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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1965
Page
7
Cedar Rapids Jaycees form a committee to nominate the city's outstanding young man of the year for ages 21 to 35. Richard Rehman says nominations come from any church, business, club, organization, or individual with a Friday deadline. Joe Enzler Jr leads the panel.
In Hong Kong reporting, a senior member of the International Control Commission says North Vietnam is split over opening cease fire negotiations with Saigon and Washington. One faction led by Ho Chi Minh and Dong Giap favors talks as a pause to consolidate gains, while Truong Chinh leads a faction pressing relentless fighting and greater use of regular troops. The split reflects Moscow and Peking influence.
A U.S. commissioner postponed until January six a preliminary hearing for a Fort Benning warrant officer charged after authorities seized a cache of imported heroin at his Columbus home.
The ICC rejected a Wall Street Journal claim that it approved the Pennsylvania and New York Central rail merger. An ICC spokesman said the newspaper report is false and that no decision had been issued, with any final ruling not expected until months later.
The Iowa Jaycee contest progresses with the state winner advancing to the national competition. The judging committee includes John Battin Harry Boyd Robert Chadima Azzie Cherif Lou Ginsberg Marshall Hardesty Ken Holvenstot G Richard Johnson Dick Jordan Abbott Lipsky Forbes Olberg Hub Schimberg Vern Schrimper and Enzler.
AP reports Buenos Aires faced a large scale garbage strike as about 40,000 collectors refused work over unpaid December wages and their usual Christmas bonus. The stoppage left heaps of waste across the city, affecting sanitation services.
Mike Nichols won Cue magazine's fifth Entertainer of the Year award for his recent stage direction work. Three Nichols directed Broadway hits are Barefoot in the Park Luv and The Odd Couple with The Knack running off Broadway. He is finishing his first film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
A three day storm drenched the Pacific coast from northern California to Washington then moved inland into Montana and Nevada. Winds 40 to 70 mph caused damage, power outages, and flooding while heavy snow piled in the Northern Cascades and passes east of Seattle. Ships faced gales near San Francisco and two fishing boats sank near Bay areas.
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