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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1968
Page
8
Pope Paul VI warned of growing threats to world peace as he urged negotiated peace over force. He addressed 12 new ambassadors to the Holy See, signaling caution amid Vietnam warfare and stressing aid to developing nations. The audience followed his late year operation and convalescence.
Janie Lou Gibbs, 35, admitted murdering five family members with arsenic and was found insane by a Cordele superior court jury. A psychiatrist said she suffers schizophrenia and acted from a compulsion. She was committed to a state mental hospital with potential future murder trial if sane.
NEW YORK AP A bank has claimed the $44 000 found in a package with an obliterated address label among debris from a fire at the Morgan post office annex in mid Manhattan The post office department recognized the claim and turned over the cash to the unnamed New York bank The money was in transit from a Swiss bank to the bank in New York and the Swiss bank, after inquiry, described the wrappings labeling and contents The addressee name was burned off for verification.
Copenhagen AP says Danish nuclear scientist Joergen Koch reports none of the four H bombs aboard the U S B-52 that crashed near Thule Greenland on Jan 22 penetrated the ice. Parts from the bombs were found on the surface. U S defense department confirms fragments from all four bombs. Koch notes minimal radioactive danger in the area.
CHICAGO UP T The hold up man William Szumi galski tried to rob a drug store but the woman clerk shouted You're kidding and triggered an alarm. He fled with six packs of cigarets but later surrendered and returned the cigarets minus one he had smoked.
Arlington man John Harold Hamilton was charged with unlawfully hunting a wild whooping crane near the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge on January 4. Federal complaint accuses him under the migratory bird treaty act. arraignment set before Judge Woodrow Seals.
A Dallas police detective in the burglary and theft bureau left his desk for a brief moment and found his cigarette lighter missing upon return.
The Art Dealers Assn of America questions authenticity of 11 Bass Museum paintings in Miami Beach with at least six more under scrutiny. John Bass disputes the charge, noting experts have certified the works and defends the collection valued at hundreds of millions.
The city council rejected expert opinions on three works described as Rembrandt s King David Frans Hals Young Man with Tulip and Vermeer s Self Portrait. Council member Malek seeks an authenticity probe as misgivings grow over the Bass Museum purchase. The Bass Museum opened in 1964 after a 160000 transformation of the old public library.
Police clashed with communist led demonstrators in Paris on Wednesday night protesting the Vietnam War. Authorities reported scuffles near demonstrations as the unrest drew EU attention.
In Bogalusa Louisiana an all white jury convicted Thomas Bennett a 45 year old sheet metalworker of attempted murder for shooting Capt Donald Ray Sims twice during a March 11 1966 incident. Sims a Silver Star recipient was wounded at a telephone booth. Police found the weapon and Bennett confessed sentencing set for February 23 by Dist Judge Hillary Crain.
The notice announces a matinee titled Dialing for Dollars Matinee starting Monday at 3 30 PM on KCRG TV Channel 9 where viewers can watch a film and earn pay.
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