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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
1
Saigon mayor Van Van Dua, a doctor and paratrooper colonel, was arrested by American MPs on the Sai Gon riverfront before 2 a.m. He was taken to a hospital for a checkup and rest, with friends saying he would likely be placed on extended leave from city hall.
U S officials say Sai gon Mayor fired a gun near My Canh restaurant prompting MP intervention. He was disarmed and released after embassy and provost marshal action. Amb Lodge apologized, calling the event a misunderstanding and unfortunate. 44 Americans killed, 521 wounded, 18 missing or captured last week.
Swollen rivers receded from flood battered California towns as authorities watched the Salinas river crest. Army helicopters prepared to airlift medical supplies and food to Johnsondale while Kern county reported 600 residents stranded in a logging camp near Kernville. National guards aided evacuations from Porterville as Kaweah Tule and Kern rivers returned to bed and one person died with another missing.
Samuel Sheppard described a plan to draw guards’ fire in a Cleveland courtroom if convicted again of Marilyn Sheppard’s murder. He carried a German Mauser in an athletic supporter, intending to die at the scene rather than return to prison.
B 52 bombers pounded a Viet Cong jungle base 25 miles northwest of Saigon opening a new campaign to clear the enemy from the capital area. The strike followed the weekend attack that killed and wounded at Tan Son Nhut air base.
A humorous line contrasts a pessimist woman who doubts parking in tight spots with an optimist man who believes she will try it. The quip notes playful gendered assumptions in everyday tasks.
A Cedar Rapids storm dumped 1.24 inches of rain in 24 hours the city’s heaviest since June. Vicious lightning caused several power outages, knocking out service to Collins Radio Co main plant Allis Chalmers and Iowa Manufacturing Co. Ed Filip of Iowa Electric Light and Power said the east residential feeder failed at 6:56 p.m., switching to the National Oats feeder, which was later downed on Oakland road NE at 10:30 p.m.
Michigan Governor George Romney told the National Association of Manufacturers that Great Society programs merely paper over social and economic cracks. He urged a four dimensional approach: voluntary associations, private enterprise, state and local action centers, and a federal unified national effort.
Police filed a first degree murder charge against William Minor 23 of Alabama for the October slaying of Dr. Robert Spike 43 a noted civil rights leader and theologian. Minor was arrested after a church burglary and aided by statements at the scene.
In Harrison Arkansas a small Amish Mennonite group of eight families plans to relocate to British Honduras to preserve their religion. Leader Stoll cites opposition to public schools and evolving morals as reasons for leaving. They will transport tools to New Orleans, ship by boat, travel via Mexico City by train and bus to the jungle settlement.
President Johnson said the United States the Soviet Union and others agreed on a draft Outer Space Treaty to ban weapons from space and guarantee access to the moon and other celestial bodies. He aims to send the measure to the Senate for ratification early next year and called it a historic step toward peace.
The passenger ship Heraklion sank off Crete on Thursday with 281 aboard. 230 feared dead, only 49 survivors found as rescuers battled strong winds and rough seas. The ship, built in 1949 and operated between Crete and Piraeus, was under Capt. E. Vernikas. Premier Stephano poulpos declared mourning and a maritime inquiry was ordered.
In Erzurum Turkey a barracks blaze killed 65 soldiers and injured 27. General Fikretsen of the army headquarters said the explosion of gasoline near a stove caused the fire. Victims were troopers of the 247th infantry regiment as they woke.
Former President Eisenhower checked into Walter Reed Army Hospital smiling and saying he felt fine. Doctors plan pre-surgery tests before removing the gall bladder, with the operation likely after these tests over the next three to four days. He confirmed gall stones, but the exact reason for surgery was not specified initially.
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