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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1966

Page

4

Pope Paul VI lifts excommunication for mixed Catholic marriages

Vatican announces historic changes to mixed marriages between Catholics and non Catholics. Non Catholic promises to rear children as Catholics are removed, now on the Catholic spouse. Non Catholic ministers may attend ceremonies and offer exhortations after vows.

Vatican City Michael Ramsey Canterbury Paul Holy See Vatican Ecumenical Council Council

U S Navy Lifts Lost H Bomb From Depths Near Spain

U S navy experts began raising the missing H bomb recovered by the Alvin sub near Palomares Spain after its camera confirmed the device lay on a seamount 2 500 feet deep five miles off the southern coast. The operation could take up to three days with the Fort Snelling crane to lift the weapon with cables. Officials said the bomb appeared intact with no radioactive leakage and that there would be no photos of the recovery due to secrecy. The incident follows the January 17 collision of a B 52 and a tanker that left three crew dead and four survivors.

Palomares Beach Spain Mediterranean Fort Snelling William Guest U.S Angier Biddle Duke

Kennedy speech highlights new South and American unity

In Oxford Kennedy urged a society where Negroes are as free as other Americans and noted racial injustice spans the nation. Security precautions were extensive, with university officials limiting attendance to students and faculty as tensions rose after past Mississippi riots.

Oxford, Miss Robert Kennedy D-N-Y University of Mississippi America Law School Kennedy New York Chicago Los Angeles Mississippi New South James Meredith Meredith Oxford Prentiss Walker Miss

Jury Finds Pilicer Guilty On 7 Counts

A federal court jury found Abraham Pilicer and his firm Pisco Laboratories of Cedar Rapids guilty on all seven counts of dispensing drugs without a prescription. Sentencing was postponed for a pre sentence investigation. Pilicer, 68, is free on bond. The charges allege illegal sales of amphetamine sulfate and secubarbital capsules known as pep pills.

Abraham Pilicer Pisco Laboratories of Cedar Rapids Pilicer Ridgeway Drive John Collins Food and Drug Administration FDA) J John Walsh Overland Park Kan

Lightning Sparks Power Outages In Eastern Iowa

A thunderstorm struck Eastern Iowa causing multiple power outages. Lightning damaged porcelain insulators near Belle Plaine and between Swisher and North Liberty, with Marengo service restored by 6:30 p.m. and the Swisher area back by 9:40 p.m. A barn near Onslow was destroyed by lightning while another near Colesburg was struck but did not burn.

Iowa Onslow Colesburg Marengo Tiffin- Oxford Belle Plaine Iowa Electric Light and Power Co Matengo Swisher North Liberty

Iowa board reviews equal population for vocational school areas

Des Moines Iowa three merged areas approved for new vocational schools may be illegally composed because director districts are not of equal population. Cedar Rapids Creston and Boone anchor the districts. Attorney General Lawrence Scalise said the law means districts must be approximately equal in population. The advisory committee asked the board to reassess three districts and delay a Sioux City merged area proposal. Elections in Creston have been ordered. Cedar Rapids and Boone were to be ordered. Apportionment could slow development as population concentration in large cities risks dominating administration. The committee noted some areas operated under a gentleman's agreement giving smaller counties more voice. Continued.

Des Moines Iowa Board of Public Instruction Cedar Rapids Creston Boone Iowa Advisory Committee On Area Vocational Schools Sioux City

Schirra Joins Gemini 8 Return Flight Coverage

NASA astronauts Armstrong and Scott tested after Gemini 8 mishap as they wrapped up a Pacific recovery phase. They paused in Honolulu after a flight from Okinawa, were splashed down safely, and later flew to Cape Kennedy for debriefings. Schirra rode to Okinawa and back with them.

U.S David Scott Neil Armstrong Hickam Air Base Honolulu Cape Kennedy Gemini U. S Okinawa Pacific Leonard Mason Hawaii Air Force Henry Persons Pacific Recovery Force Hickman Air Base Tripler Army Hospital Armstrong Scott Frank Berman Walter Schirra Berman Armstrong’ S Naha Space Agency Schirra

Chuckle On Statesman And Politician Difference

A humorous line contrasts a statesman who views himself as belonging to the state with a politician who believes the state belongs to him. Copyright humor note included.

Nations Tell De Gaulle NATO Vital to Security

Fourteen NATO members issued a joint declaration affirming the alliance’s essential role and rejecting bilateral pacts as substitutes for NATO. The statement, released by Belgium Canada Denmark West Germany Greece Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Turkey Britain and the United States,回应 De Gaulle’s plan to pull French forces from integrated commands and demand removal of foreign troops.

de Gaulle NATO NATO Alliance Europe Organization Belgium Canada Denmark West Germany Greece Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Turkey Britain U.S

Cuba sugar output near two million tons by March

Havana reports Cuba produced about two million tons of sugar by March 12, roughly one third less than the same period a year ago. The government releases figures indicating a significant shortfall in production for the current season.

Havana UPI Cuba

Reed: China hearings gain GOP rebuttal witnesses

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee expands its China hearings with rebuttal witnesses picked by ranking Republican Len Hickenlooper. Walter Judd leads the lineup, joined by George Taylor and David Rowe. A Harvard scholar says China fears U.S. action in Vietnam and may intervene to protect North Vietnam.

Washington Vietnam Senate Foreign Relations Committee China Len Hickenlooper G.O.P Mickewlooper Walter Judd Minnesota Dirksen Hickenlooper Judd George Taylor University of Washington David Rowe Yale

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