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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1963
Page
9
Television Today notes the Davis and Reese duo on The Steve Allen Show delivering sharp repartee and quirky timing. Eartha Kitt performs modern primitive dancing amid bongo music while Allen embraces youthfully energetic stunts and minimal commercials, creating a wild late night mood.
A military jet crashed during a rainstorm near Green Hill day camp, killing six Philadelphia residents and injuring twelve others. Captains Butler and Waldman vowed a full investigation at Willow Grove naval air station as rescue and firefighting crews contained the blaze and authorities probed electrical-system failure.
An explosion in the Fort Theater basement in Rock Island killed the building engineer Fred Bell and damaged the venue. About 40 people fled the matinee. three firemen were overcome by ammonia fumes, with one hospitalized and the others treated at the scene. Investigators said a valve blew in the air conditioning room, releasing the gas.
A 20 year old Waterloo man, Gerald Paul Stubenrauch, faces a manslaughter charge after a Fourth of July drag race collision killed Meta Rolffs, 45, of Chicago. A warrant was issued for Stubenrauch by Black Hawk County Atty. John Beekman.
The city approved the eighth liquor-by-the-drink license application on Monday and sent it to the Iowa liquor commission. Four more applications were filed. Approved was the Pickwick club at 200 First avenue NE with other requests from Koch's tavern 1100 First street SW Old Hickory Inn 4002 First avenue E Fidelity lodge No 1058 IBPOE 321 Ninth avenue SE and Farah's Lounge 111 113 A avenue NW.
Melvin Wid ner a 19 year old SUI student from Richland forfeited a $100 bond in police court in Iowa City on a charge of attempting to purchase beer as a minor. He was arrested last Thursday night on a complaint filed by the Annex tavern.
Treasury Secretary Dillon urged continued tax cuts as a core tool to fix the U S balance of payments and support dollar confidence. He testified that a tax cut would not require tighter monetary policy and could aid balance of payments without inflation, while not ruling out Fed action if needed.
Dillon stated the deficit fell from 3.9 billion in 1960 to 2.4 billion in 1961 and 2.2 billion in 1962. The deficit ran at over 3 billion in early 1963. He said a new detailed action program for the current fiscal year is under preparation, to build on policies initiated after Kennedy took office.
London AP reports Donald Partridge tried to fly from the Hammersmith Bridge parapet wearing a cane wing frame and swim trunks. He jumped into the Thames and survived though the stunt ended with him in need of medical care.
Partridge 21, trainer Tony Goyen, 22, recounts the attempt to soar using Leonardo da Vinci style wings. The device failed, wings collapsed, Partridge was rescued from the Thames and planned larger wings with balloons. He cites financial and social trouble from his hobby and ends with a caution to drive safely.
Vladimir Shcherbitsky, who has led the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic since 1961, is reassigned from premier to a regional party position in Moscow. The move signals a strategic shift in leadership amid ongoing political realignments within the Soviet Union.
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