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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1967
Page
1
In Vietnam the northern sector sees heavy combat as Holy Week ends. Easter services were planned in U.S. field units if conditions allowed. The U.S. command reported 146 North Vietnamese regulars killed over a 48 hour period by Marines bombers and field guns.
United Nations Secretary General U Thant reportedly circulated a plan to halt U S bombing and military action in Vietnam while starting talks. The proposal calls for a staged process leading to a new Geneva conference with broad participation and binding settlement terms.
A witty remark comparing parking meters to a $2 bet with a nickel return, noting the implied risk of a quick return to feed meters.
Tokyo reports a rumor that meningitis has killed thousands in Canton province Kwangtung, though Hong Kong visitors say no outbreak seen. Taipei sources claim epidemics in Canton and Shanghai, with Maoist health drive sending doctors and nurses to rural areas. Continued on page 3.
Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Benjamin Spock led more than 2,000 peace marchers to an antiwar rally in Chicago, where King condemned the Vietnam war as a blasphemy against America and urged a combined civil rights and peace movement. Spock voiced strong opposition to Johnson's policy, calling for an alliance of religious, civil rights and peace groups to persuade Johnson or replace him in 1968.
Police in Nashville escorted milk trucks delivering to hospitals as the National Farmers Organization expanded a holding action to press for higher prices. In Illinois, NFO members bought milk in Edwardsville and Greenville and donated about 1 200 gallons to St. Louis area families.
Former Vice-president Richard Nixon, back from a three week European tour, urged President Johnson to visit Western Europe this year to shore up the alliance. He criticized U S leadership and said a strong leadership infusion, ongoing consultation, and attention are needed to end NATO disunity and the communications gap with allies.
A 76 year old Cedar Rapids man, Jess Ackerson, died after falling about 20 feet into an elevator shaft at the Farm Market building. Ackerson, a Witwer Grocer Co. maintenance worker, was found by his brother in law around 3:15 p.m. The coroner ruled the death accidental from massive head injuries. He had last been seen around 9 or 10 a.m. and died sometime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Ackerson was born November 3, 1891, and survived by his wife Mabel Bremer and several siblings. Funeral services are set for 3:30 p.m. Monday at Hesser Memorial chapel. Burial at Cedar Memorial cemetery.
Three California boys aged 13 to 15 completed a 168 hour, 500000 mile backyard space voyage in a nine foot plywood capsule. The trio Charles Goff Rob McKee and Rick McKee greeted by mothers PTA officials and girlfriends described the trip as boring yet fun promising a two week simulated Mars shot once they improve their craft.
Nine people were killed in two separate crashes within four hours in Oklahoma. The first wreck on rain slick U S 69 near Muskogee killed four when two cars and a truck collided. A second crash on U S 64 near Warner killed five, with about seven injured brought to the hospital.
President and Mrs Johnson will spend the Easter weekend at Camp David the presidential retreat in the Catoctin mountains of Maryland.
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