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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1966
Page
1
Washington reports corporate profits rising to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 78.3 billion before taxes for Q1. After tax earnings reached 48.4 billion, up 11 percent from a year earlier, with a 3.1 billion gain over Q4 1965 amid the strongest quarterly advance since 1961.
Detroit AP notes early May car sales show 15 percent drop from 1965. GM Chrysler and AMC fall 1 0 days May 1 10. Ford rises 15 percent. Total 192,429 units, down about 35,000 from last year. Chevrolet Corvair plunges from 6,213 to 1,899. Opinions vary on causes from publicity to Vietnam and tax changes.
Tama Packing Co. reorganizes leadership as Richard J. Loftus is elected president succeeding Richard Cashman who resigns. Other resignations include Boyd G. Hayes and Kenneth Van Duzer. Howard Randolph named general manager for the firm and subsidiaries. Rumors of new backing denied. Rudman says further public statements should come from Randolph.
NEW YORK AP reports coal producers announced price increases seen to cost users about 100 million dollars annually. Utilities and manufacturers are expected to pass higher costs to consumers, potentially raising electricity rates as coal fuels over half of the nation’s power. Consolidated Edison cautioned a 3 to 5 percent rise in coal costs could lead to higher electric bills, while Peabody Coal Corp. said a 5 to 7 percent increase is now in effect on several coal types after wage boosts.
At a Democratic congressional fundraising dinner for 6100 attendees at $100 a plate in an armory Fulbright, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, studied his water glass and did not applaud as President Johnson spoke about Vietnam. The mood was tense as waiters cleared dishes and a chair broke. An hour later a woman searched under the head table for a toothpick of someone famous.
Robert A. Hansen, 38, named superintendent of the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School at Vinton effective June 18 after serving as principal since January 1965. He will replace Donald Walker, resigning to take a college post in Virginia, with a salary of 9400 dollars plus full maintenance. Hansen previously taught 10 years at Kansas State School for the Blind and holds a BA from Dana College and a master's from the University of Missouri.
A brief humorous note on success misbehaving like a nervous breakdown, reflecting on the overlap between achievement pressure and strain. Copyright notice appears in the snippet as a legal marking.
The senate commerce committee approved a compromise bill 14 to 3 to tighten labeling and packaging rules for foods drugs cosmetics and other household goods. It would empower the FDA and FTC to regulate labels to aid shopper comparisons and allow industry to draft voluntary standards.
Rains of more than six inches hit east Texas causing flash floods and damage. One traffic death blamed on weather. Port Arthur stores flooded while some residents evacuated by boat in Conroe area. Orange 5.75 inches. Nederland man says 12 inches water on floor. Four car pileup killed 25 year old Edward Nichols. Beaumont schools closed and heavy traffic blocked roads. Groves reports 6.12 inches. Galveston floodwaters three feet deep in spots.
U S Marines wiped out most of a Viet Cong force in South Vietnam with a 10 hour battle 18 miles southwest of Da Nang. They seized a training camp and killed 175 enemy troops while U S planes flew 135 missions. Saigon police reported 38 terrorists arrested for attacks on police HQ and hotels with 21 killed and 250 wounded overall.
AP report from Miami states Robert Williams, a fugitive American Negro, who broadcast from Cuba for four years urging a black revolution in the U.S. South, has been off the air for two months.
Cedar Rapids detectives report a professional breakin at Allen Supply Co. 221 Third Avenue SW where 23 chain saws worth 4500 dollars were stolen. entry used twisting pliers to force round channel locks, no money taken, discovered Friday morning by employees.
Paul Engle, longtime head of the Iowa Writers Workshop, is promoted to Clark Fisher Ansley Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Iowa. He will assume the post next September while on leave for European writing and lectures, with a salary increase from 19000 to 23000 dollars.
In Saigon AP reports the U S Air Force denied Chinese charges of U S fighter intrusions. An F 4C Phantom shot down a Mig 17 over North Vietnam 20 to 25 miles south of the Chinese border as a fourship maneuver concluded the incident. Major Wilbur Dudley said the fourth Mig was destroyed during a chase of an RB 66. The battle occurred 105 to 115 miles northwest of Hanoi in the Red River valley, with Dudley noting the enemy pilot appeared skilled but suffered tunnel vision.
President Johnson signed a 2.8 billion supplemental bill approving 12.1 million for a rent subsidy to aid poor families and 9.5 million for a National Teacher Corps to improve slum schools. He urged swift action to fund these programs and announced the first three corps volunteers.
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