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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1968
Page
6
A 14 car train departing Kansas City Union station at 50 to 55 mph derailed ten cars. Occupants were thrown about as signal poles and lines crashed onto the cars in the mishap.
A 16 year old Guerrilla Girl Huynh Ngoc Huong was escorted by South Vietnamese rangers after her capture in the Cholon district of Saigon during a firefight near a major American post exchange. She carried an AK50 machine gun and wore bandoliers of ammunition.
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon waves to newsmen after a press conference in Manchester New Hampshire marking his first New Hampshire visit since his name appeared on the ballot for the nations first presidential primary on March 12. He had been a long shot candidate but officially announced this week. Nixon's name was placed on the ballot Tuesday.
A Viet Cong suspect is blindfolded under guard after capture inside a northern Saigon military compound. In the same operations report, Communist terrorists killed a South Vietnamese officer and his family, including five children.
The forecast calls for continued mild conditions in eastern Iowa Sunday with highs in the 40s. Tonight, temperatures rise only to the upper 20s to lower 30s as conditions stay generally calm.
Ames police and state narcotics agents seized a quantity of high quality marijuana in an unoccupied apartment near the Iowa State campus Friday. Officials said the amount could service a large group and noted rumors of incoming narcotics in Ames. Story County Atty. Charles Vanderbur was not available for comment.
Martin Luther King plans a Washington march in April and outlines a plan to house the poor in shanties near cherry blossoms. He aims to send thousands of poor people, including children, to hospitals around Washington until they receive care. President Johnson urges productive channels and Congress action.
Governor Ronald Reagan said he would not accept the Republican vice presidential nomination under any circumstances and denied reports of a potential bid to bolster unity. He added he will not campaign in open primaries where his name can’t appear on the ballot.
Miami AP reports the Havana revolutionary tribunal sentenced veteran Cuban communist Anibal Escalante to 15 years in prison. He was named as head of an anti party group conspiring against the Cuban revolution. Thirty six others faced trial with sentences from one to twelve years.
Three people sustained minor injuries in a two car collision on Waconia avenue near Sixth street road SW Friday evening. Adolph Havilik and his wife Helen were treated at Mercy hospital after Havilik’s car rear-ended Mary Hathcock’s vehicle. Hathcock suffered a neck injury. no charges were filed.
The grand champion Hereford steer weighing 1095 pounds, raised by 16 year old George Herrmann of Lampasas Texas, sold for 6000 to Dr Pepper Bottling Co. The reserve grand champion raised by Eldon Miller of Alta Iowa was bought by Fort Worth National Bank for 2500.
Joseph F. Clements, 28, of Springville, was charged with drunk driving Friday night after deputies observed him erratically driving on Seventh Avenue in Marion. He was held in Linn County Jail overnight, posted a $500 bond Saturday, and was released.
Michael Weichman a 20 year old resident of Hiawatha was held in the city jail on a larceny charge. He was arrested Friday night after allegedly stealing a $92 chrome air cleaner and a $3 oil cap from a car owned by Allyn Hearn of 251 Thirty-fifth street drive SE Tuesday.
Mary Lou Thompson, former office manager of a four county antipoverty agency, was sentenced to two years in the Iowa women's reformatory after pleading guilty to making false entries in YOUR books. She unauthorizedly credited herself with overtime and travel expenses. The YOUR board had voted against ousting Robert Tarbox as head amid the fund shortage.
Merlin E. Rohrig aged 21 of Hazleton faces a charge of failure to have his car under control after a vehicle left a T intersection near the Mental Health Institute in Independence. He sustained minor injuries and was treated.
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