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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1965
Page
4
New York AP reports President Johnson Friday unveiled a plan for a national teachers corps to enlist thousands of Americans to work with local teachers in city slums and rural poverty areas.
A survey finds Wilford Metcalf owns the 86 acre timber land after government claims he cut from national forest. Rep. Quillen says government owes Metcalf 1717.52 dollars and supports a program to retrain displaced teachers for desegregation era needs, urging federal aid and reemployment services.
Washington AP reports the United States is prepared to resume economic aid to Ceylon after the country agreed to compensate U S firms for property seized three years earlier.
London AP reports Prince Philip drew astonishment for urging patience on Rhodesia independence. The Daily Mirror called it an astoundingly bold royal intervention, noting it clashed with the African ministers and risked embarrassing Prime Minister Wilson.
Saigon government allows 23 of 36 Vietnamese language newspapers, closed three days ago, to resume printing. Algiers reports the National Revolutionary Council sent July 4 messages of congratulation to President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk.
Gendarmes in Valensole investigate a farmer Maurice Masse report of a mysterious aircraft lifting off from a field. Dozens view tracks described as from a flying saucer with four metal legs and a small human figure. Masse, 41, said the craft rose and vanished, crowds worry about trampled lavender.
ANCHORAGE Alaska AP an earthquake rattled Umnak island in the Aleutians on Friday triggering a tidal wave alert that sent thousands fleeing Pacific beaches. No wave formed. Evacuations spread across Alaska British Columbia Washington Oregon California and Hawaii. The alert was cancelled before night.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urged a negotiated settlement to the Vietnam War and urged civil rights workers to push for that outcome during a Friday night speech in Peters burg.
President Johnson ordered the withdrawal of about 1400 more U S troops from the Dominican Republic after Inter-American Force commanders reported conditions permit. The two battalions of the 82nd Airborne Division will depart, reducing total U S military personnel to about 10,900, mostly army with some air force, well below the May 17 peak of nearly 122,000.
A 160-foot span of a Kansas River bridge in Topeka collapsed on a Friday killing 43 year old Kenneth Allen who was trapped in an upside down car in five feet of water. Divers searched for a second possible vehicle while cranes moved debris as witnesses recalled the disaster.
Three people die in Iowa traffic crashes as holiday counting begins. At least 337 deaths for 1965 by Friday 6 p.m. including a Knierim child, Des Moines fatalities, and a Chariton area collision. A new bridge under construction near Chariton is blamed for vibrations. A record 760 law officers patrol Iowa highways under a state of emergency declared by Gov. Hughes.
Fort Huachuca Arizona AP says Senator Carl Hayden likely to run again in 1948 despite age 91 his chief aide said Friday if health holds. Madrid Spain reports water shortage easing as a new pipeline began operating. Barry Goldwater disclosed recently he will seek Hayden seat.
Dr Tonas Salk, developer of an polio vaccine, withdraws as president of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego to focus on research.
Special to The Gazette reports the deaths of Mrs. John Clemens and her daughter Patricia in an automobile crash while returning home to Pico Rivera near La Jolla. The piece notes lingering officials and institutional leadership changes, including Kinzel and a Union Carbide connection, alongside a separate Manila AP brief on two men slain in central Luzon blamed on communist Huk rebels.
Jersey Shore residents gather beneath the Tiadaghton elm to commemorate the 1776 Pine Creek Declaration of Independence signed by 23 men. The ceremony coincides with Philadelphia’s adoption of the real Declaration as the Tiadaghton elm, aged about 500 years, stands as a historic landmark.
Mrs. Clemens husband seriously injured when a car swerved into his lane on Highway 66 near Holbrook Arizona. He was hospitalized in Phoenix. Two year old twins Maureen and Calleen Clemens were not seriously hurt. Mrs Clemens, a former Catholic Daughters of America leader, leaves six sons including John Jr. of Oelwein and Mike of Decorah, a sister Elizabeth Carey of Oelwein, and brother Frank Stumme of Oelwein. Services pending Brant funeral home.
A court in Opole sentenced two state meat dealers to life imprisonment for a four year swindle that allegedly cost the state 3.8 million zlotys about $170,000. The UP I report notes the defendants faced charges of fraud and misappropriation in a case tied to state butcher sales.
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