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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1966
Page
1
The striking machinists union canceled weekend votes on a five-airline contract offer as federal mediators push for progress. Labor officials said talks would continue while Johnson and Wirtz urged ongoing negotiations and avoided preemptive government actions.
Cedar Rapids United Good Neighbor fund drive starts Monday at 7 p.m. at the YWCA, but the UCS board failed to reach a quorum to set a goal. The campaign aims for about 900000, with three new agencies approved and youth programs proposed, pending federal applications.
Gemini 10 mission nears atmospheric reentry with John Young and Michael Collins preparing to trigger retro rockets for a fiery descent into the Atlantic. The crew conducted a landmark rendezvous with Agena 8 and demonstrated in-space docking and maneuvering capabilities praised by officials and backup pilot Alan Bean.
Fire in an air shaft trapped 150 coal miners for over an hour in Nanticoke Pennsylvania. All were rescued with at least 10 miners taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
In Ellenville New York six people were killed and three injured after two cars collided head on Thursday. Authorities reported the wreck occurred on a rural road and involved occupants from both vehicles. The names of the dead were not released pending family notification.
President Johnson says Americans would react accordingly if North Vietnamese pilots are on trial for war crimes, but avoids promising retaliation. He urges law and order amid racial tensions and outlines plans to campaign nationwide in the 1966 election.
In Cleveland Ohio police and national guardsmen opened fire on a car injuring a 16 year old Negro mother and her two children along with five others including a guardsman and a 7 month old baby. The driver Henry Towns was uninjured and captured. Firefighting continued amid looting and arson as officials discussed federal aid and possible links to Revolutionary Action Movement.
Richard Speck was formally charged with murder in Chicago after meeting with his attorney and the Lutheran pastor Rev. David Peterson. Peterson said Speck was focused on his relationship with God during the 20 minute jail hospital visit.
Richard Speck will plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Public Defender Gerald Getty will represent him after a brief initial meeting. The case was continued to July 28 by Judge Daniel Ryan. Rev. Peterson of Irving Park Lutheran Church visited Speck in jail upon request. Speck's brother Howard and brother in law Eugene Thornton were present at the hospital.
Dr. Arthur Long Iowa health commissioner seeks a major revision of state licensing for professionals. He backs Public Administration Service for a study to reorganize the executive branch and improve licensing through the health department.
Iowa highway commission officials presented a diagonal by pass plan west of Iowa City connecting the Cedar Rapids Iowa City freeway interchange to a new interchange with highway 218 about 172 miles south of the airport. It includes two interchanges near the Johnson case home and west of the airport area. A public hearing on the proposal and related 218 improvements to Washington county highway 52 is set for Aug 11 at Hills.
North Vietnam shot down three more U S air force planes on Wednesday including a radar ship packed with electronic detection and jamming gear. The RB4 reconnaissance plane with a crew of six is the second of its type lost in the war. Other downed aircraft were single-seat Thunderchief fighters. All eight airmen were listed as missing.
AP reports US combat casualties declined with 65 American deaths 368 wounded and no missing last week. Spokesman notes trend improvement amid ongoing operations in Saigon theater.
Nine surface to air missiles fired by North Vietnam and six enemy jets sighted by American pilots amid no clash report. Weekly U S losses total seven. eight sail depots hit and 425 enemy killed since Hastings operation began. Buddhist leader Thich Tri Quang ends hunger strike pacing resignation demand. An 18 year old monk self immolates during protests. scene thwarted by water in a street puddle.
The Labor Department reports the consumer price index rose three tenths of one percent last month, leaving costs 2.5 percent higher than a year earlier. Washington report notes ongoing inflation pressures.
Le Claire Iowa FRANK A CAMPBELL 68 died after slipping from an unfinished Interstate 80 bridge between Le Claire and Rapid City. He plunged head first into the Mississippi River. Authorities reported the accident occurred Thursday on the uncompleted bridge.
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