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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1963
Page
3
In a humorous column Alan Gill discusses the strain of suppressed laughter from TV comedies. He muses on pent up energy and the urge to vent through guffaws and rants about modern variety shows. The piece blends satire with a plea for real humor.
Havana raised its armed forces to a state of alert with increased troop and militiamen concentrations at key points after intelligence warned of larger anti Castro exiled raids on the north coast. The government blames U S support for the attacks and braces for possible incursions from Nicaragua and Central America.
Fifty American students defied a travel ban and arrived from Madrid, protesting U S policies. At Idlewild Airport they staged a two hour sit-in over passport suspensions while receiving state department letters canceling their passports. ten were subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Albert Belhomme, a U S Army sergeant from Ashland Pennsylvania, left Communist China for Hong Kong with his Chinese wife Hsio Ying and three young sons. He plans to move to Antwerp Belgium in coming days while his mother remains in Ashland with unclear whereabouts.
An OCR listing of TV segments including Rawhide Showtime Route 66 Sing with Mitch Mighty Mouse King Leonardo Pope Pues Captain Kangaroo and other 1950s program names with time slots and cross-network pairings across St Louis Pittsburgh and Philadelphia markets. The fragment shows program titles and channel names in a dense sequence.
A two year old Moline boy, Billy Plummer, is in satisfactory condition in a hospital after a swarm of honeybees stung him while playing with his brothers. His mother hurried him to care after he fell into a water ditch and was enveloped by about 200 bees.
An old advertisement touts Mentholatum Laboratories M.P.O. as a comprehensive home treatment for hemorrhoids. It claims faster absorption, antibacterial Hexachlorophene, and longer lasting relief, with a nonprescription ointment or suppository form.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars denounced the nuclear test ban treaty and questioned Soviet trustworthiness. The security committee’s resolution, adopted by voice vote at the 64th national convention, cites Russia’s history since 1917 and warns the treaty could be broken with catastrophic consequences. Andy Borg of Superior, Wis. was nominated unopposed for junior vice commander.
Ruth K Creasey filed for divorce in Denver as she noted her wedding anniversary. The action moves forward amid personal and legal questions surrounding the dissolution of the marriage.
Lowell Skinner of Akron Ohio recalls his Chinese wife and explains he left China due to political disillusionment. Belhomme, an electrician, spent years in Northern China and was dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1954.
Seaman of Alta indicted by a Buena Vista county grand jury on arson counts in a December fire at a Storm Lake tavern. He allegedly hired Merle Schluter of Early who pled guilty last May and received a ten year sentence. Schluter said Seaman paid $200 to start the blaze and another $200 after insurance payout.
Centerville AP reports 28 year old John Harold Christian of Surgoinsville Tennessee died after an 85 foot fall from a smokestack at the old Iowa Southern Utilities power plant during demolition. Fellow worker Donald Hyde was on the scaffold nearby when the incident occurred.
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