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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1967
Page
3
A one story frame house fire in Clarence killed 1 year old Judy Frahm and injured five Frahm children. At University Hospitals in Iowa City Jo Ann 3 Carry 12 Freeman Jr 7 and Donna 11 were in critical condition while Fred Frahm 9 was listed in fair condition with burns.
Ling-Temco-Vought Inc. completed an $80 million purchase giving 53 percent of Wilson and Co. common stock to the Dallas firm. Wilson, founded 1853, is a major meat-packer and sporting goods maker with 1966 sales near $991 million and extensive foreign operations.
President Johnson will personally deliver the State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress at 8 30 p m central time Tuesday. The White House announced the address will be televised and broadcast live nationwide.
Divers pulled a car from the icy reservoir near Columbus and recovered six bodies after a woman and eight children vanished. The crash likely occurred when the vehicle crossed a barrier into the water while en route to Columbus to buy shoes. Repair crews had spotted a broken guard rail and tire tracks, prompting the weekend search.
A quip notes that what people called the good old days long ago are now described as these trying times highlighting nostalgic humor on changing speech. The line plays on contrast between memory and present hardship.
A wind driven blizzard swept the northern plains dumping up to 12 inches of new snow in the Duluth area. Ground depth reached 27 inches as winds roared 40 to 50 mph and temperatures fell well below zero. Blizzard warnings covered many states with more snow expected.
A dynamite blast at the Orbit Inn killed six and injured eight after police tied the explosion to a bullet. The blast centered in room 214, with a charred pistol and severed hand found nearby. Wires in a car and a demolition team from Nellis Air Base suggested planned destruction.
Mrs. Leo Hill, wife of a Boulder bank president, was bound and held Friday as $50,000 was paid for her release. The money was later left at a laundromat. the suspect directed Hill to return to the Norlin library on the University of Colorado campus, where the payment was retrieved and the abductor fled.
U S and South Vietnamese marines moved through Me kong delta swamps in the first major delta operation. About 4 000 troops landed by sea and helicopter from Iwo Jima with Westmoreland predicting more delta deployments to follow. Casualties reported light with two to three enemy snipers killed.
Washington officials report serious doubt that North Vietnam is interested in peace after a week of probing. Continued on page 2.
Five prominent Democrats urged President Kennedy to skip Dallas on his Texas tour in 1963 fearing hostility. The book claims Kennedy viewed the Dallas stop as a vexing imposition and notes tensions with Johnson, Kennedy aides, and Dallas officials over security and public reaction.
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