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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1967
Page
12
Several civic groups list talks and events this week including Mt. Mercy College theology teacher Sister Mary Dee Sienna addressing the Senior Men's Christian Club at the YMCA at 1 30 PM. Stolen items and juvenile shoplifting are also reported along with an Easter floral ad and a Cherry Blossom trip offer.
In San Antonio a man was arrested for possession of about $2,000 worth of heroin. Federal narcotics agents, aided by a mine detector team from Ft. Sam Houston, found the heroin buried eight inches deep in the suspect’s backyard. The incident followed a Lenten Holy Week service at First Presbyterian.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston will require priests to retire at age 75 starting January 1, 1968. Cardinal Richard Cushing said retirement is automatic with no exceptions and that about 25 elderly priests will be affected, though voluntary retirement is allowed at 65.
A local classifieds service promises to help advertisers reach more users by targeting engaged readers. The platform emphasizes quick placement and measurable results for diverse ads.
Congress to receive bills creating public financing for overseas activities previously covertly funded by the CIA. A Senate plan proposes a private foundation funded fund with tax implications, while a House group favors a nine member private-public institute to supervise open overseas projects.
U S officials report Viet Cong terrorism has killed 11 967 civilians and kidnapped 40 988 over nine years starting 1958. New reporting shows 467 killed 862 wounded and 738 kidnapped since Jan 1 this year with a focus on village officials and police. The study says the terror aims to promote mediocrity among civil servants and to depopulate villages of natural leaders.
Reports from NHK and Yomiuri corroborate that Mao Zedong's forces have seized Peking schools factories and municipal agencies. The army reportedly reaches Anhwei Kiangsi Hupeh provinces while a purge target former supporters of Liu Shaoqi.
Senate Republicans grapple with internal divisions over Vietnam as leaders push for a quiet, objective analysis rather than a unified party stance. Key figures like Hickenlooper and Dirksen seek to avoid public rifts while several senators drift between hawk and dove positions amid 1968 election considerations.
A simple call to 369-1234 invites readers to place a want ad and let it work for them, turning casual inquiries into potential employment leads. The notice emphasizes dialing today to start the process.
The Mt. Vernon fire department extinguished a small grass and cornstalk fire on the Joe Mehalic farm five miles west of Mt. Vernon. Firefighters received the alarm at 4 30 p m and halted the blaze after it spread from grass along a road into a nearby cornfield.
Ryan gymnasium hosts the Delaware County Firefighters Association meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. Dale Sawyer of Cedar Rapids will speak on gas safety for firemen.
AP reporting from Bimini Bahamas Adam Clayton Powell after planning a Palm Sunday trip to New York to speak in Harlem amid protests chose to stay on the island He feared arrest could trigger violence among his supporters and decided to deliver the sermon locally instead He had promised to risk arrest but reversed course citing safety concerns
Firemen answered a call at the Howard Richmond farm Saturday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire started by children burning trash in a roadside ditch. The blaze spread over four to five acres across an Ambrose Ryan farm field, reaching new seeding and corn stalks but no buildings were damaged.
Senator Mansfield, head of a special committee, calls for a troop reduction in Europe arguing the six divisions stationed there are unsustainable in a changed Europe. He notes Western Europe’s reluctance to meet mutual NATO commitments and plans to push a resolution with 43 co sponsors.
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