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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1965
Page
3
U S air force Phantom jets downed two Mig 17s, 65 miles northwest of Hanoi, raising total Mig kills to five. American planes also destroyed two bridges and five buildings at an ammunition depot 85 miles northwest of Hanoi during a deep bombing mission in North Vietnam.
U S Phantom jets claimed two Migs south of Hanoi on June 17 with four Skyraiders downing another pair days later. A U S spokesman said the aircraft were likely North Vietnamese. An Ho island action left up to 100 civilians dead as Viet Cong raiders overran a Vietnamese naval base. Marines retook the post, three killed and 13 wounded, with 51 Viet Cong captured. The three day air campaign near Saigon left heavy enemy losses and 82 American casualties in the 173rd airborne brigade.
Harold D. Vietor a 39 year old Cedar Rapids attorney was named by Gov. Harold Hughes as judge of the 18th judicial district filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Charles Penningroth. Vietor will serve until Jan 1 1967 with retention possible in 1966. He was selected from two nominees Winfield White and Vietor by a judicial nominating commission. Vietor born in Parkersburg is a 1958 University of Town College of Law graduate and has held multiple bar and civic posts in Cedar Rapids. He served in the U S Navy 1952 54 and is married with two children living at 22 Blake Terrace SE.
President Johnson accepts the resignations of Eugene Zuckert as secretary of the air force and Carl Rowan as director of the U S Information Agency. Zuckert will leave Sept. 30 after a record tenure. Rowan will stay until his successor is chosen and may return to journalism. Dr Harold Brown will replace Zuckert as defense secretary.
Four year old Jimmy Rolf of Waterloo was missing from a Fay ette county farm home Friday night. About 200 searchers, a highway patrol plane, and bloodhounds helped in the effort before Harold Kane found the child in an oat field about a quarter mile from the house. He was cold but unharmed and treated at a hospital.
In Hampton Georgia a gray striped cat has perched in an oak for three weeks. Mrs. J L Henderson and her three children feed it with a fishing pole, delivering bread meat loaf milk and water to the upper branches while volunteers seek a safe rescue option from the town lacking a humane society.
A large Atlantic wave swept eight Charleston youths attending a state Baptist youth conference at Folly Beach. Three drowned: Jody Byrd 15 Jo Ann King 16 and Charlotte Wilkerson 19. Lifeguard Jo Jenkins 27 rescued five with repeated water entries and performed mouth to mouth on one teenager.
In Zone D north of Saigon a U S paratrooper Sgt Eugene Davis of Texarkana Texas downplayed praise for destroying a Viet Cong machine gun nest during a search and destroy mission. He refused medevac after being wounded and led his platoon in attacking the emplacement.
Readers marvel at a vehicle reaching 26 miles per hour at the turn of the century. The brisk speed astonishes crowds and marks a landmark in early automotive progress.
Greece welcomes a baby girl heir at Corfu weighing four kilos and 400 grams as King Constantine confirms the birth to a gathered crowd. In Washington the Senate moves toward Medicare reform with broad coverage, a $7 billion annual cost, and a three dollar monthly premium, amid partisan debate and amendments.
Delaware County Sheriff Mike Barr described a roadblock crackdown near Delhi lake resort area as part of enforcing a new beer law. Three juveniles fined 100 dollars each with 4 dollars costs, plus two adults fined 25 dollars. Police checked drivers licenses and whether beer was in possession.
Betty Jane Looney, 40, of Postville, mother of five, died in a two car collision on Highway 52-18 about 12:35 a.m. Saturday two miles southeast of Postville. Her husband Ambrose and son Michael were among the injured. Clinton Schnuelle of Castalia, driver of the other car, was hurt. Authorities say Schnuelle attempted to pass a car ahead and head on collided with Looney’s vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
President Johnson approves the appointment of Arvin Basnight as associate administrator for FAA programs, elevating him from Southern regional director of the Federal Aviation Agency.
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