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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1965
Page
9
A Vietnamese Ranger battalion near Tam Ky is encircled and crushed by a strong Viet Cong force. Heavy casualties among Vietnamese and American advisers. 2 U S advisers killed, 4 missing. Jets strike. napalm and chase actions described. A communist cease fire offer provokes study in Washington with holiday conditions noted.
The State Department urged Vietnam’s communists to offer a real Christmas present by opening peace negotiations beyond a truce. An attack ended a two day lull, following a Viet Cong offer to halt the war for 12 hours starting Christmas Eve to let civilians observe the holiday. The Ranger unit involved was highly regarded in the South Vietnamese army and fought alongside a battalion of about 500 men. Captain Gene Rogers of Meridian Texas described heavy rocket, tracer, machine gun and small arms fire in the engagement.
Armed Forces day coverage shows patriotism in Cedar Rapids as the Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees rally for the Vietnam war. A 30 foot flagpole atop the Chamber building remains unlit and unrepaired after failed calls to find a climber or contractor.
A seven day period ending Saturday saw 19 Americans killed and 161 wounded with two missing in Saigon. A battalion commander was wounded as comrades described the heavy assault and retreat with fighters pinned down and heavy losses.
About 100 Hawthorne high school students protested in front of the town's largest gambling club for 45 minutes on Monday. They carried signs urging prevention of adult delinquency and banning bare busts and double exposure to protect morals.
The city planning commission recommended denial of Clarence Doo for rezoning 700 F avenue NW from R-4 to R-1. It tabled a parking special permit at 1915 Second avenue SE. They approved several rezoning changes and plats, and recommended vacating part of H avenue and Sixth street NW. All actions go to the city council for final approval.
A Marion man and two Cedar Rapids area residents filed federal bankruptcy petitions on Wednesday. Robert L. Moody of 982 Fourteenth Street Marion listed liabilities of 5570 and assets of 1240 with 270 exempt. Earle J. Pepe of Independence listed liabilities 5140 assets 396 with 30 exempt. Verlen D. Fulton Route 2 Jesup reported liabilities 8559 and assets 3315, all exempt.
Montrose hotel cook Martha Hollendors reports a theft of 150 dollars from her purse on a kitchen shelf. The incident occurred Monday afternoon at the Montrose hotel. the suspect remains unknown.
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