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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1967
Page
12
An account of Alaska's vast wilderness and Fairbanks as a regional hub. The piece describes the Alaska interior, road travel via the Alcan, sparse population, diverse residents, and the economic realities of price and transportation in a frontier state.
Mrs. Edward Randolph and Louis Burkhalter present a two volume Audubon Birds of America set to the Cedar Rapids Public Library in memory of Mary Burkhalter. The 431 color plates come from the New York Historical Society and are published by American Heritage. A memorial Prague album by Erich Tylinek with commentary by Frantisek Kozik is also donated. Both gift volumes are loanable for three weeks in the adult main library.
Tattooed gangsters in Colombo adopt pistols and rifles amid rising robberies and two daily murders. Police chief notes masterminds directing crimes, with the CWE two million rupee robbery on a bridge scene. Exhibitions include cowboy hats and tattoos as unemployment hits 500000.
Curators in Vienna report quirky guests haul in junk and clothing for “expert attention” while practical jokers dump cigarette butts at the Tobac co Museum. A venerable “Pharaoh” guide revealed as a nonemployee astonishes visitors at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Reports from Havana Radio and Cuban refugees describe rationing of fish to 1.5 pounds per person monthly, with poor quality, and exports to Russia and hotels. Refugees cite state control, low wages, black market prices, and limited electricity as factors in the scarcity.
Florida wardens call alligator poachers their major problem. Hides can fetch up to six dollars a foot, with some poachers earning a nightly sum. Poachers use two way radios and airplanes to locate gators, while Everglades wardens allot a third of their time to protect them. A supervisor notes mosquitoes and poachers hinder efforts to save alligators in America.
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