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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1963
Page
1
A fierce fire raged through a pipe shaft high in the Empire State Building injuring no one and forcing evacuations. Firemen closed floors and battled blazes on 64th to 66th floors while offices and transmission towers faced disruption.
Elisabethville AP Moise Tshombe declared he would adopt a scorched earth policy if the U.N. attacks Kolwezi his war headquarters. He says Katanga has mined major installations and hints at possible talks while urging calm and peace for Katanga. U.N. cautions follow past double talks as violence rages in Kasai and Bakwanga.
A pollution monitoring device was installed on the Cedar Rapids central fire station roof. Filters collected twice monthly for 24 hours will be analyzed in Cincinnati to assess dust, organic matter, radioactivity and other substances. Officials aim to link pollution to diseases and to guide control steps as part of a national air sampling network with four Iowa stations and 70 nationwide.
Congress opens with intramural squabbles as Family Day draws lawmakers’ families to sworn-in ceremonies. Mrs Kennedy attends with Edward Kennedy taking the oath amid a mixed Senate chamber and crowded gallery crowds at the House.
The U S S Hunley, new base ship for the Polaris submarine squadron, sailed up Holy Loch Scotland with bag pipes welcoming it. Demonstrators gathered shouting that city killer submarines must go as the Hunley takes over from the Proteus, Polaris headquarters ship on Holy Loch for two years.
Boris Morros 73 a Russian born Hollywood producer and former U S counter spy for 12 years died of cancer in New York He helped convict Soviet spies in 1957 and reportedly gained Kremlin access through Beria He produced Carnegie Hall and Tales of Manhattan and is survived by a wife and a son a New York television producer
Prince Charles departed London for a skiing holiday at an undisclosed Swiss resort on Wednesday.
A reform bid by a bloc of junior Republicans toppled Charles Hoeven as conference chairman and elected Gerald Ford of Michigan to lead the GOP caucus. Hoeven complained of a power play, while Ford’s backers rejected claims of a revolt and pledged dynamic leadership. The group also backed Charles Halleck as floor leader and John Byrnes as policy committee chair.
The 88th Congress opens with a fight over rules committee size and makeup to back Kennedy's major proposals. Kennedy to outline state of the union Monday while Senate leaders plan to wait. Johnson presides as the Senate session begins. House re-elects McCormack as speaker and Mansfield and Humphrey as leaders. Southern senators meet to discuss strategy.
In Washington Mona Lisa's American debut at the National Gallery was marred by faulty sound and crowded stairs. President Kennedy and French Minister Malraux spoke as a complainant near the front row struggled to hear. Picketing by Young Americans for Freedom pointed to policy protests alongside the gala.
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