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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1963

Page

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Hughes declines to sponsor special liquor bill in Iowa

Governor Harold Hughes announced at his first formal news conference that he will not sponsor a special liquor by the drink bill. He favors local licensure and enforcement, considers some form of dram shop provisions, and favors limited implied consent components. He indicated a possible property tax relief tax mix but did not rule out a sales tax rise if necessary.

Des Moines UPI Harold Hughes Hughes

Dock Strike Eases As Mediation Board Proposes Pay Rise

Kennedy asks mediation board to press for settlement of the East coast dock strike. Longshoremen accept a 39 cent an hour two year package with 24 cents immediate wage boosts, paving the way for broader settlement across Southeast and Gulf ports.

Bulletin Washington UPI Kennedy Monday Special Mediation Board Norfolk Gulf

Boy, 6, Testifies In Arrest Case

Carl Amos Kilmer aged 6 testified that his father did not cut fences and that he was not frightened when questioned by a sheriff about fence cutting incidents. The hearing opened in Poweshiek county district court as part of a $10,000 damage suit by Harry Kilmer against Sheriff William Welsh and Herbert Haas.

Montezuma UPI Carl Amos Kilmer Poweshiek County William Welsh Herbert Haas Guernsey Brooklyn Harry Kilmer Carl National Farmers Organization

Two Trains Collide Injuring Hundreds in Philadelphia Crash

At a Mid city station the Reading railroad commuter train rammed a local train, injuring about 200 with 93 hospitalized by officials and reports varying. Two girls trapped in wreckage required rescue while a second shuttle train, due to a transit strike, plowed into the crowd.

Philadelphia Reading Railroad Savena Brunetti iTenth Spring Garden Street Jenkintown Chestnut Hill Mary Day Ipanic

Family Escapes Death in Fame-Filled C. R. Home

Mrs. Donald Kray credits intuition with saving five lives after carbon monoxide from a blocked chimney filled their 1923 Ninth Street NW home. The couple and three children were hospitalized. Mr. Kray remained in fair condition while the rest recovered at the Pinkertons’ residence.

C. R Donald Kray Twentieth Street NW Mrs. Kray Donna Sandra Stanley Mr. Kray

Gromyko Sets Limit on On-Site Inspections

Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told reporters that three on-site inspections per year are the limit the Soviet Union will accept in a nuclear test ban agreement and urged France to participate. He aligned with Premier Khrushchev’s letters to President Kennedy but spoke less definitively to reporters than to diplomats.

Moscow Gromyko Soviet Union France Khrushchev Kennedy

Dog Escapes Guard Fire Through Berlin Wall

A dog leaped through the Berlin wall wire into East Berlin on Monday and a East German border guard fired three shots but missed. The dog then hurried back to West Berlin.

Berlin Berlin Wall East Berlin West Berlin

Miss Diane Boitman Named National Miss Methodist Student Nurse 1963

Miss Diane Boitman a senior at St Luke s School of Nursing and native of Latvia has been named national Miss Methodist Student Nurse of 1963. The story and picture appear on page 8 of the St Luke s coverage.

St. Luke’s School of Nursing Diane Boitman St. Luke’s Latvia

Taking Over Of Katanga At an End

U.N. forces entered Kolwezi marking a near end to the Katanga reintegration, with Brig. Reginald Noronha welcomed by President Tshombe. The U.N. task force moved in peacefully, while a Katangan peace delegation met near Pumpi. No shots were fired as civilians watched the advance.

Katanga Kolwezi U.N Congo Reginald Noronha Moise Tshombe Noronha Pumpi Tshombe Paalabe River

Cedar Rapids records 19 below in frigid Iowa cold snap

The winter freeze grips Iowa with Cedar Rapids at 19 below, the coldest Jan 21 in city history. Other towns report 22 to 28 below, with Waukon Decorah Elkader and Anamosa among the deep freezes. Forecasters expect mixed relief tonight with rising winds and a new snow risk spreading across western Iowa.

Cedar Rapids Mercury Iowa Falls Council Bluffs

Kennedy urges lawmakers to cut taxes to spur growth

President Kennedy forecast moderate 1963 gains and urged Congress to cut taxes. He proposed reducing individual income taxes on July 1 and cutting corporate taxes from 30 to 22 percent on the first 25 000 of income retroactive to January 1. He warned lawmakers that inaction could worsen the budget.

Washington UPI Kennedy Congress

Monticello teen suffers frozen feet after car breakdown

Dale Schafer, 17, of Monticello, walked from Sixteenth Avenue and Sixth Street SW to 932 Twentieth Avenue SW, freezing feet and ears. He was hospitalized at Mercy after staying with friends at the address. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Schafer of Monticello.

Dale Schafer Monticello Twentieth Avenue Sixteenth Avenue Sixth Street Schafer Mercy Ernest Schafer

Strike Benefits Deplete Funds

Nine unions pay nearly 1 million weekly in strike benefits to more than 15,000 idle workers in New York as nine major dailies remain closed. Benefit rates vary by union from 30 to 120 dollars, with Deliverers Union offering no pay. Some income comes from out of town newspaper sales, while unions borrow to sustain benefits.

Atlantic Gulf Twin Kennedy NEW York Deliverers American Newspaper Guild Cleveland Industrial Department Afl-Cio United Auto Workers Bertram Powers

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