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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1967
Page
3
President Johnson urged Congress to enact a plan creating a five man presidential mediation board to resolve the threatened railroad strike within 90 days and then possibly a binding agreement. If no deal by day 91, wage dispute proposals could take effect for two years retroactive to last month.
Dartmouth college formally apologized to former Governor George Wallace of Alabama for white and Negro hecklers who drove him from the stage. Dean Thaddeus Seymour expressed regret that students abused academic rights, noting most students support free and unobstructed platform for speakers. Wallace said he was not afraid and criticized pacifists, while also hinting at a potential third party presidential bid. He claimed the Ku Klux Klan is infiltrated by communists and that the American Nazi party aims to discredit the conservative movement. About 10 demonstrators shouted insults as Wallace spoke, then were escorted out by ushers and guards.
Special to The Gazette Ryan Keenan of Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs Artie Keenan, was killed in action in Vietnam. He served in the Mekong Delta with the 9th Infantry and was the second of two neighboring enlistees to die there, his friend Marvin Manternach having fallen last fall. Survivors include his parents a brother and three sisters all at home.
Cedar Rapids may expand the Civic Center urban renewal area by about 12 more blocks. Planning director Donald Salyer said Chicago consultants are surveying west and south boundary extensions along Second and Third streets SW and along Eighth Avenue to widen the site. The expansion aims to add a central fire station, improve west-side relocation opportunities, and extend flood reduction work, with several other reasons cited including poor housing in the district.
The Benton County school board asked County Supt. Floyd Ellson to set up a public Atkins meeting to discuss attaching Atkins Fremont district to a high school district. Time and place will be announced soon as the re evaluation of the assignment begins, amid a long dispute over Cedar Rapids versus Benton Community schooling.
Fulbright charges leaders with defense plants influence and labels some hawks in Congress as backing a booming war economy. He cites Jackson, Russell, and Rivers as defense hawk leaders, says Johnson aims to win a military victory while avoiding peace talks. Moyers, Newsday publisher, notes White House noncomment.
Rome AP Premier Moro's government won parliamentary approval of its probe into Italian army intelligence snooping on the private lives of Italian leaders.
In Des Moines Iowa senators were absent from their seats during a roll call on a bill creating a new state department of social services. Senator James Schaben’s amendment removing the parole board passed 31 to 29 after absentees were gathered. Leaders blamed the hold up on the lounge crowd and called for prompt seating, while discussions on improving notification of roll calls continued.
A Linn county district court filing claims Donald Ribble seeks 75 000 in damages for alleged alienation of his wife Martha by Dudley C. Taylor a former Linn county Republican central committee chairman known as Dudley Dudley The couple married September 3 1955 and have two children The suit accuses Taylor of clandestinely designedly and intentionally alienating Martha Ribble and notes his wealth influence and prominence as factors in the alleged misconduct
Cambridge Massachusetts. The Consultation on Church Union maps a merger path for ten major Protestant denominations uniting 68 000 ministers and 25 million members under an interim governing council while provisional rules are drafted. Denominational structures stay intact until a constitution is approved.
COCU moves toward a provisional union of ten denominations with a plan for an initial phase by 1971 or 1972. Details of the act of union and council makeup will be set at a Dayton meeting next April. The approach aims to bypass constitutional drafting while awaiting broader consensus.
A witty line notes that a modern girl requires two friends one to talk about and one to talk to. The quip plays on social connections with a light humorous tone and concise delivery.
U S Marines reported about 900 casualties in the 11 day push toward high ground near the Laotian border. Among the dead were 157 American servicemen. Enemy losses were stated as 506 confirmed dead with 610 others believed killed, as North Vietnam's forces pressed the assault and then dug in for the night.
UPI reports last week US combat losses reached 181 killed and 957 wounded with 12 missing or captured. Marines and Army units fought near Hill 881 North and Hill 881 South and Hill 361 as North Vietnamese forces pressed. Lang Vei and Khe Sanh areas saw fierce fighting, casualties, and artillery exchanges, while air strikes targeted Mig bases at Hoa Lac and convoy movements toward the Ho Chi Minh trail.
A block of 585000 Sperry Rand shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the largest block on record, with total volume 3.02 million shares for the day. The buyer and seller were not identified. The value was 18007200 dollars at 30.75 dollars per share.
Gas lines were cut on seven or eight Allamakee Community School District buses while parked in the bus barn Wednesday night. Drivers saw the damage Thursday morning. some routes ran late but all students were picked up eventually. Waukon police and the sheriff investigated the incident.
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