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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1967
Page
4
U S military reports 17 Americans killed and 126 wounded during the Lunar New Year truce. From 8 a.m. Wednesday to 4 p.m. Saturday allied forces killed 92 enemies and detained 53. Allies may resume full scale operations as the truce ends.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has given Red China the silent treatment in state broadcasts. Since 1986 Cuba has not mentioned China in Miami monitored Radio Havana broadcasts, despite past tensions over rice deals.
Henry Fernald aged 89 and a former member of the League of Nations fiscal committee died Thursday in Upper Montclair New Jersey. He served in international finance and diplomacy during the interwar period.
Iowa State will name two new men’s dormitories after Henry A. Wallace and James Wilson. The state regents approved the plan, placing the buildings in the new men’s dormitory complex south of campus. Wallace hall will honor the former vice president and agriculture secretary, while Wilson hall recognizes the longtime U.S. secretary of agriculture.
Nearly 900 people were stranded for 24 hours on a snowbound highway in northeastern Turkey. The AP reported the weather disrupted travel and required relief efforts.
A Midland Community School group from Wyoming, including ten pupils, was injured when two Midland buses collided with a panel truck on Highway 61 four miles north of Davenport. The truck driver, Harry Milton Hopwood, 38, of LeClaire, died. 12 from the group were injured. The first bus rolled into a ditch. a second bus followed, carrying 16 people but not involved in the crash. Authorities and hospital staff treated and released several passengers. the mandatories and chaperones were affected, with details of injuries recorded.
A sore loser in a South Vietnamese card game threw two grenades into a crowd at Kuan Loe in Long Khanh province killing 30 and wounding 18. Civilians and South Vietnamese soldiers were among the players. The incident occurred Friday, not linked to the Lunar New Year truce.
Police investigate bombings around Camp Darby area in Leghorn Italy after a small device exploded under a U S serviceman’s car and charges were found near a beach club and a nightclub used by Camp Darby personnel. Italian experts defused the devices.
Former Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was denied honorary citizenship of Fuerth after a 22-17 city council vote. The motion, brought by the Bavarian wing of his Christian Democratic party, faced opposition from his longtime foes the Social Democrats. Erhard no longer resides in Fuerth.
Circuit Judge Joe Clark granted a venue change in an auto damage suit after finding the county courthouse too cold due to a malfunctioning furnace. Court sessions were moved to the Farmers National Bank building.
A brief humorous line notes that loving your enemies is easier than making them love you, presented as a light witticism with generic attribution.
A Joliet Grand hotel blaze killed six guests and injured nine, three critically, as flames engulfed the two story brick building in downtown Joliet before dawn. Firemen rescued more than 15 occupants, many leaping to nets. debris searches followed amid cold, low temps.
In Tokyo UPI reports Chou En-lai and Chen Yi denounce Soviet leaders as traitors to communism and allies of US imperialism. A 100000-strong rally in Gate of Heavenly Peace Square blasted Kosygin and Brezhnev, amid Sino Soviet tensions and protests over visas and embassy incidents.
John Martin, 21, escaped with only bruises after a freight train dragged his car three miles at a crossing. The tank car carrying his vehicle derailed. the engineer did not realize the car was trapped until the derailment halted the train.
More than 300 600 Greek high school pupils were without classes on Saturday as teachers nationwide walked off for 24 hours demanding higher wages.
In Warsaw, a two sentence communique from foreign ministers shows North and South bloc members diverging on West Germany. Romania’s move to establish relations with Bonn sparks fear in East Berlin and Warsaw, while Czechoslovakia weighs trade gains against historical border issues.
Police seek identity of a young woman found dead behind the Holiday Inn in Cedar Rapids after an unidentified man called for an ambulance. A second man witnessed the body being carried to a rear area. authorities ruled no obvious foul play and conducted autopsy preparations as detectives pursue leads. The woman, 17 to 21, 5 feet 8, 127 pounds with bleached blonde hair, was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital.
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