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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1965
Page
3
President Johnson urges a voluntary partnership with 370 industrialists and bankers to cut off Investments and lending abroad. He asks executives to instruct comptrollers and vice presidents to consult every decision involving sending money overseas, aiming to reduce balance of payments outflows.
Ranger 8 neared the moon after a precise 59 second rocket burn altered its path by about 1600 miles toward Mare Tranquillitatis. Tracking over hours will confirm impact location as the probe aims to capture more than 4000 lunar surface images in a 13 minute 40 second final descent.
Pope Paul VI called for worldwide effort toward peace during a global conference. Secretary McNamara said the Vietnam conflict remains grave but not hopeless, urging continued U S support and practical steps to curb nuclear tensions and Communist expansion in Southeast Asia.
The Iowa Senate approved repealing the death penalty for first degree murder 35 to 21 after a lengthy session. The measure, passed by the House 89 to 29 on February 5, moves to the governor who supports the change, making Iowa without the death penalty for the first time since the 1870s.
The Penick and Ford board approved selling the corporation’s assets to R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. The plan, announced January 25, requires two thirds stockholder approval and would yield $22 per share, totaling over 196 million dollars in cash. Directors also authorize ongoing negotiations on unsettled terms.
Amelia Earhart like aviator Joan Merriam Glendora Calif was killed when her twin engined Piper Apache crashed on a San Gabriel mountain slope during a short hop from Long Beach to Wrightwood. The crash burned 14 acres of brush near the recreation area. Her companion Miss Trixie Anne Schubert was killed.
Forty men were buried and 80 to 90 survived when a massive avalanche swept from a glacier onto the Granduc Mining Co. camp 30 miles north of Stewart BC near the Alaska border. Rescue efforts continued as officials assessed casualties and conditions at the isolated site.
A light political quip notes that alliances form in surprising pairs. The line suggests rivals adapt quickly to shared space in debates and deals.
Hollywood AP reports Patricia Neal 39 a Best Actress Oscar winner in 1960 is in critical condition after two strokes. She suffered a first stroke at home while filming Seven Women and a second stroke at a hospital.
An 1896 French Road Rock et with one tire missing and one tire flat was sold at a city auction in Philadelphia for 1550 dollars.
Eight passersby stopped a drunken driver, Robert D Hartley, 25, of route two Vinton, on Third avenue SE at 9 20 p m. in Cedar Rapids. Janette Hofferber 54 and Ida Caryl 68 aided as Hartley attacked Hofferber. Hartley faces six charges including two counts of assault and battery. arrays of police and bystander support noted.
A mob of about 300 African American youths swarmed downtown Brooklyn shooting storefronts, throwing a trash can through a restaurant window, and assaulting officers. Five adults and 15 youths were arrested. no serious injuries reported after a peaceful protest at the Board of Education escalated.
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