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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1966
Page
2
The Da Nang area endured a Viet Cong mortar attack on the U S marine heliport Seabee hospital complex injuring seven and damaging four helicopters with two still flyable. Three more casualties occurred at the adjacent hospital.
President Johnson travels through Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky urging an end to urban riots by Black residents. He says civil protest is acceptable but violence betrays democracy and commerce, and champions ballots, neighborhood groups, and civil rights orgs as proper avenues for reform. He warns against a violence-driven backlash and stresses continued U.S. commitment to South Vietnam.
A petition signed by 2,200 Atkins Fremont voters objects to merging with Cedar Rapids and seeks a Benton county merger. Atkins Fremont backers had previously voted against Cedar Rapids and Benton merges, using a 20 percent threshold under a little used law to void the Cedar Rapids petition.
In New York a car with four Negroes fired on two white men wounding one severely and injuring another amid a racial flare in Brooklyn. The episode follows 45 Negro youths being dispersed by police as voices cried Get the whites. In Cleveland a separate fatal shooting left one dead and six whites arrested as authorities nationwide warned of riots. Attorney General Katzenbach said federal aid is ready to help end the outbreaks while other incidents unfolded in Troy Menlo Park and Jacksonville with arson, rocks, and bottles amid the unrest.
A quake lasting several seconds struck Cornwall in southwestern England on a Saturday, with residents reporting shaking across the region. No immediate injuries or damages were confirmed by authorities.
Washington AP reports Machinists Union President P L Siemiller said the 16 day airline strike talks were fruitless. He described 35 000 members as militant and pledged they would not back down as strikers block five major airlines.
Costlier flour from the new wheat harvest is lifting bread prices nationwide. Bakers report higher flour costs and expect loaf prices to rise one and a half to two cents per pound. General Mills and rivals have raised flour prices, while A P and Grand Union note existing price levels and possible increases.
Senate adopts Miller amendment to curb aid to nations behind in UN payments. It would withhold aid unless the President certifies it serves U.S. interests, affecting 46 nations with about 43 million dollars owed for 1964 and earlier. In fiscal 1965 these 48 nations received over 1.7 billion dollars in aid.
Willie Hunter Jr., a Black high school pupil from Atlanta, says he will start a seven day march from the Georgia South Carolina border on Interstate 85 to Washington to support U.S. Vietnam involvement. He plans to carry an American flag and reach the capital in about 75 miles daily. He also says he has a written invitation from President Johnson to visit the White House and intends to lead a youth rally at the Lincoln Memorial on August 4.
Cedar Rapids hosts the fifth annual Tournament of Drums parade with drum and bugle units, pretty girls, and bright skies after morning clouds. Forecast calls for continued pleasant weather, guiding a 7 p.m. Kingston stadium program expected to draw over 5,000 attendees and sold-out tickets. The parade formed in the 300 block of Fifth Street SE with the Emerald Knights leading and a convertible parade car following.
President Chiang declared on Saturday that despite a purge by Peking the mounting struggle against Red China led by Mao Zedong will deliver a fatal blow to the Chinese Communist regime.
The note cheekily observes that despite no novelty on the beach this year, familiar scenes and behaviors remain evident, signaling a mild, lighthearted reflection on seaside life.
A U S Navy pilot shot down over Communist territory escaped a prison camp and was rescued after a one in a million sighting by another American flyer. Spotted near the DMZ, he endured malnutrition and shock after a 23 day flight across Asia. Helicopter extraction from Da Nang brought him to the base hospital where he remains under care in isolation and is described as satisfactory but very weak.
A 250 pound male lion escaped from its cage at a Massachusetts zoo and roamed the compound. It killed a goat and was moving toward a sheep when two patrolmen fired, killing the animal.
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