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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1966
Page
1
Four moon photographs from Luna 9 were received by Jodrell Bank as observers note a possible battery or solar cell issue ending transmission. Soviet officials released the images publicly in Moscow, with experts comparing the lunar surface to pumice and noting dust thickness.
Aviation pioneer Donald Douglas is awarded Norway’s Royal Order of St Olav for his long standing involvement in and promotion of Norwegian civil aviation.
A series of early dawn earthquakes in central Greece near Karditsa killed at least one person and injured over 50. Towns Fourna Alestia and Krenti were destroyed as hundreds became homeless. The government declared a state of emergency and dispatched army units and tents for shelter.
An Associated Press report notes a winter contrast with Deep South freezes, Florida frost, and record lows in Indiana Ohio Michigan and Kentucky. Cut Bank Montana reached 34 above as Greensburg Indiana dropped to 18 below and Evansville set Feb 5 records. Snow blanketed Garrett Maryland and Pickens West Virginia as snow spread from the Great Lakes to New England.
James H. Jensen, 33, of Clear Lake, was killed when his northbound propane gas truck left highway 150 near Eldorado and jackknifed on the shoulder. The cab and trailer flames, bridged by West Union and Eldorado firefighters who prevented an explosion as the highway remained blocked for hours.
In Fayetteville Georgia a fire station bears the name Daniel Farbecker though it began as a WWII joke by the 168th general hospital unit to lighten Normandy invasion tension. A land donor insisted the name remain but not be used for a person. The roster prank grew into a municipal myth and the station’s name endures.
Three American sailors were lost Saturday when a helicopter crashed in the South China Sea while returning from a repair job. Eight men from the Navasota were rescued along with the chopper crew, and a second Ranger helicopter was forced down but all aboard were rescued. A sailor also suffered a shoulder injury in the earlier collision involving the destroyers Brinkley Bass and Waddell.
Governor John Connally filed Friday to seek a third consecutive two year term in Texas. The move sets the stage for a repeat campaign as the incumbent vows to press his agenda ahead of the next election cycle.
U S District Judge E Gordon West in Baton Rouge dismissed the Justice Department suit accusing plantation owners in West Feliciana Parish of evicting Negro tenants who sought to vote. He ruled Congress lacks power under the Constitution and voided a temporary restraining order to prevent evictions during the case.
President Johnson’s Honolulu Vietnam talks focus on country-building economic and social aspects rather than new military moves. He travels with key aides to meet Saigon leaders as equals and expands civilian aid alongside defense, agriculture, and welfare officials.
A state department official says the planned airlift of Americans from Cuba, expected to start this weekend, has been postponed due to technical difficulties at the Cuban end.
Milwaukee attorney Donald Zedler arrived at a county court at 2 a.m. Friday due to a clerical hour error in a probate order. He testified he slept and returned at 2 p.m. when the order should have read, leading to the case dismissal for the error.
Rich ard Youngbear 26 of the Mesquakie settlement died Thursday in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division as a parachutist. He had served since age 18 and went to Vietnam in July. Survived by ten siblings. Curtis Jr. serves aboard a carrier in the Vietnam area. Body to be returned to Mason funeral home in Tama.
U Thant reports the United Nations faces a financial deficit and describes the voluntary contribution response as far from encouraging. He urges increased support from member nations and affiliated organizations to stabilize operations and fund ongoing programs.
U S First Air Cavalry adds a second brigade as Marines push south along Bong Son front. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces converge on a 15 square mile area with two airborne units and Korean Marines nearby. Masher results cited. plan renamed White Wing as Double Eagle moves advance. Navy planes hit targets north and southeast of Dong Hoi.
Jackson's Junior League Carnival Ball ends in a dramatic raid as Sheriff Thomas Shelton and deputies smash a liquor locker at the Jackson Country Club and seize cases of whiskey wine and gin. Governor Paul Johnson witnesses the raid as partygoers react with shock and some toast the deputies. Possession of liquor remains illegal in Mississippi.
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