Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1964

Page

2

Burch at Center of Tumult in GOP Leadership Clash

Washington AP reports Dean Burch, 36, head of the Republican National Committee, faces a heated debate over his power and role. Supporters say he must lead a continuing, funded operation. critics warn a too conservative image could harm the party. A GOP summit and a January Chicago meeting loom as key tests.

Harry Kelly Washington Dean Burch Republican National Committee Burch Sen Thruston Morton Kentucky National Committee Robert Smylie Idaho G.O.P Smylie William Miller Barry Goldwater Goldwater Democrats John Bailey Capitol Hill Congress New York Chicago

Proposal for an elite corps of top federal civil servants

A Brookings Institution report by David Stanley urges creating a presidentially appointed central board to identify and cultivate a government elite. The study finds complex hiring and rigid rules limit movement, recommends attracting top non government talent and rotating executives to meet urgent needs while improving evaluation methods.

Washington UPI Johnson David Stanley Brookings Institution Stanley Brookings Senate

U.S. Space Schedule for 1965 Could Be Busiest and Biggest

The 1965 plan envisions two manned flights, up to eight astronauts, and a first Mariner 4 Mars flyby. NASA aims 31 Cape Kennedy launches, nine from Vandenberg and Wallops, plus Atlas Centaur, Titan 3C, and Saturn tests. Rangers, Surveyors, and numerous satellites including OSO, OAO, Explorer, and BIOS missions shape a crowded year with delays likely.

Cape Kennedy U.S Federal Space Agency Vandenberg Air Base Calif Wallops Island Air Force Mars Mariner Red Planet America Gemini Virgil Grissom John Young Scheeriee Space Agency Earth Apollo The Ranger Moon Ranger- 7 Lunar Surveyor OAO Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Pioneer

Guantanamo Married Men Win Family Return Hint

At Guantanamo Bay the Navy announces wives and children may soon return. After a water dispute with Cuba, a desalination plant now produces 2.2 million gallons daily, easing a 1980s isolation and lifting morale among 3,000 dependents in February to 1,200 by March.

Guantanamo USS. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay Fidel Castro Castro Florida Cuba Yateras River Cuban U.S

Negro Tavern Gunfire Rocks Florida Beach Town

Three white youths in a passing car sprayed machine gun fire into a busy Negro tavern on Christmas Eve wounding six men, none seriously. A wide police net chased a black sedan as witnesses recalled the rear seat gunman firing. The six victims, all Deerfield Beach residents, were hospitalized with non fatal injuries.

Deerfield Beach Fla Atlantic Beach James Cooper Paul Johnson James Carter Eddy Moore, Jr Isadore Coleman, Jr Joseph McLeod Homer Chambers

Rockefeller Jr. leaves net estate of 149 million

John D. Rockefeller Jr. died in Tucson on May 11 1960 leaving a net estate officially valued at 149 096 455 dollars. The bulk of assets were securities over 151 million with real estate at 750 000. His widow Martha Baird Rockefeller inherits life income from a trust fund roughly half the estate. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund receives about 75 million for charity. The Metropolitan Museum of Art gains a 695 500 dollar art collection.

New York John D. Rockefeller, Jr Rockefeller Tucson State Transfer Tax Department Martha Baird Rockefeller Abby Green Alditch Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc John D Nelson A Laurance S Winthrop R David R Abby Rockefeller Mauze Rockefeller Center Fort Tryon Park Cloisters United Nations Williamsburg Metropolitan Museum of Art

World’s Smallest Church Moved to Villa Madonna Campus

The Monte Casino chapel built in 1878 by monk Albert Soltis was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved four miles from a hillside to Kenton county. The four by six foot stone church will join the Villa Madonna college campus where work starts in spring. Fred Riedinger donated the church to Villa Madonna as a memorial to his mother Alma Riedinger after buying the land in 1957.

Covington, Ky Monte Casino Kenton County Villa Madonna College Albert Soltis Fred Riedinger Lookout Heights Villa Madonna Alma Riedinger

Beloit Youth Steals Car Then Repairs Station Incident

In Beloit Wisconsin a 20 year old Beloit youth drove a stolen car into a Chemung station for repairs. Richard Bourret, present in the station, seized the youth and detained him for authorities. The car had been stolen the night before from a Beloit theater parking lot.

Beloit Wis Chemung Richard Bourret Bourret

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bailey Democratic Party White House Eisenhower Nixon By al Rossiter, Jr Comsat New Communications Satellite Corp Ruary Explorers Space BIOS Orbiting Biological Laboratories OSO OGO Orbiting Geophysical Observatory Louis Achitelle Office Adm David McDonald Chief of Naval Operations Negro Tavern Tav Bob McGowan John D., Jr the Gazette Sind Bo Gaz Mark Othe Dial Want AD Marion 10Th St Wilbert Novak Monument CO Chihuahua 6Th St John Chip Freeit INC 3Rd Ave 3Rd St Buresh Buresh Rental Service, Inc Third Street First Avenue Rosen’s Fourth St Novak Walmar’s Discount Center Paramount Theater West Branch Iowa Serpentater Norman Mortensen 2Nd St Salvation Army Kennedy’s Paint Co Sands Illinois ST. Vincent de Paul Fuller Brush Products Hollister Southland St Nee Arizona Bians Emer Csps Hall Serbouser’s Draport Inn 16Th Ave Gazette Circulation Dept St Ave. SE Merchants National Bank Bertha Berg Norway Grain Co Norway Winton Killian Co Lee Foster Olin Dick Merrifield ED Alderman Cedar Rapids 5Th Street Russo’s Pizza House Milan Freese Inc Ronnie Merritt Berwes Riteway Lear’s Promet Service Robert Baird Oe Cains SaintiNe Free Joe Diala M. L. Hale Basialar Rapi Fale Boll
Search Courier

Search the Cedar Rapids Gazette Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication