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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1966
Page
2
Viet Cong attacked a refugee camp near Tam Ky housing about 2 000 people. Thirty three were killed and 54 wounded, including many women and children, as the attackers set huts ablaze and executed families before leaving leaflets denouncing america's war.
For the week ending January 15 American forces in Vietnam reported 52 killed 237 wounded and three missing or captured.
U S forces stay on alert as a savage attack unfolds 22 hours before the Viet Cong cease fire promise. Allied truce to run 78 hours from Thursday noon. First Infantry Division clashes with about 500 Viet Cong near Saigon. light casualties reported.
The column compares mothers in law to seeds that are not needed yet naturally arrive with the tomato. The playful analogy highlights familiar family dynamics in a lighthearted, opinionated piece.
President Johnson asked Congress to pass a $4.8 billion tax package by March 15 to curb inflation with minimal burden. He urged prompt action, warned of possible Vietnam needs, and favored timing changes and selective excise taxes over broad rate hikes while aiming to reduce the administrative budget deficit and sustain growth.
President Johnson urged swift congressional action on a 12.7 billion supplemental appropriation to fund the Vietnam war and sustain U S forces in South Vietnam. He framed the request as unity between White House and Congress and tied it to his tax revision plan.
John Schaepperkotter, 22, from Cedar Rapids, was stabbed in the lower abdomen at the Anamosa men's reformatory around 9 p.m. while delivering hot water to cells. A 3-inch paring knife was found nearby. He is in good condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City after being moved there due to the facility lacking a fulltime doctor. Schaepperkotter, sentenced in 1962 for breaking and entering to 10 years, was paroled in 1964 and returned in February as a parole violator, with the assailant unknown.
President Johnson plans a trip to Independence Missouri on Thursday to announce a Harry S Truman Center for the Advancement of Peace to be built at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A $50,000 Truman peace award will be given annually, funded privately along with the center.
In VIENTIANE Laos two teenagers aged 18 and 14 who faced parental disapproval killed themselves by exploding a grenade beneath the theatre seats. The blast also killed five others and wounded 21 as police investigated the incident at the town’s largest venue.
The Weather Bureau forecasts continuing extreme cold across Iowa with zero to 15 degrees above in the southeast and up to 15 below in the northwest. Temperatures may stay well below seasonal norms for five days, with Waterloo hitting 15 below and Mason City 13 below on Wednesday morning.
In Napa California a court-appointed attorney for 35 year old Robert Campos Soto was excused after revealing that some of his clothing was among items the defendant allegedly stole from a dry cleaning firm.
Washington AP reports that White House call log records are no longer kept by switchboard operators. The program, started by W. Marvin Watson and defended by Bill Moyers, ended after criticism and jokes. Critics argued it spied on staff. Moyers called it an economy study of workloads. Operators still sometimes ask if callers are from the government.
The post office plans widespread automation with a $65 million six month program to speed mail. New gear includes a 14 ton sorter for 279 destinations and 52 city letter sorters. 4,000 new mail carriers and 100 self service post offices are planned.
LeFebure Co. will remain an Iowa corporation and autonomous division after acquisition by Walter L. Kidde Co. of New Jersey. Cedar Rapids president K. W. Watts said operations management and employment will stay unchanged. The deal requires LeFebure stockholder approval and includes a 20 cent increase in annual dividend via new Kidde preferred stock, convertible into Kidde common. Stock prices rose on the news, with LeFebure trading higher on consecutive days.
Indira Gandhi, a 48 year old widow and daughter of Nehru, was chosen prime minister by 526 Congress MPs. She pledged to strengthen the cause of peace, after defeating Morarji Desai 355 to 169 with two invalid ballots. Surrounded by cheers, she prepared to be sworn in as India’s first woman head of government.
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