City Briefs round up cheerful Tuesday events and notices
Municipal Judge Howard McLaughlin will speak Tuesday at 12 15 p m in the French room of the Town House restaurant. Optimist Club speaker Clay Stapleton Iowa State football coach to show 1965 season films Tuesday noon at the Roosevelt. Butterfly Cafe opens daily 7 30 a m to 3 a m. Younkers Lindale Plaza hosts Glenhaven suit showings March 15 with door prizes.
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East Kiwanis
Howard McLaughlin
Town House
Optimist
Clay Stapleton
Iowa State University
Roosevelt
Younkers Lindale Plaza
Adv
Fulbright calls for honest airing of Vietnam policy debate
Senator Fulbright, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defended open hearings on Vietnam as strengthening U S policy by exposing diverse views. He warned of potential war with China and urged continued questions to shape a true consensus while predicting eventual shifts in public opinion and policy.
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Washington
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Arkansas Democrat
Johnson
Asia
China
National Conference of Higher Education
Chicago
U.S
Sen. Fulbright
U. S
Castro says Cuba ready to break with China over tensions
Fidel Castro warned in a 42 hour Havana speech that Cuba could sever diplomatic ties with Communist China amid what he called imperialist pressure. He accused Beijing of economic aggression and calumny and denied domestic opposition. He noted plans to limit Chinese officials after requests to remove Cuban trucks and equipment.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
China
Castro
Peking
The Midnight Story Next on Channel 9 at 10:25 PM
Tony Curtis stars in The Midnight Story airing on Channel 9 at 10:25 PM. The late film features a mystery drama with Curtis in a lead role and is promoted as a prime time feature headline.
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Channel 9
Tony Curtis
May Begin Auditorium Construction in Cedar Rapids 1967
Cedar Rapids plans a 9 million civic auditorium on a two block downtown site with a summer 1967 start. Mayor Bob Johnson outlined a critical path targeting April 1967 for property acquisition and 9 to 21 member boards to guide fundraising and tenant planning.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Johnson
Johnson
Driver Denies Charges in Downtown Crash Trial Set
George D. Simmons, 50, pled innocent to intoxication and control charges after a car he allegedly drove struck a parked vehicle at Ellis boulevard and avenue NW. Trial set for March 31. Passenger William Emanuel, 43, sustained minor injuries and was treated at St. Luke’s hospital. The parked car belonged to M. E. Monear, 1709 Tenth Street NW.
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George D. Simmons
H Avenue NW
Simmons
Ellis Boulevard
Avenue NW
William Emanuel
Tenth Street NW
St. Luke’s Hospital
M. E. Monear
Arrest of Cedar Rapids Tavern Owner on Drunkenness Charge
Cedar Rapids police arrest Marsh C. Goldie 40 owner and bartender of Goldie's Chicago Tap 204 First Street NW on an intoxication charge after responding to a report of a drunken man at the tavern. Goldie of 350 Seventeenth Street NE was released on a 110 dollar bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Marsh C. Goldie
Goldie
Chicago
First Street
Seventeenth Street
Library Director Named to Iowa Commission
Cedar Rapids Public Library Director James Marvin was named to the Iowa inter governmental relations commission by Gov. Hughes. The panel will study ways to strengthen and extend relations among local and state governments, with appointees from schools higher education and other groups. Its first meeting is set for April 15 in Des Moines. Linn Supervisor Anthony Scolaro was named earlier.
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James Marvin
Cedar Rapids
Inmate Put On Bread and Water for Refusal to Work
Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant ordered jail inmate William A. Barnette, 32, of Ely, placed on bread and water for ten days after he refused to work on a conservation crew. Barnette had earlier been sentenced to ten days hard labor for intoxication, with the bread and water days not counting toward the sentence.
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Linn
Walter Grant
William A. Barnette
Ely
Barnette
Grant
Cedar Rapids Indoor Sports Club elects new president
Bob Stock was elected president of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the Indoor Sports Club succeeding Howard Wehd. Other officers chosen at the annual meeting in the Keen Teen room of the YMCA include Don Bartosh as vice president Vera Craft as secretary Donna Huber as treasurer and Berdine Kamper and Mildred Kupka as directors.
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Bob Stock
Cedar Rapids
Howard Wehd
Keen Teen Room
YMCA
Don Bartosh
Vera Craft
Donna Huber
Berdine Kamper
Mildred Kupka
Teachers Picket New Orleans Schools Strike Expands
Nearly 100 pickets gathered outside 38 public schools as New Orleans enters the second day of its first teachers strike. All schools stayed open while officials noted fewer participants than on Friday. The strike is the AFL-CIO affiliated American Federation of Teachers first Deep South push for collective bargaining rights. About 450 members of local 527 participate.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Deep South
527
1,400 Members Vote to Continue Strike Indefinitely
One thousand four hundred members voted last night to extend and sustain the strike without a set end date, signaling a prolonged labor dispute and continued union action.
Patricia Puts Her Lucky Dog To Work Again
Fifteen year old Patricia Canafax uses her lucky stuffed dog Brownie to inspire her friend Judy Lynn Funsch who underwent heart surgery in Michigan. Judy, five, is recovering after a five hour operation at the University of Michigan Hospital, while Pat reflects on Mayo Clinic prognoses and looks forward to Judy’s recovery.
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Patricia
Dallas, Texas
Patricia Canafax
Brownie
Judy Lynn Funsch
Pat
Judy
Michigan
A. G. Canafax
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
University of Michigan Hospital
Ann Arbor
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City Briefs
Butterfly Cafe
Colonial
Donna
UCP
Thomas M. Collins
Midwest
United Cerebral Palsy Assn
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Merchants National Bank
MNB
Fred Carstens
Leo W. Scholiman
Bert Laufer
Atlantic
Clearwater, Fla
Laufer
St. Luke’s Hospital School of Nursing
E. Cohn & Sons
L Street SW
Judith Kulish
Marycrest College
Davenport
Linn County Barracks
Veterans of
Ladies Auxiliary
Memorial Coliseum
Breakin
Floyd Pratt
E Avenue NE
Wally
E Avenue NW
Edgewood Road
Wiley Boulevard
Pierson’s Florists
Francis McLaughlin
Eighteenth Avenue
Electroplaters
American Electroplaters Society
Elks Club
Ezra Blount
Products Finishing
Gazette
Donald Dickerson
Lampert Yards Lumber Co
Mercy Hospital
America
Havana University
Fulgencio Batista
First St
1St Ave
Duane Russow
Mgr
First
A Avenues
Third
Fifth Streets
Civic Auditorium
Cedar Valley Road
C.R. Library
Canafax
Smulekoff
Dak
General Motors
Smulek
Herbel CO
the Builder’s Department Store
Center Point Rd
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