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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1966

Page

2

Helms and Senators in Peace Pact

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee forgave CIA Director Richard Helms after he apologized for a letter praising a newspaper editorial critical of Senator Fulbright. Morse pressed for resignation, but others defended Helms, noting he made a mistake and should be given a chance.

Washington Senate Foreign Relations Committee CIA Richard Helms Fulbright D-Ark Helms Sen Morse D-Ore St. Louis Globe-Democrat Mansfield D-Mont Montanan Senate U.S Senate Ethics Committee Dodd Dconn Globe - Democrat

Five Astronaut Recovery Craft Join U 2 Hunt

Five American astronaut recovery planes joined the search for a high flying U-2 reconnaissance plane. The plane with Capt. Robert Hickman at the controls apparently crashed south of Panama after a flight from Barksdale Air Base.

Panama Florida Robert Hickman Tucson Barksdale Sarasota Key West Pentagon Defense Department U. S Hickman Albrook Air Base Canal Zone Peru-Chile Kindley Air Base Bermuda Homestead Air Base Cuba Pentagor l

Johnson Pushes Negotiations to End Airline Strike

President Johnson met with airline negotiators urging a settlement through collective bargaining. Morse, Moyers, and labor officials described progress, with both sides negotiating over pay ranges as the White House weighs possible action and congress debates authority to intervene.

Washington Johnson White House Moyers Congress Labor Department Senate Labor Committee

Speck Taken In Secret to County Jail

Richard Speck was secretly moved to Cook County Jail on Friday. Warden Jack Johnson said the accused killer of eight nurses was taken from the city jail amid reporters outside. Speck, cleared to face arraignment, is processed as a maximum security prisoner for trial.

Chicago UPI Richard Speck Cook County Jack Johnson William Norcross Speck Johnson Chi-zens Lee Oswald Kennedy Jack Ruby Dallas

British Prime Minister Wilson Delayed Meeting With Johnson

British Prime Minister Wilson arrived at the White House for talks with President Johnson on the pound sterling crisis but the meeting was delayed by 15 minutes as police searched a nearby building for a man seen with a rifle. Wilson waited at Blair House and then met Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk for no agenda talks. Separately, reports from London said Nigerian army units mutinied with clashes at Abeokuta and growing unrest toward Lagos as Ironsi’s regime faced opposition and upheaval.

Washington Wilson White House Johnson Trevor Lloyd Hughes Hughes Blair House Rusk Nigeria London Johnson Aguiyi Tronsi Abeokuta Lagos Ironsi Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

$200000 in Gems Stolen from Regency Hotel Suite

In New York police report jewels valued at 200000 dollars were stolen from a ninth floor Regency hotel suite. The gems belonged to Mr and Mrs Rafael Revenga of Caracas Venezuela who arrived that evening. A maid alerted security about two hours after the couple left the room when she found the door ajar.

New York Rafael Revenga Caracas Venezuela

Train Hits Pickup East Iowan Killed Near Oxford Junction

Melvin Stevenson about 50, of Oxford Junction was killed when his pickup was struck by a Milwaukee passenger train at a rural crossing two miles east of Oxford Junction. Dennis Braver, 14, injured, was taken to Maquoketa hospital. the two families live nearby.

Oxford Junction Melvin Stevenson Highway 136 Dennis Braver Harold Braver Stevenson Maquoketa Hospital Braver

Gossip Keeps Neighbors in Line Says Quiet Quote

A wry quip notes that good conduct often stems from knowing the neighbor is a terrible gossip. The remark playfully comments on social pressure and neighborhood dynamics.

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Freeman Warns of Farm Feeling in Chicago

The Chicago Tribune reports Secretary of Agriculture Freeman told Democratic congressional candidates at a closed briefing to connect with farmers and avoid anti administration sentiment. He urged taking the farmers' side on rising costs and warned questions from housewives could be tricky. Freeman noted a canceled briefing and unclear details of the session.

Chicago The Chicago Tribune Freeman Washington Aldo Beckman Sache Aes Sione

North Vietnam Hit by Heaviest Air Strikes of War

Saigon reports more than 375 strike sorties against targets from the 17th Parallel to Haiphong area. One U.S. navy jet shot down. several missiles missed. Coastal craft and oil dumps damaged. two Skyhawks missing with pilots listed as missing. Ground clashes left 138 enemy dead. Marines counted 65 KIA after jungle skirmishes near the DMZ.

Saigon North Vietnam Haiphong Reds U.S North Hanoi Hanoi- Haiphong U.S. Command Oriskany Demilitarized Zone

Fugate Granted Hearing for New Trial in Starkweather Case

Carol Ann Fugate, 22, serving life at York in Nebraska, won two hearings from the Nebraska Supreme Court to get a district court review on whether statements used at her 1958 first degree murder trial were voluntary. Starkweather was executed. appeal hinges on U S Supreme Court decisions on questioning suspects.

Lincoln Carol Ann Fugate Charles Starkweather Nebraska Supreme Court Miss Fugate Nebraska Women's Reformatory York Starkweather U.S. Supreme Court

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