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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
1
President Kennedy submitted a 24 point federal education aid package seeking 1.2 billion dollars to launch the program phased out over four years. It Omits direct aid to parochial schools while proposing expanded college loans and grants for public and private colleges and facilities.
France blocked Britain's bid for EEC membership as Kennedy administration efforts failed. Heath, barred from earlier talks, was summoned after the veto sparked reactions in London and Washington. Diplomats see the move as a broader shift away from U.S. and British influence on the Continent. Spaak lamented the setback to European unity amid calls for future possibilities.
A northwest cold front lowers temperatures across Iowa bringing occasional light snow. Cedar Rapids nears but does not break the 1912 record for consecutive subzero days, with a low of 3 F and a 2 PM high of 15 F. Temperatures to fall tonight then rise modestly by midweek.
Robert Frost, 88, renowned poet and four time Pulitzer winner, died in Boston after heart attack and blood clots in his lungs. He had been hospitalized since December 3 and underwent several operations to address urinary obstruction and vascular issues. He gained fame late in life and read a poem at President Kennedy’s inauguration two years earlier.
In Cheyenne a small plane piloted by Edgar Van Keuren collapsed mid flight. Lester Peterson took control and, with engineers Lester Lam and John Pawlack, guided a controlled landing at a missile site. Peterson and the others avoided injury while Van Keuren died of a heart attack.
Terry Lee Shelton 22, of Marion, confessed to police that he committed 22 burglaries across Cedar Rapids and Marion over the past 13 months. He and co defendant Clair Robert Ohls Jr 23 were caught inside a Cedar Rapids service station Monday night. Shelton claimed 21 breakins occurred alone with this incident tied to Monday. Of the 22 admitted, 17 were at service stations mainly on First Avenue.
DES MOINES Iowa Senate defeated substitutes for the Shaff reapportionment plan. A first substitute amendment by Sen Richard Turner failed 36 to 14 and Sen Eugene Hill proposed plan failed 33 to 17, as the chamber moves toward a final vote.
Iowa senators rejected moves to alter the Shaff reapportionment plan and keep the Dec 3 1963 ratification date. The votes blocked changing “proposed” to “adopted,” kept 99 house seats, and dismissed shifting the election date to Nov 3 1964.
The Bell System seeks FCC approval for interstate rates offering calls across the continental United States for $1 or less between 9 PM and 4 30 AM, with minor 5 or 10 cent increases on person to person calls up to 800 miles. The FCC says changes would save the public money while supporting a planned $3.2 billion construction program.
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