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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1963
Page
7
Television critic Alan Gill reviews Jack Benny's New York Ziegfeld show Life Begins at 39 noting a interrupted joke by jugglers and Benny's enduring charm. Gill cites Al Capp praise and comments on Benny's resilient style and persona.
A dense roster of programs across channels featuring Alfred Hitchcock, Captain Kangaroo, Popeye, Shari Lewis, Roy Rogers, Ruff and Reddy, and Captain Kangaroo again. Includes news, weather, sports blocks and various cartoons, game shows, and theatrical films scheduled through the night.
Federal prisons chief James Bennett urged tighter federal controls on firearms sales, citing Vic tor Feguer’s 1960 crime spree. He told a Senate subcommittee that guns are easily obtainable nationwide, fueling crime and bank robberies. An amendment to federal firearms laws was proposed.
Lawmakers discuss curbing juvenile gun access by tightening mail order and pawn shop sales. Officials label fringe operators as key loopholes and push stricter background checks and licensing to close gaps.
Hollywood AP Edwin Johnson an actor aged 46 is in Cedars of Lebanon hospital for surgery described by his studio as a mild skin cancer on his left thigh. Paramount reported his doctor expects recovery and a return to work by March 18.
A 139 foot grain elevator at Hasenwinkle & Co. in Pekin was swept by fire after a dust explosion. Fire fighters saved two of the fire bins. The elevator, built in 1916, was valued around $500 000. Warren Richard, Pekin manager for Hasenwinkle & Co. based in Bloomington, provided the estimate.
Joseph Whalen, 60, was found face down in the snow in Lafayette township by his brother. County medical examiner cites heart attack as the cause. He lived on adjoining farms with his brother. Services set for Friday in Wexford. body at Burke Funeral Home in Lansing.
Cornel Wilde and Maureen O Hara star in a drama about two sons of musketeers who uphold their forefathers fighting legacy on a Friday night TV 9 broadcast at 10 30.
ANNANDALE Minn UPI Oren Lee Staley president of the National Farmers Organization rallies about 2000 farmers as the Albion French Lake cooperative creamery dumps 40000 pounds of skim milk in protest against a master contract denial by First District Association. The milk was dumped in a field after the Crow River outlet plan was blocked by the Minnesota conservation department. The event underscores the NFOs broad challenge to processors and its member co-ops.
London reports Soviet intelligence agents attempted to recruit a British embassy employee in Moscow twelve days ago. The foreign office disclosed the incident as the case widened.
A smoldering sofa caused a fire at a colonial home by Payson Lake in Kinnelon New Jersey killing Michael Moran 47 and his children Michael 17 Patrick 13 Joseph 6 and Betty Jean 11. Four other family members escaped through a second floor window. The era marked eight deaths in New Jersey fires in a five hour span.
The first section of the Uni sphere, symbol of the 1964 World's fair, was moved into place on Wednesday in New York.
In Van Meter Iowa the Iowa National Guard dropped hay to stranded cattle after ice and 10 foot drifts stalled 25 cows in a 10 acre pasture between the Raccoon rivers. Twenty two cows were rescued with three calves lost. Neighbors aided by axe and pick to free the herd as flooding and ice blocked the pasture.
Sue Curry, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curry, cracked an ankle bone after a fall on ice at the elementary school. She wears a cast but moves about with assistance.
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