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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
2
About 2,000 South Vietnamese civilians fled Khe Sanh as North Vietnamese forces attacked. U S Marines and Vietnamese defenders abandoned the town to avoid being overrun, with evacuees moved to combat bases and Da Nang via helicopter and cargo planes.
The supreme court cleared the way for states to require teachers to sign pledges of allegiance upholding both state and federal constitutions. It let stand a New York case approving the constitutional pledge and refused to interfere, signaling broader allowance of loyalty oaths for public educators.
The Navy is studying four proposals for a new jet fighter to replace the controversial F-111B. Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. and three other firms submitted plans, the Navy said on Monday.
Iowa attorney and state Senator Tom Riley 39 of Cedar Rapids announced as the first Republican candidate for Congress in Iowa’s Second District. He unveiled a 15 point creative government platform at a news conference, aiming to lift Iowa’s potential and offer a better life for all voters. He seeks the seat held by Democrat John C. Culver of Marion who is expected to seek a third term.
North Korean troops in civilian clothing entered near the presidential residence in Seoul in a bold assault aimed at government leaders. By noon Monday six South Koreans and six North Koreans were dead, with more than 90 North Koreans at large. Police, U.S. and South Korean forces pursued the infiltrators, while curfews and mobilizations spread across the area north of Seoul. The incident prompted a joint anti-espionage operation and a Panmunjom armistice commission meeting to protest the attack.
Several hundred Egyptian prisoners clad in uniforms lined up for a final roll call at Atlit camp before being driven to the Suez Canal. About 4,500 Egyptians have already returned since January 12, with the last group to depart Tuesday.
John F. Callighan, a 28 year FBI veteran, named director of the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy at Camp Dodge. The $24,000 yearly post will run four to five week basic and advanced courses on arson larceny and accident investigation with a mix of paid and volunteer faculty. Classes target 30 to 40 students starting next March or April.
Bonnie Sue Wilané 23, described as the girlfriend of bank robber Henry Floyd Brown, lay critically ill in Iowa City after shooting herself three times as FBI agents approached in Cedar Rapids. She faces federal charges with Gipson and Goetz for the Overland Park bank robbery. Brown is hospitalized in Kansas City after a 15 minute gunbattle. $13,100 was recovered from his Kansas City apartment.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin opened Kremlin talks within hours of Wilson’s arrival in Moscow. The discussions during Wilson’s 51 hour visit cover Vietnam Cambodia the Middle East and trade, with observers noting little sign of flexibility but Wilson framing talks as worthwhile for mutual understanding.
A break in at 2034 A Avenue NE Cedar Rapids last week saw a coin collection valued at 4000 dollars stolen from a file cabinet safe. Also missing were a $200 men’s ring pair of cufflinks valued at 15 dollars. Entry was gained by forcing a breezeway door and breaking a kitchen window. the burglars ransacked the house during the Wednesday to Saturday night window.
Bonnie Sue Wilane, Henry Brown's girlfriend, visited Mrs Waide Brown at 1701 Fourteenth Ave SW in Cedar Rapids. Brown is accused of killing a police officer after a bank robbery and Wilane later shot herself during an FBI arrest attempt in Overland Park Kansas.
Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler told the Ways and Means Committee a 10 percent income tax surcharge is urgently needed to cut the deficit. He argued it would fund defense and uncontrollable outlays, with the levy retroactive for corporations and effective April 1 for individuals, reducing projected deficits from 22.8 to 19.8 billion this year and from 20.9 to 8 billion next year. He said excise and existing rates, combined with growth, would lower deficits, noting military spending in Vietnam limits expenditure cuts.
A light cartoonish line notes that a dog is man’s best friend because he never gives advice borrows money or has in laws, ending with a whimsical copyright nod.
George Yee, owner of the Foon Wong in Boston, says the same man robbed him after dining on fried rice on Wednesday and Thursday. Detectives staged visits Friday without incident, then arrested Edward O M ara, 21, of South Boston on Saturday after he again ordered food and pulled a knife. He will face district court on robbery charges.
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