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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1965
Page
1
U S Marines in a three day Friday battle aim to trap Viet Cong in the Da Nang Chu Lai corridor. Fresh troops boarded helicopters from the carrier Valley Forge and met guerrilla units of 30 to 40 fighters in quick clashes.
The Defense Department notified families of 76 American deaths in action for the week ended last Monday night, raising the year to date total since Jan 1, 1961 to 1,432. The Pentagon tally also shows 271 more wounded for a total of 6,496 and 120 missing, up six.
A fresh Marine unit joined two other forces in a push to block Viet Cong escape routes around Hue as planes provided support. Lt. Col. Leon Utter said the enemy retreat had been cut to the western hills. A Viet Cong mortar attack near Hue injured an unknown national and damaged a US convoy north of Saigon.
Ten employees of the Cedar Rapids Engineering Co were treated for smoke inhalation after a minor fire when magnesium turnings ignited on a lathe. Fire officials said carbon tetrachloride extinguisher fumes caused the inhalation. Names and ages of those released from St Luke's hospital follow.
Postal service announces special holiday hours with windows opening at 7 30 am Saturday and closing at 5 pm. Sunday hours run 2 to 5 pm at the Hiawatha and Marion post offices.
Reports from the Northeast to the Midwest describe a dazzling fireball seen Thursday night. Scientists say it was a large meteor connected to the Geminid shower. no aircraft or rockets were missing. Fire crews extinguished small grass fires. no major damage recorded.
Thickening fog covered Cedar Rapids and Eastern Iowa Friday with more rain and dreary conditions forecast for Saturday. Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport halted operations at 10:45 a.m. grounding all commercial flights. two Ozark Air Lines planes and one United Air Lines plane remained on the ground. Passengers bound for Des Moines were redirected by car.
The Iowa Board of Regents educational policy committee recommended two major staff appointments at the University of Iowa. Phillip G. Hubbard was named dean of academic affairs, the university’s first Black dean. Hunter Rouse became dean of the College of Engineering, succeeding Arthur Melloh who resigned after a dispute over development direction.
Chicago AP reports butcher hogs fell as much as two dollars with prices near 29.25 at session start. Weekly hog supply reached about 7,900 head, unusually high for Friday trading.
A fire destroyed Waukon high school early Friday, with losses estimated between 700000 and 1 million. The three story plus basement complex built in 1918 housed records and equipment. investigations from the fire marshal's office were on scene as firefighters from nearby towns aided. The blaze began about 345 a.m. and was under control by 530 a.m. All elementary centers remained in operation, while the district planned options for pupils until new facilities open next fall.
The seven county steering committee reports state funds for a new area vocational technical school in Cedar Rapids. Ira Larson says construction and operation funds, possibly 10 million dollars, could be allocated as the plan progresses. The area board will negotiate with Cedar Rapids for takeover of the local school and may later expand to a community college.
Des Moines The rate of private building in Iowa City has eased the urgency of a second married student housing project Hawkeye Apartments II. University president Dr Howard Bowen notes a faster pace in private construction tied to rising enrollment and outlines various options including revised cost studies by Karl Keffer Associates and potential small section builds.
A woman, watching a football game in bitter snow and sleet, tells her husband this is probably another silly question and asks why they should stay rather than go home.
The Iowa board of public instruction approved nine multi county areas to operate vocational technical schools or area community colleges. Sites named include Sheldon Creston Mason City Waterloo Dubuque Cedar Rapids Davenport Clinton and Muscatine. Some areas differ from the advisory committee plan and must be returned to counties for approval of modifications.
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