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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1964
Page
2
Cape Kennedy faces a busy week with four space launches and a Gemini flight test. The schedule includes Asset glider tests, Titan 2 and Titan 3A orbital flights, and an Atlas Centaur orbital attempt. Weather halted Saturday’s Atlas Centaur attempt, delaying Friday’s launch.
The Roosevelt hotel plans a 250 car parking ramp adjoining the hotel with entrance on First Avenue. Demolition of two adjacent properties begins Feb 1, and construction should take about a year. Guests will access upper floors directly, with free ramp use for hotel guests.
An eyewitness reports about 40 Algerians in civilian dress passing through Khartoum airport, likely en route to join Congolese rebel forces believed trained by Ben Bella. They were accompanied by about 40 Africans in civilian clothes, suspected Congolese rebels.
Hong Kong police uncovered a large cache of American made high explosives and weapons on the top floor of a densely populated apartment block. Authorities said the stock could have leveled a city block and noted Nationalist flags in the room.
English and Welsh Catholics were authorized to attend religious services in non Catholic churches and join in prayer under certain circumstances. The Vatican Council directives encourage unity and allow Catholics to participate in civic duties, weddings and funerals, Remembrance Day services, and joint prayer events with other denominations.
Ankara based defense minister Ilhami says Turkish jets nearly touched the pope’s plane in a move misread as intimidation. He calls the escort maneuver a routine gesture of respect to a visiting head of state, noting similar respect shown to Pakistan and Iran leaders during recent overflights.
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 4 completed a precise maneuver 1.25 million miles from Earth and fired a rocket to reach Mars within 4400 miles by July 14. The craft travels at 7047 mph and appears ahead of Russian Zond 2 in the first interplanetary race.
Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko held a two hour session at the U.N. mission that they called inconclusive. They planned another meeting to pursue disarmament European questions and the MLF while noting no talks on Vietnam or U.N. finances.
A US military board found South Vietnamese guards were lax around Bien Hoa air base during the November 1 Viet Cong mortar attack that killed four Americans and damaged 27 planes. The attack prompted the US to plan hundreds of security personnel, including MPs and Marines, to reinforce bases in South Vietnam, with about 150 to Da Nang. Bien Hoa, 15 miles from Saigon, saw the Viet Cong deploy mortars after slipping into the jungle. The board cited breakdowns in operational precautions though some measures remained in place after the Gulf of Tonkin crisis. Security tightened since the raid, though Americans still bear the base defense, while Vietnamese control the surrounding area.
The navy christened the guided missile frigate William H. Standley in Bath Maine on Saturday. Mrs. Charles B. Wincote of San Diego daughter of the late admiral for whom the ship is named performed the ceremonial duties.
Peggy Jo Johns and Robert C. Pitt were arrested in Buffalo after allegedly hiring two detectives to murder Johns's husband Paul E. Johns. The plot aimed to cash a life insurance policy valued at about 50 000 dollars, later stated as 25 000. Detectives were paid a total of 175 dollars with 1 500 promised. arrest followed tip that the murder was being planned and a police alert.
The Mozambique liberation front said in a communiqué that about 60 Portuguese troops were killed in attacks starting November 18 in the Mueda region. The fighting occurred in the Mozambique territory bordering Tanzania.
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