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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1967

Page

13

Comedian Bob Hope Visits Vietnam Front and Talks with Troops

Bob Hope describes passing survival tests at 67 and still doing 150 push ups. He mentions Crosby’s golf cart issue and quotes young soldiers from Cambridge and Brooklyn about life in the war, the value of helping locals, and an orphanage project in Vietnam. A Marine from Newport News notes his second Vietnam hitch to continue the orphanage. Scientists estimate an average person can absorb about 100 million items of information in a lifetime.

Crosby Pfc Walter Hardy Cambridge Mass Pablum Cpl Carmine Montarano Brooklyn N.Y Leonard Squires Newport News Vietnam Squires

Probe of Mob Influence Expanded in New York

Manhattan District Attorney Hogan probes Cosa Nostra influence in city departments amid indictments connected to an $800,000 Bronx reservoir contract. Former Water Commissioner James Marcus faces charges tied to a $40,000 kickback, with Antonio Corallo and other defendants indicted.

New York Manhattan Dist Frank Hogan Cosa Nostra James Marcus James Malone FBI Marcus John Lindsay Hawkeye Institute of Me Technology Lindsay Hogan Edgar Cresswell Corallo S. T. Grand and Co Bronx

Romney Encouraged on Hopes for Viet Peace

Gov. George Romney said his European tour including Moscow talks with Premier Kosygin boosted prospects for a political Vietnam peace. He stressed no military withdrawal and a solution satisfactory to both sides, noting discussions in Warsaw Paris Bonn London and Moscow. He visits Israel next.

Moscow George Romney Alexei Kosygin Vietnam Romney Israel Warsaw Paris Bonn London Europe

Service Ad Appeal Targets Over 200000 Readers

Classified solicitations invite servicemen to advertise their offerings to a large readership. The notice emphasizes reach to more than two hundred thousand want ad readers and invites participation.

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