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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1963
Page
1
Washington AP Robert Whitaker 18 was arrested after a TV dance debut drew a closeup. A 14 year old girl reported he knocked her down after a theater exit, and detectives said two companions also accused him of assault and vandalism. Whitaker was held pending a hearing.
Senate sources say Defense Secretary Robert McNamara cried during a closed hearing on the TFX plane contract as he defended his integrity. He reportedly told senators his son asks when his father will be proved honest, while the Pentagon dismissed the claim as nonsense.
The United States delays a formal aid announcement to Brazil amid tensions over a pro Castro congress in Sao Paulo. President Kennedy postpones a key meeting with Brazilian finance minister San Tiago Dantas and a state department report on aid progress is canceled. Brazil’s government says it cannot block the meeting but deems it inadvisable, while visa rules remain unchanged for short stays. Congressional critics warn the move could threaten future U S aid to Brazil.
Fire investigators and managers say Bremer's men’s clothing store will be rebuilt within six months. Loss to Bremer’s estimated at 400000 including building fixtures equipment and merchandise valued up to 200000. Total damage to adjacent stores 100000. St Claire Johnson clothing store sustain heavy stock loss and nearby tenants faced smoke and water damage but Lubins drug store reopened. Investigation into arson to begin with state fire marshals arriving Monday.
A Houston accident killed a couple and two children when their car hit a cable stretched between two construction machines. A fourth child was critically hurt as the cable tore across the car top. A bulldozer was pulling a ditching machine. the gap between the equipment was 11 feet. The driver apparently steered between the machines without seeing the cable.
The U S weather bureau reported the winter of 1962 63 as the sixth coldest on record in the United States. The coldest winters occurred in 1899 and 1936, with 1905 1910 and 1929 also running colder than the just finished season.
Seven people died in a Friday night three car collision in Addison New York. Police said a car crossed into the opposite lane and struck another before a head on crash with a third vehicle. four victims were from one family.
President Kennedy warned unemployment could rise to 7 percent even without a recession unless growth increases. He urged approval of a three year 10.3 billion tax cut as the first step, citing postwar baby boom and automation as growth challenges. He spoke after dedicating O Hare Airport and eyed U S leadership in a three times faster supersonic future.
Ernest Boxmann 53, New York impresario accused of shooting American opera singer Frances McCann 41, then wounding himself, died Saturday in Rome hospital from bronchial pneumonia. McCann’s husband is J Walter Rodgers of Altadena California.
Vice-president Johnson urged mutual trust between the technology and public affairs communities at the Goddard memorial dinner. He defended the space program's cost and urged clearer explanation to Congress, noting U.S. leads in satellites while Russia may surge this year. A Kennedy statement praised Goddard as a pioneer.
West Germany on Saturday announced cancellation of foreign ministers meeting that would have included Britain's Lord Home and France's Maurice Couve de Murville. Sources said Paris refused to join a session discussing consequences of their veto of Britain’s Common Market bid.
In Tehran a clash between pro equal rights women and anti suffrage Moslem clergy left one dead on each side. Forty to fifty mullahs charged the women who fought back with clubs and torn footwear as police struggled to restore order. Eight police injured.
Ricardo Mello, 27, a discharged maintenance man, was jailed on homicide investigations after confessing to tampering with a boiler at J C Penney in downtown San Jose. The 4 49 p m explosion killed three and injured more than 70, wrecking the store and damaging the drug department and surrounding area.
The Castro government said army units struck three rebel bands in Matanzas province and wiped them out. The communique named Juan Jose Catala Costa as the CIA rebel chief in the area and listed two other rebel leaders among the dead. The fighting occurred in western Cuba with Matanzas near Havana.
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