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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
16
Carol Channing’s ABC TV special aims to showcase her talent with Walter Matthau Eddy Arnold The Association and George Burns but ends up overproduced and dated. Channing shines only in parts while forced banter and neat introductions dilute her comedic strength.
Dick Van Dyke and Frank Sinatra will co host NBC-TV's Emmy awards show in Hollywood on May 19. Van Dyke also has an hour variety special on CBS TV April 7 with guests Jerry Van Dyke Carl Reiner and Michel LeGrand. Elisabeth Mann Borgese, daughter of Thomas Mann, visits NBC Today next Friday to discuss The Language Barrier Beasts and Men and claims animals can be understood.
Fragmentary sports notes show Road Runner items and a Memphis St versus Cincinnati basketball reference. The scattered lines resemble a local schedule or wrap with brief mentions of teams and activities.
UPI reports the agriculture department's February 15 figures show farm prices up 1 percent from January, led by cattle and hogs gains while cotton and lettuce fell. The mid February price index reached 258 percent of the 1910 14 base, with costs at a new 348 percent record, and parity measures around 74 to 80 percent depending on method.
A state mediator awarded New York City sanitation workers a 425 year raise under binding arbitration. Mayor Lindsay called the sum a form of blackmail during the nine day strike that left about 106000 tons of garbage in the streets. The 15 month contract aligns with police and firemen pacts and rejects a one year retroactive deal.
Seven people died in a head on collision between two autos on highway 301 about one mile south of Wilson on Thursday.
A low cost fast acting want ad boosts home freezer sales as shoppers respond quickly. The brief notice highlights affordability and speed of response in a busy market. Local merchants report steady inquiries and rapid turnover of available stock.
Iowans for Right-to-Work asks Republican and Democratic leaders to add resolutions supporting the state right-to-work law and opposing wholesale picketing legislation. Precinct caucuses March 4 and 25 are first in a series to choose delegates and set party platforms. The law bars forcing union membership to keep a job, effectively outlawing union shop and closed shop contracts.
James Farley former postmaster general and Democratic leader is reported in most satisfactory condition after an exploratory abdominal operation at St. Clare's hospital in New York. He was admitted February 20 at age 79. Surgeons say the procedure was tolerated well and Farley’s general condition is good. His son James Farley Jr. said the operation revealed no problems.
In Pasperiac Quebec a farmer’s wife Mrs Jacques Aspirot 38 saved three of her nine children by tossing them from a second story window into a showbank before perishing with the other six in a blaze and smoke. Her husband watched below as three other children were taken to hospital with minor burns.
Washington police say the Soviet embassy incident, claimed by Tass as five incendiary rockets and an attempted break in, produced only firecracker remnants. An air force major in the car accompanying two others was turned away, while President Johnson pledged a strong follow up.
LAKE CITY Michigan seven children died in a farm home fire. Victims included Vern 12 Rex 7 Susan 6 Danny 5 and cousins Debra 6 Tammy 4 Mike 5. Parents Mrs Hall Patricia injured. Mrs Snyder Louis treated. Firefighters faced frozen pumps delaying efforts.
Moscow university expelled Vladimir Pavlov a 30 year old Canadian exchange student accused of spreading anti Soviet ideas and urging monarchy restoration. Pavlov left for Helsinki after embassy officials discussed the case and he sought a meeting with university officials. Tim Conway hosts OPERATION ENTERTAINMENT with Lainie Kazan and The Mills Brothers on KCRG TV 9.
Chairman W R Poage urged relaxing limits on use of U S owned foreign currencies tied to Food for Peace sales. He warned improved balance of payments could harm poorer nations and urged study as the act faces a three year extension through 1971. Farm groups backed extending the program.
Four hooded robbers armed with submachine guns raided Montreal International airport early Friday and escaped with 85 000 dollars destined for the U S Army at Goose Bay. Three men entered the Air Canada freight office and warehouse while a fourth waited in a getaway car. An employee said one robber threatened workers at gunpoint and ordered them to lie down. The trio then forced the lock on a wire cage where the cash was kept and fled with the loot in a black leather bag.
A brief notice urges readers to check daily want ads as a vital community service. It emphasizes the usefulness of classified listings for jobs, housing, and goods in the local area.
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