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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1968

Page

8

Television Today Highlights Civil Rights Shifts in TV Dramas

UPI reports ongoing efforts to diversify TV with Negro stars like Bill Cosby in I Spy and Diahann Carroll in Julia, plus new shows The Outcasts and potential Peyton Place cast changes. The piece notes industry hearings on minority depictions, Dream House race questions, and network responses under civil rights pressure.

Hollywood UPI I Spy Bill Cosby Nbc-Tv Diahann Carroll Abc-Tv Harry Belafonte Sammy Davis, Jr National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders New York

Fragmented OCR of a nostalgic TV and film list

Readable items include Marshal Dillon wrestling country style Wyatt Earp Small World National Velvet. Multiple names and titles appear without clear context or framing. The text resembles a damaged entertainment index or puzzle strip with several unrelated entries.

Marshal Dillon Wyatt Earp National Velvet

Five involuntary manslaughter counts in Omaha hotel fire

Five counts of involuntary manslaughter were filed against Beverly Ann Miller 25 in connection with Tuesday's downtown Omaha hotel fire. Judge Walter Cropper kept bond at 1000 and Miller remained in Douglas County Jail. She said heavy drinking led to dropping a cigarette on a mattress and passing out as flames consumed the room.

Omaha (Ap Beverly Ann Miller Omaha Walter Cropper

Navy Enlists Six Men and Air Medal Awarded to Fontaine

Six men enlist in the navy with assignments to Great Lakes and San Diego. Tracy A. Hayward, 19, of 1018 Sixth Street NW, heads to Great Lakes. Air Medal honor goes to Maj. Richard C. Fontaine for missions over Vietnam. he is a Marion native and 1947 Marion High School graduate.

Fontaine Navy Great Lakes Ill Tracy A. Hayward Sixth Street San Diego Ralph J. Nollenberger Fox Meadow Drive Raymond L. Anderson Iowa City Wayne E. Zieser Walker Stephen W. Sickels Larry B. Burkey Anamosa Air Force Richard C. Fontaine Sherman A. Fontaine Lincoln Drive Marion Vietnam Marion High School

Charge Two in Theft of Pigs

Larry Cairns and Clifford Grother were charged with grand larceny for stealing 22 feeder pigs from the Mel Starry farm east of Olin and 25 pigs from the Gayle Ahrendsen farm five miles east of Olin. They were arrested in Iowa Falls after attempting to sell 22 pigs, appeared before Justice August Pearson, waived preliminary hearing, and posted $1,000 bond.

Gazette Anamosa Larry Cairns Marion Clifford Grother Route One Toddville Cairns Grother Iowa Falls Justice of the Peace Pearson District Court Olin Gayle

Auto Production By Firms Listed

Automotive News reports weekly auto production by makes. Chevrolet built 12,100 trucks this week versus 12,362 last week. Ford 13,800 this week vs 13,834. GMC 3,300 vs 3,208. International 3,520 vs 3,532. Mack 325 vs 349. White 612 vs 561. Jeep/DeSoto 3,014 vs 2,197.

Automotive News Chev- Liolet Oodae Ford GMC International Mack White Land Jeco Imperial General Otors Taneenee

Mansfield Urges New US Policy Toward Red China

Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield called for freer U S policy toward communist China to help end the Vietnam War. He urged candid talks and travel trade openings, acceptance that Taiwan is part of China, and readiness to meet Chinese representatives to resolve disputes and ease tensions in Asia.

Mansfield China Missoula Mont U.S. Senate Mike Mansfield United States U.S Montana Democrat Asia University of Montana Russia Taiwan Formosa Western Pacific Vietnam

Dirksen Falls at Home Hospitalized for Examination

Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois, age 72, fell while attempting to change a light bulb at his Leesburg Virginia home on Wednesday night. He was hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital for examination but X rays found no new fracture on the hip he previously injured.

Washington Everett Dirksen Ill Dirksen Walter Reed Army Hospital Leesburg

Madrid University Closes After Clashes Between Police and Students

The University of Madrid, home to about 30,000 students, was shut down by Spanish authorities following repeated clashes between police and students, prompting campus safety actions.

Kennedy calls for higher farm prices in Nebraska

Senator Robert Kennedy opened his Nebraska primary push at the University of Nebraska with a three point program to aid farmers. He urged collective bargaining for farm producers low interest loans and rural development akin to urban programs. He noted farm prices were below 1947 levels and input costs rose.

Lincoln UPI Robert Kennedy Nebraska Kennedy University of Nebraska Michigan New York Congress Farmers Home Administration America

Fire Destroys House on Farm Near Manchester

A six room farm house owned by Harold Wall at three and a half miles northeast of Manchester on the Manchester Oneida road burned Thursday afternoon. Furniture owned by Roy Hatfield was destroyed. the fire department could not save the structure. No occupants were present and the blaze origin is unknown.

Manchester Harold Wall Here Manchester-Oneida Roy Hatfield

Johnson Nominates Three Iowa Postmasters

President Johnson sent three Iowa postmaster nominations to the senate. Robert Corporon is nominated for Dougherty Elmer Chalupsky for Elberon and Francis Boyle for Worthington.

Washington Johnson Iowa Senate Robert Corporon Dougherty Elmer Chalupsky Elberon Francis Boyle Worthington

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