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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1967
Page
2
The body of American Nazi party leader George Lincoln Rockwell is shown after he was shot and killed by a sniper in a parking lot at Arlington Virginia. A policeman stands on a nearby rooftop as authorities review the shooting scene.
Matt Koehl stands outside the Arlington headquarters of the American Nazi Party and declares his plan to assume the party leadership once held by George Lincoln Rockwell. He displays a report about a prior attempt on Rockwell’s life after Rockwell was slain by a sniper.
Iowa Attorney General Richard Turner moves to seek support for a constitutional amendment overturning recent Supreme Court rulings on rights of the accused. He will present the proposal at the national convention in Portland, urging that police need not inform suspects of rights, and that questioning may proceed with or without warnings. He faces stiff opposition from some lawmakers and questions about viability, but cites endorsements from Eisenhower and others. Turner will also screen the film Weep for the Innocent to bolster his case.
At the Iowa State fair in Des Moines a bull named Tall Timbers Oscar Brown, exhibited by Mc-Ayr farm of Tipton, was named grand champion Ayr shire bull. Reserve went to Tall Corn Royal Signia owned by Joseph Beck of Sheffield. Grand champion Ayrshire female shown by Melvin Funk & Sons of Winthrop. Reserve to Maynard Long & Sons of Brooklyn. Milking Shorthorn grand champion bull exhibited by Graham Land & Livestock Co. of Waverly, Iowa. reserve to Elroy and Ron Gruenwald of Lost Nation. Grand champion female milking Shorthorn went to Harry Clampitt of New Providence. reserve to Irvin F. Meyer & Son of McGregor. John Taylor of Swan exhibited the grand champion Jersey bull. reserve to Keith Griffin of Swan. Nicholas Fink of Wyoming, Illinois, showed the grand champion Berkshire boar.
Los Angeles AP report describes 16 year old David Bostic saving two children from a second floor apartment fire in which their mother Beth Rice 30 died of suffocation and burns. Investigators say Rice apparently fell asleep while smoking in an overstuffed chair. David braved smoke and flames to reach Brian Rice 7 and Brett Rice 4. Police will recommend a heroism commendation for David.
Ogden resident Harry Bollen Gaugh, 80, was fatally struck by a North Western freight train at a crossing Friday. Officials said he walked in front of the locomotive.
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