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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1964
Page
2
The head of the ruling three man civilian junta says 14 were arrested after a fiery series of explosions at an army ammunition dump. He notes possible communist sabotage, with 10 dead, 111 injured, and several missing as of Saturday.
Three Fayette county men died in a two vehicle collision on Highway 296 about two miles north of Wadena Saturday at 5 15 p m. Jerome Yearous 73 driver of the southbound car James Aeschliman 19 and Arthur Herrling 21 passengers in the northbound vehicle were killed. Aeschliman and Herrling both from Wadena. Paul Jennings 19 of Wadena survived with minor injuries. William Monnahan 48 of Wadena was severely injured and rushed to West Union hospital. Yearous home Elgin. Bodies taken to Muehlethaler funeral home Elgin.
The southwest Missouri region faced heavy rains on Saturday with Joplin reporting four inches in six hours and over six inches in 30 hours. A turkey farm near Crane lost 5,000 birds to a flash flood while Neosho saw seven inches since Friday noon and flooded homes. Hickory Creek overflow forced a rest home evacuation and Seneca on the Oklahoma border reported widespread flooding after five inches in 24 hours.
A fire swept the hull of a $40 million nuclear submarine under construction at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula Mississippi. An explosion in a paint shed sparked the blaze, with corporate firemen and a worker overcome by smoke. Fire crews from the yard and nearby areas battled the flames on No. 1087, one of two subs underway for Lithton Industries.
Gen Maxwell Taylor chairman of the U S joint chiefs of staff abruptly ended his European vacation Saturday and flew to Washington in an Air Force jet.
Mrs. Howard Gibson found a hippopotamus in a country road mud patch near Valley Center Kansas while driving home Friday night. Sheriff’s patrolman Frank Matheney led a search with an animal handler and three elephants to locate the 1500 pound hippo grazing near a rural home.
Thomas Hall a Blackfoot, 35, lost wife and seven children, his ranch, and nearly his world in a flash flood on Birch Creek. The disaster swept away his home in northwestern Montana, the era’s worst flood in 30 years, with heavy losses among the Blackfeet tribe.
Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids opens staff training under director Ron Yoder with counselors and workers starting Monday at 1 p.m. A nurse is sought as the final position. inquiries may be directed to Yoder at Empire 30681. The article also notes casualties and missing from a disaster at Birch Creek dam.
One Moscow hotel markets its in-room televisions as a novelty poster claiming that the TV not only watches you but also watches over you. The playful pitch riffs on surveillance culture, framing the devices as a quirky selling point.
Reports from Washington say U.S. jet aircraft struck Pathet Lao anti-aircraft positions last Tuesday after two Navy planes were shot down. The strike, if confirmed, aimed to permit resumption of photo reconnaissance flights and show American resolve in Southeast Asia defense.
The Air Force launched a space vehicle from Vandenberg California using a Thor Agena booster combination. No details were provided on the mission or results.
In Connecticut on Saturday, Pennsylvania Gov William W Scranton campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination while Sen Barry Goldwater moved closer to the prize. Goldwater flew to Phoenix to rest before resuming the campaign. Idaho Republicans pledged all 14 delegates they control.
Governor Scranton will campaign in Iowa Monday as part of his effort for the Republican presidential nomination. Des Moines co chair Ray Murphy Jr says Scranton will arrive by private plane at 7 p.m. CDT and meet with Iowa committee members and delegates. Iowa convention delegates are instructed to support Scranton at the national convention.
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard defended his calm appraisal of the Soviet East German treaty in Moscow. He said no immediate talks to reopen Germany Berlin issues are planned, and he stressed reunification remains a daily American policy objective. He also said West Germany will not initiate trade with Peking and discussed grain price harmonization with the six EU partners.
The Soviet Union accused U N Secretary General U Thant of lack of impartiality after his meeting with West German Chancellor Erhard in New York. The official statement described the meeting as compromising Thant’s neutrality.
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