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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1967
Page
3
Mrs. Adam Clayton Powell testified that she did no work for 18 months as a $20,000-a-year staffer. She urged the committee to restore Powell to his Harlem seat, saying she still hopes he continues his public service.
A 105mm shell exploded at the Texarkana army ammunition depot wounding eleven workers fatally and injuring thirteen others. Four remained hospitalized overnight with the death toll rising to eleven by Thursday morning as Lt. Col. Duane Harris confirmed the search of the ruins.
Des Moines lawmakers tabled then reconsidered a resolution urging the University of Iowa to fire anthropology professor Donald Barnett who withheld grades over Vietnam draft concerns. The move followed debate about how to handle the dispute within the university.
In Jefferson a flash fire killed three girls aged 4 3 and 8 months in the James Allen home. Their parents were critically burned as the father transferred gasoline between containers and the vapor allegedly ignited by a stove.
President Johnson urged Congress to pass a broad consumer protection package. The plan includes an interstate land sales disclosure act and a truth in lending act to inform buyers and reveal annual interest rates. It also seeks stronger government oversight of medical devices, laboratory testing accuracy, meat inspection standards, hazardous household products safety, fire prevention research, and improved electric power and natural gas pipeline safety.
U S casualties for the week totaled 107 killed and 1015 wounded despite a four day truce. Helicopters lost in the Mekong delta and in central highlands battles across Operation Dan Chi 279 and Sam Houston, with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces suffering significant casualties. An AP photographer reported heavy shelling of U S Fourth Infantry Division positions and renewed fighting near Saigon.
U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed multiple offensives near Saigon and Da Nang with 575 Viet Cong killed on Wednesday. 1,500 marines landed near Sa Huynh launching Deckhouse 6 while supporting De Soto and air cavalry drives. One helicopter was lost in northern Da Nang operations.
Seventy two members of the Iowa house introduced a bill to outlaw diagonal routings of highways in rural land areas. The measure would bar diagonal interstate 35 routes through Wright and Franklin counties and require the highway commission to modify the proposal. Chief sponsors Rep. Ray Bailey and Rep. Floyd Edgington spearhead the action.
In Knoxville Tennessee a 28 foot well shaft trapped three four week old puppies after a collapse halted digging. One pup was lifted using a towel sling while workers continued attempts to rescue the remaining two. Photographer Mickey Creager was briefly buried chest deep but unharmed.
Cedar Rapids report shows Linn county Republican chairman James B Walters accusing Gov. Harold Hughes of bypassing Linn county when naming a state highway commissioner. Walters says two qualified Republicans were overlooked and notes lack of liaison with local GOP leaders.
A South Dakota originated storm swept across the Great Lakes and New England causing structural damage and heavy snow across the Midwest and Northeast. The blizzard brought winds up to 100 mph, toppled buildings, disrupted rail traffic, knocked out power to thousands and closed hundreds of schools.
A light humor item notes that a good woman appeals to a man, a brilliant woman attracts him, a beautiful woman fascinates him, but a sympathetic woman ultimately wins his heart.
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