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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1966
Page
8
Des Moines AP reports Iowa tax collections for the year ending June 30 show strong growth over the national average. State Comptroller Marvin Selden cautions surplus figures won't be estimated until September and notes that retained spending and earmarked funds affect final the surplus projection.
NBC plans new children's programs with Loren Eiseley hosting AnimalCrease and The Smithsonian. Subjects include radar in a frog, bird homing, turtle migration, and meteorite observation with on location filming. NBC News Bill Ryan will host.
Skitch Henderson leaves the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as his NBC contract expires at end of September. A Frank Sinatra special is secured by Budweiser and shown to CBS NBC and other networks for time bids. CBS leads with Sunday and Wednesday night slots.
The page lists prime time and daytime programming for Cedar Rapids Rock Island Davenport Waterloo La Crosse Ottumwa and Des Moines stations KCRG WHBF WMT WOC WWLTV WKRBT TVO WHO TV Pryton Place Petticoat Junction and related shows News Weather Sports and Movies including It Takes a Thief Holiday Inn Slaves of Babylon and more with time slots and channel affiliations.
The Senate passed a bill to give federal employees a 2.9 percent pay raise and expanded fringe benefits. The measure, approved 81 to 0, was sent back to the House which had a different version. both chambers agreed the half billion dollar increase should take effect July 1, despite Johnson’s recommendation for January.
In north Bihar more than 150 villages are under water after three rivers overflowed. At least 300000 people are affected as floodwaters rise and safe drinking water becomes scarce. Irrigation Minister Fakrud ding Ali Ahmed puts damage over 28 million dollars.
In Franklinton Louisiana 242 Black residents completed a two day 22 mile voter registration march from Bogalusa to the courthouse despite heat and long distance. Governor calls the event a publicity stunt but the march concluded without incidents.
AP reports the Chinese Communist party approved a major university system reform. Liberal arts study would be shortened to two years with the rest spent in practical training among workers, peasants, and soldiers. The plan, urged by seven students of Peking University, aims to purge bourgeois influence and align with Maoist theory.
Defense Secretary McNamara had his left ankle placed in a plaster cast after a chipped bone. The injury occurred eight days after a tennis accident on July 3 with Roswell Gilpatric. He continued working, flew to Johnsons ranch, and held a war conference before the cast was applied.
The CTK news agency reports that about half of Hanoi's population, estimated at 644000 in 1963, has been evacuated. The message comes from the North Vietnamese capital via Prague on Monday.
Moscow orders all government agencies to stand by to increase military and economic support for North Vietnam following the Bucharest summit. The statement says aid to repel American aggression will cover air defenses and air force needs, with volunteers possible if requested.
In clinical tests of the advanced M P O treatment doctors report results were good to excellent for five of six patients. The product claims five actions for faster longer relief, including rapid pain easing with benzocaine and swelling reduction through a vaso constrictor.
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