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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1967
Page
2
U S infantrymen fought North Vietnamese regulars near Dak To in the central highlands. General William Westmoreland said seven days of fighting produced a severe setback for the communists.
The Iowa Regents approved a plan to double the University of Iowa main library capacity at a cost of 6.67 million dollars funded by state and federal sources. The addition adds 249000 square feet, raises capacity to 7980 readers, stores 1.7 million books, and creates new floors for graduate and faculty use plus an undergrad reading room.
President Johnson will depart Washington on a two day tour visiting five military bases from coast to coast and spend a night aboard the nuclear powered carrier Enterprise. The itinerary includes Fort Benning Georgia El Toro Marine Air Station Camp Pendleton McConnell Air Base Kansas and Yorktown Virginia coast guard base. The trip aligns with Veterans Day observances.
Saturday is Veterans Day with Friday closures for city hall and federal offices. The Linn County Courthouse stays open Friday while the post office runs limited hours with no Saturday delivery except special. The federal building lobby hours and special contact number are listed. state liquor stores also close Saturday.
In Detroit AP report, Chrysler plants show partial operation as UAW and Chrysler reach a tentative three year contract covering about 95 000 of 103 000 workers. Production may normalize in days. some lines ran while others idle amid wage and benefit gains, Canadian parity, and worker unrest.
The Senate Finance Committee approved by party lines a bill to boost benefits 15 percent, adding $3.6 billion in 1968 payments. Taxes for 1968 stay at 4.4 percent but the wage base rises to $8,000 from $6,600, with new benefits effective March next year.
In Belvidere Illinois authorities clash with unauthorized picketers described as a hard core of troublemakers. About 50 to 90 demonstrators are arrested as 25 engines sabotage and a 300 worker walkout halts production at the Plymouth plant.
The Saturn V rocket powered by three stages and carrying the Apollo 4 moon ship reached 115 miles in orbit then accelerated to a high point of 11 400 miles after re ignition. NASA officials hailed the milestone while noting potential risks and ongoing tests ahead of a possible manned lunar landing by 1969.
Elizabeth Ward 44 of Mechanicsville was sentenced to an indeterminate term not to exceed seven years in the Rockwell City women’s reformatory after a Cedar county jury found her guilty of obtaining 3000 dollars by false pretenses from Mechanicsville in 1966. Judge Warren Rees overruled a motion for new trial while defense counsel urged leniency citing employment and settlement. Continued on page 5.
A humorous item notes two beatniks hiring a woman to come in every week to dirty up the scene. The gag hinges on the oddity of their plan and the weekly routine.
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