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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1967
Page
3
After the city voted 10 178 to 3 519 to own the bus system the council began forming the transit authority. Dean Wagner emerged as a likely appointee with labor nominees considered to ensure worker representation. Labor leaders met with the council as drivers eyed a return to service under a contract as talks continued.
The Iowa House debated reapportionment plans with Republicans blocking a Democratic push to send the measure to a conference committee. The session compared the 1965 permanent plan with a Rigler Stanley plan that includes subdistricting and different member caps for the House and Senate. A floor debate followed on setting membership floors versus ceilings as part of the ongoing political maneuvering.
In Jerusalem Israel and Syria reached a rare agreement to refrain from hostile acts along their 48 mile shared border. The pact follows eight years of tensions and a sequence of incidents risking wider conflict. The five hour U N sponsored meeting aimed to reduce regional danger.
The Senate on Wednesday approved by 44 to 13 a proposed amendment to switch to annual sessions. The measure, already passed in 1965, now goes to the House for approval before referral to voters. Opponents included 12 Republicans and Rep. William Reichardt Des Moines. East Iowa Republican Richard Stephens voted no.
A reinforced U S infantry battalion from the Ninth Division moved into the Mekong delta near My Tho, about 40 miles southwest of Saigon, joining engineers and support units in a buildup of American power. The maneuver battalion of about 1,000 men marks the first large U S combat presence in the area under Viet Cong influence. Monsoon weather limited air raids over North Vietnam to 41 missions as U S advisers urged continued bombing as essential to allied strategy.
Unusual mid winter storms ripped eastern and southeastern Iowa killing three year old Bryan Swyter and injuring his brother Brett. Several adults were hospitalized with injuries as farms barns and houses were damaged along a 15 mile path from Milton to Birmingham. Local sheriff reports waive debris and power lines down while other victims include Bessie Orr and grandchild Leslie in Columbus City area.
Fred Black testified that in late 1962 Senator Robert Kerr told him he lent Baker $50 000 from campaign funds and later canceled the debt before Kerr’s death. The statement supported Baker’s defense over tax evasion fraud and larceny charges in court in Washington.
Ohio Governor James Rhodes said he would meet Wednesday night in Cleveland with Michigan Governor George Romney to discuss matters of mutual interest. It would be their first private gathering as fellow Republican governors.
Cedar Rapids endured an unusual January day with record near sixty degree temperatures, intermittent rain and hail, brief sunshine, a rapid 20 degree temperature drop, and 50 mph winds. Rain totals reached .52 inches at the airport, flooding streets and toppling a concrete block theater wall under construction at Lindale Plaza. Tree limbs fell and windows shattered as crews worked to clear debris. Damage was estimated at 12500 dollars.
A weather system pairing a cold front with warm air unleashed tornadoes across Missouri Iowa and Illinois. At least six people died including a teenager in Orrick Missouri a 3 year old in Iowa and a Chicago officer. Hundreds were injured as storms damaged Orrick St Louis area and north St Louis county with hail lightning and downed power lines.
An artillery spotter plane and a helicopter collided over a U.S. special forces camp airstrip near the Cambodian frontier, killing five Americans. The spotter pilot died and his observer was injured. Four soldiers aboard the helicopter were killed and another injured.
Yang Chengwu acting army chief of staff tells Peking dispatch that Chinese scientists are capable of launching an artificial satellite. The report appeared in Tokyo via AP on Wednesday.
Stern magazine in Hamburg voluntarily trims 122 lines from its 7911 line German serialization of William Manchester's The Death of a President. The edits remove passages about Mrs Kennedy personal concerns at the time of the assassination. Stern cites political censorship concerns and notes faster publication of the uncut text elsewhere. The civil court had allowed Stern to publish uncut material, while editor Henri Nannen defends reporting the historical truth. A Soviet magazine published part of Stern’s uncut text but omitted references to Lee Harvey Oswald and related topics.
A daily humor note jokes about egotists as men who believe were not born people would ask why not. The quip plays on self admiration and social curiosity in a light published format.
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