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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1967
Page
15
Postal officials report a large remaining mail volume behind the CR with only three working days left. The office will stay open until 5 30 p.m. Wednesday Thursday and Friday and will operate from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday under regular hours.
The Pentagon announced a planned withdrawal beginning in April of up to 5000 U.S. Army and Air Force troops from Germany to the United States. The redeployment aims to curb the gold dollar drain from overseas spending while keeping forces ready for quick redeployment to Germany if needed.
Ottawa reports winter warfare exercises set for February with about 125 gunners from the 1st Royal Horse Artillery training in Manitoba and 170 men from the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry heading to Alberta for the program.
Rivalries between the armed forces appeared at Window Rock Arizona as army air force and navy personnel joined a rescue operation on the snow struck Navajo reservation. The air force first welcomed arrivals with a sign at Window Rock airport reading Welcome to Window Rock Air Force Base. The army later changed the sign to Welcome to Window Rock Army Base and after navy helicopters arrived the word army remained.
A sign near Window Rock has been altered to read Welcome to Window Rock Joint Operations Base with the word naval scratched out. The change shifts the wording from a naval designation to a general joint operations facility. Local authorities are reviewing the vandalism and surveillance footage.
Six year old Jonathan Rea tied thread to a loose tooth and looped the other end to his father's sports car bumper. The car rolled away unaware, dragging the tooth as the father drove to work in London.
A historical note explains that the whale shark’s teeth are minute, about one-eighth of an inch, and impractical for biting. The article discusses their function and emphasizes their insignificance in feeding.
John Lipscomb, 62, was buried about five feet under bricks and mud for six hours in a 20 foot well at APEX North Carolina. Rescue teams from Wake County sheriff, Apex fire department and Raleigh rescue squad aided his recovery after a helmet and oxygen supply kept him safe. He praised divine help as he was freed and taken to Apex hospital for examination.
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