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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1966
Page
1
Patrolman Larry Michalec, 24, joined the Cedar Rapids police Aug 1 1966 and is assigned to the evening traffic shift. Born in Cedar Rapids, he attended local schools and served four years in the army. He and his wife Linda have a son.
Sylvia Porter surveys Americans' exposure to health quackery amid rising costs and fear of disease. She cites Dr. John Knutson and Dr. James Goddard, notes quackery as a major crime and economic scandal, with over $2 billion spent annually on bogus cures and devices. The piece previews a four-column series, starting with Nutritional quackery, and highlights the elderly as prime targets.
The AP report notes the average cost per elementary pupil is 435, high school 566, with total elementary and secondary spending at 25.2 billion. Inflation hit 1.6 percent, and federal aid is under 2 percent. Regional figures list 433 per elementary pupil and 563 per high school in the Paris region. Rep Rosenthal will introduce a bill for a national air pollution control program.
Italian dock workers began a 48 hour strike to back demands for higher pay and better working conditions. Also noted is a preview of a TV program featuring Carol Lawrence on COMBAT! Tuesday at 6:30 PM in color on Channel 9.
A digest feature explains how crisis events such as job loss or bereavement can alter personality and suggests strategies to turn disruption into personal growth. The article counsels maintaining focus on coping steps while considering emotional shifts and resilience-building actions.
Tokyo AP reports Communist China denied claims it sold several thousand tons of steel to American forces in Vietnam. The New China news agency issued an official denial after Western reports tied a Singapore export firm led by a mysterious Chinese woman to the shipment made via Hong Kong with Singapore as a transshipment point.
A call by the Presbyterian Lay Committee opposes the 1967 Confession of Faith approved by the 1966 General Assembly. It urges lay members and ministers to oppose ratification, reading the proposed book, and contacting church leaders to vote no so the confession can be studied further.
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