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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
1
Saigon reports a major American assault in Quang Ngai province as the 1st Cavalry Division with tanks and air support penetrates a large Viet Cong bunker complex after a naval bombardment. US losses total 4 killed and 35 wounded. 77 enemy killed. U.S. aircraft losses include 12 missing.
Six defendants including Osborn Andress and four Chicagoans plus two New Yorkers face conspiracy and price manipulation charges over Pentron Electronics stock. Prosecutors say they inflated the share price to create an active market for about 320,000 shares in early 1966, arranging sales and trust-based purchases to profit from the scheme.
Cedar Rapids chamber move to the north end of May’s Island revived activity on Municipal Island. A Veterans Memorial commission meeting in city hall tonight will discuss the city obtaining the chamber owned building for more municipal court space. The city may offer $100 000 to move, a point of contention with the memorial commission. The chamber could receive a time lease arrangement for the transition.
Two U S Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters completed a nonstop 29 hour flight from New York to Le Bourget, refueled nine times midair by a C 130 tanker. The crews from the 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, were greeted by officials and press at the Paris Air Show.
The Hofman Hotel Corp left Cedar Rapids last week and Montrose-Hofman employees faced delayed pay. May 25 pay was for May 1-15 with next period due June 10. An office bulletin cited operational and technical difficulties delaying checks.
A brief humorous reflection notes that believing you have no faults makes another error. The quip plays on self awareness with a light moral: recognizing flaws avoids hypocrisy and invites personal growth.
DES MOINES UP I The senate backed a sweeping air pollution control measure by a 50 to 3 vote. The bill creates a nine member Iowa Air Pollution Control Commission within the health department to set rules, investigate complaints and issue orders. It requires construction or installation of pollution controls but bars the commission from naming specific brands or types of equipment.
Morriston Wales AP reports Marjorie Price 28 stopped taking birth control pills after they disagreed with her. She is now expecting Wales first quadruplets, illustrating a surprising pregnancy outcome following pill discontinuation.
Western and Soviet navies rush toward the Middle East as Iraq and Kuwait join Arab forces near Egypt against Israel. Britain and the United States plan rapid maritime action to protect free shipping through the Gulf of Aqaba, while U.N. diplomats consider a call for restraint.
The arrival in Egypt of troops from Iraq and Kuwait added little numerically to the 80,000 Egyptian troops Nasser has concentrated in the Sinai peninsula on Israel's southwest border.
Washington officials briefed senators on the Middle East crisis. Secretary Rusk said no immediate plans for blockading Egypt or unilateral US action existed. The briefing also covered diplomacy and UN cooling efforts as lawmakers weighed risks and prospects for peace.
Julian Ellis-Morris, seen door to door in Blackpool, died at 75 leaving 62,292 pounds. In Paris he funded Folies Bergere performers with gifts and left 35,000 pounds to Salvation Army worker Annie Graves. He split gifts to Micheline Roine and Nicole Delattre and other hotel owners.
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