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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1965
Page
2
Space Center Houston reports astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell aboard the spent rocket forming a formation in space. They overcome a fuel cell problem as they press toward a potential 14 day orbit world record.
Cape Kennedy reports minor pad damage after Gemini 7 blast while Gemini 6 undergoes preparations. Officials say fuel lines and structural elements largely survive. scene centers on timing for Schirra Stafford and Borman Lovell rendezvous flight as weather and system checks remain pivotal.
In Selma four white men face state murder indictments for the beating death of Rev. James Reed a Boston clergyman who joined the civil rights movement. The case comes amid recent white convictions in racial killings and Klansmen appealing a 10 year federal sentence for Viola Liuzzo’s slaying. An Anniston case seeks a new trial for a white attendant jailed for killing a Negro foundry worker.
A 60 page Federal Power Commission report on the recent Northeast blackout is expected to reach President Johnson today at the LBJ ranch. The investigation, led by Chairman Joseph Swidler, seeks to outline causes and recommended safeguards to prevent a recurrence. Johnson, recovering from gall bladder kidney stone surgery, spent a quiet day at the ranch, checking papers and watching Gemini 7 launch. Rio de Janeiro swelters as summer hits early with temps near 90 and beaches crowded.
Washington AP reports a 1.6 billion excise tax cut under a June passed bill. The second phase begins Jan 1, lowering taxes on telephone service and autos, with broader repeals totaling hundreds of millions yearly. Key cuts include 10 percent phone levy to 3 percent and auto taxes stepping down to 6 percent then 1 percent by 1969. New Year revelers see cabaret and admissions taxes repealed.
Saigon security officials fear the Metropole Hotel bombing may be the opening act in a Viet Cong terror and sabotage campaign timed for a Hanoi backed five birthday. The predawn strike killed eight including an American and a New Zealand artilleryman with about 100 Vietnamese wounded. Authorities report the raiders escaped unhurt as U S Ambassador Lodge denounced the act as diabolical amid ongoing clashes near Saigon. A potential Viet Cong force near the city edge may target Shell Esso Caltex storage at Nha Be.
UPI reports Trans World Airlines and Eastern Air Lines jets were under radar and radio surveillance by the FAA center at MacArthur Airport, Bohemia, N.Y., at the time of their collision. TWA said its Boeing 707 flew at 11,000 feet. Eastern’s altitude not released, but a reliable source cited 10,000 feet. Eyewitness account suggested the tail of the Eastern constellation contacted the TWA aircraft.
A sermon moves listeners in diverse ways as some rise with renewed strength and purpose while others exit feeling refreshed. Copyright material appears at end of note.
Two airliners collided above New York's northern suburbs injuring few while five people died among 410 aboard. An Eastern Constellation managed a crash landing after a dire warning, while a Boeing 707 from San Francisco reached Kennedy with only one injured. Passengers recounted the peril and pilots’ calm as the nation noted the near-miraculous toll in a day shadowed by other fatal airline crashes.
The Washington Post reports the Federal Reserve Board plans to announce a Sunday night increase in the discount rate, raising borrowing costs across the economy. The current rate stands at 4 percent since November 1954, and a spokesman declined to comment.
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