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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1967
Page
2
Pope Paul VI endorsed government action to curb population growth while upholding church opposition to artificial contraception. He urged careful measures within moral law and respect for married couples’ freedom, signaling possible shifts toward public access to family planning in Catholic-influenced areas.
The United States said it accepted Thant’s latest Vietnam peace proposals and is ready to begin discussions immediately. Thant announced his plan for a general standstill truce, preliminary talks, and reconvening the 1954 Geneva conference on Indo China, noting he sent proposals to all concerned on March 14 and received no categorical rejections. The report also notes a misfire incident with an F4C Phantom, two crewmen missing, and heavy air activity despite light ground action.
American planes bombed the outskirts of Haiphong and pounded other targets in North Vietnam. The Monday raids were the heaviest in two weeks, aided by a weather break allowing 107 missions, the highest since March 14 when 116 were flown.
Thirteen U S Marines were killed and one wounded when a land mine exploded during a mine warfare class in Da Nang. An investigation is under way with details pending. The incident occurred at a Marine Corps school run by the 7th Engineer Battalion near Haiphong area targets include an oil depot and a surface to air missile site.
New York report cites William Manchester claims that Defense Secretary McNamara alerted all U S bases worldwide after Kennedy was shot in Dallas. The book notes Johnson feared Khrushchev and Castro conspired to kill Kennedy, Warren allegedly resisted, and a two hour Washington blackout risked nuclear war. Manchester questions Warren’s role and affirms the commission found Oswald acted alone.
Raytheon Co notes a 50 percent jump in Amana Refrigeration sales in its 1966 annual report. Amana, merged with Raytheon in 1965, saw February as a record month with sales up 54 percent from the previous February. Raytheon total sales reached 708,992,976 dollars, up 45 percent. earnings rose 67 percent to 18,442,502 dollars. per share 2.90.
British bombers set the shattered tanker Torrey Canyon and surrounding sea on fire to halt the spreading oil. Within two hours the fire subsided but oil pollution extended to about 120 miles of England's southwest coast. Fighter-bombers dropped incendiary tanks to keep the oil burning, and officials said operations would continue into Wednesday.
J C Butler a 23 year old Marine sergeant recounts a patrol ambush near Phuoc Thuan Vietnam in which 14 friends were killed and seven Marines and PFs were shot down. Colonial units Crosfield and Carson say the attack signals a new Viet Cong pattern.
Iowa Governor Harold Hughes said the temporary solution to the Amish school issue has worked beautifully but cautioned about future changes if the legislature refuses to continue it. He spoke at the National Conference on State Regulation of Nonpublic Schools at the University of Chicago.
Iowa Gov. Hughes asks the senate to confirm Linn County Attorney Jack M. Fulton 35 Cedar Rapids as state public safety commissioner to start May 1. If confirmed, he will serve a full four year term from July 1, succeeding William Sueppel who resigned January 1 1966 and was temporarily replaced by Gene Needles. Needles remained acting after senate failed to confirm him earlier. Fulton would replace Needles and would name a successor for the county attorney post for the remaining 20 months of Fulton’s term.
In Des Moines the Iowa House, in 95 minutes, advanced a good faith reapportionment agreement. Actions included sending 1965 permanent amendment to voters in 1968, creating a 10 member bipartisan subdistricting commission, advancing single member district elections from 1970, declaring intent to support SJR8 and SJR12, and adopting the conference committee report.
In Johnson county district court Judge Clair Hamilton granted a permanent injunction restraining Coralville from awarding contracts for construction and building a sewer treatment plant near Camp Cardinal road while the real estate remains in a residential zone under Johnson county or Town City zoning. The judge denied a second injunction to stop further connections to Coralville’s existing sewer collector system. Iowa City had sought the injunction a month earlier.
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