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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1963
Page
1
Kennedy tells Washington Advertising Council that tax cuts must be paired with budget and debt policy changes to avoid downturn and disaster. He cites 1957 1960 policy choices by the bipartisan record and warns Congress against unrealistic debt limits and excessive budget restraint.
Devastating floods and deadly tornadoes left more than 30,000 homeless and 18 dead with 6 missing. Water rationing began in Harlan Kentucky as pumps failed and Civil Defense moved to tap wells and a Baxter plant for drinking water. Red Cross set up disaster HQs in Huntington to aid Kentucky West Virginia and Virginia flood zones.
Police investigate after two to three suspects smashed into the Hy Vee Market at 1120 Forty Second Street NE and escaped with about 1425 in cash and checks plus 205.25 in merchandise. A bread delivery man alerted authorities and noted a car speeding away. footprints suggested male intruders.
Former secretary of state Dean Acheson told a University of California audience that Charles de Gaulle’s European plan rests on a personal crisis mindset. He warned such a path could invite Soviet domination and blamed U S flirtation with Moscow for Berlin tensions and German tilt toward France. He argued the six-nation Common Market cannot be self sufficient and urged vigorous U S action to lower trade barriers.
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam 71 longtime liberal Methodist leader died Tuesday night from complications after surgery. A founder of ecumenism he helped form the World Council of Churches and led the Federated Council of Churches later key to the National Council of Churches. Surviving are his wife three children and eight grandchildren.
Moscow charges three U S warships fired on the Soviet fishing vessel SATR 9007 east of Norfolk last Friday. Izvestia says two Boston type cruisers and a Franks type destroyer fired volleys within five miles, landing 130 meters away, then again 60 meters away after moving closer. The note calls the actions a violation of international law and navigation norms and urges punishment to prevent future incidents.
DES MOINES AP reports the Iowa Senate rejected a bill to raise highway truck length from 50 to 60 feet by a 21 25 vote. Senator Irving Long opposed the measure and moved to reconsider, then to table the motion. Majority Leader Robert Rigler proposed a recess until 3 p.m. as debate lingered.
CHICAGO UPI The railroads on Wednesday broke off negotiations with five train brotherhoods over work rules in a dispute. Chief negotiator J E Wolfe said unions refuse to face reality and urged the railroads to end the mockery of bargaining and move quickly to implement Supreme Court ordered rules changes.
Tokyo AP reports Communist China charging India with four military intrusions into Tibetan territory during the previous month, escalating border tensions between the two nations.
Thirteen refugees in East Germany spent hours in a 60 yard tunnel described as eternity in a coffin. They crawled toward West Berlin from a house under barbed wire, aided by a handyman and a medical student as Western police approached.
Washington source says the Russian charge is without foundation. He notes a lone U S destroyer did conduct anti aircraft firing off the Virginia Capes Friday but no Russian vessel was in the firing zone. Navy spokesman in New Cont. confirms.
The UPI report says Chinese Communists invited Premier Khrushchev to call at Peking during his visit to Cambodia. The invitation signals high level Soviet Chinese engagement amid regional trips.
A humorous jibe on modern equipment reducing chores to washing people. The quip notes that in homes today almost nothing is scrubbed by hand except the occupants themselves.
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