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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1965

Page

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Power Plant Hit Near Haiphong in Red River Delta

U S air force F 105 jets blasted the Uong Bi steam power plant 14 miles northeast of Haiphong. The raid marked the first strike in North Vietnam's industrial heartland in the Red River delta. One plane was shot down but the pilot was rescued with injuries.

Saigon Haiphong North Vietnam Red River Delta Uong Bi U. S Hanoi-Haiphong Harry de Witt Moscow Idaho South Vietnam

Wreck May Be Lovelace Plane

A helicopter pilot reported wreckage of a light plane near Independence Pass Colorado at about 11 000 feet. The craft was similar to the one that vanished with three aboard including Dr W Randolph Lovelace a pioneer in space medicine. The pilot said the wreckage appeared to be on a mountainside with no signs of life and the missing party included Lovelace his wife and Milton Brown.

Colorado Springs U S Space Medicine Jdependence Pass Aspen Cola W. Randolph Lovelace Albuquerque Milton Brown Schirra Kraft Borman Lovell Cape Titan

Tucker Quits Linn G.O.P. Chairmanship

Tucker resigns as Linn county Republican chairman after a surprise move, with a nominating committee to pick a successor by January 11. Possible successors include Forrest K. Rosser, Jim Smith, Dan Stamy, Dudley Taylor, King Thompson, Jack Walters, and Martin Wiley, as the party contemplates the leadership change.

Forrest K. Rosser Cedar Rapids Jim Smith Linn County Dan Stamy Robins Dudley Taylor Cedar Rapds D. C. Tayor Company King Thompson Iowa Supreme Court Jack Walters Cedar Rapids Insurance Linn County Republican Forum Martin Wiley

Soviet Warns of New Space Landing Tests

MOSCOW AP Soviet Union plans testing a new space landing system starting Thursday and warns ships and planes to avoid a Central Pacific area for five and a half months due to potential booster rocket debris. Tass provides coordinates about 500 miles south of the Aleutians and 2,000 miles east of Japan with tests continuing until June 1.

Moscow Soviet Union Central Pacific Tass

Gemini Teams Stage Historic Rendezvous

CAPE KENNEDY AP The Gemini 6 and 7 astronauts achieved the first in space rendezvous. The two craft came within about 100 feet nose to nose then past 17 500 mph in a historic feat marking a milestone on the road to the moon.

Cape Kennedy U.S Moon Sion Control Center Com Aslputers Thomas Stafford Schirra Stafford Philippine Islands

Galbraith urges presidential control of discount rate

Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith told a Senate House economic committee that President Johnson should have ultimate authority over the discount rate and Federal Reserve operations. He argued the change would not require major banking law reform, but would end the Fed’s independent stance. Rep. Curtis said the administration feared questioning witnesses, and investigators would need Treasury officials for a full inquiry.

Nists McNamara Asia NATO Peking San Francisco Berlinment Red China Washington UPI Harvard John Kenneth Galbraith Johnson Federal Reserve Galbraith India Kennedy Federal Reserve Board Senate-House Thomas Curtis Wright Administration Treasury Page $A

The Chuckle On Engineers And Their Proving Grounds

A witty quip asserts the top skill for engineers is persuading superiors that an idea will work and later explaining why it failed. The line lampoons project pitches and post hoc rationalizations common in technical workplaces.

City to hold hearings on 1966 budget and 1965 overexpenditures

City council schedules public hearings on the 1966 budget proposal of 32,221,390 dollars and on additional appropriations to cover 1965 department overexpenditures. The 38.9782 mill rate is higher than 1965. Millage will drop when assessed valuations are certified. Additional appropriations totaling 478,000 dollars are needed to cover unexpected expenses.

Bob Johnson State Tax Commission Charles Werner

Boys Damage School To Tune of $10,000

Two boys aged 7 and 9 were jailed after breaking into an Augusta elementary school at 3 a.m. The vandals damaged property costing about $10,000, ransacked rooms, broke most windows, painted walls and phones, tore up a Christmas play stage setting, and ripped a curtain. School officials closed the building for repairs.

Augusta Il. E. Pound jLieyd Usry

Three Way Talk On Space Radios In Gemini Missions

Space Center Houston officials said there are no special radios aboard Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 for direct intership talk. They can communicate with each other when close enough via the ground stations radios, and any ground station can join the three way conversation.

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Blast Power Red Heartland Laos Vietnam da Nang Death Valley South China Sea Enterprise Can Tho Mekong Quang Ngai Canberra Australia de Witt Orhan Haiphong-Han- 0 Gulf of Tonkin Hanoi Lovelace Tucker Linn G.O.P Frank T. Nye Paris Wednes- Linn County Reagan Tommy Tucker Ballistic Muissie Central Committee Zucker North Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance Earth Pacific China West Europe South- East Asia NATO Council of Permanent Representatives Southeast Asia Thailand Africa Latin America Gemini Howard Benedict Wea Mission Control Center Houston Frank Borman James Lov Nose Bell Bate Jon Bonnreve Curtis Victory Reay Iehirra By Ken Sullivan Council C.R Associated Press Walter Schirra Marion ' S Sennen Society
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