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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1967
Page
1
House members move to vote on a multibillion dollar pay increase for federal employees while also considering a postal rate hike dubbed a stamp tax by Rep. H R Gross. The bill combines both proposals as President Johnson’s tax ideas linger unresolved.
Cedar Rapids is estimated at 107 577 residents by post office officials, up 2 026 from last year, using a 3.2 persons per family method. There are 33 618 families, with growth trends traced back to a 1950 population of 72 296 and a 1960 count of 92 035. If current rates continue, the city may reach 113 000 to 115 000 by 1970.
A humorous note asserts women rarely lose arguments but may fail to state their position clearly. The quip plays on communication style and clarity rather than outcome. Copyright.
Michigan Gov. George Romney addressed over 500 Iowa Republicans at the Iowa Memorial Union warning that the nation is suffering a crisis in credibility. He criticized promises from the Johnson administration as unkept and said the country has paid a high price in Vietnam with over 100000 military deaths and half a million troops in Asia.
Former President Eisenhower endorses a Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam led by former Senator Paul H. Douglas. He spoke after a routine medical check at Walter Reed Army Hospital and cited the simpler approach to ending the war.
Former British prime minister Lord Attlee died Sunday in a London hospital. He was 84.
Sen Edward Kennedy visited Cedar Rapids for the dedication of John F Kennedy High School and a Culver for Congress reception at Armar Ballroom. He praised education as a priority and noted the gifted, outspoken youth of today, while moving through Iowa events amid fogbound airports and crowds estimated around 650 at the reception.
President Johnson said he would not seek popularity by abandoning major policies at home or abroad. He pledged to stand firm in Vietnam, push for a tax increase, fight discrimination, and aid the poor, hoping the public will endure war costs for a safer America. He acknowledged a rough path but cited a duty to see through the plan.
In Alamosa Colorado mysterious Snippy the horse died with a radiation marked carcass fueling UFO theories across southern Colorado. Denver judge Charles Bennett reported three ring shaped objects overhead, while a southwest painter described an Earth not of this universe visitor seeking her UFO painting.
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