their auto safety check earned the Circle of Safety grand award from the National Vehicle Safety Check for Communities in Washington DC. Waukon received a state excellence award in the under 10 000 population category. Martinez California took the grand city award.
A superheated steam pipe burst aboard a Brazilian navy cruiser off Bahia coast early Monday injuring at least 11 sailors. naval officials reported the incident and said fire crews controlled the situation aboard the ship.
U S warplanes struck North Vietnamese targets near the Chinese border for a second straight day. A-6 Intruders and A-4 Skyhawks hit the Lang Son railroad bypass bridge and rail siding south of Lang Son while cutting tracks. No planes reported lost, but an F 105 and an RF 4C were shot down Saturday, raising announced U S losses to 641.
Treasury Secretary Fowler told the Ways and Means Committee the nation faces a stark choice: reject the tax hike and risk a $29 billion deficit or enact it and still endure $14 to $18 billion in red ink spending. Budget Director Schultze said the aim is to cut more than $1.5 billion in civilian spending.
The patient tells the analyst he has helped but now the analyst knows too much as he brandsishing a gun. The confrontation ends without further detail, noting the tension and danger in the scene.
In Genoa the 8076 ton Li Ming refused to leave after port authorities cited propaganda. The 50 crew staged a Mao Tse tung book reading, salutes with placards, then held a deck protest with music and a table tennis table, defying the command.
CAPE KENNEDY AP reports NASA postponed for 48 hours plans to move the first Saturn 5 rocket to the launch pad. The mission would carry three astronauts toward the moon.
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