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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1966
Page
2
CBS launches shorter commercials and longer sponsorless runs to reduce interruptions in The Glass Menagerie and other cultural shows. NBC denies policy change though aims to keep dramas smooth. BBC reports 1965 66 figures and color casting plans while listing popular American programs in Britain.
Secretary of Defense McNamara authorized large scale increases in pilot training for the navy and air force to offset Vietnam driven shortages. The air force will add a ninth training base and accelerate programs to produce 375 pilots in fiscal 1968, with base output rising to 2,920 trainees next year. Navy bases at Pensacola Meridian and Corpus Christi will increase output from 1,800 this year to about 2,200 in 1968 and 2,500 in 1969. Army training is also expected to rise from about 4,000 to 7,300 in 1968 with funds for more planes and equipment. The Pentagon cites efforts to prevent carrier pilot recalls and notes high costs to train jets. De Gaulle appeals for a united Europe and closer Soviet ties during Kosygin visit.
Quote from a speaker contemplating whether a united Europe would have prevented U S involvement in Vietnam. The remark reflects on global alliance dynamics and regional conflicts within the broader Cold War context.
A Des Moines jury refused damages in a Polk County case arising from a February 11, 1965, collision on highway 71 between J. E. Hale’s car and Ivon Crewse Trucking Co. vehicle. Merle Hale represented the Hale estates seeking 50,000 for death and car damage. Mrs. Hale’s estate sought 25,000 for death. Crewse counterclaimed 2,000 for truck damage.
Arthur Carl Knuth 74 of St Olaf died Thursday after a one day illness. He was a World War I veteran and American Legion member. Survived by wife, son, daughter, and three sisters. Services Sunday 2:15 PM at Norway Lutheran Church, burial in the church cemetery. Calling hours begin 7:30 PM Friday at Witt's Funeral Home in Elkader.
At Fort Monroe Virginia the army trains soldiers to shoot from the hip using BB guns as a cheap training aid. The quick kill technique aims to eliminate aiming with sights during close in combat by firing from the waist over the arm.
A stranger from an unknown planet controls innocent animals in the film Beast With A Million Eyes airing on KCRG-TV Channel 9 Friday at 10:25 p.m.
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Peter asked West Germany to drop the doctrine barring ties with states linked to East Germany and urged joining the Danube commission in Budapest. He spoke at the Communist party congress while criticizing U S actions in Vietnam and recalling historic clashes with Romania over 1848.
A Life magazine spokesman described a report on a Romanian nationalist course straining Romania Hungary ties. The article references territorial shifts after World War I and 1945, plus an incident where Powell allegedly threatened photographer Lynn Pelham on Bahamian property 50 miles off Florida.
Life magazine reports Representative Adam Powell threatened a Life photographer with a shotgun during a weekend incident in the Bahamas near Bimini. Life spokesman confirms the event and details are under review by editors.
Milton Stewart of New York has been elected president of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. The appointment strengthens leadership for the national network guiding venture finance and equity programs for small firms.
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