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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 09, 1966

Page

17

Seabees Endure Heat and Rain to Build Runways in Vietnam

In Chu Lai Vietnam the Fighting 40th Mobile Construction Battalion 40 works in 12 hour shifts to complete over three miles of runway and taxiway before the monsoons. Cmdr Ben L Saravia leads a unit repairing airstrips for U S Korean and Vietnamese forces amid heat fatigue and constant helicopter activity.

Chu Lai Vietnam Seabees Mobile Construction Battalion 40 Viet Corg Demilitarized Zone 40Th Bong Son River Chu Lal Sam Sampan

No Finger No Ring Suit Filed By Malaysian Teen

Chong Yek Yong, a teenager in Ipoh Malaysia, sues her employer for 244 dollars after losing a ring finger in an accident while cleaning a poodle machine. Her father tells the court two potential bridesgrooms withdrew upon learning her missing finger, reducing her chances of marriage.

Ipoh Malaysia Chong Yek Yong

Rochester man asserts legal ownership in movie claim

May See Movie Tom Camutarata of Rochester New York claims legal ownership. Kilpatrick notes Seabees plan for Christmas toy drives for Vietnamese children as monsoons begin. Crews prepare eight months overseas then six months retraining at Davisville Rhode Island.

Tom Camutarata Rochester, N.Y Kilpatrick Seabees Davisville Atlantic Fleet

Divorce Contagion Question Spurs Cited Case

In London Mrs Mer cia Emmerson a 40 year old who ran a club for happily married couples to assist divorced people began divorce proceedings against her husband raising the question of whether divorce contagion can spread among couples.

London UPI Mercia Emmerson

Massive California Water Project On Schedule For 1971 Deliveries

California's Water Project moves toward 1971 water deliveries to southern California as the first phase nears midpoint. The plan, once bitterly debated between north and south, now aims to export Feather River water through a network of 17 dams and 690 miles of canals to supply both regions, with 95 million acre feet contracted to southern agencies and full capacity expected in the early 1990s.

Sacramento Calif UPI California Water Project California William Warne Tehachapi Mountains Senate Sit Supreme Ccurs Warne Feather River Central Valley Desert Riverside County Feather River Project Oroville Dam United States Oroville Southern California San Joaquin Valley Castaic Los Angeles Perris Riverside Tebachapi Range

Windom and Jagger Guest on The FBI Tonight

William Windom star of Farmer s Daughter and Dean Jagger guest star on The FBI tonight at 7 00 on KCRG TV Channel 9 in color.

William Windom

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C.R. Seabee Phil Jordan The Garetts U. S Dale E. Kilpatrick Wilder Tenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids Iowa John Kilpatrick Cmdr Ben L. Saravia St. Patrick’s High School Dale Perpetual Savings of Perpetual Second Avenue S.E Cedar Rapids, Iowa MNB Plymouth Chuck Borsay Virgil Landry George Aboud Dave Hubbard Don Gaddis Bob Schumacher Bob Stebor N.E Pras
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