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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1967
Page
3
U S war planes conducted their heaviest strikes in four months focusing on the Viet Tri power complex 32 miles northwest of Hanoi. The raid sent dark smoke into the sky and was the sole Hanoi area attack, with additional strikes limited to anti aircraft gun positions nearby.
Paris AP report shows Gaullist candidates at 244 seats with 2 undecided as of Sunday, signaling a fragile majority. Opposition rails show 241 or 242 seats, while Tahiti and French Somaliland seats loom. Air war features 400-plus planes, one American RF4C missing, and heavy raids against North Vietnam amid hoped clearer flying weather ahead.
President Johnson, in a special televised message to AFL CIO rallies in 15 cities, urged Congress to pass his recommended social security amendments. He said the measures would bring the greatest living standard improvements for the elderly since 1935. The AFL CIO rallies aimed to mobilize support for the benefit increases.
In Des Moines the Iowa House killed the proposed constitutional amendment to allow future legislatures to fix their own pay and expenses. The 63 to 54 vote split party lines as the measure was indefinitely postponed after debate from both sides. The fate mirrors previous proposals from 1965 and 1967 and leaves three amendments still pending.
Hong Kong AP report cites blood clashes in Kwangtung as communist troops crack down on workers and peasants who refuse to return to production lines. Witnesses describe bodies along Fatshan roads. authorities deny full details while claiming hundreds of thousands of troops are stationed in the province.
The FBI toxicology report on Susan J. Shore 18 of Sterling Illinois found no poisons in the stomach liver brain kidneys or blood. The report notes tests for alcohol barbiturates tranquilizers chloral hydrate cyanide nicotine and others. A death certificate filed March 7 cites no anatomical cause of death. Leo Wagenknecht a Sterling businessman admitted being with Miss Shore when she died at the Cedar Rapids Holiday Inn.
In a long interview Jackie Kennedy discusses raising John and Caroline after JFK’s death. She describes John's budding maturity, plans to help him reconnect with his father, and summer plans at Hyannis Port including sailing in his father’s boat with Ted.
James Mere dith Monday withdrew as the GOP opponent to Adam Clayton Powell in the special New York congressional election, saying the party failed to keep commitments and that it was a matter of political expediency.
Adam Clayton Powell says he will walk Harlem streets on Palm Sunday despite criminal contempt charges. He claims James Meredith narrowly avoided being a white man’s puppet and vows to bring supporters from Bimini Bahamas. Palm Sunday falls on March 13.
33-year-old law student says political expediency drove the move after the New York Republican organization failed to provide expected consensus and resources. He left the race hours after announcing his withdrawal, citing no further details. Harlem sources suggest civil rights leaders pressures and Powell appeals for Negro unity influenced the decision. The report notes possible intermediaries and Powell's influence discussions.
The Izvestia newspaper celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Kremlin ceremony. Brezhnev urged the paper to explain and advocate communist ideals while warding off foreign propaganda. Nikolai Podgorny awarded an Order of Lenin to the publication.
Premier Thanom Kittikachorn announced that Thai security forces captured 15 Communist terrorists and killed 19 in six clashes last week. Government casualties totaled five wounded.
President Johnson urged Congress to commit the United States to increase aid to Latin American nations by up to 1.5 billion dollars over the next five years. The plan targets countries that promise self-help reforms and development.
A jokey definition says a psychologist is a man who watches everyone else when a beautiful girl enters the room. The quip plays on social curiosities and attracts a light laugh.
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