23 Feb 1961
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1961
Page
1
President Kennedy proposed a vast natural resources program to protect water, land, forests and minerals and to curb no new starts policy. He urged broad action, warned of trouble if ignored, and outlined steps for water pollution control and fee principles.
Cedar Rapids news reports a financial crisis at Ambulance Emergency and Invalid Service as former employee DeWayne Jones seeks $600 back wages and urges payment of bills owed. Mayor Jim Meaghan says the council will study the company’s finances and may act after gathering facts, with Regan requesting $600 monthly for three months and immediate funds to keep 24 hour service alive.
The National Council of Churches general board endorsed artificial birth control as morally Christian and a aid to world population problems. They urged government help to countries asking for birth control and criticized state laws restricting services. Eastern Orthodox churches abstained. Roman Catholics oppose contraception. The statement upholds marriage as divine but permits guided nonreproductive love and condemns abortion except to save the mother's life.
In London Mrs Pollard’s housemaid, a woman named Miss Hannigan, turned out to be Randle W. Walker, 59. He is charged with obtaining 550 pounds from the employer’s savings by forging a withdrawal slip and with stealing a fur coat. Detective Ward confronted the impostor at Brighton station. Walker, a widower and father of seven, said he saved five pounds weekly and invested in British bonds. He was released on bail pending trial.
A white peahen stolen February 12 from the Iowa City zoo was anonymously returned early Thursday. Police found the bird in a pasteboard box behind the Me Too store, in good condition and well fed, as park superintendent George Turecek noted.
London announced that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will visit Pope John XXIII on May 5. The Palace noted this will be the first British monarch visit to a pope since 1923 during King George V's reign.
An unexplained explosion caused a fire that destroyed a bowling alley in San Jose California on Wednesday night. Firefighters battled the blaze with no injuries reported and cause under investigation.
Final census figures show 7,794,441 in 16 suburban counties across three states, edging past New York City's 7,781,984. The shift marks the first time suburbs exceed the city in total population.
A light humor note explains that dictation lets you use many words you cannot spell. The piece riffes on spelling struggles and the charm of spoken word in letter writing.
A coast guardsman dangling from a helicopter rescued a dog found about a mile from the Long Island shore in Great South Bay. Louis Wheeler, 26, performed the lift as guardsmen believed the dog walked onto ice and slipped into the bay. The dog was taken to an animal hospital at Bay Shore while police sought the owner.
Phnom Penh rejected the Laotian king Sa vang Vathana’s proposal for a Cambodian Burmese Malay satay commission to help end the Laotian civil war.
Paris newspapers welcomed the scheduled talks on Algeria set for Monday between French President de Gaulle and Tunisian President Borguiba, signaling cautious optimism about discussing Algeria's future.
HATTIESBURG MISSISSIPPI reports two children drowned when a rescue boat capsized during rapid floodwaters. More than 3,000 evacuated from low-lying areas as rivers rose, with National Guardsmen moved refugees to higher ground.
Washington AP The latest settlement deadline in the airline strike passed with no agreement as Western Airlines remained isolated. Labor Secretary Goldberg had delayed two hours hoping Western would join. Western announced displacement of its striking flight engineers and plans to replace them with pilots. Other carriers agreed to return engineers pending study outcomes and long term terms.
City officials led by Mayor Jim Meaghan say figures on annual pay raises for city employees will be released Friday retroactive to January 1. Some departments face tighter budgets, funds limited by law to 30 mills.
Iowa Senate votes 27 to 23 to pass the Shaff reapportionment plan after holding back a final vote on suspending rules to send it to the House. Debate includes motions to reconsider the Rigler Stuar plan and a recess to confer with Lt. Gov. Mooty as Farm Bureau telegrams flow in.
The White House disclosed that all President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy personal staff signed secrecy pledges not to discuss or sell details of their relationships with the First Family. Reporters questioned about a claimed hire of a cook from the French embassy, which the White House denied as unnecessary after an excellent existing staff.
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