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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1961
Page
1
The West German mark was revalued on Saturday to 4 marks per dollar from 4.20. The move, confirmed by the economics ministry and Deutsche Bank, aims to curb speculation, boost reserves, and reduce price advantages for exports while lowering costs for imports and travel.
Special to The Gazette reports a late Friday head-on collision on highway 190 near Fairbank killed two Oelwein residents Jean Murphy 33 and Harold Leyh 22. Murphy survived with injuries while both cars left the road into a ditch. Murphy and Leyh were noted Sacred Heart parish members.
The report notes New York reached 64 degrees on Friday, marking a new record for the date.
Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg states 5.5 million people are unemployed currently. He compares this to 4.85 million in January, noting a record high since the 1930s downturn.
Averell Harriman, President Kennedy's envoy, met French President Charles de Gaulle in Paris for an official lunch and private discussion signaling ongoing high level diplomacy between the United States and France.
Elizabeth Taylor, 29, fell ill with pneumonia and was placed in an oxygen tent at her hotel, later rushed to a hospital. Doctors report severe lung infection and a fever of 103, complicating her schedule for Cleopatra. Production delays and insurance disputes accompany the health crisis.
A blaze at the Pick congress hotel in Chicago burned out ten rooms and filled upper floors with smoke. A guest, identified as Harry Williams, 47, president of Colonial and Pacific Trucking Co. of Storm Lake Iowa, died nearby his 10th floor room. Fireman injured. a University of Minnesota coed rescued from a 10th floor ledge. Damage estimated over $100,000. Fire started shortly after 10 am CST.
Captains John McKone of Topeka and Freeman Olmstead of Elmira spoke publicly for the first time since their return from a Russian prison about the July 1 RB-47 shootdown. They described a defensive 20 mm cannon in the tail, attacked by a Mig-15, and recounted seven months of harsh imprisonment. They avoided details about the mission objective, the missing three crew members, and the information given to the Russians. They said the plane skated near Russian airspace, turned as missiles hit engines, and that the cannon fired automatically during the attack.
Scores of anti nuclear demonstrators converge on Holy Loch Scotland to press a protest as six sailors from the Proteus submarine tender seek shelter in an office. About 1000 march toward the Polaris base while a chartered ferry carries protesters to the pier. A clergyman intervenes and defends the Americans.
The Associated Press reports a mix of snow and showers across Iowa on Saturday with heavy northwest snow warnings. Snow could reach 4 inches or more, while Cedar Rapids logged .78 inches of rain and 43 degrees at 2 pm. Weather expected to ease in western Iowa Saturday night, with Sunday seeing scattered snow in the east.
Jurors in the Chester Weger murder trial returned a guilty verdict and life sentence. Weger, 22, could apply for parole in 1982 under Illinois law, for one of the Starved Rock murders. Defense and prosecutors sparred over jury conduct and the parole clause.
The Iowa Democratic Central Committee asks that state Senator Adolph Elvers be barred from future Democratic caucuses. The move cites his Feb 23 vote for the Shaff reapportionment plan against the party platform. The letter notes his action aided a bare majority passage and was injurious to fair reapportionment.
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