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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1967
Page
3
President Johnson urged Congress to back a bold crime-reduction program with at least 50 million dollars. The plan would fund state and city efforts through grants for planning, anti crime campaigns, and pilot projects, with 90 percent federal and 60 percent on action programs.
Federal officials push consolidation of Iowa county anti poverty agencies to cut admin costs. Brent Creger of the OEO says 20 percent of budgets should cover administration as LEAP in Linn County stays under that cap. The plan dominates Iowa CAP directors meeting in Creston with talks of mergers and job losses amid federal funding cuts.
Chicago logged 36.5 inches from three storms with about 27 inches remaining. the heavy snowfall halted transit, closed schools, and caused fatalities as cold warnings stretched from Wisconsin to Texas. The man on the street stared at a hand lettered sign reading Miami 14K miles as residents endured a brutal North Central siege.
Rep Floyd Millen of Farmington accused the U S Office of Economic Opportunity of proposing a plan to relocate 100 families from 12 southern Iowa counties to areas with jobs. He argued Jefferson and Van Buren counties already have ample opportunities and warned against costly government planning and full-time bureaucrats.
U S troops launch a major ground drive into Viet Cong stronghold in war zone C aided by defoliation planes. American air forces report 565 South Vietnam sorties and clashes with MiGs near Hanoi as ground forces push toward Cambodian border. In Rochester Minnesota a hotel fire injures residents as crews battle blazes.
New Albia records 22 degrees below zero as forecasters warn of continued frigid weather through the week. Elkader hits 20 below, Fayette 14 below, Decorah 12 below, while Davenport peaks at 5 above. Snow totals include Elkader 5 inches, Cedar Rapids 1.5 inches, with further cold, possible light snow Tuesday and gradual warming by midweek.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin arrived in London for a week of talks with Prime Minister Harold Wilson focusing on Vietnam and British Soviet trade. Crowds greeted him outside Claridge’s as Wilson and Foreign Secretary George Brown met him at Heathrow amid a heavy security presence. Kosygin will tour Britain, attend events including a nuclear station visit in Scotland, a Scottish league soccer match, a dinner with Queen Elizabeth II, a Marx tomb pilgrimage, and meetings with industry leaders and politicians.
Antonia Alexandre a 20 year old housemaid tried to leap from the Acropolis but her dress snagged on a rock outcrop. She dangled and screamed until two Greek soldiers climbed down and rescued her. She was taken to a hospital for scratches.
Adam Clayton Powell announced from Bimini that he will appear Wednesday before a special committee investigating his qualifications for Congress. Warren Magnuson warned that keeping the Savannah in moth balls would be a costly mistake for the government.
Three of Venezuela's top communists tunneled out of a maximum security military prison Monday. The escape was announced by the head of the country's political police.
John Factor, a 73 year old Beverly Hills real estate figure and ex convict, commits 1 million dollars to a 20000 square foot Watts youth center with a pool gym and auditorium. Groundbreaking set for next Sunday on 2% acre site near Watts edge. He recalls poverty and prejudice shaping his life and vows continued aid.
About 300 Russians marched on the Soviet embassy in Moscow to protest the Red Guard terror in Peking. They described six hours at Peking airport amid raging crowds and said a second group left for Moscow with children aboard. Officials reported diplomats escorted by a protective corridor. China denied the protest and said the first Moscow flight was delayed by Chinese authorities.
One of the four Harris quintuplets born last Wednesday in New York remained in poor condition Monday. Talitha, the fourth-born, was reported to have taken a turn for the worse at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital as doctors and nurses investigated the cause. In a separate item, Zambia said it would support the UN Security Council sanctions against Rhodesia.
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