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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1968
Page
2
A two level gold pricing system began Monday as governments halt gold flow to speculative markets. The London pool dissolves and stays closed to April 1 while the rest of the market seeks its price. U S officials expect volatility to ease though Paris and Zurich see it as stopgap.
The Supreme Court, in an 8-0 decision, ruled discriminators must pay lawyers fees when plaintiffs win under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The ruling supports Negroes seeking injunctions at five Piggie Park enterprises sites in South Carolina and emphasizes public interest in enforcing anti discrimination. The decision frames attorneys’ fees as a means to encourage legal action against racial discrimination.
A salesman asks if the wife is home. The husband replies she must be since the phone is still warm. A lighthearted anecdote spotlighting quick humor in domestic life.
Spec. 4 Kenneth Clendenin 21 of Franklin Ohio died after a head wound from an unknown shooter on a Chicago street. He had recently joined the 204th military police detachment at Fort Sheridan after returning from Vietnam. Two companions, James Pecha 22 and Larry Anderson 98, were with him when the incident occurred near the Rusa street nightclub district. The assailants fled after a threat was issued.
Santa Barbara California AP reports Rt. Rev. C. Eward Crowther of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions says clergy should seek political office. He notes few bishops have run for Congress, but believes church involvement warrants this step. Crowther, 39, a Great Britain native and naturalized American, has not yet met residency requirements to run.
Rapid City mourns as six high school girl cheerleaders and three adults die in a Beechcraft BB-18 crash returning from Sioux Falls after the state Class A basketball tourney. Witnesses describe a wing flip and fire. FAA and NTSB investigate.
South Vietnamese rangers repelled a second attack on Khe Sanh as about 600 North Vietnamese soldiers pressed close to the base. Allied forces reported heavy shelling, U.S. B 52 raids, and an enemy toll around 800 dead in the weeklong offensive near Saigon.
Strong southerly winds of 20 to 35 mph pushed warm moist air over Iowa. Shower activity moved east from western Iowa, with light rainfall amounts, Cedar Rapids at .13 inch. A tornado watch covered western Iowa and areas west of Estherville Carroll Clarinda, extending into eastern Nebraska and parts of SD KS MO. Showers likely to continue Monday night and Tuesday with lows in 40s and highs 40 to 50.
Police filed charges against 220 rioters after a large anti U S demonstration in London where about 10 000 protesters clashed with 80 officers and 28 were hospitalized. Protests also erupted in Nuernberg Stockholm and Paris with violence and arrests reported.
Burglars broke through a triple brick wall and concrete barrier to raid the Industrial State bank. Investigators say about 40 000 dollars in currency were stolen with safes emptied while pack of 100 dollar bills remained in the vault. The break in was detected Monday morning after intruders entered via the president's office.
AP reports Cubans endured a first alcohol free weekend as Fidel Castro ordered the shutdown of private and state bars and cabarets, allowing only beer and wine with meals. People filled films, beaches, and agricultural work while observers debate economic aims behind the move.
President Johnson urged a total national effort to win the Vietnam War and complete domestic reforms. He asked of citizens a program of austerity and tax support while pledging to curb spending abroad. He spoke at the National Farmers Union convention in Minneapolis after a Texas flight, as VP Humphrey and Sen. Mondale greeted him.
New York AP reports stocks advanced sharply in early trading on relief that seven Western governments acted to ease the monetary crisis, then drifted back as profit takers entered. Some gold mining shares fell as speculative gold buying cooled in Europe after a two price system for gold was adopted.
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