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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1968
Page
2
Allied reports say 2,868 communists were killed in South Vietnam last week, the highest weekly total on record. U.S. forces noted 23 Americans dead and 31 wounded as they repelled a major Viet Cong assault near Saigon.
A blaze fueled by paper cartons in a Brooklyn ground floor factory raced through a Williamsburg tenement killing at least 13 people and injuring many as 195 firefighters battled the 42 hour inferno in freezing temperatures. Police reported nine children and four adults among the dead.
Patrick Egan Jr claims St Louis and Florissant mayor Don Jones shorted him 2000 matchsticks in a poker debt from a World Series trip. Egan sent a toothpick parcel to cover the balance after a 16 000 matchstick win. Jones promises payment in due course.
Howard Hanson Jr. 20, of Cedar Rapids, killed when 10th North Vietnamese Battalion broke into Bao Trai village north of Saigon. Radioman with the 43rd Signal Battalion. Survivors include parents Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hanson Sr. and siblings. Hanson had graduated Jefferson High in 1966 and worked at Collins Radio before entering the army in 1966.
Mercedes Moran 38, an auto mechanic's wife, gave birth to quadruplets three girls and a boy, in Social Security hospital. Only one baby survived Tuesday. weights ranged from just under two pounds to over two pounds. Moran has five other children and reportedly used birth control pills. In Southbridge Massachusetts Bryndl Reid, 6, stuck her tongue to a cold metal bridge Monday in zero weather for nearly 30 minutes before two women freed her.
Washington sources say Andreas Papandreou, freed from an eight month Greek prison term on Christmas Day, will be granted an American visa if he applies. The disclosure came from state department officials on Tuesday.
Bone chilling cold swept the Northeast with Wanakena New York recording 51 below zero near the Adirondacks. Other readings included 41 at Owlshead 37 at Massena 22 below at Syracuse and close to zero in New York City. Skiing halted Gore Mountain. Power blackout hit Salamanca and Elmira college dorms evacuated after boiler failure.
Heavy six inch snow and ice stopped rail and road traffic across 45 counties in Britain. Big Ben halted at 6 28 a.m. and restarted at 10 10 a.m. Snow a foot deep closed London airport and caused diversions as floods loomed from prolonged rains and high winds.
Cedar Rapids resident Robert J. Lynn aged 19 pleaded not guilty to possession and concealing counterfeit money. Federal officials said about a dozen other youths involved would not be charged now, with ten juveniles among them. The group was arrested December 2 after counterfeit bills surfaced in Cedar Rapids.
Los Angeles AP Powell says Congress reversed civil rights gains after his 1966 exile and plans a Watts walk to rally Black support. He avoids returning to New York amid arrest for contempt over a libel judgment and warns of riots if jailed there. He criticizes federal action and predicts a new wave of Black power speeches.
In New York Dr Adrian Kantrowitz and colleagues perform a second heart transplant at Maimonides five weeks after a baby’s failed surgery. In California Stanford doctors report Kasperak’s condition improving though still critical due to severe liver disease kidney failure and lung issues. The patient watched a news conference and his wife Ferne has visited him.
Cape Town reports Dr. Philip Blaiberg, 58, continues to improve daily a week after receiving the world’s third heart transplant. Groote Schuur Hospital notes no untoward signs as he sits up gradually and may be home in about two weeks if progress continues.
The Democratic National Committee inserts equal participation language in the convention call to ensure minorities can participate in party affairs. The move follows the 1964 Atlantic City dispute over Mississippi delegation seating and aims to resolve future challenges during the Chicago nominating event.
The Ossian area town mourns after eight members of the Monroe family and six children die from carbon monoxide. State fire marshal Leber examined the house as pathologists in LaCrosse confirmed gas as the cause. Sheriff Simonsen and neighbors recall the family’s routine, noting the lights and bus stop absence on Sunday and the grim discovery Monday evening.
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