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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
11
President Johnson recommends Congress cut silver used in U S coins to conserve the scarce metal. The penny and nickel would stay unchanged as they contain no silver.
Cedar Rapids Community school district voters approve a 4.2 million bond to fund Cedar Rapids' third high school with about 72.27 percent support, 10 373 yes to 3 980 no, surpassing the 60 percent requirement. Construction planned for fall, completion by 1968, with partial furnishing funds also approved.
Jefferson High holds graduation in the school gymnasium due to rain threat. Only ticket holders admitted besides 581 graduating seniors. Ceremonies begin at 8 p.m.
Penick and R J Reynolds agree to complete the sale on June nine despite a justice department attempt to block the 96 million deal. An appeals court refused a temporary injunction, with a permanent order sought and a possible divestiture if final ruling is not issued. Trading halted then resumed with gains as stock moves higher. Reynolds would pay 22 dollars per Penick and Ford asset share. Cedar Rapids residents hold twelve percent of the corn products company stock.
In a racially tense Mississippi border mill town near Varnado, Mississippi, deputy O Neal Moore was killed and deputy Creed Rogers wounded when a pickup fired on their patrol car. Ernest McElveen, 41, allegedly in possession of two pistols, was stopped later in a 1954 pickup with a Confederate flag tag and booked on murder charges in Louisiana. FBI joined the investigation as authorities pursued multiple suspects amid heightened patrols and a spreading probe into the violence that has drawn 50 arrests connected to the unrest.
Houston AP report profiles James McDivitt and Edward White as close spaceflight partners and lifelong friends. Both Air Force majors share similar backgrounds from Michigan to West Point and the flight path that led them toward Gemini duties. White hails from San Antonio and McDivitt from Chicago, with years of training and combat missions shaping their teamwork.
The Senate voted 7 to 9 to tax hotel, motel and transient sleeping rooms at 2 percent starting July 1, estimating $500,000 yearly. Beauty, barber, laundry services are exempt. The House previously approved a 2 percent tax on these services, aiming for $3.6 million, but the Senate narrowed the bill.
Gemini 4 astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White failed to rendezvous with the spent Titan booster stage delaying the planned 25 foot approach. Ground control advised scrubbing the maneuver to conserve fuel as the team reported being behind schedule. The attempt marked the first failed rendezvous mission aiming to dock two satellites, prompting design review for future flights.
Humorous quip notes the vanity of boastful people and the crowd ready to outshine or deflate them with sharp wit. The saying implies satire about confidence and cleverness in social banter.
James McDivitt and Edward White reached a new US altitude record while orbiting Earth from 180 miles down to 103 miles. Each orbit lasted 94 minutes, surpassing Walter Schirra’s 1962 mark of 175.84 miles. The all time high remains held by Soviet cosmonauts Pavel Belousov and Alexei Leonov at 1308 miles.
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