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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
1
President Johnson urged Congress to reduce silver in U S coins to conserve the metal. Dimes and quarters would have no silver, half dollars would use a 21/79 copper silver core, and the penny and old silver dollar would stay the same with new coins entering next year.
Cedar Rapids Community school district voters approve a 4.2 million bond for Cedar Rapids third high school by 72.27 percent, 10,373 to 3,980, with a second 160 thousand dollar fund for partial furnishings also approved 10,003 to 3,679. The vote, among the strongest postwar endorsements, aims to start construction this fall and finish by 1968 on land at Weing road.
Jefferson graduation exercises will be held in the school gymnasium tonight due to rain risk. Only ticket holders and 581 graduating seniors will be admitted. Ceremonies begin at 8 p.m.
Cedar Rapids reports that Penick and Ford will be sold to R J Reynolds Tobacco Co for 22 dollars a share, despite a Justice Department challenge and a federal court injunction fight. Trading was halted then resumed with gains as the deal proceeds amid a dissension over antitrust concerns. Cedar Rapids investors hold 12 percent of Penick stock.
Houston AP writes about James McDivitt and Edward White as unmatched partners in space training. The two Air Force majors share family roots, timing, and a long history since Michigan days, with White orbiting Earth at 17 500 mph while their bond remains strong and personal.
The Iowa Senate approved a 2 percent tax on hotel and motel rooms to raise about 500000 annually starting July 1, excluding beauty and laundry services. The House previously favored broadening the tax to services. a conference is possible if amendments differ.
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White abandon plans to dock with the tumbling Titan stage after delaying the spacewalk. White remains safe aboard Gemini 4 as mission control scrubs the rendezvous to conserve fuel. The setback marks the first failed attempt to dock two spacecraft in orbit and signals the need for design fixes before later Gemini maneuvers.
A humorous line notes that for every person who boasts of being bright there are many ready to prove him wrong by biting wit and practical jokes.
James McDivitt and Edward White orbited Earth at 180 miles maximum altitude and 103 miles minimum. Each orbit lasted 94 minutes, surpassing the previous U S record of 175.84 miles by Walter Schirra in 1962. The all time high remains 308 miles by Soviet cosmonauts in March.
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