24 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1961
Page
1
The piece surveys centuries of hopes for Christian unity and claims a broad reform movement now stirs Christendom. It assesses whether the sweeping ferment can deliver the long awaited results and outlines the movement’s outlook and potential impact.
A candle ritual each Thursday night symbolizes growing longing for unity between Rome and Protestants. The balance shifts as official liaison returns after 450 years, with consults, shared studies, exchanges, and joint efforts. Church leaders see possible convergence though warn it will take generations and face deep obstacles.
In Sherman Texas Ray Roberts and Bob Slagle Jr led four contenders in a special 4th district runoff to name Rayburn’s successor. A Republican was among the defeated candidates. Gov Price Daniel is expected to set the runoff election for January 30.
Sanche de Gramont a New York Herald Tribune correspondent was wounded in the Katanga fighting and flown Saturday from Elisabethville to Leopoldville for treatment.
A satirical note urges equal regard for trades and thought leaders to keep both pipes and theories from leaking. The quip links practical work with deep ideas, signaling a light political or social commentary.
A Des Moines family tragedy left two year old William Ward Jr dead when fire consumed their frame house. Mrs. Ward attempted to reach the upstairs room as Leonard Stovall and neighbors William Buts and Melvin Buts helped search. two other children ages four and three survived. Firemen found the child in bed. cause of the blaze was not determined.
More than 400 American passengers faced a holiday voyage cancellation as coast guard refused safety clearance for the Mexican liner Acapulco. The ship, to sail from New York to Veracruz via Haiti and Jamaica with 435 on board, shortened stops and left without the Americans. Mexican officials demanded a full report, criticizing US interference while some Mexican passengers remained aboard.
The Weather Bureau forecasts a bright sunny Christmas for most of the nation with northern border exceptions. Rain in western Washington and Oregon, unsettled skies with light snow flurries in the northern Rockies and upper Mississippi valley. Deep snow in the Midwest and snow over most of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. The east from Washington D C northward likely to have a white Christmas.
Cadet Louis S. Csoka, 20, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, who fled Communist Hungary with his family at age four, is named cadet commander for the Christmas holidays at the U.S. Military Academy. He serves as first captain and brigade commander over 800 plebes remaining on campus, expressing shock at the honor while duties center on forming cadets' responsibilities and privileges.
James M. Slavin 49, Kalamazoo police chief, is named to head Denver's 790 member police force. He will start Feb 1 at $16 500 annual pay, $4 500 more than former chief James Childers who resigned Oct 4 amid a burglary scandal.
In Jefferson City Missouri inmates raised more than 2200 dollars for Operation Santa Claus sending 40 area children home with about 50 dollars worth of gifts. The event inside the Missouri State Penitentiary marks the fourth year and is organized by the Jeff Own Journal with warden E V Nash praising its impact. Santa Claus is a convict serving 15 years for burglary.
Iowa faces a tough cleanup with parts of the state, especially Des Moines and the south, digging out by Christmas. Cedar Rapids appears past the worst, while forecasters see highs in the 20s and Christmas mid 20s to lower 30s. Seven deaths linked to the storm include six heart attacks and one traffic accident. Roy Marcis, 55, Hopkinton assessor, died after shoveling snow. Cedar Rapids streets were cleared by Saturday afternoon.
Iowa Governor Norman Erbe protests federal highway decisions that could deny Cedar Rapids and Waterloo a connection to the Interstate system. He questions why 180 miles between Charleston West Virginia and Washington Pennsylvania is built while a 58 mile spur could serve Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, arguing the present allotment seems unjustified. He implies political factors may influence the decision and urges stronger justification beyond the 5,000 vehicles a day forecast for 1975.
Rep. L Mendel Rivers argues the United States should invade Cuba with United Nations sanction comparing to India's Goa invasion. He contends Portugal and Britain are bound by a security pact dating to the Armada era and urges a Cuba action as a logical next step.
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