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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1968
Page
9
Skeet Powers received the Barbershopper of the Year award from the Harmony Hawks at their Sweetheart Ball on Saturday evening. Powers, a Vinton resident, works at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School.
London reports say the government backs a bill to limit Asian immigrants from Kenya amid broad opposition. Parliament likely to pass despite protests as demonstrators clash and editorials label the measure hypocritical. Kenyan Africans push for Africanization while Indian leaders fear Britain’s pressure on Kenyans.
The page covers a Vietnam war scene with casualties and troop moves including 94 Viet Cong killed and 20 Americans killed in the Mekong Delta battle. It also notes Westmoreland seeking more troops and Wheeler's return, plus a local car crash near Tama with Daniel Lee Anderson, Kathy Stewart, and Glenn Anderson. The article closes with a TV promo for Peyton Place.
Four county merger creates a four-county intermediate school system with six board members elected by county boards. Members include Carl Hendrickson, William Armstrong, Marian Savage, Willis Musser, Merle Stockman, Ralph J. Kleese, and Glenn C. Wallace. Terms run six years with initial staggered expirations beginning in 1969.
Parents of Army Specialist Fourth Class Kenneth Wayne Roche 20 learn of his death in Saigon after enemy shelling on February 22 in Vietnam Nemaha County in Sac County Iowa is the community context
Goddard testified as hearings opened on administration LSD policy with support from Justice and HEW officials. Lawmakers criticized prior opposition to making LSD possession a misdemeanor and urged stiffer penalties for adults who sell or supply LSD to minors.
An early morning blaze destroyed a feed grain elevator at Rath Packing Co Hilltop feed yard near Waterloo. Evansville police filed the alarm and firefighters prevented spread to adjacent structures. Investigators said grain remained in the unit but the fire’s cause and full damages were not yet known.
Attilio Battistini, director of Playmen, is sentenced to five months and 10 days in jail for printing unauthorized nude photos of Brigitte Bardot. The court suspended the sentence. Bardot and Gunther Sachs seek damages in civil court. The images were taken sunbathing at a villa near Rome, sparking a privacy lawsuit amid Bardot’s fame.
Manchester police arrested two Cedar Rapids teenagers, a 15 year old and a 16 year old, in a car stolen from in front of Cedar Rapids Jefferson high school. The car belonged to Richard Koppes of Cascade and had not yet been reported stolen. Police stopped the auto during a routine check at 2 30 a.m. Monday and turned the youths over to Cedar Rapids juvenile authorities.
The Spanish cabinet approved a decree establishing a Spanish embassy in Nicosia Cyprus. The move tightens diplomatic presence in the eastern Mediterranean region and signals closer ties with Cyprus.
Northwestern Bell announces a new 393 central office prefix for Cedar Rapids area customers starting Sunday morning. About 1 500 numbers switch, the 1 501st becomes 366 7212 for Time of Day. Directory deliveries begin Wednesday with 88 000 copies, serving Cedar Rapids Hiawatha Toddville and Midway.
Soviet led discussions draw mixed support as Romania and possibly France back Italy while Hungary’s Janos Kadar opens a Moscow inspired gathering. Red China and many Communist parties boycott with many smaller groups sending top leaders or specialists.
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