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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1969
Page
6
Anguillans on Anguilla parade past the schoolhouse headquarters of the British command led by Acting President Ronald Webster on a motorbike. They wave the Anguillan independence flag as a Caribbean island shows no enthusiasm for London aid efforts.
The United Nations Security Council urged South Africa to withdraw from South West Africa. Britain and France abstained. South Africa dismissed the resolution as meaningless, insisting the Assembly acted illegally in 1966. The U.S. backed the resolution, favoring dialogue over compulsory sanctions, while several African states warned against coercive action.
COLCHETH England UPI reports atomic scientists at the government research center solved why bathwater seems cold too fast. Their newspaper Atom News says the water doesn’t cool. the bather simply gets used to the heat.
London AP reports former foreign secretary George Brown refused to shake hands with an Israeli diplomat after an Egyptian ambassador declined to greet him at a dinner. The incident prompted Brown to tell the ambassador he would not visit Cairo while the Egyptian side boycotted the handshake.
Massachusetts authorities report the third and fourth victims of the Cape Cod murders were two 19 year old girls missing for months. The bodies were found in shallow graves near Truro. Rhode Island women also found murdered nearby. Suspects include Antone Costa, a 24 year old Provincetown carpenter.
In a bridge diary style exchange Oswald and James Jacoby discuss a slam bid and heart play misgivings. The column pivots to a daytime game show, Treasure or Trash, airing on TV Nine Friday nights, as readers compare strategic wit across games.
Dr. Thomas Paine announced at the Air Force Association convention that if the first manned lunar touchdown succeeds in July, NASA will follow with three more voyages, expanding scientific gear each time. Later missions would probe Mars, with orbiters and landings planned, and a 1977 79 grand tour of four planets using gravity assists, lasting nine years.
The EEOC ruled that mandatory singing by six Trade Winds Co shrimp peelers in Thunderbolt is not a legitimate job duty. The workers complained their boss made them sing for visitors, and the ruling sets a limit on such practices.
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