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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1966
Page
4
Moscow based Tass accused the United States of criminally using poison substances and chemicals in South Vietnam. It cited defoliants and tear gas as tools harming civilians and warned of grave consequences for American actions, stating the Vietnamese will drive out the interventionists.
The united states joint chiefs urge broader bombing of North Vietnam with oil depots in Haiphong area as priority. They expect President Johnson to approve intensified action if Hanoi stalls peace talks, while stressing risk of civilian harm is low and warning mining Haiphong could provoke Moscow.
A sharp Formosa earthquake struck early injuring 11 people and collapsing several houses in Taipei and other areas. Police reported four on the local scale in Taipei and five elsewhere as the Weather Bureau logged the tremor. It disrupted Taipei’s nightlife.
Prince Philip earned an excellent rating from Braniff instructor after a 20 minute simulated One-11 jet flight at Love Field Dallas. The Prince, an experienced pilot, took off and made a near perfect landing in the simulator, joking about not landing upside down.
In Bogalusa Louisiana Police arrested 43 year old Thomas Bennett for attempted murder in the wounding of Captain Donald Sims 29 of Sun. Four .22 caliber bullets struck the service station window with one hitting Sims shoulder and lodging in his back. Sims on leave before deployment to Vietnam.
In Amman official reports say floods that struck Maan in southern Jordan Friday have killed 67 people and left more than 3,000 homeless. The disaster prompted emergency relief efforts from local authorities and aid groups.
William Heiberger, 16, Regis junior from 1016 Seventeenth Street NE, is The Gazette’s representative on the 12 day Young Columbus X tour of Ireland Scotland and England. The Cedar Rapids rider departs April 8 from New York aboard a Trans World Airlines jet with about 100 peers for Shannon Ireland.
FBI Agent George Foster described being buried more than eight hours in his crumpled station wagon when a massive slide hit on U S Highway 10 east of Snoqualmie pass. Rescuers found him at 2 15 a m Saturday and rush transported him to a hospital unhurt aside from cuts and exposure. Foster prayed during the ordeal and credited his seatbelt for saving his life.
Foster described the toppled top and his escape from a wreck. He crawled into a station wagon and tried to free himself with a tire iron, digged through a broken rear window, then gave up from exhaustion as the cold set in after intense heat and perspiration.
Forty states’ governors meet with President Johnson in the White House Blue Room and unanimously back his Vietnam policies. The resolution, led by Gov. James Rhodes, cites that the policies are sound and rational under the circumstances.
Sidney P. Moore 81 of Denver, former Cedar Rapids resident, founder and former president of Concrete Materials Construction Co., served on Coe College board and Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce. Born Dysart Nov 12, 1884, he will be brought back to Cedar Rapids for services.
In a midtown Mexico City cinema during a screening of El Tragabalas the audience panicked as lights came on. Ramona Sanchez fell, a doctor attended, and she gave birth to a baby boy named Tragabalas. The infant will receive a lifetime pass to all films from the producer of the interrupted movie.
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