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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1966

Page

16

Evanston Plans School Integration By Redrawing Attendance

Evanston moves to integrate elementary schools via a 21 percent plan that redraws boundaries to balance Negro and white students. About 1,300 of 6,200 pupils K to 5 will be bused next fall, costing roughly $35,000, with a summer institute for teachers and buddy system for students.

Evanston Coffin Save Our Schools Committee For Better Education Stanley Abramson Timates Ivasustan

British Police Abandon Dobermans for Alsatians in UK

British police departments abandon Dobermans as too intelligent for police work. Lancashire and Devon forces switch to Alsatians after trials showing Dobermans spot danger and act ahead of handlers. Metropolitan Police reduce to one Doberman, saying Alsatians are superior overall.

London Britain Lancashire

Student Fined for Attacking Embassy in Oslo

A 20 year old student received a 30 day suspended jail term and $165 in damages after throwing rocks at the American embassy in Oslo last August. He said drinking beer with a friend preceded the act and that two windows were broken while he aimed at the coat of arms. He cited being disturbed by the Vietnam War.

Oslo Norway Vietnam

Parents Convicted of Keeping Pupils Home in New Mexico

Twelve Rio Arriba county parents were convicted in a nonjury trial of keeping their children from school to protest dangerous road conditions. District Judge Samuel Montoya urged ensuring children receive an education, while noting sympathy for their aims. Sentencing to follow.

Santa FE. N.M Rio Arriba New Mexico Samuel Montoya

Boggs Foresees $10 Billion Income Tax Hike

Rep Hale Boggs predicted President Johnson will seek a 10 to 15 billion increase in income taxes to cover projected 125 billion expenditures and a deficit between 115 and 118 billion. He urged fiscal responsibility to avoid a large deficit tied to national defense. Dr Walter Heller urged a 5 percent tax rise paired with lower interest rates to slow the economy.

Washington Hale Boggs House Johnson Congress Boggs Walter Heller Council of Economic Advisers Kennedy NBC Meet the Press Heller University of Minnesota Charles Goodell R-N. Y G.O.P. Planning and Research Committee U.S. Chamber of Commerce Carl Madden

Boston Cocoanut Grove Blaze Remembered in Wake of Tragedy

The Cocoanut Grove fire at 17 Piedmont Street killed 493 people in 13 minutes on a wartime Saturday night. The disaster prompted safety reforms including panic bars and stricter occupancy rules, and led to indictments of 10 men though only owner Barnett Welansky served prison time.

Boston Piedmont Street Buck” Jones Red Cross Coast Guard Barnett Welansky Welansky

U S Watchdog Team Expands Survey of Vietnam Aid

In Saigon GAO chief Homer Anderson says the U S government watchdog group will widen its review of U S aid in Vietnam. The team now audits more than 800 million in contracts and a 700 million dollar air program as seven investigators return to Washington. The Saigon office plans a permanent five-person staff.

Saigon U.S Vietnam Homer Anderson General Accounting Office GAO Anderson Washington Seoul Korea Joseph Sweeney

Italy Freezes but Few Complain Across Italy

Rome reports temperatures dipping below freezing across most of Italy. Despite the cold, few complaints were voiced as the first rain-free day this month arrived after widespread flood damage.

Italy Rome

Police Hold Bay At Bronx Apartment By Cap Gun

Fifty officers moved to a Bronx apartment after a man barricaded himself inside and threatened to kill entrants. Anthony Telesco, 34, was found with a knife and cap pistol after police stormed the unit. two patrolmen suffered hand cuts in the struggle.

New York Bronx Anthony Telesco

RAT PATROL Captured by American Convoy

The RAT PATROL is captured by an American convoy Monday at 7 30 p m on KCRG TV channel 9 in color.

Kcrgtv

3 Youths Pour Lye on Elderly Man for Thrill

New York AP report describes three youths who assaulted 62 year old welfare recipient Philip Fiedler on Manhattan's lower East Side. They forced him to the sidewalk and poured lye on his head, leaving him with third degree burns. Fiedler said they asked the time and shouted for help as he offered a dollar pill. Police characterized the act as a thrill attack.

Manhattan Lower East Side Fiedler

Students Protest Tuition Increase Across Israeli Campuses

In Jerusalem Haifa and Tel Aviv twenty eight thousand Israeli college students boycotted lectures to oppose a government move raising annual tuition from 200 to 250 dollars. They planned rallies and demonstrations as the government had proposed a 100 percent increase.

Jerusalem Haifa Tel Aviv

Neighbor Woman Rescues Child from Fire in Northwest Cedar Rapids

Mrs. Everett Nemer saved Neil Comstock from a burning bedroom on Cedar Rapids northwest side. The child and the rescuer suffered smoke inhalation. Neil treated at Mercy Hospital and released. Nemer declined hospital care and later felt ill but did not seek treatment.

Cedar Rapids Everett Nemer Fifth Street Neil Comstock Wesley Comstocks Mercy Hospital Nemer Comstocks Neil Pat

Frugal Home Security Tips From December Digest

A Reader's Digest excerpt promises inexpensive home protection. It claims burglars can bypass weak locks quickly while suggesting alarm setups and reinforced windows for as little as $12, with illustrations and December issue sales.

Reader's Digest Reader’s Digest

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