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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1965
Page
3
In Keokuk officials suspect a gas accumulation caused the Thanksgiving Eve blast at the Swing Ezy square dance in the national guard armory. Seven dancers died and more than 40 were injured, nearly 20 of whom remained in critical condition as workers combed through rubble. Children accompanied many of the couples at the event.
Robbers stole rare manuscripts from the Vatican Apostolic Library including Petrarch’s Il Canzoniere and a hand written Torquato Tasso book. Initial estimates valued the loss at 200 million lire, later deemed far too low as experts called the items priceless. The theft occurred Thursday night and security teams investigated the scene.
Capt Rex Turner and other servicemen urge U.S. antiwar demonstrations be held in Vietnam along highway 19 between Quinhon and Pleiku. He warns some protesters could be shot by the Viet Cong and notes placards could be repurposed as tent floors.
The first major snow storm of the season neared, with light rain in many towns and heavy snow in the extreme northwest. Forecast includes near blizzard conditions in northern counties Friday afternoon and much colder temps after.
The nuclear powered carrier Enterprise will join U S Seventh Fleet air raids against North Vietnam as B 52 bombers support a large allied push in the Vo Dat valley near Saigon. The ship is said to be positioned near the border but no deployment details were given. The operation aims to protect a vital rice harvest and suppress Viet Cong activity.
In Palermo Sicily a car strike seriously injures a boy on Thursday in Palazzo Adriano a 5000 resident hill town marking its first reported auto accident authorities said the incident occurred in the town center.
Washington AP report notes former President Eisenhower continued to recuperate smoothly on Friday as physicians discontinue daily condition reports. The update marks a shift from constant medical bulletins to less frequent public notices about his health.
Adelaide reports the British Black Knight research rocket launch from the Woomera range, officials said Friday.
A rebel defector from Santo Domingo testified before the Senate internal security subcommittee that plans exist to assassinate U S Ambassador W Tapley Bennett and sabotage the Dominican Republic to seize control. He described bombings tied to the April revolution and said rebels aim to kill the ambassador with a time bomb in his car.
Iowa City reports the death of James T. Scroggs 39 president of Scroggs Feed and Grain Co. Hawarden Iowa in a Beechcraft crash near Roy Pewitt farm during a rainstorm. He left Cedar Rapids to reach Springfield Alabama and died from suffocation with his family and two siblings listed among survivors. He served in the Air Force 1953 to 1955 and was a former Sioux City high school basketball star.
DES MOINES Iowa A new resident of Iowa does not owe Iowa income tax on income earned before moving there Attorney General Lawrence Scalise said Friday. He argued a 1965 Iowa tax instruction paragraph is unenforceable as it would tax nonresidents’ outside income during the period of nonresidency. Scalise contends regulations require only earnings during residence be taxed and that the commission must follow its own rules. He also noted a state cannot tax nonresident income from outside Iowa. Commission Chair Lynn Potter had defended the change, noting it was approved in 1964 and applied to 1964 taxes. Governor Hughes criticized the policy as unfair and unsound.
France launched its first satellite, Al, into orbit from a Sahara base in Algeria. The 183.7 pound satellite will relay temperature and atmospheric data for two weeks. The three stage, 18 ton diamond rocket has been under development for four years.
Richard Corbin of the National Council of Teachers of English urged opposition to a proposed national education assessment program. He warned it could become a national curriculum and remove decision making from local districts, calling for continued emphasis on good teaching over mass testing.
Randall Dillard aged 15 died Thursday after a seven year coma from injuries in a 1958 auto crash that killed his parents. He had been a ward of his late uncle following the accident.
Eight children become orphans after a highway crash in Kenosha Wisconsin that killed their parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Fulier and their grandmother. The tragedy occurred after three generations had shared a Thanksgiving meal.
A humorous note imagines a turkey crossed with a kangaroo by next Thanksgiving. The joke envisions a bird that can be stuffed from the outside, a playful gag about future farming ideas.
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