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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1967
Page
13
The city briefs report Amvets discuss a military pay scale over minimum wage to curb draft calls, arguing the civilian economy lags pay for service. Nearby, Effie Dennis and Mrs. Roman Vecerka recover from surgeries and injuries while local ads urge votes and events around town.
Police request the driver of a car involved in a hit on a youth bicyclist at A Street and Sixteenth Avenue SW to file an accident report. Merlin Bideaux, 202 Sixteenth Avenue SW, says a woman exited the car, asked about his health, then left. he rode home with a bleeding leg requiring stitches at Mercy Hospital. The incident remains a routine report for records.
Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson in Stockholm argued the United States risks isolation over Vietnam policy. He warned that leaders claiming to uphold humanity through force must show convincing evidence its actions serve those aims. He noted even within the United States, the administration evidence is unpersuasive.
Barbara L. Koster, widow of California serviceman Mark Francis Koster, files for 831 850 in damages in federal court. Merchants National Bank as administrator joins, against Joseph P. Daniels and J P Stevens Co over a highway 218 crash near North Liberty that killed Koster and injured his wife. She claims 240 000 for lost earnings and 91 850 for injuries. Weather forecast notes snow predictions clash with bureau cautious stance.
The summer home of a mediator who angered steel haulers was destroyed by an explosion as strike leaders counted votes on a settlement proposal. Pennsylvania official William Hart called for no further negotiations after dynamite damaged his home Sunday.
Four Negro ministers were arrested on arrival at Birmingham airport before a planned news conference and demonstration. Revs. Fred Shuttlesworth of Cincinnati and J W Hayes and T L Fisher of Birmingham were taken into custody, with a fourth minister arrested at the terminal. They receive five days in jail for contempt.
Tokyo honors former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida with Japan's top decoration the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum and plans a state funeral October 31 at Budokan Yoshida died Friday at a beach resort near Tokyo at age 89 He was remembered for postwar recovery and elder statesman role and was to be cremated after a Catholic service in Tokyo A separate Paris dispatch reports banker Julian Groome Livingston Allen dying at 67
The 40 man Green Beret unit infiltrated a Viet Cong group 90 miles southwest of Saigon, capturing a platoon commander while sustaining no American or allied Vietnamese casualties amid naval gunfire support. South Vietnam’s election tally dragged into a second day with 45 seats still undecided as candidates span government backers to neutralists. North Vietnam hailed the Washington antiwar rally as the biggest in the capital and warned against U.S. repression.
Winthrop sheriff officers responded to vandalism at Peterson Implement Co where nine new tractors suffered lights and gauges smashed and spark plug wires pulled Friday night. No leads were available.
A breakin at Wareco station 28 Sixteenth Avenue SW was reported by manager Robert L. Rizel. The burglary occurred between midnight and 3 a.m. Monday, entry gained by breaking a plate glass window on the east side, then a wire screen to the office where cigarets and candy were stolen.
Washington's only Soviet made limousine a 1962 Zil used as the embassy showpiece is being shipped back to the homeland. Embassy sources say maintenance was difficult due to parts needing to come from afar. Elizabeth Taylor and Stewart Granger star in Beau Brummel at 9 on COLOR-Ch. 9.
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