Standards blamed in sunken sub Thresher probe
A congressional committee faulted incomplete standards in Thresher construction and cited pressures to speed up the atomic submarine fleet. Navy and committee actions followed revelations from hearings over the past year and a half. Thresher sank in April 1963 with 129 aboard. Vice Admiral Rickover testified that several submarines, nuclear and conventional, nearly were lost due to design and workmanship defects.
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Washington
Thresher
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
The
Navy
Navy Board
Adm
H. G. Rickover
Workman
Malaysians Sink Indonesian Tug Spying Guerrillas Near Port Dickson
Malaysian warship Sri Perak engaged an Indonesian tugboat attempting to land guerrillas about 50 miles south of Kuala Lumpur. Sixteen sailors were captured while estimates say 40 to 50 may have drowned. reports say raiders landed near Kota Tinggi and near Singapore in the preceding 36 hours.
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Kuala Lumpur
Here
Sri Perak
Port Dickson
Straits Times
Kota Tinggi
Defense Ministry
Indonesia
Singapore
Abu Talib Nin Osman
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Frank Nye to Lead Cedar Rapids Gazette Legislature Coverage
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces veteran statehouse reporter Frank Nye starts his 29th year covering the Iowa legislature. For the first time since the 1930s Democrats control the processes and offices, promising keen, unbiased reporting.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Gazette
Statehouse
Frank Nye
Red China backs Indonesia U.N. withdrawal move
In Tokyo the Communist state voiced full support for Indonesia as it withdraws from the United Nations. It called for the world body to be reappraised or thoroughly remodeled.
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Tokyo
China
Indonesia
United Nations
World Organization
Traffic toll hits record high as 1964 deaths near 48,000
The National Safety Council reports 43,390 traffic fatalities in the first 11 months of 1964, nearing the 1963 full-year record of 43,600 with December yet to tally. New Year period fatalities reach a record 474 over three days, while November marks another high at 4,140. About 1.5 million Americans were disabled in crashes in the first 11 months, with similar numbers injured more lightly.
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National Safety Council
Council
Copters Sweep Flood-Hit North California for Stranded
Army led Operation Toothcomb engines fly over Humboldt Del Norte Siskiyou and Trinity counties searching for isolated residents after Christmas floods. Red Cross workers and helicopters deliver blankets food and shelter to scattered cabins and hooped towns amid Mt. Shasta scenery.
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Red Cross
Humboldt
del Norte
Siskiyou
Trinity Counties
Tice's Sentence Commuted to Life in Iowa
Gov Hughes commuted the death sentence of Leon Tice Jr of Council Bluffs to life imprisonment. He cited a fair trial and the defendant's troubled background but said society bears responsibility for the tragic acts. Tice killed 13 year old Judith Ellen Jackson in a June 12 1963 shooting spree.
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Des Moines
Hughes
Leon Tice, Jr
Council Bluffs
Tice
Judith Ellen Jackson
Air Guard merger eyed to create 112000-strong force
The Air Force staff recommended merging all air reserve squadrons into the Air National Guard to form a single streamlined backup of the regular air force. Defense Secretary McNamara is expected to approve this week, expanding the guard by about 39,000 personnel. Savings are projected at 10 to 15 million annually, with most gains redirected into new arms and equipment. The plan, reversing LeMay’s views, aims to reduce duplication and boost combat readiness.
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Air Force
Air Reserve
Air National Guard
Defense
McNamara
Air Guard
Associated Press
Zuckert
Curtis LeMay
LeMay
Army Reserve
National Guard
Air Reserve Guard
Army Guard-Reserve
Guard
AMA Proposes Health Plan Aimed at Elderly Alternatives to Medicare
Dr Donovan Ward of Dubuque, president of the AMA, says the association’s proposed program would give the elderly more than President Johnson’s Medicare plan. It would rely on Blue Cross Blue Shield and other insurers with public and private funds sharing costs by income, and would require federal state tweaks to Kerr Mills mechanisms. Ward calls for congressional action to allow over 65s to submit a simple information return.
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Chicago
American Medical Assn
Donovan F. Ward
Dubuque
AMA
Johnson
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Ward
Cedar Rapids population estimates hover near 105000 in 1964
Estimates by Chamber of Commerce and city officials place Cedar Rapids, Marion, and surrounding areas around 105000 to 107000, with Caldwell pegging Cedar Rapids area at 121000 to 123000 and the county near 146000 to 148000. Births total around 3800 yearly. 1433 new comers listed in 1964.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Robert H. Caldwell
Chamber of Commerce
Marion
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Eureka, Calif
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Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Russ Jones
Hoopa
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Indian Country
Alli Markussen
John Kinder
William J. Conway
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Caldwell
Hiawatha
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